Hosea 13

Berean Standard Bible · Compare translations · 728 BC – 722 BC · Divided kingdom · Tap a verse to copy, share or highlight ·

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Godʼs Anger against Israel

¹When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling;

he was exalted in Israel.

But he incurred guilt through Baal,

and he died.

²Now they sin more and more

and make for themselves cast images,

idols skillfully made from their silver,

all of them the work of craftsmen.

People say of them,

“They offer human sacrifice

and kiss the calves!”

³Therefore they will be like the morning mist,

like the early dew that vanishes,

like chaff blown from a threshing floor,

like smoke through an open window.

⁴Yet I am the Lord your God

ever since the land of Egypt;

you know no God but Me,

for there is no Savior besides Me.

⁵I knew you in the wilderness,

in the land of drought.

⁶When they had pasture,

they became satisfied;

when they were satisfied,

their hearts became proud,

and as a result they forgot Me.

⁷So like a lion I will pounce on them;

like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

⁸Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them,

and I will tear open their chests.

There I will devour them like a lion,

like a wild beast tearing them apart.

Death and Resurrection

1 Corinthians 15:50–58

⁹You are destroyed, O Israel,

because you are against Me—

against your helper.

¹⁰Where is your king now

to save you in all your cities,

and the rulers to whom you said,

“Give me a king and princes”?

¹¹So in My anger I gave you a king,

and in My wrath I took him away.

¹²The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up;

his sin is stored up.

¹³Labor pains come upon him,

but he is an unwise son.

When the time arrives,

he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.

¹⁴I will ransom them from the power of Sheol;

I will redeem them from Death.

Where, O Death, are your plagues?

Where, O Sheol, is your sting?

Compassion is hidden from My eyes.

Judgment on Samaria

¹⁵Although he flourishes among his brothers,

an east wind will come—

a wind from the Lord

rising up from the desert.

His fountain will fail,

and his spring will run dry.

The wind will plunder his treasury

of every precious article.

¹⁶Samaria will bear her guilt

because she has rebelled against her God.

They will fall by the sword;

their little ones will be dashed to pieces,

and their pregnant women ripped open.

Footnotes (5)

a v1 That is, the northern kingdom of Israel; also in verse 12
b v2 Or “The men who sacrifice kiss the calves!” See 1 Kings 19:18.
c v10 Or Shall I be your King now
d v14 Or Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death?
e v14 LXX Where, O Death, is your penalty? Where, O Hades, is your sting? Cited in 1 Corinthians 15:55

Study notes on this chapter · 2

Prophecy & fulfillmentLinked by the New Testament

Death, where is your sting?

Hosea and Isaiah speak of God defeating death. Paul draws on both (Isaiah 25:8 and Hosea 13:14) to celebrate the resurrection victory.

When: Hosea c. 750 BC and Isaiah c. 700 BC; Paul c. AD 55.

Original passageHosea 13:14Isaiah 25:8

Where the New Testament applies it1 Corinthians 15:54–55

Editorial note by BibleWay. Interpretations vary; dates are approximate scholarly estimates.

Prophecy & fulfillmentWidely held reading

Samaria made a heap in the field

Micah and Hosea say that Samaria will be made a heap of rubble, and its people taken into exile. Assyria besieged Samaria for three years and took it in 722/721 BC, deporting many of its people (2 Kings 17).

When: Micah c. 735–700 BC; Hosea c. 750–722 BC; Samaria fell 722/721 BC.

Original passageMicah 1:6–7Hosea 13:16Amos 5:27

Where the New Testament applies it2 Kings 17:5–62 Kings 18:9–12

Editorial note by BibleWay. Interpretations vary; dates are approximate scholarly estimates.

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