New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures — With References (Rbi8, en_US, 1984)
Hosea
Hosea, 13
1 “When Eʹphra·im spoke, there was trembling; he himself carried [weight] in Israel. But he proceeded to become guilty in regard to Baʹal and die.
2 And now they commit additional sin and make for themselves a molten statue from their silver, idols according to their own understanding, the work of craftsmen, all of it. To them they are saying, ‘Let the sacrificers who are men*1 kiss mere calves.’
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3 Therefore they will become like the clouds of morning and like the dew that early goes away; like chaff that is stormed away from the threshing floor and like smoke from the [roof] hole.
4 “But I am Jehovah your God*1 from the land of Egypt, and there was no God except me that you used to know; and there was no savior but I.
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5 I myself knew you in the wilderness, in the land of fevers.*1
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6 According to their pasturage they also came to be satisfied. They became satisfied and their heart began to be exalted. That is why they forgot me.
7 And I shall become to them like a young lion. Like a leopard by [the] way I shall keep looking.
8 I shall encounter them like a bear that has lost its cubs, and I shall rip apart the enclosure of their heart. And I shall devour them there like a lion; a wild beast of the field itself will tear them to pieces.
9 It will certainly bring you to ruin, O Israel, because it was against me, against your helper.
10 “Where, then, is your king, that he may save you in all your cities, and your judges, [concerning] whom you said, ‘Do give me a king and princes’?
11 I proceeded to give you a king in my anger, and I shall take [him] away in my fury.
12 “The error of Eʹphra·im is wrapped up, his sin is treasured up.
13 The labor pangs of a woman giving birth are what will come to him. He is a son not wise, for in season he will not stand still at the breaking forth of sons [from the womb].
14 “From the hand of Sheʹol*1 I shall redeem them; from death*2 I shall recover them.*3 Where are your stings, O Death? Where is your destructiveness, O Sheʹol?*4 Compassion itself will be concealed from my eyes.
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15 “In case he himself as the son of reed plants should show fruitfulness, an east wind, the wind*1 of Jehovah, will come. From a wilderness it is coming up, and it will dry up his well and drain his spring. That one will pillage the treasure of all desirable articles.
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16 “Sa·marʹi·a will be held guilty, for she is actually rebellious against her God.*1 By the sword they will fall. Their own children will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women themselves will be ripped up.”
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