Hosea 13:3

Therefore they shall be like the anan boker (morning cloud) 1 and as the early dew that disappears, 1 like the motz (chaff) that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor, 1 and as the smoke out of the window. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 sin more and more, 1 and have made for themselves massekhah (idol) of their kesef, 1 and atzabim according to their faculty of binah (understanding), 1 all of it the work of the craftsmen; 1 they say of them: 1 Let adam that sacrifice kiss calf-idols. 1

4Yet I am Hashem Eloheicha from Eretz Mitzrayim, 1 and thou shalt know no Elohim but Me; 1 for there is no Moshia besides Me. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 1:4The Resha'im are not so, 1 but are like the chaff which the ruach driveth away. 1

Psalms 83:12Make their nobles like Orev, and like Ze'ev; 1 yes, all their princes like Zevach, and like Tzalmunna; 1

Isaiah 41:15Hinei, I will make thee a new sharp threshing iron 1 having pifiyyot (blades); 1 thou shalt thresh the harim, and beat them small, 1 and shalt make the geva'ot (hills) as motz (chaff). 1

Hosea 6:4O Ephrayim, what shall I do unto thee? 1 O Yehudah, what shall I do with thee? 1 For your chesed (faithfulness, loyalty) is as an anan boker (morning cloud), and as the early dew that disappears. 1

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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