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cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hosea/12.htm" title="Hosea 12">◄</a> Hosea 13 <a href="../hosea/14.htm" title="Hosea 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"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Bible Revised Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><section id="ch35013" class="chapter"> <h1 id="cn35013" class="cn"></h1> <section> <h2 class="ahaft">The Death of Ephraim</h2> <div class="senseline"> <p class="slf"><span id="v35013001" class="ver">1</span>When Ephraim spoke there was terror;</p> <p class="sl1">he was exalted in Israel;<a id="rfn35013001-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35013001-1">*</a></p> <p class="sl1">but he became guilty through Baal and died.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v35013002" class="ver">2</span>Now they continue to sin,</p> <p class="sl1">making for themselves molten images,</p> <p class="sl">Silver idols according to their skill,<a id="ren35013002-a" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35013002-a">a</a></p> <p class="sl1">all of them the work of artisans.</p> <p class="sl">“To these, offer sacrifice,” they say.</p> <p class="sl1">People kiss calves!<a id="rfn35013002-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35013002-1">*</a> <a id="ren35013002-b" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35013002-b">b</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35013003" class="ver">3</span>Therefore, they will be like a morning cloud</p> <p class="sl1">or like the dew that vanishes with the dawn,</p> <p class="sl">Like chaff storm-driven from the threshing floor<a id="ren35013003-c" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35013003-c">c</a></p> <p class="sl1">or like smoke out of the window.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v35013004" class="ver">4</span>I, the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>, am your God,</p> <p class="sl1">since the land of Egypt;<a id="rfn35013004-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35013004-1">*</a> <a id="ren35013004-d" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35013004-d">d</a></p> <p class="sl">Gods apart from me you do not know;</p> <p class="sl1">there is no savior but me.<a id="ren35013004-e" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35013004-e">e</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35013005" class="ver">5</span>I fed you in the wilderness,</p> <p class="sl1">in the parched land.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35013006" class="ver">6</span>When I fed them, they were satisfied;</p> <p class="sl1">when satisfied, they became proud,</p> <p class="sl1">therefore they forgot me.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35013007" class="ver">7</span>So, I will be like a lion to them,</p> <p class="sl1">like a leopard by the road I will keep watch.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35013008" class="ver">8</span><a id="ren35013008-f" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35013008-f">f</a> I will attack them like a bear robbed of its young,</p> <p class="sl1">and tear their hearts from their breasts;</p> <p class="sl">I will devour them on the spot like a lion,</p> <p class="sl1">as a wild animal would rip them open.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v35013009" class="ver">9</span><a id="rfn35013009-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35013009-1">*</a> I destroy you, Israel!</p> <p class="sl1">who is there to help you?</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35013010" class="ver">10</span>Where now is your king,</p> <p class="sl1">that he may rescue you?</p> <p class="sl">And all your princes,</p> <p class="sl1">that they may defend you?</p> <p class="sl">Of whom you said,</p> <p class="sl1">“Give me a king and princes”?<a id="ren35013010-g" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35013010-g">g</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35013011" class="ver">11</span>I give you a king in my anger,</p> <p class="sl1">and I take him away in my wrath.<a id="rfn35013011-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35013011-1">*</a></p> <p class="slf"><span id="v35013012" class="ver">12</span>The guilt of Ephraim is wrapped up,</p> <p class="sl1">his sin is stored away.</p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35013013" class="ver">13</span><a id="rfn35013013-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35013013-1">*</a> The birth pangs will come for him,<a id="ren35013013-h" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35013013-h">h</a></p> <p class="sl1">but this is an unwise child,</p> <p class="sl">Who, when it is time, does not present himself</p> <p class="sl1">at the mouth of the womb.<a id="ren35013013-i" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35013013-i">i</a></p> <p class="sl"><span id="v35013014" class="ver">14</span><a id="rfn35013014-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35013014-1">*</a> Shall I deliver them from the power of Sheol?</p> <p class="sl1">shall I redeem them from death?</p> <p class="sl">Where are your plagues, O death!</p> <p class="sl1">where is your sting, Sheol!<a id="ren35013014-j" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35013014-j">j</a></p> <p class="sl1">Compassion is hidden from my eyes.</p> <p class="slf"><span id="v35013015" class="ver">15</span>Though Ephraim<a id="rfn35013015-1" class="fnref" href="footnotes.htm#fn35013015-1">*</a> may flourish among his brothers,</p> <p class="sl1">an east wind<a id="ren35013015-k" class="enref" href="footnotes.htm#en35013015-k">k</a> will come, a wind from the <span class="tetr">Lord</span>,</p> <p class="sl1">rising from the wilderness,</p> <p class="sl">That will dry up his spring,</p> <p class="sl1">and leave his fountain dry.</p> <p class="sl">It will loot his treasury</p> <p class="sl1">of every precious thing.</p> </div> </section> </section> <br /><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="intro.htm"><span class="ac">Book Introduction</span></a></h1><h1 class="cn"><a class="xref" href="footnotes.htm"><span class="ac">Footnotes</span></a></h1></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div 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