Old Testament · Prophets

Hosea chapter 13

When spoke, there was — he carried weight among Israel. But then he , and he .And now they —worse and worse. They cast metal images from their silver, shaped by their own skill, all of it the work of craftsmen. They say of these things, “Let those who offer sacrifice !”So they will be like the , like dew that vanishes early, like chaff swept from the , like smoke that drifts from a window.But I am your God — you have never known any God but me, and there is no besides me.I you in the wilderness, in that .When they found pasture, they were satisfied; once satisfied, — and so they .So now I will be like a to them, like a lurking by the road.I will attack them like a ; I will . I will devour them there like a lioness— like a wild beast ripping them apart.It has you, Israel— that you are against me, against your .Where now is your , to you in all your cities? And your rulers, of whom you said, “Give me a king and officials”?I , and I took him away in my fury.Ephraim’s guilt is , his are stored away.The come over him— but he is a child without wisdom: when the time comes, he does not present himself at the .Should I them from the grip of the ? Should I redeem them from ? Where are your plagues, Death? Where is your devastation, Grave? .Even though he , an will come— the rising from the wilderness. His spring will dry up, his fountain will run dry. It will plunder his treasury of every precious thing. will , because she has against her God. They will fall by the sword; their infants will be dashed to pieces, their pregnant women ripped open.