Hosea 13:2

Now they sin more and more; they make idols for themselves and coat the idols with their silver. Those idols are statues that are very cleverly made, but those statues are made by mere humans. But the people are told, “Kiss those idols that resemble a calf, and offer sacrifices to them!”

Translation for Translators

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1Previously, when the leaders of Israel spoke, the people trembled; those leaders were highly respected by the Israeli people. But the people sinned greatly by worshiping Baal, so now they will be killed by their enemies.

3Therefore, those people will disappear quickly like [SIM] the morning mist or the dew that lies on the ground early in the morning; they will disappear like [SIM] chaff that is blown away from where the wheat is threshed, like [SIM] smoke that goes out of a chimney.

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Cross References

Numbers 32:14And you are acting like your ancestors did! You sinful Israeli people are going to cause Yahweh to be more angry with you than he was with our ancestors

1 Kings 19:18But you need to know that there are still 7,000 people in Israel who have never bowed to worship Baal or kissed his idol.”

2 Chronicles 33:23But he did not humble himself and turn to Yahweh like his father did. So he became more sinful than his father had been.

Psalms 115:4But their idols are only statues made of silver and gold, things that humans have made.

Isaiah 1:5Why do you [RHQ] continue to do things for which you should be punished? Why do you continue to rebel against Yahweh? You are like [MET] someone whose head is badly injured and whose mind is sick/corrupt.

Isaiah 44:11Those who make idols and those who worship them will be ashamed. Those who make idols are only human beings, but they claim that they are making gods! They should stand in front of God in a court, and when they hear what he says, they will be terrified, and they will all be disgraced.

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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