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World English Bible

Hosea 13 (WEBP)

[1] When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. He exalted himself in Israel, but when he became guilty through Baal, he died.
[2] Now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, ‘They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves.’
[3] Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the dew that passes away early, like the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and like the smoke out of the chimney.
[4] “Yet I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt; and you shall acknowledge no god but me, and besides me there is no savior.
[5] I knew you 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 they have forgotten me.
[7] Therefore I am like a lion to them. Like a leopard, I will lurk by the path.
[8] I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her cubs, and will tear the covering of their heart. There I will devour them like a lioness. The wild animal will tear them.
[9] You are destroyed, Israel, because you are against me, against your helper.
[10] Where is your king now, that he may save you in all your cities? And your judges, of whom you said, ‘Give me a king and princes’?
[11] I have given you a king in my anger, and have taken him away in my wrath.
[12] The guilt of Ephraim is stored up. His sin is stored up.
[13] The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son, for when it is time, he doesn’t come to the opening of the womb.
[14] I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death! Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.
[15] Though he is fruitful among his brothers, an east wind will come, the breath of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness; and his spring will become dry, and his fountain will be dried up. He will plunder the storehouse of treasure.
[16] Samaria will bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword. Their infants will be dashed in pieces, and their pregnant women will be ripped open.”

Hosea 13:14 Sheol is the place of the dead.

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Hosea 13 (KJVS)

[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.

Hosea 13:2a Heb. they add to sin
Hosea 13:2b Or, the sacrificers of men
Hosea 13:5 Heb. droughts
Hosea 13:8 Heb. the beast of the field
Hosea 13:9 Heb. in thy help
Hosea 13:13 Heb. a time
Hosea 13:14 Heb. the hand
Hosea 13:15 Heb. vessels of desire

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Hosea 13 (BYZ)

[1] Κατὰ () τὸν () λόγον () Εφραιμ () δικαιώματα () αὐτὸς () ἔλαβεν () ἐν () τῷ () Ισραηλ () καὶ () ἔθετο () αὐτὰ () τῇ () Βααλ () καὶ () ἀπέθανεν. ()
[2] Καὶ () προσέθετο () τοῦ () ἁμαρτάνειν () ἔτι, () καὶ () ἐποίησαν () ἑαυτοῖς () χώνευμα ἐκ () τοῦ () ἀργυρίου () αὐτῶν () κατ’ () εἰκόνα () εἰδώλων, () ἔργα () τεκτόνων () συντετελεσμένα () αὐτοῖς· () αὐτοὶ () λέγουσιν () Θύσατε () ἀνθρώπους, () μόσχοι () γὰρ () ἐκλελοίπασιν. ()
[3] Διὰ () τοῦτο () ἔσονται () ὡς () νεφέλη () πρωινὴ () καὶ () ὡς () δρόσος ὀρθρινὴ () πορευομένη, () ὥσπερ () χνοῦς ἀποφυσώμενος ἀφ’ () ἅλωνος () καὶ () ὡς () ἀτμὶς () ἀπὸ () ἀκρίδων. ()
[4] Ἐγὼ () δὲ () κύριος () ὁ () θεός () σου () στερεῶν () οὐρανὸν () καὶ () κτίζων () γῆν, () οὗ () αἱ () χεῖρες () ἔκτισαν () πᾶσαν () τὴν () στρατιὰν () τοῦ () οὐρανοῦ, () καὶ () οὐ () παρέδειξά σοι () αὐτὰ () τοῦ () πορεύεσθαι () ὀπίσω () αὐτῶν· () καὶ () ἐγὼ () ἀνήγαγόν () σε () ἐκ () γῆς () Αἰγύπτου, () καὶ () θεὸν () πλὴν () ἐμοῦ () οὐ () γνώσῃ, () καὶ () σῴζων () οὐκ () ἔστιν () πάρεξ ἐμοῦ. ()
[5] Ἐγὼ () ἐποίμαινόν () σε () ἐν () τῇ () ἐρήμῳ () ἐν () γῇ () ἀοικήτῳ
[6] κατὰ () τὰς () νομὰς () αὐτῶν. () Καὶ () ἐνεπλήσθησαν () εἰς () πλησμονήν, () καὶ () ὑψώθησαν () αἱ () καρδίαι () αὐτῶν· () ἕνεκα () τούτου () ἐπελάθοντό () μου. ()
[7] Καὶ () ἔσομαι () αὐτοῖς () ὡς () πανθὴρ καὶ () ὡς () πάρδαλις () κατὰ () τὴν () ὁδὸν () Ἀσσυρίων·
[8] ἀπαντήσομαι () αὐτοῖς () ὡς () ἄρκος () ἀπορουμένη () καὶ () διαρρήξω () συγκλεισμὸν καρδίας () αὐτῶν, () καὶ () καταφάγονται () αὐτοὺς () ἐκεῖ () σκύμνοι δρυμοῦ, θηρία () ἀγροῦ () διασπάσει () αὐτούς. ()
[9] Τῇ () διαφθορᾷ () σου, () Ισραηλ, () τίς () βοηθήσει; ()
[10] Ποῦ () ὁ () βασιλεύς () σου () οὗτος; () Καὶ () διασωσάτω () σε () ἐν () πάσαις () ταῖς () πόλεσίν () σου· () κρινάτω () σε () ὃν () εἶπας () Δός () μοι () βασιλέα () καὶ () ἄρχοντα. ()
[11] Καὶ () ἔδωκά () σοι () βασιλέα () ἐν () ὀργῇ () μου () καὶ () ἔσχον () ἐν () τῷ () θυμῷ () μου ()
[12] συστροφὴν () ἀδικίας. () Εφραιμ, () ἐγκεκρυμμένη () ἡ () ἁμαρτία () αὐτοῦ. ()
[13] Ὠδῖνες () ὡς () τικτούσης () ἥξουσιν () αὐτῷ· () οὗτος () ὁ () υἱός () σου () οὐ () φρόνιμος, () διότι () οὐ () μὴ () ὑποστῇ ἐν () συντριβῇ τέκνων. ()
[14] Ἐκ () χειρὸς () ᾅδου () ῥύσομαι () αὐτοὺς () καὶ () ἐκ () θανάτου () λυτρώσομαι () αὐτούς· () ποῦ () ἡ () δίκη () σου, () θάνατε; () Ποῦ () τὸ () κέντρον () σου, () ᾅδη; () Παράκλησις () κέκρυπται () ἀπὸ () ὀφθαλμῶν () μου. ()
[15] Διότι () οὗτος () ἀνὰ () μέσον () ἀδελφῶν () διαστελεῖ. () Ἐπάξει () ἄνεμον () καύσωνα () κύριος () ἐκ () τῆς () ἐρήμου () ἐπ’ () αὐτόν, () καὶ () ἀναξηρανεῖ τὰς () φλέβας αὐτοῦ, () ἐξερημώσει τὰς () πηγὰς () αὐτοῦ· () αὐτὸς () καταξηρανεῖ τὴν () γῆν () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () πάντα () τὰ () σκεύη () τὰ () ἐπιθυμητὰ αὐτοῦ. ()
[16] Ἀφανισθήσεται () Σαμάρεια, () ὅτι () ἀντέστη () πρὸς () τὸν () θεὸν () αὐτῆς· () ἐν () ῥομφαίᾳ () πεσοῦνται () αὐτοί, () καὶ () τὰ () ὑποτίτθια αὐτῶν () ἐδαφισθήσονται, () καὶ () αἱ () ἐν () γαστρὶ () ἔχουσαι () αὐτῶν () διαρραγήσονται. ()

Hosea 13:16 Originally verse 14:1.

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.