Hosea

Hosea 13:2–3

2Now they sin more and more

and make for themselves cast images,

idols skillfully made from their silver,

all of them the work of craftsmen.

People say of them,

“They offer human sacrifice

and kiss the calves!”b

3Therefore they will be like the morning mist,

like the early dew that vanishes,

like chaff blown from a threshing floor,

like smoke through an open window.

Footnotes

  • b 13:2 Or “The men who sacrifice kiss the calves!”See 1 Kings 19:18|1KI 19:18.

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Hosea 13:2

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Nowוְעַתָּ֣ה׀wə·‘at·tāhConjunctive waw; AdverbH6258 now
they sinלַחֲטֹ֗אla·ḥă·ṭōPreposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructH2398 miss
more and moreיוֹסִ֣פוּyō·w·si·p̄ūVerb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralH3254 add
and makeוַיַּעְשׂ֣וּway·ya‘·śūConjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine pluralH6213 do, make
for themselvesלָהֶם֩lā·hemPreposition; third person masculine plural
cast imagesמַסֵּכָ֨הmas·sê·ḵāhNoun - feminine singularH4541 molten metal, or image
idolsעֲצַבִּ֔ים‘ă·ṣab·bîmNoun - masculine pluralH6091 idol
skillfully madeכִּתְבוּנָם֙kiṯ·ḇū·nāmPreposition-k; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine pluralH8394 intelligence, argument, caprice
from their silverמִכַּסְפָּ֤םmik·kas·pāmPreposition-m; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine pluralH3701 silver, money
allכֻּלֹּ֑הkul·lōhNoun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singularH3605 the whole, all
of themלָהֶם֙lā·hemPreposition; third person masculine plural
the workמַעֲשֵׂ֥הma·‘ă·śêhNoun - masculine singular constructH4639 deed, work
of craftsmenחָרָשִׁ֖יםḥā·rā·šîmNoun - masculine pluralH2796 graver, artificer
Peopleהֵ֣םhêmPronoun - third person masculine pluralH1992 they, them
say of themאֹמְרִ֔ים’ō·mə·rîmVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine pluralH559 utter, say
They offer human sacrificeזֹבְחֵ֣יzō·ḇə·ḥêVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural constructH2076 slaughter for sacrifice
kissיִשָּׁקֽוּן׃yiš·šā·qūnVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; Paragogic nunH5401 kiss
the calvesעֲגָלִ֖ים‘ă·ḡā·lîmNoun - masculine pluralH5695 calf

Hosea 13:3

EnglishHebrewSounds likeGrammarWord study
Thereforeלָכֵ֗ןlā·ḵênAdverbH3651 right, veritable, honest
they will beיִֽהְיוּ֙yih·yūVerb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine pluralH1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
like the morningבֹּ֔קֶרbō·qerNoun - masculine singularH1242 morning
mistכַּעֲנַן־ka·‘ă·nan-Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular constructH6051 cloud-mass, cloud
like the earlyמַשְׁכִּ֣יםmaš·kîmVerb - Hifil - Participle - masculine singularH7925 start, rise, early
dewוְכַטַּ֖לwə·ḵaṭ·ṭalConjunctive waw, Preposition-k, Article; Noun - masculine singularH2919 night-mist, dew
that vanishesהֹלֵ֑ךְhō·lêḵVerb - Qal - Participle - masculine singularH1980 go, come, walk
like chaffכְּמֹץ֙kə·mōṣPreposition-k; Noun - masculine singularH4671 chaff
blownיְסֹעֵ֣רyə·sō·‘êrVerb - Piel - Imperfect - third person masculine singularH5590 storm, rage
from a threshing floorמִגֹּ֔רֶןmig·gō·renPreposition-m; Noun - feminine singularH1637 threshing-floor
like smokeוּכְעָשָׁ֖ןū·ḵə·‘ā·šānConjunctive waw, Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singularH6227 smoke
through an open windowמֵאֲרֻבָּֽה׃mê·’ă·rub·bāhPreposition-m; Noun - feminine singularH699 lattice, window, sluice

Cross-references

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Hosea 13:2 Isaiah 46:6 · Isaiah 44:17–20 · 1 Kings 19:18 · Jeremiah 10:4 · Hosea 2:8 · Habakkuk 2:18–19 · Romans 11:4 · 2 Timothy 3:13 · Romans 1:22–25

Hosea 13:3 Psalm 1:4 · Hosea 6:4 · Psalm 68:2 · Isaiah 17:13 · Daniel 2:35 · Isaiah 41:15–16

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.