Hosea 13:1-8
God’s Anger against Israel

1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.

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2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them 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 that sacrifice kiss the calves.

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3 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff [that] is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

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4 Yet I [am] the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for [there is] no saviour beside me.

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5 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.

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6 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.

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7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe [them]:

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8 I will meet them as a bear [that is] bereaved [of her whelps], and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.

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