Hosea 13:1-14

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Ephraim’s Idolatry

13 ^(A)When Ephraim ^[a]spoke, there was trembling.
He ^(B)exalted himself in Israel,
But through ^(C)Baal he incurred guilt and died.
²And now they sin more and more,
And make for themselves ^(D)cast metal images,
Idols ^[b]^(E)skillfully made from their silver,
All of them the ^(F)work of craftsmen.
They say of them, “Let the ^[c]people who sacrifice kiss the ^(G)calves!”
³Therefore they will be like the ^(H)morning cloud
And like dew which ^[d]soon disappears,
Like ^(I)chaff which is blown away from the threshing floor,
And like ^(J)smoke from a chimney.

⁴Yet I have been the ^(K)Lord your God
Since the land of Egypt;
And you were not to know ^(L)any god except Me,
For there is no savior ^(M)besides Me.
⁵I ^[e]^(N)cared for you in the wilderness,
^(O)In the land of drought.
⁶As they had their pasture, they became ^(P)satisfied,
And as they became satisfied, their ^(Q)heart became proud;
Therefore they ^(R)forgot Me.
⁷So I will be ^(S)like a lion to them;
Like a ^(T)leopard I will ^[f]lie in wait by the wayside.
⁸I will confront them ^(U)like a bear deprived of her cubs,
And I will tear open ^[g]their chests;
I will also ^(V)devour them there like a lioness,
As a wild animal would tear them to pieces.

⁹^[h]It is to your own destruction, Israel,
That you are ^(W)against Me, against your ^(X)help.
¹⁰Where then is your ^(Y)king,
That he might save you in all your cities;
And your ^(Z)judges, to whom you said,
“Give me a king and princes”?
¹¹I ^(AA)gave you a king in My anger,
And ^(AB)took him away in My wrath.

¹²The guilt of Ephraim is wrapped up;
His sin is ^(AC)stored up.
¹³The pains of ^(AD)childbirth come on him;
He is ^(AE)not a wise son,
For ^[i]it is not the time that he should ^(AF)delay at the opening of the womb.
¹⁴Shall I ^(AG)ransom them from the ^[j]power of Sheol?
Shall I redeem them from death?
^(AH)Death, where are your ^[k]thorns?
Sheol, where is your sting?
^(AI)Compassion will be hidden from My sight.

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Footnotes

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

Matthew 13:1-23

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Jesus Teaches in Parables

13 On that day Jesus had gone out of ^(A)the house and was sitting ^(B)by the sea. ²And large crowds gathered to Him, so ^(C)He got into a boat and sat down, and the whole crowd was standing on the beach.

³And He told them many things in ^(D)parables, saying, “Behold, the sower went out to sow; ⁴and as he sowed, some seeds fell beside the road, and the birds came and ate them up. ⁵Others fell on the rocky places, where they did not have much soil; and they sprang up immediately, because they had no depth of soil. ⁶But after the sun rose, they were scorched; and because they had no root, they withered away. ⁷Others fell ^[a]among the thorns, and the thorns came up and choked them out. ⁸But others fell on the good soil and yielded a crop, some a ^(E)hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times as much. ⁹^(F)The one who has ears, ^[b]let him hear.”

An Explanation for Parables

¹⁰And the disciples came up and said to Him, “Why do You speak to them in parables?” ¹¹And ^[c]Jesus answered them, “^(G)To you it has been granted to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it has not been granted. ¹²^(H)For whoever has, to him more shall be given, and he will have an abundance; but whoever does not have, even what he has shall be taken away from him. ¹³Therefore I speak to them in parables; because while ^(I)seeing they do not see, and while hearing they do not hear, nor do they understand. ¹⁴And ^[d]in their case the prophecy of Isaiah is being fulfilled, which says,

‘^[e]^(J)You shall keep on listening, ^[f]but shall not understand;
And ^[g]you shall keep on looking, ^[h]but shall not perceive;
¹⁵^(K)For the heart of this people has become dull,
With their ears they scarcely hear,
And they have closed their eyes,
Otherwise they might see with their eyes,
Hear with their ears,
Understand with their heart, and return,
And I would heal them.’

¹⁶^(L)But blessed are your eyes, because they see; and your ears, because they hear. ¹⁷For truly I say to you that ^(M)many prophets and righteous people longed to see what you see, and did not see it, and to hear what you hear, and did not hear it.

The Sower Explained

¹⁸“^(N)Listen then to the parable of the sower. ¹⁹When anyone hears ^(O)the ^[i]word of the kingdom and does not understand it, ^(P)the evil one comes and snatches away what has been sown in his heart. This is the one sown with seed beside the road. ²⁰The one sown with seed on the rocky places, this is the one who hears the word and immediately receives it with joy; ²¹yet he has no firm root in himself, but is only temporary, and when affliction or persecution occurs because of the ^[j]word, immediately he ^[k]^(Q)falls away. ²²And the one sown with seed among the thorns, this is the one who hears the word, and the anxiety of ^(R)the ^[l]world and the ^(S)deceitfulness of wealth choke the word, and it ^[m]becomes unfruitful. ²³But the one sown with seed on the good soil, this is the one who hears the word and understands it, who indeed bears fruit and produces, some ^(T)a hundred, some sixty, and some thirty times as much.”

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Footnotes

Matthew 13:7 Lit upon
Matthew 13:9 Or hear! Or listen!
Matthew 13:11 Lit He
Matthew 13:14 Lit for them
Matthew 13:14 Lit With a hearing you shall hear; a Heb idiom
Matthew 13:14 Lit and
Matthew 13:14 Lit Seeing you shall see
Matthew 13:14 Lit and
Matthew 13:19 I.e., message
Matthew 13:21 I.e., message
Matthew 13:21 I.e., from the faith
Matthew 13:22 Or age
Matthew 13:22 Or proves to be unfruitful

Hosea 14

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Israel’s Future Blessing

14 ^[a]^(A)Return, Israel, to the Lord your God,
For you have stumbled ^[b]because of your ^(B)wrongdoing.
²Take words with you and return to the Lord.
Say to Him, “^(C)Take away all guilt
And ^[c]receive us graciously,
So that we may ^(D)present ^[d]the fruit of our lips.
³Assyria will not save us,
We will ^(E)not ride on horses;
Nor will we say again, ‘^(F)Our god’
To the ^(G)work of our hands;
For in ^(H)You the ^[e]orphan finds mercy.”

⁴I will ^(I)heal their apostasy,
I will ^(J)love them freely,
Because My anger has ^(K)turned away from them.
⁵I will be like the ^(L)dew to Israel;
He will blossom like the ^(M)lily,
And he will ^[f]take root like the cedars of ^(N)Lebanon.
⁶His shoots will ^[g]sprout,
His ^[h]majesty will be like the ^(O)olive tree,
And his fragrance like the cedars of ^(P)Lebanon.
⁷Those who ^(Q)live in his shadow
Will ^[i]again raise ^(R)grain,
And they will blossom like the vine.
His fame will be like the wine of Lebanon.

⁸Ephraim, what more have I to do with ^(S)idols?
It is I who answer and look after ^[j]you.
I am like a luxuriant ^(T)juniper;
From ^(U)Me ^[k]comes your fruit.

⁹^(V)Whoever is wise, let him understand these things;
Whoever is discerning, let him know them.
For the ^(W)ways of the Lord are right,
And the ^(X)righteous will walk in them,
But ^(Y)wrongdoers will stumble in them.

Footnotes

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

1 Corinthians 1:26-2:16

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²⁶For ^[a]consider your ^(A)calling, brothers and sisters, that there were ^(B)not many wise according to ^[b]the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble; ²⁷but ^(C)God has chosen the foolish things of ^(D)the world to shame the wise, and God has chosen the weak things of ^(E)the world to shame the things which are strong, ²⁸and the ^[c]insignificant things of ^(F)the world and the despised God has chosen, ^(G)the things that are not, so that He may ^(H)nullify the things that are, ²⁹so that ^(I)no ^[d]human may boast before God. ³⁰But it is ^[e]due to Him that you are in ^(J)Christ Jesus, who became to us ^(K)wisdom from God, ^[f]and ^(L)righteousness and ^(M)sanctification, and ^(N)redemption, ³¹so that, just as it is written: “^(O)Let the one who boasts, boast in the Lord.”

Paul’s Reliance upon the Spirit

2 And when I came to you, brothers and sisters, I ^(P)did not come as someone superior in ^[g]speaking ability or ^[h]wisdom, as I proclaimed to you ^(Q)the ^[i]testimony of God. ²For I determined to know nothing among you except ^(R)Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. ³I also was with you in ^(S)weakness and ^(T)fear, and in great trembling, ⁴and my ^[j]message and my preaching were ^(U)not in persuasive words of ^[k]wisdom, but in demonstration of ^(V)the Spirit and of power, ⁵so that your faith would not ^[l]rest on the ^[m]wisdom of mankind, but on ^(W)the power of God.

⁶Yet we do speak wisdom among those who are ^(X)mature; a wisdom, however, not of ^(Y)this age nor of the rulers of ^(Z)this age, who are ^(AA)passing away; ⁷but we speak God’s wisdom in a ^(AB)mystery, the hidden wisdom which God ^(AC)predestined before the ^(AD)ages to our glory; ⁸the wisdom ^(AE)which none of the rulers of ^(AF)this age has understood; for if they had understood it, they would not have crucified ^(AG)the Lord of glory; ⁹but just as it is written:

“^(AH)Things which eye has not seen and ear has not heard,
And which have not entered the human heart,
All that God has prepared for those who love Him.”

¹⁰^[n]^(AI)For to us God revealed them ^(AJ)through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the ^(AK)depths of God. ¹¹For who among people knows the thoughts of a person except the ^(AL)spirit of the person that is in him? So also the thoughts of God no one knows, except the Spirit of God. ¹²Now we ^(AM)have not received the spirit of ^(AN)the world, but the Spirit who is from God, so that we may know the things freely given to us by God. ¹³We also speak these things, ^(AO)not in words taught by human wisdom, but in those taught by the Spirit, ^[o]combining spiritual thoughts with spiritual words.

¹⁴But ^[p]a ^(AP)natural person ^(AQ)does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are ^(AR)foolishness to him; and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned. ¹⁵But the one who is ^(AS)spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is ^[q]discerned by no one. ¹⁶For ^(AT)who has known the mind of the Lord, that he will instruct Him? But ^(AU)we have the mind of Christ.