KJ3 Literal Translation
Hosea 13
Ephraim's glory, by reason of idolatry, vanishes.
1When Ephraim spoke trembling, he lifted up himself in Israel. But he offended in Baal, and he died.
2And now they sin more and more, and they have made themselves a molten image of their silver, idols according to their understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, Men who sacrifice, let them kiss calves.
3So they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passes away, as chaff stormed away from the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the window.
4And I am Jehovah, your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall not know other gods than Me. For there is not a Savior besides Me.
5I have known you in the wilderness, in the land of droughts.
6According to their pasturage, so they were sated. They were sated, and their heart was lifted up, therefore they have forgotten Me.
7Now I am as a lion to them; I will watch by the way like a leopard.
8I will meet them like a bereaved bear, and I will tear the lining of their heart; and as a lion, I will devour them there; the beast of the field shall tear them.
9O Israel, you are destroyed, but your help is in Me.
10Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And where are your judges of whom you said, Give to me a king and rulers?
11I gave to you a king in My anger, and take him away in My fury.
12The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hidden.
13The pangs of one giving birth shall come to him; he is not a wise son, for he cannot stand in the time of the breaking forth of sons.
14I will ransom them from the hand of Sheol; I will redeem them from death. O death, where are your plagues? O Sheol, where is your ruin? Repentance is hidden from My eyes.
15Though he is fruitful among brothers, an east wind shall come. The wind of Jehovah comes up from the wilderness, and his spring shall be ashamed, and his fountain shall be dried up. He shall plunder the treasure of all desirable vessels.
16Samaria shall be desolate, for she has rebelled against her God. They shall fall by the sword, their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women shall be ripped up.
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