< Hosea 13 >
1 When spoke Ephraim trembling he lifted up he in Israel and he became guilty by Baal and he died.
2 And now - they increase to sin and they have made for themselves a molten image from silver their according to skill their idols [is the] work of craftsmen all of it of them they [are] saying [those who] offer sacrifice of humankind calves they will kiss!
3 Therefore they will become like a cloud of [the] morning and like dew rising early going like chaff [which] it is storm-driven from a threshing floor and like smoke from a window.
4 And I [am] Yahweh God your from [the] land of Egypt and gods besides me not you must know and [is] a deliverer there not except me.
5 I I knew you in the wilderness in a land of drought.
6 According to pasture their and they were satisfied they were satisfied and it was exalted heart their there-fore they forgot me.
7 And I became to them like a lion like a leopard on a road I will watch.
8 I will meet them like a bear robbed of cubs so I may tear [the] cavity of heart their and I will devour them there like a lion animal of the field it will tear to pieces them.
9 It will destroy you O Israel for in me in helper your.
10 Where? [is] king your then so he may save you in all cities your and rulers your whom you said give! to me a king and leaders.
11 I gave to you a king in anger my so I may take [him] away in wrath my.
12 [is] bound up [the] iniquity of Ephraim [is] stored up sin his.
13 [the] pains of [one who] gives birth They will come to him he [is] a son not wise if a time not he will present himself at birth of children.
14 From [the] hand of Sheol will I ransom? them from death will I redeem? them where? [are] thorns your O death where? [is] destruction your O Sheol compassion it will be hidden from eyes my. (Sheol )
15 For he a son brothers he flourishes it will come an east wind [the] wind of Yahweh from [the] wilderness [is] about to come up and it may be withered spring his so it may be dried up spring his it it will plunder [the] treasury of every article of preciousness.
16 It will be held guilty Samaria for it has rebelled against God its by the sword they will fall children their they will be dashed in pieces and pregnant [women] its they will be ripped open.
