The Bible, King James version, Book 28: Hosea
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28:010:015 So shall Bethel do unto you because of your great wickedness:
in a morning shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off.
28:011:001 When Israel was a child, then I loved him, and called my son
out of Egypt.
28:011:002 As they called them, so they went from them: they sacrificed
unto Baalim, and burned incense to graven images.
28:011:003 I taught Ephraim also to go, taking them by their arms; but
they knew not that I healed them.
28:011:004 I drew them with cords of a man, with bands of love: and I was
to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws, and I
laid meat unto them.
28:011:005 He shall not return into the land of Egypt, and the Assyrian
shall be his king, because they refused to return.
28:011:006 And the sword shall abide on his cities, and shall consume his
branches, and devour them, because of their own counsels.
28:011:007 And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they
called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
28:011:008 How shall I give thee up, Ephraim? how shall I deliver thee,
Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah? how shall I set thee
as Zeboim? mine heart is turned within me, my repentings are
kindled together.
28:011:009 I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger, I will not
return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God, and not man; the Holy
One in the midst of thee: and I will not enter into the city.
28:011:010 They shall walk after the LORD: he shall roar like a lion:
when he shall roar, then the children shall tremble from the
west.
28:011:011 They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out
of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses,
saith the LORD.
28:011:012 Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel
with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful
with the saints.
28:012:001 Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he
daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a
covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt.
28:012:002 The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish
Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he
recompense him.
28:012:003 He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his
strength he had power with God:
28:012:004 Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and
made supplication unto him: he found him in Bethel, and there
he spake with us;
28:012:005 Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial.
28:012:006 Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment and
wait on thy God continually.
28:012:007 He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he
loveth to oppress.
28:012:008 And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out
substance: in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in
me that were sin.
28:012:009 And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet
make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the
solemn feast.
28:012:010 I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied
visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the
prophets.
28:012:011 Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they
sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps
in the furrows of the fields.
28:012:012 And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served
for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep.
28:012:013 And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by
a prophet was he preserved.
28:012:014 Ephraim provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall
he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his LORD
return unto him.
28:013:001 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel;
but when he offended in Baal, he died.
28:013:002 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten
images of their silver, and 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.
28:013:003 Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early
dew that passeth away, as the chaff that is driven with the
whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the
chimney.
28:013:004 Yet I am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt, and thou
shalt know no god but me: for there is no saviour beside me.
28:013:005 I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great
drought.
28:013:006 According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were
filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they
forgotten me.
28:013:007 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the
way will I observe them:
28:013:008 I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps, and
will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour
them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
28:013:009 O Israel, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me is thine
help.
28:013:010 I will be thy king: where is any other that may save thee in
all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a
king and princes?
28:013:011 I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took him away in my
wrath.
28:013:012 The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid.
28:013:013 The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is
an unwise son; for he should not stay long in the place of the
breaking forth of children.
28:013:014 I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem
them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I
will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine
eyes.
28:013:015 Though he be fruitful among his brethren, an east wind shall
come, the wind of the LORD shall come 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.
28:013:016 Samaria shall become desolate; 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.
28:014:001 O israel, return unto the LORD thy God; for thou hast fallen
by thine iniquity.
28:014:002 Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take
away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we
render the calves of our lips.
28:014:003 Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses:
neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, Ye are
our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
28:014:004 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for
mine anger is turned away from him.
28:014:005 I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily,
and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
28:014:006 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the
olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
28:014:007 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall
revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof
shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
28:014:008 Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I
have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree.
From me is thy fruit found.
28:014:009 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent,
and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right,
and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall
fall therein.