## Hosea Chapter 13

###### Hosea 13:1
[Hosea 13:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/13:1)

כְּדַבֵּ֤ר אֶפְרַ֙יִם֙ רְתֵ֔ת נָשָׂ֥א ה֖וּא בְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיֶּאְשַׁ֥ם בַּבַּ֖עַל וַיָּמֹֽת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When Efrayim spoke, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Yisra᾽el; but when he became guilty through the Ba῾al, he died.


###### Hosea 13:2
[Hosea 13:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/13:2)

וְעַתָּ֣ה**׀** יוֹסִ֣פוּ לַחֲטֹ֗א וַיַּעֲשׂ֣וּ לָהֶם֩ מַסֵּכָ֨ה מִכַּסְפָּ֤ם כִּתְבוּנָם֙ עֲצַבִּ֔ים מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה חָרָשִׁ֖ים כֻּלֹּ֑ה לָהֶם֙ הֵ֣ם אֹמְרִ֔ים זֹבְחֵ֣י אָדָ֔ם עֲגָלִ֖ים יִשָּׁקֽוּן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And now they sin more and more, and have made for themselves molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men who sacrifice kiss calves.


###### Hosea 13:3
[Hosea 13:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/13:3)

לָכֵ֗ן יִֽהְיוּ֙ כַּעֲנַן־בֹּ֔קֶר וְכַטַּ֖ל מַשְׁכִּ֣ים הֹלֵ֑ךְ כְּמֹץ֙ יְסֹעֵ֣ר מִגֹּ֔רֶן וּכְעָשָׁ֖ן מֵאֲרֻבָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the dew that passes early away, as the chaff that is driven with the wind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the window.


###### Hosea 13:4
[Hosea 13:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/13:4)

וְאָנֹכִ֛י יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ מֵאֶ֣רֶץ מִצְרָ֑יִם וֵאלֹהִ֤ים זוּלָתִי֙ לֹ֣א תֵדָ֔ע וּמוֹשִׁ֥יעַ אַ֖יִן בִּלְתִּֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yet I am the Lord thy God from the land of Miżrayim, and thou knowst no god but me: for there is no saviour besides me.


###### Hosea 13:5
[Hosea 13:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/13:5)

אֲנִ֥י יְדַעְתִּ֖יךָ בַּמִּדְבָּ֑ר בְּאֶ֖רֶץ תַּלְאֻבֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.


###### Hosea 13:6
[Hosea 13:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/13:6)

כְּמַרְעִיתָם֙ וַיִּשְׂבָּ֔עוּ שָׂבְע֖וּ וַיָּ֣רׇם לִבָּ֑ם עַל־כֵּ֖ן שְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
When they were fed, they became full; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore they have forgotten me.


###### Hosea 13:7
[Hosea 13:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/13:7)

וָאֱהִ֥י לָהֶ֖ם כְּמוֹ־שָׁ֑חַל כְּנָמֵ֖ר עַל־דֶּ֥רֶךְ אָשֽׁוּר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore I will be to them as a lion: as a leop­ard by the way I will observe them:


###### Hosea 13:8
[Hosea 13:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/13:8)

אֶפְגְּשֵׁם֙ כְּדֹ֣ב שַׁכּ֔וּל וְאֶקְרַ֖ע סְג֣וֹר לִבָּ֑ם וְאֹכְלֵ֥ם שָׁם֙ כְּלָבִ֔יא חַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה תְּבַקְּעֵֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will meet them like a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and I will rend their closed up heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.


###### Hosea 13:9
[Hosea 13:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/13:9)

שִׁחֶתְךָ֥ יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל כִּי־בִ֥י בְעֶזְרֶֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
O Yisra᾽el thou hast destroyed thyself; for thou art against me, against thy help.


###### Hosea 13:10
[Hosea 13:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/13:10)

אֱהִ֤י מַלְכְּךָ֙ אֵפ֔וֹא וְיוֹשִׁיעֲךָ֖ בְּכׇל־עָרֶ֑יךָ וְשֹׁ֣פְטֶ֔יךָ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אָמַ֔רְתָּ תְּנָה־לִּ֖י מֶ֥לֶךְ וְשָׂרִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Where is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou didst say, Give me a king and princes?


###### Hosea 13:11
[Hosea 13:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/13:11)

אֶֽתֶּן־לְךָ֥ מֶ֙לֶךְ֙ בְּאַפִּ֔י וְאֶקַּ֖ח בְּעֶבְרָתִֽי׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I give thee a king in my anger, and take him away in my wrath.


###### Hosea 13:12
[Hosea 13:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/13:12)

צָרוּר֙ עֲוֺ֣ן אֶפְרָ֔יִם צְפוּנָ֖ה חַטָּאתֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The iniquity of Efrayim is bound up; his sin is laid in store.


###### Hosea 13:13
[Hosea 13:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/13:13)

חֶבְלֵ֥י יוֹלֵדָ֖ה יָבֹ֣אוּ ל֑וֹ הוּא־בֵן֙ לֹ֣א חָכָ֔ם כִּי־עֵ֥ת לֹֽא־יַעֲמֹ֖ד בְּמִשְׁבַּ֥ר בָּנִֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The pangs of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for this is no time to tarry, at the moment of childbirth.


###### Hosea 13:14
[Hosea 13:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/13:14)

מִיַּ֤ד שְׁאוֹל֙ אֶפְדֵּ֔ם מִמָּ֖וֶת אֶגְאָלֵ֑ם אֱהִ֨י דְבָרֶ֜יךָ מָ֗וֶת אֱהִ֤י קׇֽטׇבְךָ֙ שְׁא֔וֹל נֹ֖חַם יִסָּתֵ֥ר מֵעֵינָֽי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I would ransom them from the power of She᾽ol; I would redeem them from death: O death where are thy plagues? O She᾽ol, where is thy destruction? compassion shall be hidden from my eyes.


###### Hosea 13:15
[Hosea 13:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/13:15)

כִּ֣י ה֔וּא בֵּ֥ין אַחִ֖ים יַפְרִ֑יא יָב֣וֹא קָדִים֩ ר֨וּחַ יְהֹוָ֜ה מִמִּדְבָּ֣ר עֹלֶ֗ה וְיֵב֤וֹשׁ מְקוֹרוֹ֙ וְיֶחֱרַ֣ב מַעְיָנ֔וֹ ה֣וּא יִשְׁסֶ֔ה אוֹצַ֖ר כׇּל־כְּלִ֥י חֶמְדָּֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Though he be fertile among the reed grass, an east wind shall come, the wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all precious vessels.