Hosea 13:1-14

New King James Version

Relentless Judgment on Israel

13 When Ephraim spoke, trembling,
He exalted himself in Israel;
But when he offended through Baal worship, he died.
²Now they sin more and more,
And have made for themselves molded images,
Idols of their silver, according to their skill;
All of it is the work of craftsmen.
They say of them,
“Let ^[a]the men who sacrifice ^[b]kiss the calves!”
³Therefore they shall be like the morning cloud
And like the early dew that passes away,
^(A)Like chaff blown off from a threshing floor
And like smoke from a chimney.

⁴“Yet ^(B)I am the Lord your God
Ever since the land of Egypt,
And you shall know no God but Me;
For ^(C)there is no savior besides Me.
⁵^(D)I ^[c]knew you in the wilderness,
^(E)In the land of ^[d]great drought.
⁶^(F)When they had pasture, they were filled;
They were filled and their heart was exalted;
Therefore they forgot Me.

⁷“So ^(G)I will be to them like a lion;
Like ^(H)a leopard by the road I will lurk;
⁸I will meet them ^(I)like a bear deprived of her cubs;
I will tear open their rib cage,
And there I will devour them like a lion.
The ^[e]wild beast shall tear them.

⁹“O Israel, ^[f]you are destroyed,
But ^[g]your help is from Me.
¹⁰^[h]I will be your King;
^(J)Where is any other,
That he may save you in all your cities?
And your judges to whom ^(K)you said,
‘Give me a king and princes’?
¹¹^(L)I gave you a king in My anger,
And took him away in My wrath.

¹²“The^(M) iniquity of Ephraim is bound up;
His sin is stored up.
¹³^(N)The sorrows of a woman in childbirth shall come upon him.
He is an unwise son,
For he should not stay long where children are born.

¹⁴“I will ransom them from the ^[i]power of ^[j]the grave;
I will redeem them from death.
^(O)O Death, ^[k]I will be your plagues!
O ^[l]Grave, ^[m]I will be your destruction!
^(P)Pity is hidden from My eyes.”

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Footnotes

Hosea 13:2 Or those who offer human sacrifice
Hosea 13:2 Worship with kisses
Hosea 13:5 Cared for you
Hosea 13:5 Lit. droughts
Hosea 13:8 Lit. beast of the field
Hosea 13:9 Lit. it or he destroyed you
Hosea 13:9 Lit. in your help
Hosea 13:10 LXX, Syr., Tg., Vg. Where is your king?
Hosea 13:14 Lit. hand
Hosea 13:14 Or Sheol
Hosea 13:14 LXX where is your punishment?
Hosea 13:14 Or Sheol
Hosea 13:14 LXX where is your sting?

John 14:1-14

New King James Version

The Way, the Truth, and the Life

14 “Let ^(A)not your heart be troubled; you believe in God, believe also in Me. ²In My Father’s house are many ^[a]mansions; if it were not so, ^[b]I would have told you. ^(B)I go to prepare a place for you. ³And if I go and prepare a place for you, ^(C)I will come again and receive you to Myself; that ^(D)where I am, there you may be also. ⁴And where I go you know, and the way you know.”

⁵^(E)Thomas said to Him, “Lord, we do not know where You are going, and how can we know the way?”

⁶Jesus said to him, “I am ^(F)the way, ^(G)the truth, and ^(H)the life. ^(I)No one comes to the Father ^(J)except through Me.

The Father Revealed

⁷^(K)“If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; and from now on you know Him and have seen Him.”

⁸Philip said to Him, “Lord, show us the Father, and it is sufficient for us.”

⁹Jesus said to him, “Have I been with you so long, and yet you have not known Me, Philip? ^(L)He who has seen Me has seen the Father; so how can you say, ‘Show us the Father’? ¹⁰Do you not believe that ^(M)I am in the Father, and the Father in Me? The words that I speak to you ^(N)I do not speak on My own authority; but the Father who dwells in Me does the works. ¹¹Believe Me that I am in the Father and the Father in Me, ^(O)or else believe Me for the sake of the works themselves.

The Answered Prayer

¹²^(P)“Most assuredly, I say to you, he who believes in Me, the works that I do he will do also; and greater works than these he will do, because I go to My Father. ¹³^(Q)And whatever you ask in My name, that I will do, that the Father may be ^(R)glorified in the Son. ¹⁴If you ^[c]ask anything in My name, I will do it.