Hosea 13 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Hosea 14

¹Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.

KJVO Israel^H3478, return^H7725^(H8798) unto the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430; for thou hast fallen^H3782^(H8804) by thine iniquity^H5771.

² Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good; so we offer bulls as we vowed of our lips.

KJVTake^H3947^(H8798) with you words^H1697, and turn^H7725^(H8798) to the LORD^H3068: say^H559^(H8798) unto him, Take away^H5375^(H8799) all iniquity^H5771, and receive^H3947^(H8798) us graciously^H2896: so will we render^H7999^(H8762) the calves^H6499 of our lips^H8193.

³ Assyria can’t save us. We won’t ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’ for in you the fatherless finds mercy.”

KJVAsshur^H804 shall not save^H3467^(H8686) us; we will not ride^H7392^(H8799) upon horses^H5483: neither will we say^H559^(H8799) any more to the work^H4639 of our hands^H3027, Ye are our gods^H430: for in thee the fatherless^H3490 findeth mercy^H7355^(H8792).

⁴ “I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them.

KJVI will heal^H7495^(H8799) their backsliding^H4878, I will love^H157^(H8799) them freely^H5071: for mine anger^H639 is turned away^H7725^(H8804) from him.

⁵ I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.

KJVI will be as the dew^H2919 unto Israel^H3478: he shall grow^H6524^(H8799) as the lily^H7799, and cast forth^H5221^(H8686) his roots^H8328 as Lebanon^H3844.

⁶ His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.

KJVHis branches^H3127 shall spread^H3212^(H8799), and his beauty^H1935 shall be as the olive tree^H2132, and his smell^H7381 as Lebanon^H3844.

⁷ Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.

KJVThey that dwell^H3427^(H8802) under his shadow^H6738 shall return^H7725^(H8799); they shall revive^H2421^(H8762) as the corn^H1715, and grow^H6524^(H8799) as the vine^H1612: the scent^H2143 thereof shall be as the wine^H3196 of Lebanon^H3844.

⁸ Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green cypress tree; from me your fruit is found.”

KJVEphraim^H669 shall say, What have I to do any more with idols^H6091? I have heard^H6030^(H8804) him, and observed^H7789^(H8799) him: I am like a green^H7488 fir tree^H1265. From me is thy fruit^H6529 found^H4672^(H8738).

⁹ Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.

KJVWho is wise^H2450, and he shall understand^H995^(H8799) these things? prudent^H995^(H8737), and he shall know^H3045^(H8799) them? for the ways^H1870 of the LORD^H3068 are right^H3477, and the just^H6662 shall walk^H3212^(H8799) in them: but the transgressors^H6586^(H8802) shall fall^H3782^(H8735) therein.

WEB·Hosea 13

¹When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he became guilty through Baal, he died.

KJVWhen Ephraim^H669 spake^H1696^(H8763) trembling^H7578, he exalted^H5375^(H8804) himself in Israel^H3478; but when he offended^H816^(H8799) in Baal^H1168, he died^H4191^(H8799).

² Now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, ‘They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves.’

KJVAnd now they sin^H2398^(H8800) more and more^H3254^(H8686), and have made^H6213^(H8799) them molten images^H4541 of their silver^H3701, and idols^H6091 according to their own understanding^H8394, all of it the work^H4639 of the craftsmen^H2796: they say^H559^(H8802) of them, Let the men^H120 that sacrifice^H2076^(H8802) kiss^H5401^(H8799) the calves^H5695.

³ Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the dew that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke out of the chimney.

KJVTherefore they shall be as the morning^H1242 cloud^H6051, and as the early^H7925^(H8688) dew^H2919 that passeth away^H1980^(H8802), as the chaff^H4671 that is driven with the whirlwind^H5590^(H8792) out of the floor^H1637, and as the smoke^H6227 out of the chimney^H699.

⁴ “Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.

KJVYet I am the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430 from the land^H776 of Egypt^H4714, and thou shalt know^H3045^(H8799) no god^H430 but me^H2108: for there is no saviour^H3467^(H8688) beside me^H1115.

⁵ I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

KJVI did know^H3045^(H8804) thee in the wilderness^H4057, in the land^H776 of great drought^H8514.

⁶ According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted. Therefore they have forgotten me.

KJVAccording to their pasture^H4830, so were they filled^H7646^(H8799); they were filled^H7646^(H8804), and their heart^H3820 was exalted^H7311^(H8799); therefore have they forgotten^H7911^(H8804) me.

⁷ Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.

KJVTherefore I will be unto them as a lion^H7826: as a leopard^H5246 by the way^H1870 will I observe^H7789^(H8799) them:

⁸ I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.

KJVI will meet^H6298^(H8799) them as a bear^H1677 that is bereaved^H7909 of her whelps, and will rend^H7167^(H8799) the caul^H5458 of their heart^H3820, and there will I devour^H398^(H8799) them like a lion^H3833: the wild^H7704 beast^H2416 shall tear^H1234^(H8762) them.

⁹ You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your helper.

KJVO Israel^H3478, thou hast destroyed^H7843^(H8765) thyself; but in me is thine help^H5828.

¹⁰ Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’?

KJVI will^H165 be thy king^H4428: where^H645 is any other that may save^H3467^(H8686) thee in all thy cities^H5892? and thy judges^H8199^(H8802) of whom thou saidst^H559^(H8804), Give^H5414^(H8798) me a king^H4428 and princes^H8269?

¹¹ I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.

KJVI gave^H5414^(H8799) thee a king^H4428 in mine anger^H639, and took^H3947^(H8799) him away in my wrath^H5678.

¹² The guilt of Ephraim is stored up. His sin is stored up.

KJVThe iniquity^H5771 of Ephraim^H669 is bound up^H6887^(H8803); his sin^H2403 is hid^H6845^(H8803).

¹³ The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son, for when it is time, he doesn’t come to the opening of the womb.

KJVThe sorrows^H2256 of a travailing woman^H3205^(H8802) shall come^H935^(H8799) upon him: he is an unwise^H2450 son^H1121; for he should not stay^H5975^(H8799) long^H6256 in the place of the breaking forth^H4866 of children^H1121.

¹⁴ I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

KJVI will ransom^H6299^(H8799) them from the power^H3027 of the grave^H7585; I will redeem^H1350^(H8799) them from death^H4194: O death^H4194, I will^H165 be thy plagues^H1698; O grave^H7585, I will^H165 be thy destruction^H6987: repentance^H5164 shall be hid^H5641^(H8735) from mine eyes^H5869.

¹⁵ Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come, the breath of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness; and his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up. He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.

KJVThough he be fruitful^H6500^(H8686) among his brethren^H251, an east wind^H6921 shall come^H935^(H8799), the wind^H7307 of the LORD^H3068 shall come up^H5927^(H8802) from the wilderness^H4057, and his spring^H4726 shall become dry^H954^(H8799), and his fountain^H4599 shall be dried up^H2717^(H8799): he shall spoil^H8154^(H8799) the treasure^H214 of all pleasant^H2532 vessels^H3627.

¹⁶ Samaria will bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.”

KJVSamaria^H8111 shall become desolate^H816^(H8799); for she hath rebelled^H4784^(H8804) against her God^H430: they shall fall^H5307^(H8799) by the sword^H2719: their infants^H5768 shall be dashed in pieces^H7376^(H8792), and their women with child^H2030 shall be ripped up^H1234^(H8792).

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