Hosea 13

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1 While Ephraim was speaking, a horror entered Israel, and he offended by Baal, and he died.	1 Ephraim's word caused fear, for he was exalted in Israel; but he sinned through Baal and died.
2 And now they add that they will be sinning more. And they have made themselves an image cast from their silver, just like the image of idols; but the whole thing has been made by craftsmen. These say to them, “Sacrifice men, you who adore calves.”	2 Now they continue to sin, making for themselves molten images, Silver idols according to their fancy, all of them the work of artisans. "To these," they say, "offer sacrifice." Men kiss calves!
3 For this reason, they will be like the morning clouds, and like the morning dew that passes away, just like the dust that is driven by a whirlwind away from the threshing floor, and like the smoke from a chimney.	3 Therefore, they shall be like a morning cloud or like the dew that early passes away, Like chaff storm-driven from the threshing floor or like smoke out of the window.
4 But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt, and you will not know God apart from me, and there is no Savior except me.	4 I am the LORD, your God, since the land of Egypt; You know no God besides me, and there is no savior but me.
5 I knew you in the desert, in the land of solitude.	5 I fed you in the desert, in the torrid land.
6 According to their pastures, they have been filled up and have been satisfied. And they have lifted up their heart, and they have forgotten me.	6 They ate their fill; when filled, they became proud of heart and forgot me.
7 And I will be to them like a lioness, like a leopard in the way of the Assyrians.	7 Therefore, I will be like a lion to them, like a panther by the road I will keep watch.
8 I will run to meet them like a bear that has been robbed of her young, and I will split open the middle of their liver. And I will devour them there like a lion; the beast of the field will tear them apart.	8 I will attack them like a bear robbed of its young, and tear their hearts from their breasts; I will devour them on the spot like a lion, as though a wild beast were to rend them.
9 Perdition is yours, Israel. Your help is only in me.	9 Your destruction, O Israel! who is there to help you?
10 Where is your king? Now, especially, let him save you in all your cities, and from your judges, about whom you said, “Give me kings and princes.”	10 Where now is your king, that he may rescue you in all your cities? And your rulers, of whom you said, "Give me a king and princes"?
11 I will give you a king in my wrath, and I will take him away in my indignation.	11 I give you a king in my anger, and I take him away in my wrath.
12 The iniquity of Ephraim has been bound; his sin has been engulfed.	12 The guilt of Israel is wrapped up, his sin is stored away.
13 The pains of giving birth will reach him. He is an unwise son. For now he will not remain firm during the contrition of his sons.	13 The birth pangs shall come for him, but he shall be an unwise child; For when it is time he shall not present himself where children break forth.
14 I will free them from the hand of death; from death I will redeem them. Death, I will be your death. Hell, I will be your deadly wound. Consolation is hidden from my eyes.	14 Shall I deliver them from the power of the nether world? shall I redeem them from death? Where are your plagues, O death! where is your sting, O nether world! My eyes are closed to compassion.
15 For he will make a division among brothers. The Lord will bring a burning wind, rising up from the desert, and it will dry up his streams, and it will make his fountain desolate, and he will tear apart every collection of desirable useful things.	15 Though he be fruitful among his fellows, an east wind shall come, a wind from the LORD, rising from the desert, That shall dry up his spring, and leave his fountain dry. It shall loot his land of every precious thing.