Hosea 13

13When Ephraim spake trembling, he ^aexalted himself in Israel;

But when he ^boffended ^cin Baal, he died.

²And now ^†they sin more and more,

And ^dhave made them molten images of their silver,

And idols according to their own understanding,

^eAll of it the work of the craftsmen:

They say of them, Let ^||the men that sacrifice ^fkiss the calves.

³Therefore they shall be ^ffas the morning cloud,

^ffAnd as the early dew that passeth away,

^gAs the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor,

And ^has the smoke out of ⁱthe chimney.

⁴Yet ^klI am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt,

And thou shalt know no god but me:

For ^kmthere is no saviour ⁿbeside me.

^5oI did know thee in the wilderness,

^pIn the land of ^†great drought.

^6qrAccording to their pasture, so were they filled;

^qThey were filled, and their heart was exalted;

Therefore ^qrhave they forgotten me.

⁷Therefore ^sI will be unto them as a lion:

As ^ta leopard by the way will I ^uobserve them:

⁸I will meet them as ^va 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.

⁹O Israel, ^wthou hast destroyed thyself; but ^xin me ^†is thine help.

^10||I will be thy king: ^xwhere is any other that may save thee in all thy cities?

And thy judges of whom ^zthou saidst, Give me a king and princes?

^11aI gave thee a king in mine anger,

And ^btook him away in my wrath.

¹²The iniquity of Ephraim is ^cbound up; his sin is hid.

^13dThe sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him:

He is an unwise son;

For he should not ^estay ^†long in the place of ^fthe breaking forth of children.

¹⁴I ^ghwill ransom them from ^†ithe power of the grave;

^hI will redeem them from death:

^jO death, I will be thy plagues;

O grave, I will be thy ^kdestruction:

^lRepentance shall be hid from mine eyes.

¹⁵Though ^mhe be fruitful among his brethren,

ⁿAn east wind shall come, ^othe wind of the Lord shall come up ^pfrom the wilderness,

And his ^qspring ^rshall become dry, and his ^sfountain shall be dried up:

He shall spoil the treasure of all ^†pleasant vessels.

^16||ssSamaria ^tshall become desolate;

^uFor she hath rebelled against her God:

They shall fall by the sword:

^vwTheir infants shall be dashed in pieces,

And ^wxtheir women with child shall be ripped up.