כְּדַבֵּר אֶפְרַיִם רְתֵת נָשָׂא הוּא בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל וַיֶּאְשַׁם בַּבַּעַל וַיָּמֹת׃   13:1

Hose. 13:1   “When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling;

                                 he was exalted in Israel.

                       But he offended with Baal, and he died.”

וְעַתָּה יֹוסִפוּ לַחֲטֹא וַיַּעְשׂוּ לָהֶם מַסֵּכָה מִכַּסְפָּם כִּתְבוּנָם עֲצַבִּים מַעֲשֵׂה חָרָשִׁים כֻּלֹּה לָהֶם הֵם   13:2      אֹמְרִים זֹבְחֵי אָדָם עֲגָלִים יִשָּׁקוּן׃

Hose. 13:2   “Yet now they have increased the sinning,

                                  and have made molten image for themselves

                        from their silver, after their own understanding idols;

                                   the work of craftsman all of it is.

                       They are saying about them,

                                   ‘Sacrificers of humans must kiss calves.’”

לָכֵן יִהְיוּ כַּעֲןַן־בֹּקֶר וְכַטַּל מַשְׁכִּים הֹלֵךְ כְּמֹץ יְסֹעֵר מִגֹּרֶן וּכְעָשָׁן מֵאֲרֻבָּה׃   13:3

Hose. 13:3   “Therefore they shall be like a morning cloud,

                                   and like the departing dew of early morning,

                        like chaff might be driven from the threshing floor by a storm,

                                   and like smoke out of a window.”

וְאָנֹכִי יְהוָה אֱלֹהֶיךָ מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם וֵאלֹהִים זוּלָתִי לֹא תֵדָע וּמֹושִׁיעַ אַיִן בִּלְתִּי׃   13:4

Hose. 13:4   “Yet I am the Lord, your God, since the land of Egypt,

                                   and you have no God but Me to acknowledge,

                       and there shall be no deliverer beside Me.”

אֲנִי יְדַעְתִּיךָ בַּמִּדְבָּר בְּאֶרֶץ תַּלְאֻבֹות׃   13:5

Hose. 13:5   “I knew you in the wilderness,

                                   in a land of drought.”

כְּמַרְעִיתָם וַיִּשְׂבָּעוּ שָׂבְעוּ וַיָּרָם לִבָּם עַל־כֵּן שְׁכֵחוּנִי׃   13:6

Hose. 13:6   “After My pasturing them so they were satisfied,

                                   they became fulfilled and their heart was uplifted;

                       as a result, they forgot Me.”

וָאֱהִי לָהֶם כְּמֹו־שָׁחַל כְּנָמֵר עַל־דֶּרֶךְ אָשׁוּר׃   13:7

Hose. 13:7   “So I will become like a lion to them;

                                   I will lie in wait like a leopard by the way.”

אֶפְגְּשֵׁם כְּדֹב שַׁכּוּל וְאֶקְרַע סְגֹור לִבָּם וְאֹכְלֵם שָׁם כְּלָבִיא חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה תְּבַקְּעֵם׃   13:8

Hose. 13:8   “I will encounter them as a bear bereaved of cubs,

                                   and tear the hard shell of their heart,

                       and I will devour them there like a lioness

                                    -- a beast of the field, she shall tear them apart.”

שִׁחֶתְךָ יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי־בִי בְעֶזְרֶךָ׃   13:9

Hose. 13:9   “It is your misfortune, Israel,

                                    for being with Me is being with your Helper.”

אֱהִי מַלְךְּךָ אֵפֹוא וְיֹושִׁיעֲךָ בְּכָל־עָרֶיךָ וְשֹׁפְטֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר אָמַרְתָּ תְּנָה־לִּי מֶלֶךְ וְשָׂרִים׃   13:10

Hose. 13:10   “Where is your king now that he might save you,

                                   with all your cities?

                         And your judges to whom you said,

                                    ‘Give me a king and princes’?”

אֶתֶּן־לְךָ מֶלֶךְ בְּאַפִּי וְאֶקַּח בְּעֶבְרָתִי׃   13:11

Hose. 13:11   “I had to give you a king in My ‘anger,’

                                    and in My ‘fury’ take away.”

צָרוּר עֲוֹן אֶפְרָיִם צְפוּנָה חַטָּאתֹו׃   13:12

Hose. 13:12   “The iniquity of Ephraim shall be bounded,

                                     his sin stored.”

חֶבְלֵי יֹולֵדָה יָבֹאוּ לֹו הוּא־בֵן לֹא חָכָם כִּי־עֵת לֹא־יַעֲמֹד בְּמִשְׁבַּר בָּנִים׃   13:13

Hose. 13:13   “Pangs of child birth shall come to him;

                                     he is a child, not wise,

                         but it is time he should not remain

                                      in the breaking-out place of children.”

מִיַּד שְׁאֹול אֶפְדֵּם מִמָּוֶת אֶגְאָלֵם אֱהִי דְבָרֶיךָ מָוֶת אֱהִי קָטָבְךָ שְׁאֹול נֹחַם יִסָּתֵר מֵעֵינָי׃   13:14

Hose. 13:14   “I shall redeem them from the power of the underworld,

                                     ransom them from death.

                         Where are your plagues, death?

                                    Where is your destruction, underworld?

                         Sorrow shall be hidden from My ‘eyes.’”

כִּי הוּא בֵּן אַחִים יַפְרִיא יָבֹוא קָדִים רוּחַ יְהוָה מִמִּדְבָּר עֹלֶה וְיֵבֹושׁ מְקֹורֹו וְיֶחֱרַב מַעְיָנֹו הוּא   13:15       יִשְׁסֶה אֹוצַר כָּל־כְּלִי חֶמְדָּה׃

Hose. 13:15   “Though he was to be most fruitful among brothers,

                                    the east wind of the Lord shall come,

                         arising from the wilderness,

                                    and his source of fluid shall become shameful,

                         and his fountain barren;

                                    he shall be plundered of the treasure

                         of all the implements of pleasure.”

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