Hosea 13 - Prayer Tents

13When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal and died.H669H1696H7578H5375H3478H816H1168H4191 2Now they continue to sin and make themselves a cast image, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say about them, "Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves."H2398H3254H6213H4541H3701H6091H8394H4639H2796H559H120H2076H5401H5695 3Therefore, they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, or like smoke from a window.H1242H6051H7925H2919H1980H4671H5590H1637H6227H699

Death and Resurrection

4I have been the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, and no Savior exists besides Me.H3068H430H776H4714H3045H430H2108H3467H1115 5I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.H3045H4057H776H8514 6When they had pasture, they became satisfied; they were satisfied, and their hearts became proud. Therefore they forgot Me.H4830H7646H7646H3820H7311H7911 7So I will be like a lion to them; I will lurk like a leopard on the path.H7826H5246H1870H7789 8I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs and tear open the rib cage over their hearts. I will devour them there like a lioness, like a wild beast that would rip them open.H6298H1677H7909H7167H5458H3820H398H3833H7704H2416H1234 9I will destroy you, Israel; you have no help but Me.H3478H7843H5828 10Where now is your king, that he may save you in all your cities, and the rulers you demanded, saying: Give me a king and leaders?H165H4428H645H3467H5892H8199H559H5414H4428H8269 11I give you a king in My anger and take away [a king] in My wrath.H5414H4428H639H3947H5678 12Ephraim's guilt is preserved; his sin is stored up.H5771H669H6887H2403H6845 13Labor pains come on him. He is not a wise son; when the time comes, he will not be born.H2256H3205H935H2450H1121H5975H6256H4866H1121 14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death. Death, where are your barbs? Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.H6299H3027H7585H1350H4194H4194H165H1698H7585H165H6987H5164H5641H5869

The Coming Judgment

15Although he flourishes among [his] brothers, an east wind will come, a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His water source will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder the treasury of every precious item.H6500H251H6921H935H7307H3068H5927H4057H4726H954H4599H2717H8154H214H2532H3627 16Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.H8111H816H4784H430H5307H2719H5768H7376H2030H1234