Hosea 13

1When Ephraim spoke, # 13:1 Jb 29:21–22 there was trembling;

he was exalted in Israel. # 13:1 Jdg 8:1; 12:1

But he incurred guilt through Baal # 13:1 Hs 2:8–17; 11:2 and died.

2Now they continue to sin

and make themselves a cast image, # 13:2 Is 46:6; Jr 10:4; Hs 2:8

idols skillfully made from their silver, # 13:2 Is 44:17–20

all of them the work of craftsmen. # 13:2 Hs 8:6

People say about them,

“Let the men who sacrifice # 13:2 Or “Those who make human sacrifices kiss the calves.” # 13:2 Hs 8:5–6; 10:5

3Therefore, they will be like the morning mist, # 13:3 Hs 6:4

like the early dew that vanishes,

like chaff blown from a threshing floor, # 13:3 Ps 1:4; Is 17:13; Dn 2:35

or like smoke from a window. # 13:3 Ps 68:2

Death and Resurrection

4I have been the Lord your God # 13:4 Hs 12:9

ever since # 13:4 DSS, LXX read God who brought you out of the land of Egypt;

you know no God but me, # 13:4 Ex 20:3; 2Kg 18:35

and no Savior exists besides me. # 13:4 Is 43:11; 45:21–22

5I knew # 13:5 LXX, Syr read fed you in the wilderness, # 13:5 Dt 32:10

in the land of drought.

6When they had pasture,

they became satisfied; # 13:6 Dt 8:12,14; 32:13–15; Jr 5:7

they were satisfied,

and their hearts became proud. # 13:6 Hs 7:14

Therefore they forgot me. # 13:6 Hs 2:13; 4:6; 8:14

7So I will be like a lion # 13:7 Hs 5:14 to them;

I will lurk like a leopard # 13:7 Jr 5:6 on the path.

8I will attack them

like a bear robbed of her cubs

and tear open the rib cage over their hearts.

I will devour them there like a lioness, # 13:8 Ps 50:22

like a wild beast that would rip them open.

9I will destroy you, Israel;

you have no help but me. # 13:9 LXX reads At your destruction, Israel, who will help you?,# 13:9 Jr 2:17,19; Hs 6:1–2; Mal 1:12–13

10Where now is your king, # 13:10 LXX, Syr, Vg; MT reads I will be your king,# 13:10 2Kg 17:4; Hs 8:4

that he may save you in all your cities,

and the # 13:10 Lit your rulers # 13:10 Or judges,# 13:10 Hs 7:7 you demanded, saying,

“Give me a king and leaders”?

11I give you a king in my anger # 13:11 1Sm 8:7

and take away a king in my wrath. # 13:11 1Kg 14:7–10; Hs 10:7

12Ephraim’s guilt is preserved;

his sin is stored up. # 13:12 Dt 32:34–35; Jb 14:17; Rm 2:5

13Labor pains come on him. # 13:13 Mc 4:9–10

He is not a wise son; # 13:13 Dt 32:6; Hs 5:4

when the time comes,

he will not be born. # 13:13 Lit he will not present himself at the opening of the womb for sons,# 13:13 Is 37:3; 66:9

14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol.

I will redeem # 13:14 Or Should I ransom . . . ? Should I redeem . . . ? them from death. # 13:14 Hs 6:1–2

Death, where are your barbs?

Sheol, where is your sting? # 13:14 1Co 15:55

Compassion is hidden from my eyes. # 13:14 Jr 20:16; 31:35–37

The Coming Judgment

15Although he flourishes among his brothers, # 13:15 Or among reeds,# 13:15 Gn 49:22; Hs 10:1

an east wind will come, # 13:15 Gn 41:6; Jr 4:11–12; Ezk 17:10; 19:12

a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert.

His water source will fail,

and his spring will run dry. # 13:15 Jr 51:36

The wind # 13:15 Probably the Assyrian king will plunder the treasury # 13:15 Jr 20:5

of every precious item.

16Samaria # 13:16 Hs 7:1 will bear her guilt # 13:16 Hs 10:2

because she has rebelled against her God. # 13:16 Hs 7:14

They will fall by the sword; # 13:16 Hs 11:6

their children will be dashed to pieces, # 13:16 Hs 10:14

and their pregnant women ripped open. # 13:16 2Kg 15:16

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Hoshea 13

1When Ephrayim spoke there was trembling;

he was exalted in Yisroel;

but when he became guilty in Ba'al, he died.

2And now they sin more and more,

and have made for themselves massekhah (idol) of their kesef,

and atzabim according to their faculty of binah (understanding),

all of it the work of the craftsmen;

they say of them:

Let adam that sacrifice kiss calf-idols.

3Therefore they shall be like the anan boker (morning cloud)

and as the early dew that disappears,

like the motz (chaff) that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor,

and as the smoke out of the window.

4Yet I am Hashem Eloheicha from Eretz Mitzrayim,

and thou shalt know no Elohim but Me;

for there is no Moshia besides Me.

5I did know thee in the midbar,

in the eretz taluvot (land of burning heat).

6According to their pasture,#13:6 i.e., as I fed them so were they filled;

they were filled, and their lev became proud;

therefore have they forgotten Me.

7Therefore I will be unto them as a lion;

as a leopard by the derech will I lie in wait;

8I will meet them as a dov (bear) that is bereaved of her cubs,

and will rip open the covering of their lev,

and there will I devour them like a lion;

as the wild beast of the sadeh would tear them.

9O Yisroel, thou art destroyed;

because thou art against Me, thine Ezer (Help).

10Where now is thy melech

that he may save thee?

Where in all thy cities are thy shofetim of whom thou saidst:

Give me a melech and sarim?

11I gave thee a melech in Mine anger,

and took him away in My wrath.#13:11 Isa 53:10

12The avon (iniquity) of Ephrayim is bound up;

his chattat is lurking.

13The chevlei yoledah (birth pangs of a woman in childbirth) shall come upon him;

he is a ben lo chacham;

for when it is time he does not come

to the opening of the womb.

14Should I ransom them from the power of Sheol?

Should I redeem them from mavet?

O Mavet, where are the dever (pestilence, plague) of thee?

O Sheol, where is thy destruction?

Nocham (sorrow, compassion, pity) shall be hidden from Mine eyes.

15Even though he thrives among his achim,

an east wind shall come,

the Ruach Hashem shall come up from the midbar (desert),

and his makor (spring, fountain) shall become dry,

and his well shall be dried up;

it shall plunder the otzar of every keli chemdah (precious vessel).

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