如今他們作惡日甚,
憑藉自己的聰明用銀子鑄造神像,
但這不過是匠人之作。
人們議論他們說:
「那些獻祭的人竟親吻牛犢偶像!」
他們像晨霧,如轉瞬即逝的朝露,
像麥場上飛旋而去的糠秕,
又像窗口冒出的輕煙。

耶和華說:
「自從你們離開埃及以來,
我就是你們的上帝耶和華。
除我以外,你們不可有別的神明;
在我以外,你們也沒有別的救主。

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Now they sin more and more;
    they make(A) idols for themselves from their silver,(B)
cleverly fashioned images,
    all of them the work of craftsmen.(C)
It is said of these people,
    “They offer human sacrifices!
    They kiss[a](D) calf-idols!(E)
Therefore they will be like the morning mist,
    like the early dew that disappears,(F)
    like chaff(G) swirling from a threshing floor,(H)
    like smoke(I) escaping through a window.

“But I have been the Lord your God
    ever since you came out of Egypt.(J)
You shall acknowledge(K) no God but me,(L)
    no Savior(M) except me.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:2 Or “Men who sacrifice / kiss