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<p class="indent2">And you were not to know any god except Me, <p class="indent2">And there is no savior besides Me. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>I Myself knew you in the wilderness, <p class="indent2">In the land of drought. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>As <i>they had</i> their pasture, then they became satisfied, <p class="indent2">Indeed, they were satisfied, and their heart became raised up; <p class="indent2">Therefore they forgot Me. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>So I will be like a lion to them; <p class="indent2">Like a leopard I will <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>lie in wait by the wayside. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>I will encounter them like a bear robbed of her cubs, <p class="indent2">And I will tear open <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>the chest <i>enclosing</i> their heart; <p class="indent2">There I will also devour them like a lioness, <p class="indent2"><i>As</i> a beast of the field would rip them open. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span><i>It is</i> your ruin, O Israel, <p class="indent2"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>That <i>you are</i> against Me, against your help. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>Where now is your king, <p class="indent2">That he may save you in all your cities, <p class="indent2">And your judges of whom you said, <p class="indent2">“Give me a king and princes”? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>I gave you a king in My anger <p class="indent2">And took him away in My wrath. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; <p class="indent2">His sin is stored up. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>The pains of childbirth come upon him; <p class="indent2">He is not a wise son, <p class="indent2">For <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>it is not the time that he should delay at the opening of the womb. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>Shall I ransom them from the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>power of Sheol? <p class="indent2">Shall I redeem them from death? <p class="indent2">O Death, where are your thorns? <p class="indent2">O Sheol, where is your sting? <p class="indent2">Compassion will be hidden from My sight. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Though he is fruitful among the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>reeds, <p class="indent2">An east wind will come, <p class="indent2">The wind of Yahweh coming up from the wilderness; <p class="indent2">And his fountain will become dry, <p class="indent2">And his spring will be dried up; <p class="indent2">It will plunder <i>his</i> treasury of every desirable article. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Samaria will be held guilty, <p class="indent2">For she has rebelled against her God. <p class="indent2">They will fall by the sword; <p class="indent2">Their infants will be dashed in pieces, <p class="indent2">And their pregnant women will be ripped open.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>spoke with trembling</i><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>sacrificers of mankind</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>goes away early</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>window</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> Or <i>watch</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>the enclosure of their heart</i><br><span class="fnverse">9</span> Or <i>But in Me is your help</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Lit <i>it is the time that he should not tarry at the breaking forth of children</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>hand</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> Or <i>brothers</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Ch 14:1 in Heb<br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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