Hosea 13:3

Relentless Judgment on Israel

1 When Ephraim spoke, trembling,
He exalted himself in Israel;
But when he offended through Baal worship, he died.

2 Now they sin more and more,
And have made for themselves molded images,
Idols of their silver, according to their skill;
All of it is the work of craftsmen.
They say of them,
“Let¹ the men who sacrifice kiss the calves!”

3 Therefore they shall be like the morning cloud
And like the early dew that passes away,
^aLike chaff blown off from a threshing floor
And like smoke from a chimney.

4 “Yet ^aI am the Lord your God
Ever since the land of Egypt,
And you shall know no God but Me;
For ^bthere is no savior besides Me.

5 ^aI¹ knew you in the wilderness,
^bIn the land of¹ great drought.

6 ^aWhen they had pasture, they were filled;
They were filled and their heart was exalted;
Therefore they forgot Me.

7 “So ^aI will be to them like a lion;
Like ^ba leopard by the road I will lurk;

Commentaries:

Adam Clarke

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Hosea 13:3

Therefore they shall be as the morning Cloud - as the early Dew - as the Chaff - as the Smoke - Four things, most easy to be driven about and dissipated, are employed here to show how they should be scattered among the nations, and dissipated by captivity.

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