Hoseas 13
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13 Tidligere var det sådan, at når Efraims stamme talte, rystede folk af skræk, for hele Israel så op til dem. Men de syndede ved at dyrke Ba’al og dødsdømte derved sig selv.
2 Og de synder stadig. De har masser af sølvsmede, der har travlt med at støbe afguder. De tilbeder guder, som de selv har lavet. Man siger om dem, der ofrer til afguderne, at de kysser kalve. 3 Men de vil forsvinde som morgentågen, fordampe som duggen. De er som avner, vinden blæser bort fra tærskepladsen, de forsvinder som røgen fra et bål.
4 Herren siger: „Jeg er Herren, din Gud, som skabte himlen og dannede jorden. Jeg anbragte stjernerne på himlen, men ikke for at du skulle tilbede dem. Jeg er den, som[a] førte dig ud af Egypten. Dengang kendte I ikke andre guder, og der findes ingen anden, der kan redde jer. 5 Jeg tog mig af jer i ørkenen, i det golde og tørre land. 6 Men så snart I kom til det gode land og spiste jer mætte, blev I stolte og glemte mig. 7 Derfor kommer jeg imod jer som en løve, som en leopard, der ligger på lur langs stien. 8 Som en rasende bjørn, hvis unger er taget fra den, sønderriver jeg jer. Som et vildt dyr vil jeg flå jer og gøre det af med jer.
9 Israel, hvis jeg angriber jer, hvem kan da frelse jer? 10 Hvor findes den konge, som kan redde jer? Hvor er nu de konger, som I bad om at få? 11 Da I forlangte at få en konge, gjorde I mig vred, men jeg gav jer alligevel en. Nu har I igen gjort mig vred, og jeg tager jeres konge fra jer. 12 Jeg kender til alle Efraims synder, intet er glemt.
13 Du har nået smertens time som en kvinde, der skal føde et barn. Men du er tåbelig som et barn, der modsætter sig at blive født. 14 Jeg vil udfri dig af dødsrigets greb. Jeg vil redde dig fra døden. Død, hvor er din brod? Dødsrige, hvor er din ødelæggende kraft? Min beslutning står fast, 15 for du skal bære frugt blandt dine brødre.[b]
Jeg vil sende en mægtig østenvind imod dig. Den skal blæse ind fra ørkenen, så dine kilder og brønde tørrer ud, og dine skatte tages fra dig.”
Hosea 13
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.
2 Now 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!”
3 Therefore 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;
8 I 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.”
15 Though he is fruitful among his brethren,
(Q)An east wind shall come;
The wind of the Lord shall come up from the wilderness.
Then his spring shall become dry,
And his fountain shall be dried up.
He shall plunder the treasury of every desirable prize.
16 Samaria [n]is held guilty,
For she has (R)rebelled against her God.
They shall fall by the sword,
Their infants shall be dashed in pieces,
And their women with child (S)ripped open.
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?
- Hosea 13:16 LXX shall be disfigured
Hosea 13
New American Standard Bible 1995
Ephraim’s Idolatry
13 (A)When Ephraim [a]spoke, there was trembling.
He (B)exalted himself in Israel,
But through (C)Baal he [b]did wrong and died.
2 And now they sin more and more,
And make for themselves (D)molten images,
Idols [c](E)skillfully made from their silver,
All of them the (F)work of craftsmen.
They say of them, “Let the [d]men who sacrifice kiss the (G)calves!”
3 Therefore they will be like the (H)morning cloud
And like dew which [e]soon disappears,
Like (I)chaff which is blown away from the threshing floor
And like (J)smoke from a [f]chimney.
4 Yet 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.
5 I [g](N)cared for you in the wilderness,
(O)In the land of drought.
6 As they had their pasture, they became (P)satisfied,
And being satisfied, their (Q)heart became proud;
Therefore they (R)forgot Me.
7 So I will be (S)like a lion to them;
Like a (T)leopard I will [h]lie in wait by the wayside.
8 I will encounter them (U)like a bear robbed of her cubs,
And I will tear open [i]their chests;
There I will also (V)devour them like a lioness,
As a wild beast would tear them.
9 It is your destruction, O Israel,
[j]That you are (W)against Me, against your (X)help.
10 Where now is your (Y)king
That he may save you in all your cities,
And your (Z)judges of whom you [k]requested,
“Give me a king and princes”?
11 I (AA)gave you a king in My anger
And (AB)took him away in My wrath.
12 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up;
His sin is (AC)stored up.
13 The pains of (AD)childbirth come upon him;
He is (AE)not a wise son,
For [l]it is not the time that he should (AF)delay at the opening of the womb.
14 Shall I (AG)ransom them from the [m]power of Sheol?
Shall I redeem them from death?
(AH)O Death, where are your thorns?
O Sheol, where is your sting?
(AI)Compassion will be hidden from My sight.
15 Though he (AJ)flourishes among the [n]reeds,
An (AK)east wind will come,
The wind of the Lord coming up from the wilderness;
And his fountain will (AL)become dry
And his spring will be dried up;
It will (AM)plunder his treasury of every precious article.
16 [o]Samaria will be held (AN)guilty,
For she has (AO)rebelled against her God.
(AP)They will fall by the (AQ)sword,
Their little ones will be (AR)dashed in pieces,
And their pregnant (AS)women will be ripped open.
Footnotes
- Hosea 13:1 Or spoke with trembling
- Hosea 13:1 Or became guilty
- Hosea 13:2 Or according to their own understanding
- Hosea 13:2 Lit sacrificers of or, (among) mankind
- Hosea 13:3 Lit goes away early
- Hosea 13:3 Lit window
- Hosea 13:5 Or knew
- Hosea 13:7 Or watch
- Hosea 13:8 Lit the enclosure of their heart
- Hosea 13:9 Or But in Me is your help
- Hosea 13:10 Lit said
- Hosea 13:13 Lit it is the time that he should not tarry at the breaking forth of children
- Hosea 13:14 Lit hand
- Hosea 13:15 Or brothers
- Hosea 13:16 Ch 14:1 in Heb
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