Hosea:13

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* When Ephraim spoke , there was trembling . He exalted himself in Israel , but when he offended in Baal , he died . * And 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 , Let the men who sacrifice kiss the ca * Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud , and as the dew that passes away early , as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor , and as the smoke out of the chimney . * Yet I am LORD thy God from the land of Egypt , and thou shall know no god but me , and besides me there is no savior . * I knew thee in the wilderness , in the land of great drought . * According to their pasture , so they were filled . They were filled , and their heart was exalted . Therefore they have forgotten me . * Therefore I am to them as a lion . As a leopard I will watch by the way . * I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps , and will rend the caul of their heart . And there I will devour them like a lioness . The wild beast shall tear them . * It is thy destruction , O Israel , that [thou are ] against me , against thy help . * Where now is thy king , that he may save thee in all thy cities , and thy judges , of whom thou said , Give me a king and rulers ? * I have given thee a king in my anger , and have taken him away in my wrath . * The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up . His sin is laid up in store . * The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him . He is an unwise son , for it is time he should not tarry in the place of the breaking forth of sons . * I will ransom them from the power of Sheol . I will redeem them from death . O death , where are thy plagues ? O Sheol , where is thy sting ? Repentance shall be hid from my eyes . * Though he be fruitful among his brothers , an east wind shall come , the breath of LORD coming up from the wilderness , and his spring shall become dry , and his fountain shall be dried up . He shall make spoil of the treasure of all go * Samaria shall bear her guilt , for she has 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 .

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