1 When Ephraim spoke all trembled; he was powerful in Israel but became guilty of Baal worship and ruined himself.
2 They now continue to sin and make images from molten metal, fashioning idols from silver, the work of craftsmen. And they call them God! They offer sacrifices to them and humans adore calves!
3 That is why they will be like morning mist and like dew which does not last, like the straw swept away on the threshing floor, like smoke escaping through a window.
4 But I am Yahweh, your God who brought you out of Egypt; you have no God other than me and no savior but me.
5 I knew you in the desert, in a land of scorching heat.
6 When they had food they were satisfied and when they were satisfied they became proud and no longer remembered me.
7 So I became for them like a leopard, like a tiger I watched out for them,
8 and attacked them with the fury of a bear that has lost its cubs. I tore out their heart and like a lion I devoured them; like a savage beast I tore them apart.
9 Israel, you had in me a helper, will I be now your destroyer?
10 Where is your king that he may rescue your cities? Where are your rulers about whom you said, "Give us a king and commanders."
11 So in my anger I gave you a king and in my fury I took him away.
12 The wickedness of Ephraim is deep-set; his sin is stored up.
13 The pangs of woman in labor come upon him. But the child is capricious. When it is time he does not leave the womb.
14 Will I ransom them from the power of the netherworld? Will I rescue them from death? Not at all! Where, O death, are your plagues? Where, O netherworld, is your venom? Yet my eyes will not look with compassion
15 on the one who excelled among his brothers. Yahweh will send the east wind from the desert to dry up his sources of water and parch his fountains, to strip him of all his treasures.
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Chapter 13 of Hosea begins with a warning of God to the people of Israel about his idolatry and infidelity, reminding them of the punishment that is to come. Then the judgment God will make upon them is described because of His rebellion. Hosea compares Israel to a useless vine that does not produce fruits, and laments its imminent destruction. Below are five Bible verses that relate to the topics addressed in Hosea 13.
Jeremiah 2:13: "For my people have committed two evils: They abandoned me the source of living water, and dug their own cisterns, cracked cisterns that do not retain water." This verse talks about the choice of the people of Israel to abandon God and seek other sources of satisfaction, which will lead to their own destruction.
Joel 1:7: "He rocked my vineyard and stripped my fig tree, peeling it completely and throwing it apart; This verse describes the destruction of God's vineyard, an image similar to those used by Hosea to describe Israel's situation.
Isaiah 5:4: "What else could you do to my vineyard, that I didn't do it? Why, when I expected you to give sweet grapes, gave angry grapes?" This verse talks about God's frustration with the lack of fruits produced by the people of Israel, an image also used by Hosea.
Ezekiel 15:2-3: "Son of man, what is the vine among the forest trees that compares to it? Will it take it wood to do some work? ? " This verse describes Israel as a useless vine, worthless for nothing but being consumed by fire, an image similar to those used by Hosea.
Psalm 80:8-9: "You had a vineyard from Egypt, you expelled nations and the plant. You prepared her place, and she fell and extended the branches all over the earth." This verse describes the plantation of the vineyard of God (Israel) and its initial prosperity, contrasting with the situation described by Hosea in which the vine became useless and about to be destroyed.
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