King James VersionHosea13

Hosea

1 When Ephraim spake trem­bling, he ex­alt­ed him­self in Is­rael; but when he of­fend­ed in Baal, he died. 2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten im­ages of their sil­ver, and idols ac­cord­ing to their own un­der­stand­ing, all of it the work of the crafts­men: they say of them, Let the men that sac­ri­fice kiss the calves. 3 There­fore they shall be as the morn­ing cloud, and as the ear­ly dew that pas­seth away, as the chaff that is driv­en with the whirl­wind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chim­ney. 4 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour be­side me. 5 I did know thee in the wilder­ness, in the land of great drought. 6 Ac­cord­ing to their pas­ture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was ex­alt­ed; there­fore have they for­got­ten me. 7 There­fore I will be unto them as a li­on: as a leop­ard by the way will I ob­serve them: 8 I will meet them as a bear that is be­reaved of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I de­vour them like a li­on: the wild beast shall tear them. 9 O Is­rael, thou hast de­stroyed thy­self; but in me is thine help. 10 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? 11 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath. 12 The in­iq­ui­ty of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid. 13 The sor­rows of a tra­vail­ing wom­an shall come upon him: he is an un­wise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the break­ing forth of chil­dren. 14 I will ran­som them from the pow­er of the grave; I will re­deem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy de­struc­tion: re­pen­tance shall be hid from mine eyes. 15 Though he be fruit­ful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilder­ness, and his spring shall be­come dry, and his foun­tain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the trea­sure of all pleas­ant ves­sels. 16 Samaria shall be­come des­o­late; for she hath re­belled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their in­fants shall be dashed in pieces, and their wom­en with child shall be ripped up.