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Ephraim's
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Hosea 13:1
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When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He
exalted himself in Israel, But through Baal he did wrong and died. |
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Hosea 13:2
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And now they sin more and more, And make for
themselves molten images, Idols skillfully made from their silver, All of them
the work of craftsmen. They say of them, "Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves!"
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Hosea 13:3
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Therefore they will be like the morning cloud
And like dew which soon disappears, Like chaff which is blown away from the threshing
floor And like smoke from a chimney. |
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Hosea 13:4
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Yet I have been the LORD your God Since the
land of Egypt; And you were not to know any god except Me, For there is no savior
besides Me. |
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Hosea 13:5
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I cared for you in the wilderness, In the land
of drought. |
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Hosea 13:6
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As they had their pasture, they became satisfied,
And being satisfied, their heart became proud; Therefore they forgot Me. |
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Hosea 13:7
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So I will be like a lion to them; Like a leopard
I will lie in wait by the wayside. |
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Hosea 13:8
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I will encounter them like a bear robbed of
her cubs, And I will tear open their chests; There I will also devour them like
a lioness, As a wild beast would tear them |
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Hosea 13:9
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It is your destruction, O Israel, That you are
against Me, against your help. |
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Hosea 13:10
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Where now is your king That he may save you
in all your cities, And your judges of whom you requested, "Give me a king and
princes"? |
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Hosea 13:11
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I gave you a king in My anger And took him away
in My wrath. |
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Hosea 13:12
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The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; His sin
is stored up. |
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Hosea 13:13
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The pains of childbirth come upon him; He is
not a wise son, For it is not the time that he should delay at the opening of
the womb. |
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Hosea 13:14
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Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol?
Shall I redeem them from death? O Death, where are your thorns? O Sheol, where
is your sting? Compassion will be hidden from My sight. |
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Hosea 13:15
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Though he flourishes among the reeds, An east
wind will come, The wind of the LORD coming up from the wilderness; And his fountain
will become dry And his spring will be dried up; It will plunder his treasury
of every precious article. |
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Hosea 13:16
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Samaria will be held guilty, For she has rebelled
against her God. They will fall by the sword, Their little ones will be dashed
in pieces, And their pregnant women will be ripped open. |
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