{"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/ylt/hosea/13","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T03:55:40.556Z"},"reference":{"translation":"YLT","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":13,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":12,"nextChapter":14,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":16},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"When Ephraim speaketh tremblingly, He hath been lifted up in Israel, When he becometh guilty in Baal he dieth."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"And now do they add to sin, And make to them a molten image of their silver, By their own understanding — idols, A work of artisans — all of it, Of them they say, who are sacrificers among men, 'The calves let them kiss.'"},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Therefore they are as a cloud of the morning, And as dew, rising early, going away, As chaff tossed about out of a floor, And as smoke out of a window."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"And I am Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt, And a God besides Me thou dost not know, And a Saviour — there is none save Me."},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"I — I have known thee in a wilderness, In a land of droughts."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"According to their feedings they are satiated, They have been satiated, And their heart is lifted up, Therefore they have forgotten Me,"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"And I am to them as a lion, As a leopard by the way I look out."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"I do meet them as a bereaved bear, And I rend the enclosure of their heart."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And I consume them there as a lioness, A beast of the field doth rend them."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"Thou hast destroyed thyself, O Israel, But in Me is thy help, Where is thy king now — And he doth save thee in all thy cities? And thy judges of whom thou didst say, 'Give to me a king and heads?'"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"I give to thee a king in Mine anger, And I take away in My wrath."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Bound up is the iniquity of Ephraim, Hidden is his sin,"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"Pangs of a travailing woman come to him, He is a son not wise, For he remaineth not the time for the breaking forth of sons."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"From the hand of Sheol I do ransom them, From death I redeem them, Where is thy plague, O death? Where thy destruction, O Sheol? Repentance is hid from Mine eyes."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Though he among brethren produceth fruit, Come in doth an east wind, a wind of Jehovah, From a wilderness it is coming up, And it drieth up his fountain, And become dry doth his spring, It — it spoileth a treasure — every desirable vessel."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"Become desolate doth Samaria, Because she hath rebelled against her God, By sword they do fall, Their sucklings are dashed in pieces, And its pregnant ones are ripped up!"}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 13 (YLT)","markdown":"[Hosea 13](https://primebible.com/ylt/hosea/13)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* YLT. https://primebible.com/ylt/hosea/13 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}