Hos 13 | ESV | STEP | When Ephraim spoke , there was trembling ; he was exalted in Israel , but he incurred guilt through Baal and died .

‏ Hosea 13

The Lord’s Relentless Judgment on Israel

1 When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling;
^ahe was exalted in Israel,
but he incurred guilt ^bthrough Baal and died.
2 And now they sin more and more,
and ^cmake for themselves metal images,
idols skillfully made of their silver,
^dall of them the work of craftsmen.
It is said of them,
“Those who offer human sacrifice ^ekiss calves!”
3 Therefore they shall be ^flike the morning mist
or ^glike the dew that goes early away,
^hlike the chaff that swirls from the threshing floor
or ⁱlike smoke from a window.
4 But ^jI am the Lord your God
from the land of Egypt;
^kyou know no God but me,
and ^lbesides me there is no savior.
5 ^mIt was I who knew you in the wilderness,
in the land of drought;
6 ⁿbut when they had grazed, ^{▼▼Hebrew according to their pasture} they became full,
^pthey were filled, and their heart was lifted up;
^qtherefore they forgot me.
7 So ^rI am to them like a lion;
^slike a leopard I will lurk beside the way.
8 I will fall upon them ^tlike a bear robbed of her cubs;
I will tear open their breast,
and there I will devour them like a lion,
^uas a wild beast would rip them open.
9 He destroys ^{▼▼Or I will destroy} you, O Israel,
for you are against me, against ^wyour helper.
10 ^xWhere now is your king, to save you in all your cities?
Where are all your rulers—
those of whom ^yyou said,
“Give me a king and princes”?
11 ^zI gave you a king in my anger,
and ^aaI took him away in my wrath.
12 The iniquity of Ephraim is ^abbound up;
his sin is ^ackept in store.
13 ^adThe pangs of childbirth come for him,
but he is an unwise son,
for at the right time he does not present himself
^aeat the opening of the womb.
14 ^afI shall ransom them from the power of Sheol;
^agI shall redeem them from Death.
^ahO ^aiDeath, where are your plagues?
^ajO ^akSheol, where is your sting?
^alCompassion is hidden from my eyes.
15 Though ^amhe may flourish among his brothers,
^anthe east wind, the wind of the Lord, shall come,
rising from the wilderness,
^aoand his fountain shall dry up;
his spring shall be parched;
it shall strip ^aphis treasury
of every precious thing.
16 ^{▼▼Ch 14:1 in Hebrew} Samaria ^arshall bear her guilt,
because ^asshe has rebelled against her God;
they shall fall by the sword;
^attheir little ones shall be dashed in pieces,
and their ^aupregnant women ripped open.