Hosea 13:1-7

The Lord's Relentless Judgment on Israel

1 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; 1he was exalted in Israel, but he incurred guilt 2through Baal and died.
2 And now they sin more and more, and 3make for themselves metal images, idols skillfully made of their silver, 4all of them the work of craftsmen. It is said of them, "Those who offer human sacrifice 5kiss calves!"
3 Therefore they shall be 6like the morning mist or 7like the dew that goes early away, 8like the chaff that swirls from the threshing floor or 9like smoke from a window.
4 But 10I am the LORD your God from the land of Egypt; 11you know no God but me, and 12besides me there is no savior.
5 13It was I who knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought;
6 14but when they had grazed,[a] they became full, 15they were filled, and their heart was lifted up; 16therefore they forgot me.
7 So 17I am to them like a lion; 18like a leopard I will lurk beside the way.

Cross References 18

  • 1. [Amos 6:13]
  • 2. See Hosea 11:2
  • 3. Hosea 2:8
  • 4. [Psalms 115:4; Isaiah 40:19, 20]
  • 5. [1 Kings 19:18; Job 31:26, 27]
  • 6. Hosea 6:4
  • 7. Hosea 6:4
  • 8. See Psalms 1:4
  • 9. See Psalms 68:2
  • 10. Hosea 12:9
  • 11. See Exodus 20:3
  • 12. Isaiah 43:11; Isaiah 45:21
  • 13. Deuteronomy 2:7; Amos 3:2
  • 14. [Hosea 4:7]
  • 15. Deuteronomy 8:12, 14; [Deuteronomy 32:15]
  • 16. Deuteronomy 8:12, 14; [Deuteronomy 32:15]
  • 17. Hosea 5:14
  • 18. Jeremiah 5:6

Footnotes 1

  • [a]. Hebrew according to their pasture
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