{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/dbt/hosea/13","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-26T04:55:22.967Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":13,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":12,"nextChapter":14,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel: but he trespassed through Baal, and he died."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, 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."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor, and as the smoke out of the lattice."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Yet I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou hast known no God but me; and there is no saviour besides me."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"I knew thee in the wilderness, in the land of drought."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"According to their pasture, they became full; they became full, and their heart was exalted: therefore have they forgotten me."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And I will be unto them as a lion; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way;"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her whelps, and will rend the covering of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lioness: the beast of the field shall tear them."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"It is thy destruction, O Israel, that thou art against me, against thy help."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Where then is thy king, that he may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes? —"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my wrath."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is laid by in store."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The pangs of a woman in travail shall come upon him: he is a son not wise; for at the time of the breaking forth of children, he was not there."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death: where, O death, are thy plagues? where, O Sheol, is thy destruction? Repentance shall be hid from mine eyes."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall come, a wind of Jehovah that cometh 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."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Samaria shall bear her guilt; 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."}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 13 (DBT)","markdown":"[Hosea 13](https://primebible.com/dbt/hosea/13)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/hosea/13 (accessed 2026-05-26)."}}