Hosea 1313HoseaGod's love will not let goThe Orthodox Jewish Bible Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha The Holy Bible

The Orthodox Jewish Bible Tanakh and Orthodox Jewish Brit Chadasha The Holy BibleBerean Standard Bible

1. God’s Anger against Israel

2. 1ENGOJBWhen Ephrayim spoke there was trembling; he was exalted in Yisroel; but when he became guilty in Ba'al, he died.BSBBSB: When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he was exalted in Israel. But he incurred guilt through Baal, and he died.
3. 2ENGOJBAnd now they sin more and more, and have made for themselves massekhah (idol) of their kesef, and atzabim according to their faculty of binah (understanding), all of it the work of the craftsmen; they say of them: Let adam that sacrifice kiss calf-idols.BSBBSB: Now they sin more and more and make for themselves cast images, idols skillfully made from their silver, all of them the work of craftsmen. People say of them, “They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves!”
4. 3ENGOJBTherefore they shall be like the anan boker (morning cloud) and as the early dew that disappears, like the motz (chaff) that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, and as the smoke out of the window.BSBBSB: Therefore they will be like the morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes, like chaff blown from a threshing floor, like smoke through an open window.
5. 4ENGOJBYet I am Hashem Eloheicha from Eretz Mitzrayim, and thou shalt know no Elohim but Me; for there is no Moshia besides Me.BSBBSB: Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.
6. 5ENGOJBI did know thee in the midbar, in the eretz taluvot (land of burning heat).BSBBSB: I knew you in the wilderness, in the land of drought.
7. 6ENGOJBAccording to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their lev became proud; therefore have they forgotten Me.BSBBSB: When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
8. 7ENGOJBTherefore I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard by the derech will I lie in wait;BSBBSB: So like a lion I will pounce on them; like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
9. 8ENGOJBI will meet them as a dov (bear) that is bereaved of her cubs, and will rip open the covering of their lev, and there will I devour them like a lion; as the wild beast of the sadeh would tear them.BSBBSB: Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, and I will tear open their chests. There I will devour them like a lion, like a wild beast tearing them apart.

10. Death and Resurrection

    (1 Corinthians 15:50–58)

11. 9ENGOJBO Yisroel, thou art destroyed; because thou art against Me, thine Ezer (Help).BSBBSB: You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me—against your helper.
12. 10ENGOJBWhere now is thy melech that he may save thee? Where in all thy cities are thy shofetim of whom thou saidst: Give me a melech and sarim?BSBBSB: Where is your king now to save you in all your cities, and the rulers to whom you said, “Give me a king and princes”?
13. 11ENGOJBI gave thee a melech in Mine anger, and took him away in My wrath.BSBBSB: So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath I took him away.
14. 12ENGOJBThe avon (iniquity) of Ephrayim is bound up; his chattat is lurking.BSBBSB: The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is stored up.
15. 13ENGOJBThe chevlei yoledah (birth pangs of a woman in childbirth) shall come upon him; he is a ben lo chacham; for when it is time he does not come to the opening of the womb.BSBBSB: Labor pains come upon him, but he is an unwise son. When the time arrives, he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.
16. 14ENGOJBShould I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Should I redeem them from mavet? O Mavet, where are the dever (pestilence, plague) of thee? O Sheol, where is thy destruction? Nocham (sorrow, compassion, pity) shall be hidden from Mine eyes.BSBBSB: I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.

17. Judgment on Samaria

18. 15ENGOJBEven though he thrives among his achim, an east wind shall come, the Ruach Hashem shall come up from the midbar (desert), and his makor (spring, fountain) shall become dry, and his well shall be dried up; it shall plunder the otzar of every keli chemdah (precious vessel).BSBBSB: Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.
19. 16ENGOJBShomron shall bear guilt; for she hath rebelled against her Elohim; they shall fall by the cherev; their olalim shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped open.BSBBSB: Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.