Hosea 13:3

Therefore they shall be as a morning aloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the dust that is driven with a whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.

Douay-Rheims 1899

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2And now they have sinned more and more : and they have made to themselves a molten thing of their silver as the likeness of idols: the whole is the work of craftsmen: to these that say: Sacrifice men, ye that adore calves.

4But I am the Lord thy God from the land of Egypt: and thou shalt know no God but me, and there is no saviour beside me.

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Cross References

Psalms 1:4Not so the wicked, not so: but like the dust, which the wind driveth from the face of the earth.

Psalms 83:12Make their princes like Oreb, and Zeb, and Zebee, and Salmana. All their princes,

Isaiah 41:15I have made thee as a new thrashing wain, with teeth like a saw: thou shall thrash the mountains, and break them in pieces: and shalt make the hills as chaff.

Hosea 6:4What shall I do to thee, O Ephraim? what shall I do to thee, O Juda? your mercy is as a morning cloud, and as the dew that goeth away in the morning.

Matthew Henry on Hosea 13:2-5

Reproofs and Threatenings. ( b. c. 722.) 1 When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died. 2 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. 3 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… Read the whole commentary →

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