Hosea 11-14
New American Standard Bible
God Yearns over His People
11 When Israel was a youth I loved him,
And (A)out of Egypt I (B)called My son.
2 The more [a](C)they called them,
The more they went away from [b]them;
They kept (D)sacrificing to the Baals
And (E)burning incense to idols.
3 Yet it is I who taught Ephraim to walk,
[c]I (F)took them in My arms;
But they did not know that I (G)healed them.
4 I (H)pulled them along with cords of a man, with ropes of love,
And (I)I became to them as one who lifts the yoke from their jaws;
And I bent down and (J)fed them.
5 [d]They will not return to the land of Egypt;
But Assyria—he will be [e]their king
Because they (K)refused to return to Me.
6 And the (L)sword will whirl against [f]their cities,
And will destroy [g]their oracle priests
And (M)consume them, because of their (N)counsels.
7 So My people are determined to (O)turn from Me.
Though [h]they call [i]them to the One on high,
None at all exalts Him.
8 (P)How can I give you up, Ephraim?
How can I surrender you, Israel?
How can I [j]make you like (Q)Admah?
How can I treat you like (R)Zeboiim?
My heart is turned over within Me,
[k]All My compassions are kindled.
9 I will (S)not carry out My fierce anger;
I will not destroy Ephraim (T)again.
For (U)I am God and not a man, the (V)Holy One in your midst,
And I will not come in [l]wrath.
10 They will (W)walk after the Lord,
He will (X)roar like a lion;
Indeed He will roar,
And His sons will come (Y)trembling from the west.
11 They will come trembling like birds from (Z)Egypt,
And like (AA)doves from the land of (AB)Assyria;
And I will (AC)settle them in their houses, declares the Lord.
12 [m]Ephraim surrounds Me with (AD)lies
And the house of Israel with deceit;
[n]Judah is still unruly against God,
Even against the Holy One who is faithful.
Ephraim Reminded
12 [o]Ephraim feeds on (AE)wind,
And pursues the (AF)east wind continually;
He multiplies lies and violence.
Moreover, [p]he makes a covenant with Assyria,
And oil is brought to Egypt.
2 The Lord also has a (AG)case against Judah,
And will punish Jacob (AH)according to his ways;
He will repay him according to his deeds.
3 In the womb he (AI)took his brother by the heel,
And in his mature strength he (AJ)contended with God.
4 Yes, he wrestled with the angel and prevailed;
He wept and (AK)implored His favor.
He found Him at (AL)Bethel,
And there He spoke with us,
5 And the Lord, the God of armies,
The Lord is His [q](AM)name.
6 So as for you, (AN)return to your God,
(AO)Maintain [r]kindness and justice,
And (AP)wait for your God continually.
7 A [s]merchant, in whose hands are fraudulent (AQ)balances,
Loves to exploit.
8 And Ephraim said, “I have certainly become (AR)rich,
I have found wealth for myself;
In all my labors they will find in me
(AS)No wrongdoing, which would be sin.”
9 But I have been the Lord your God since the land of Egypt;
I will make you (AT)live in tents again,
As in the days of the appointed festival.
10 I have also spoken to the (AU)prophets,
And I [t]provided many visions,
And through the prophets I spoke in (AV)parables.
11 Is there injustice in Gilead?
Certainly they are worthless.
In Gilgal they sacrifice bulls,
Yes, (AW)their altars are like stone heaps
Beside the furrows of a field.
12 Now (AX)Jacob fled to the [u]land of Aram,
And (AY)Israel worked for a wife,
And for a wife he kept sheep.
13 But by a (AZ)prophet the Lord brought Israel up from Egypt,
And by a prophet he was protected.
14 (BA)Ephraim has provoked God to bitter anger;
So his Lord will leave his (BB)guilt for bloodshed on him
And bring his (BC)disgrace back to him.
Ephraim’s Idolatry
13 (BD)When Ephraim [v]spoke, there was trembling.
He (BE)exalted himself in Israel,
But through (BF)Baal he incurred guilt and died.
2 And now they sin more and more,
And make for themselves (BG)cast metal images,
Idols [w](BH)skillfully made from their silver,
All of them the (BI)work of craftsmen.
They say of them, “Let the [x]people who sacrifice kiss the (BJ)calves!”
3 Therefore they will be like the (BK)morning cloud
And like dew which [y]soon disappears,
Like (BL)chaff which is blown away from the threshing floor,
And like (BM)smoke from a chimney.
4 Yet I have been the (BN)Lord your God
Since the land of Egypt;
And you were not to know (BO)any god except Me,
For there is no savior (BP)besides Me.
5 I [z](BQ)cared for you in the wilderness,
(BR)In the land of drought.
6 As they had their pasture, they became (BS)satisfied,
And as they became satisfied, their (BT)heart became proud;
Therefore they (BU)forgot Me.
7 So I will be (BV)like a lion to them;
Like a (BW)leopard I will [aa]lie in wait by the wayside.
8 I will confront them (BX)like a bear deprived of her cubs,
And I will tear open [ab]their chests;
I will also (BY)devour them there like a lioness,
As a wild animal would tear them to pieces.
9 [ac]It is to your own destruction, Israel,
That you are (BZ)against Me, against your (CA)help.
10 Where then is your (CB)king,
That he might save you in all your cities;
And your (CC)judges, to whom you said,
“Give me a king and princes”?
11 I (CD)gave you a king in My anger,
And (CE)took him away in My wrath.
12 The guilt of Ephraim is wrapped up;
His sin is (CF)stored up.
13 The pains of (CG)childbirth come on him;
He is (CH)not a wise son,
For [ad]it is not the time that he should (CI)delay at the opening of the womb.
14 Shall I (CJ)ransom them from the [ae]power of Sheol?
Shall I redeem them from death?
(CK)Death, where are your [af]thorns?
Sheol, where is your sting?
(CL)Compassion will be hidden from My sight.
15 Though he (CM)flourishes among the [ag]reeds,
An (CN)east wind will come,
The wind of the Lord coming up from the wilderness;
And his fountain will (CO)become dry
And his spring will dry up;
It will (CP)plunder his treasury of every precious article.
16 [ah]Samaria will pay the penalty for her (CQ)guilt,
Because she has (CR)rebelled against her God.
(CS)They will fall by the (CT)sword,
Their children will be [ai](CU)slaughtered,
And their pregnant (CV)women will be ripped open.
Israel’s Future Blessing
14 [aj](CW)Return, Israel, to the Lord your God,
For you have stumbled [ak]because of your (CX)wrongdoing.
2 Take words with you and return to the Lord.
Say to Him, “(CY)Take away all guilt
And [al]receive us graciously,
So that we may (CZ)present [am]the fruit of our lips.
3 Assyria will not save us,
We will (DA)not ride on horses;
Nor will we say again, ‘(DB)Our god’
To the (DC)work of our hands;
For in (DD)You the [an]orphan finds mercy.”
4 I will (DE)heal their apostasy,
I will (DF)love them freely,
Because My anger has (DG)turned away from them.
5 I will be like the (DH)dew to Israel;
He will blossom like the (DI)lily,
And he will [ao]take root like the cedars of (DJ)Lebanon.
6 His shoots will [ap]sprout,
His [aq]majesty will be like the (DK)olive tree,
And his fragrance like the cedars of (DL)Lebanon.
7 Those who (DM)live in his shadow
Will [ar]again raise (DN)grain,
And they will blossom like the vine.
His fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.
8 Ephraim, what more have I to do with (DO)idols?
It is I who answer and look after [as]you.
I am like a luxuriant (DP)juniper;
From (DQ)Me [at]comes your fruit.
9 (DR)Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
Whoever is discerning, let him know them.
For the (DS)ways of the Lord are right,
And the (DT)righteous will walk in them,
But (DU)wrongdoers will stumble in them.
Footnotes
- Hosea 11:2 I.e., God’s prophets
- Hosea 11:2 I.e., God’s prophets
- Hosea 11:3 As in ancient versions; MT He...His
- Hosea 11:5 Lit He
- Hosea 11:5 Lit his
- Hosea 11:6 Lit his
- Hosea 11:6 Lit his
- Hosea 11:7 I.e., God’s prophets
- Hosea 11:7 Lit him; i.e., Israel
- Hosea 11:8 Lit give
- Hosea 11:8 Lit Together
- Hosea 11:9 Lit agitation
- Hosea 11:12 Ch 12:1 in Heb
- Hosea 11:12 Or But Judah still goes about with God, even with
- Hosea 12:1 Ch 12:2 in Heb
- Hosea 12:1 Lit they make
- Hosea 12:5 Lit invocation
- Hosea 12:6 Or loyalty
- Hosea 12:7 Or Canaanite
- Hosea 12:10 Lit multiplied the vision
- Hosea 12:12 Lit field
- Hosea 13:1 Or spoke with trembling, he exalted
- Hosea 13:2 Or according to their skill
- Hosea 13:2 Lit sacrificers of; or among mankind
- Hosea 13:3 Lit goes away early
- Hosea 13:5 Or knew
- Hosea 13:7 Or watch
- Hosea 13:8 Lit the enclosure of their heart
- Hosea 13:9 Lit It has destroyed you
- Hosea 13:13 Lit it is the time that he should not remain at the opening of children
- Hosea 13:14 Lit hand
- Hosea 13:14 Or stings
- Hosea 13:15 Another reading is brothers
- Hosea 13:16 Ch 14:1 in Heb
- Hosea 13:16 Lit shattered
- Hosea 14:1 Ch 14:2 in Heb
- Hosea 14:1 Or in
- Hosea 14:2 Or accept that which is good
- Hosea 14:2 As in ancient versions; MT our lips as bulls
- Hosea 14:3 Or fatherless
- Hosea 14:5 Lit strike his roots
- Hosea 14:6 Lit go
- Hosea 14:6 Lit splendor
- Hosea 14:7 Or return, they will raise grain
- Hosea 14:8 Lit him
- Hosea 14:8 Lit is found
Hebrews 9
New American Standard Bible
The Old and the New
9 Now even the first covenant had (A)regulations for divine worship and (B)the earthly sanctuary. 2 For (C)a [a]tabernacle was equipped, the [b]outer sanctuary, in which were (D)the lampstand, (E)the table, and (F)the [c]sacred bread; this is called the Holy Place. 3 Behind (G)the second veil there was a [d]tabernacle which is called the (H)Most Holy Place, 4 having a golden [e](I)altar of incense and (J)the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was (K)a golden jar holding the manna, (L)Aaron’s staff which budded, and (M)the tablets of the covenant; 5 and above it were the (N)cherubim of glory (O)overshadowing the [f]atoning cover; but about these things we cannot now speak in detail.
6 Now when these things have been so prepared, the priests (P)are continually entering the [g]outer [h]tabernacle, performing the divine worship, 7 but into (Q)the second, only (R)the high priest enters (S)once a year, (T)not without taking blood which he (U)offers for himself and for the [i](V)sins of the people committed in ignorance. 8 (W)The Holy Spirit is signifying this, (X)that the way into the holy place has not yet been disclosed while the [j]outer tabernacle is still standing, 9 which is a symbol for the present time. Accordingly (Y)both gifts and sacrifices are offered which (Z)cannot make the worshiper perfect in conscience, 10 since they relate only to (AA)food, (AB)drink, and various (AC)washings, (AD)regulations for the [k]body imposed until (AE)a time of reformation.
11 But when Christ appeared as a (AF)high priest of the (AG)good things [l]having come, He entered through (AH)the greater and more perfect [m]tabernacle, (AI)not made by hands, that is, (AJ)not of this creation; 12 and not through (AK)the blood of goats and calves, but (AL)through His own blood, He (AM)entered the holy place (AN)once for all time, [n]having obtained (AO)eternal redemption. 13 For if (AP)the blood of goats and bulls, and (AQ)the [o]ashes of a heifer sprinkling those who have been defiled, sanctify for the [p]cleansing of the flesh, 14 how much more will (AR)the blood of Christ, who through [q](AS)the eternal Spirit (AT)offered Himself without blemish to God, (AU)cleanse your conscience from (AV)dead works to serve (AW)the living God?
15 For this reason (AX)He is the (AY)mediator of a (AZ)new covenant, so that, since a death has taken place for the redemption of the violations that were committed under the first covenant, those who have been (BA)called may (BB)receive the promise of (BC)the eternal inheritance. 16 For where there is a [r]covenant, there must of necessity [s]be the death of the one who made it. 17 For a [t]covenant is valid only when people are dead, [u]for it is never in force while the one who made it lives. 18 Therefore even the first covenant was not inaugurated without blood. 19 For when every commandment had been (BD)spoken by Moses to all the people according to the Law, (BE)he took the (BF)blood of the calves and the goats, with (BG)water and scarlet wool and hyssop, and sprinkled both (BH)the book itself and all the people, 20 saying, “(BI)This is the blood of the covenant which God commanded you.” 21 And in the same way he (BJ)sprinkled both the [v]tabernacle and all the vessels of the ministry with the blood. 22 And (BK)almost all things are cleansed with blood, according to the Law, and (BL)without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
23 Therefore it was necessary for the (BM)copies of the things in the heavens to be cleansed with these things, but (BN)the heavenly things themselves with better sacrifices than these. 24 For Christ (BO)did not enter a holy place made by hands, a mere copy of (BP)the true one, but into (BQ)heaven itself, now (BR)to appear in the presence of God for us; 25 nor was it that He would offer Himself often, as (BS)the high priest enters (BT)the Holy Place (BU)year by year with blood that is not his own. 26 Otherwise, He would have needed to suffer often since (BV)the foundation of the world; but now (BW)once at (BX)the consummation of the ages He has been (BY)revealed to put away sin [w](BZ)by the sacrifice of Himself. 27 And just as (CA)it is destined for people to die once, and after this (CB)comes judgment, 28 so Christ also, having been (CC)offered once to (CD)bear the sins of many, will appear (CE)a second time for (CF)salvation (CG)without reference to sin, to those who (CH)eagerly await Him.
Footnotes
- Hebrews 9:2 Or sacred tent
- Hebrews 9:2 Lit first
- Hebrews 9:2 Lit loaves of presentation
- Hebrews 9:3 Or sacred tent
- Hebrews 9:4 Or censer
- Hebrews 9:5 Also called mercy seat; i.e., where blood was sprinkled on the Day of Atonement
- Hebrews 9:6 Lit first
- Hebrews 9:6 Or sacred tent
- Hebrews 9:7 Lit ignorance of the people
- Hebrews 9:8 Lit first
- Hebrews 9:10 Lit flesh
- Hebrews 9:11 One early ms to come
- Hebrews 9:11 Or sacred tent
- Hebrews 9:12 Or obtaining
- Hebrews 9:13 I.e., ashes mixed in water
- Hebrews 9:13 Lit purity
- Hebrews 9:14 Or His eternal spirit
- Hebrews 9:16 Or testament
- Hebrews 9:16 Lit be brought
- Hebrews 9:17 Or testament
- Hebrews 9:17 One early ms for is it then...lives?
- Hebrews 9:21 Or sacred tent
- Hebrews 9:26 Or by His sacrifice
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