# Hosea 13 đź“–
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[[#🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application]]
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[[#🙏 Devotional Reflection]]
## đź“ś Scripture Text (NET)
(The NET Bible: New English Translation. Biblical Studies Press, 2005)
### Baal Worshipers and Calf Worshipers to be Destroyed
[[#Verse 01.]] When Ephraim spoke, there was terror;
he was exalted in Israel,
but he became guilty by worshiping Baal and died.
[[#Verse 02.]]Â Even now they persist in sin!
They make metal images for themselves,
idols that they skillfully fashion from their own silver;
all of them are nothing but the work of craftsmen.
There is a saying about them:
“Those who sacrifice to the calf idol are calf kissers!”
[[#Verse 03.]] Therefore they will disappear like the morning mist,
like early morning dew that evaporates,
like chaff that is blown away from a threshing floor,
like smoke that disappears through an open window.
### Well-Fed Israel Will Be Fed to Wild Animals
[[#Verse 04.]] But I am the Lord your God,
who brought you out of Egypt.
Therefore, you must not acknowledge any God but me.
Except for me there is no Savior.
[[#Verse 05.]] I cared for you in the wilderness,
in the dry desert where no water was.
[[#Verse 06.]] When they were fed, they became satisfied;
when they were satisfied, they became proud;
as a result, they forgot me!
[[#Verse 07.]] So I will pounce on them like a lion;
like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
[[#Verse 08.]] I will attack them like a bear robbed of her cubs—
I will rip open their chests.
I will devour them there like a lion—
like a wild animal would tear them apart.
### Israel’s King Unable to Deliver the Nation
[[#Verse 09.]] I will destroy you, O Israel!
Who is there to help you?
[[#Verse 10.]] Where then is your king,
that he may save you in all your cities?
Where are your rulers for whom you asked, saying,
“Give me a king and princes”?
[[#Verse 11.]] I granted you a king in my anger,
and I will take him away in my wrath!
### Israel’s Punishment Will Not Be Withheld Much Longer
[[#Verse 12.]] The punishment of Ephraim has been decreed;
his punishment is being stored up for the future.
[[#Verse 13.]] The labor pains of a woman will overtake him,
but the baby will lack wisdom;
when the time arrives,
he will not come out of the womb!
### The Lord Will Not Relent from the Threatened Judgment
[[#Verse 14.]]Â Will I deliver them from the power of Sheol? No, I will not!
Will I redeem them from death? No, I will not!
O Death, bring on your plagues!
O Sheol, bring on your destruction!
My eyes will not show any compassion!
### The Capital of the Northern Empire Will Be Destroyed
[[#Verse 15.]]Â Even though he flourishes like a reed plant,
a scorching east wind will come,
a wind from the Lord rising up from the desert.
As a result, his spring will dry up;
his well will become dry.
That wind will spoil all his delightful foods
in the containers in his storehouse.
[[#Verse 16.]]Â (14:1)Â Samaria will be held guilty,
because she rebelled against her God.
They will fall by the sword;
their infants will be dashed to the ground—
their pregnant women will be ripped open.
## ==đź“– Verse-by-Verse Commentary==
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## 🧠Chapter Summary
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## 🔎 Key Principles / 🛟 Life Application
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#### Today, I can apply this chapter by:
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- "Trust God's timing in an uncertain situation."
- "Speak truth even when it’s unpopular."
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- What do we learn about people?
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## ✍️ Key Verses to Remember
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## 🙏 Devotional Reflection
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