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HOSEA 13
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“But I am the Lord your God,
who rescued you from slavery in Egypt.
And I will make you live in tents again,
as you do each year at the Festival of
Shelters.*
I sent my prophets to warn you
with many visions and parables.”
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But the people of Gilead are worthless
because of their idol worship.
And in Gilgal, too, they sacrifice bulls;
their altars are lined up like the heaps
of stone
along the edges of a plowed field.
Jacob fled to the land of Aram,
and there he* earned a wife by tending
sheep.
Then by a prophet
the Lord brought Jacob’s descendants*
out of Egypt;
and by that prophet
they were protected.
But the people of Israel
have bitterly provoked the Lord,
so their Lord will now sentence them
to death
in payment for their sins.
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The LORD’s Anger against Israel
1 When the tribe of Ephraim spoke,
the people shook with fear,
for that tribe was important in Israel.
But the people of Ephraim sinned by
worshiping Baal
and thus sealed their destruction.
2 Now they continue to sin by making
silver idols,
images shaped skillfully with human
hands.
“Sacrifice to these,” they cry,
“and kiss the calf idols!”
3 Therefore, they will disappear like the
morning mist,
like dew in the morning sun,
like chaff blown by the wind,
like smoke from a chimney.
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“I have been the Lord your God
ever since I brought you out of Egypt.
You must acknowledge no God but me,
for there is no other savior.
I took care of you in the wilderness,
in that dry and thirsty land.
But when you had eaten and were
satisfied,
you became proud and forgot me.
12:9 Hebrew as in the days of your appointed feast.
12:12 Hebrew Israel. See note on 10:11b. 12:13 Hebrew
brought Israel. See note on 10:11b. 13:10 As in Greek and
Syriac versions and Latin Vulgate; Hebrew reads I will be.
13:14a Hebrew Sheol; also in 13:14b. 13:14b Greek version
reads O death, where is your punishment? / O grave [Hades],
where is your sting? Compare 1 Cor 15:55. 13:16 Verse 16 is
numbered 14:1 in Hebrew text.
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So now I will attack you like a lion,
like a leopard that lurks along the road.
Like a bear whose cubs have been taken
away,
I will tear out your heart.
I will devour you like a hungry lioness
and mangle you like a wild animal.
“You are about to be destroyed, O Israel—
yes, by me, your only helper.
Now where is* your king?
Let him save you!
Where are all the leaders of the land,
the king and the officials you demanded
of me?
In my anger I gave you kings,
and in my fury I took them away.
— promises —
from God
“I will heal you of your
faithlessness; my love will
know no bounds, for my
anger will be gone forever.”
H O S E A 14:4
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“Ephraim’s guilt has been collected,
and his sin has been stored up for
punishment.
Pain has come to the people
like the pain of childbirth,
but they are like a child
who resists being born.
The moment of birth has arrived,
but they stay in the womb!
“Should I ransom them from the grave*?
Should I redeem them from death?
O death, bring on your terrors!
O grave, bring on your plagues!*
For I will not take pity on them.
15 Ephraim was the most fruitful of all his
brothers,
but the east wind—a blast from the Lord—
will arise in the desert.
All their flowing springs will run dry,
and all their wells will disappear.
Every precious thing they own
will be plundered and carried away.
16*The people of Samaria
must bear the consequences of their guilt
because they rebelled against their God.
They will be killed by an invading army,
their little ones dashed to death against
the ground,
their pregnant women ripped open by
swords.”
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