Hosea 13

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¹When Ephraim spoke, trembling, He exalted himself in Israel; But when he offended through Baal worship, he died. ✦ ²Now they sin more and more, And have made for themselves molded images, Idols of their silver, according to their skill; All of it is the work of craftsmen. They say of them, “Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves!” ✦ ³Therefore they shall be like the morning cloud And like the early dew that passes away, Like chaff blown off from a threshing floor And like smoke from a chimney. ✦ ⁴“Yet I am the Lord your God Ever since the land of Egypt, And you shall know no God but Me; For there is no savior besides Me. ✦ ⁵I knew you in the wilderness, In the land of great drought. ✦ ⁶When they had pasture, they were filled; They were filled and their heart was exalted; Therefore they forgot Me. ✦ ⁷“So I will be to them like a lion; Like a leopard by the road I will lurk; ✦ ⁸I will meet them like a bear deprived of her cubs; I will tear open their rib cage, And there I will devour them like a lion. The wild beast shall tear them. ✦ ⁹“O Israel, you are destroyed, But your help is from Me. ✦ ¹⁰I will be your King; Where is any other, That he may save you in all your cities? And your judges to whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’? ✦ ¹¹I gave you a king in My anger, And took him away in My wrath. ✦ ¹²“Theiniquity of Ephraim is bound up; His sin is stored up. ✦ ¹³The sorrows of a woman in childbirth shall come upon him. He is an unwise son, For he should not stay long where children are born. ✦ ¹⁴“I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. O Death, I will be your plagues! O Grave, I will be your destruction! Pity is hidden from My eyes.” ✦ ¹⁵Though he is fruitful among his brethren, An east wind shall come; The wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness. Then his spring shall become dry, And his fountain shall be dried up. He shall plunder the treasury of every desirable prize. ✦ ¹⁶Samaria is held guilty, For she has rebelled against her God. They shall fall by the sword, Their infants shall be dashed in pieces, And their women with child ripped open. ✦

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Where this chapter connects

Hos 10 ·8 2 Kgs 17 ·6 Jer 2 ·6 Deut 32 ·5 Isa 17 ·4 Hos 8 ·4 1 Kgs 12 ·4 1 Sam 8 ·3

Christ at the center

God's relentless love for an unfaithful bride dramatizes the gospel: 'Out of Egypt I called my son' is fulfilled in Jesus, who redeems an adulterous people at his own cost.

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