Hosea 13

kedabber efrayim retet nasa hu beyisra'el vayyesham babba'al vayyamot

When Ephraim spoke piety, He was exalted in Israel; But he incurred guilt through Baal, And so he died.

ve'attah yosifu lakhato vayya'asu lahem massekhah mikkaspam kitvunam atsabbim ma'aseh kharashim kulloh lahem hem omerim zovekhe adam agalim yishaqun

And now they go on sinning; They have made them molten images, Idols, by their skill, from their silver, Wholly the work of artisans. Yet for these they appoint people to sacrifice; They are wont to kiss calves!

lakhen yihyu ka'anan-boqer vekhattal mashkim holekh kemots yeso'er miggoren ukhe'ashan me'arubbah

Assuredly, They shall be like morning clouds, Like dew so early gone; Like chaff whirled away from the threshing floor. And like smoke from a lattice.

ve'anokhi Adonai elohekha me'erets mitsrayim velohim zulati lo teda umoshia ayin bilti

Only I the ETERNAL One have been your God Ever since the land of Egypt; You have never known a [true] God but Me, You have never had a helper other than Me.

ani yedatikha bammidbar be'erets taluvot

I looked after you in the desert, In a thirsty land.

kemaritam vayyisba'u save'u vayyarom libbam al-ken shekhekhuni

When they grazed, they were sated; When they were sated, they grew haughty; And so they forgot Me.

va'ehi lahem kemo-shakhal kenamer al-derekh ashur

So I am become like a lion to them, Like a leopard I lurk on the way;

efgeshem kedov shakkul ve'eqra segor libbam ve'okhelem sham kelavi khayyat hassadeh tevaqqe'em

Like a bear robbed of her young I attack them And rip open the casing of their hearts; I will devour them there like a lion, The beasts of the field shall mangle them.

shikhetkha yisra'el ki-vi ve'ezrekha

You are undone, O Israel! You had no help but Me.

ehi malkekha efo veyoshi'akha bekhol-arekha veshofetekha asher amarta tenah-lli melekh vesarim

Where now is your king? Let him save you! Where are the chieftains in all your towns From whom you demanded: “Give me a king and officers”?

etten-lekha melekh be'appi ve'eqqakh be'evrati

I give you kings in My ire, And take them away in My wrath.

tsarur avon efrayim tsefunah khattato

Ephraim’s guilt is bound up, His sin is stored away.

khevle yoledah yavo'u lo hu-ven lo khakham ki-et lo-ya'amod bemishbar banim

Pangs of childbirth assail him, And the babe is not wise— For this is no time to survive At the birthstool of babes.

miyyad she'ol efdem mimmavet egalem ehi devarekha mavet ehi qotovkha she'ol nokham yissater me'enay

From Sheol itself I will save them, Redeem them from very Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Your pestilence where, O Sheol? Revenge shall be far from My thoughts.

ki hu ben akhim yafri yavo qadim ruakh Adonai mimmidbar oleh veyevosh meqoro veyekherav mayano hu yishseh otsar kol-keli khemdah

For though he flourish among reeds, A blast, a wind of GOD, Shall come blowing up from the wilderness; His fountain shall be parched, His spring dried up. That [wind] shall plunder treasures, Every lovely object.