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## Hosea 13:1-16 in Context (Verses 1–16 KJV)
 
 [1 ](/kjv/hosea/13/1) When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
 
 [2 ](/kjv/hosea/13/2) And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, *and* idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.**
 
 [3 ](/kjv/hosea/13/3) Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff *that* is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
 
 [4 ](/kjv/hosea/13/4) Yet I *am* the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know no god but me: for *there is* no saviour beside me.
 
 [5 ](/kjv/hosea/13/5) ¶ I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.*
 
 [6 ](/kjv/hosea/13/6) According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
 
 [7 ](/kjv/hosea/13/7) Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe *them:*
 
 [8 ](/kjv/hosea/13/8) I will meet them as a bear *that is* bereaved *of her whelps*, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.*
 
 [9 ](/kjv/hosea/13/9) ¶ O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me *is* thine help.*
 
 [10 ](/kjv/hosea/13/10) I will be thy king: where *is any other* that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?*
 
 [11 ](/kjv/hosea/13/11) I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took *him* away in my wrath.
 
 [12 ](/kjv/hosea/13/12) The iniquity of Ephraim *is* bound up; his sin *is* hid.
 
 [13 ](/kjv/hosea/13/13) The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he *is* an unwise son; for he should not stay long in *the place of* the breaking forth of children.*
 
 [14 ](/kjv/hosea/13/14) I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.*
 
 [15 ](/kjv/hosea/13/15) ¶ Though he be fruitful among *his* brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of the LORD shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.*
 
 [16 ](/kjv/hosea/13/16) Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
 
[Hosea 12](/kjv/hosea/12) [Hosea 14](/kjv/hosea/14)

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