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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "//www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="//www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Hosea 13 CEV</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/hosea/13.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" 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14">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Contemporary English Version</div><div class="chap"><h3 class="s1">Israel Is Doomed</h3><h5 class="sp">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_1"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.13.1" class="v28_13_1">1</span>When your leaders<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.13.1!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> spoke,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_1">everyone in Israel trembled</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_1">and showed great respect.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_1">But you sinned by worshiping Baal,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_1">and you were destroyed.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_2"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.13.2" class="v28_13_2">2</span>Now you continue to sin</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_2">by designing and making</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_2">idols of silver</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_2">in the shape of calves.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_2">You are told to sacrifice</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_2">to these idols<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.13.2!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> —</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_2">yes, even to kiss them.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_3"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.13.3" class="v28_13_3">3</span>And so, all of you will vanish</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_3">like the mist or the dew</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_3">of early morning,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_3">or husks of grain in the wind</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_3">or smoke from a chimney.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_4"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.13.4" class="v28_13_4">4</span>I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, have been your God</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_4">since the time</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_4">you were in Egypt.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_4">I am the only God you know,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_4">the only one who can save.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_5"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.13.5" class="v28_13_5">5</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.13.5!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> I took care of you</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_5">in a thirsty desert.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.13.5!f.2" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_6"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.13.6" class="v28_13_6">6</span>I fed you till you were satisfied,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_6">then you became proud</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_6">and forgot about me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_7"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.13.7" class="v28_13_7">7</span>Now I will attack like a lion,</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_7">ambush you like a leopard,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_8"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.13.8" class="v28_13_8">8</span>and rip you apart like a bear</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_8">robbed of her cubs.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_8">I will gnaw on your bones,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_8">as though I were a lion</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_8">or some other wild animal.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_9"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.13.9" class="v28_13_9">9</span>Israel, you are done for.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_9">Don't expect help from me.<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.13.9!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_10"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.13.10" class="v28_13_10">10</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.13.10!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> You wanted a king and rulers.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_10">Where is your king now?</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_10">What cities have rulers?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_11"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.13.11" class="v28_13_11">11</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.13.11!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> In my anger, I gave you a king;</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_11">in my fury, I took him away.</span></p><h3 class="s1">Israel's Terrible Fate</h3><h5 class="sp">The <span class="nd">Lord</span> said:</h5><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_12"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.13.12" class="v28_13_12">12</span>Israel, your terrible sins</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_12">are written down</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_12">and stored away.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_13"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.13.13" class="v28_13_13">13</span>You are like a senseless child</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_13">who refuses to be born</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_13">at the proper time.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_14"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.13.14" class="v28_13_14">14</span><a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.13.14!x.1" class="notelink x-link"><span></span></a> Should I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, rescue you</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_14">from death and the grave?</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_14">No! I call death and the grave</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_14">to strike you like a plague.</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_14">I refuse to show mercy.</span></p><p class="b"></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_15"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.13.15" class="v28_13_15">15</span>No matter if you prosper</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_15">more than the other tribes,<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.13.15!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> </span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_15">I, the <span class="nd">Lord</span>, will wipe you out,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_15">just as a scorching desert wind</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_15">dries up streams of water.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_15">I will take away</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_15">your precious treasures.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_16"><span class="reftext" id="Hos.13.16" class="v28_13_16">16</span>Samaria<a href="#fn" id="link_Hos.13.16!f.1" class="notelink f-link"><span>+</span></a> will be punished</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_16">for turning against me.</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_16">It will be destroyed in war—</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_16">children will be beaten</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_16">against rocks,</span></p><p class="q1"><span class="v28_13_16">and pregnant women</span></p><p class="q2"><span class="v28_13_16">will be ripped open.</span></p> <a name="fn"></a><br /><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:<br /><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">13.1 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">your leaders: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The Hebrew text has “Ephraim,” here meaning Mount Ephraim, where the royal palace of Samaria (capital of the northern kingdom of Israel) was located.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">13.2 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">You are told … idols: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">13.5 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">thirsty desert: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The 40 years that Israel wandered through the desert, after leaving Egypt.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">13.9 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Don't … me: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">Or “You are against me, the one who helps you.”</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">13.15 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">more … tribes: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.</char></note><br /><note caller="+" style="f"><char style="fr" closed="false">13.16 </char><char style="fq" closed="false">Samaria: </char><char style="ft" closed="false">The capital of the northern kingdom of Israel.</char></note></div></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div align="center"><p><span style="font-size:11pt;">Contemporary English Version, Second Edition (CEV®)</span></p> <p><span style="font-size:11pt;">© 2006 American Bible Society. 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