Hosea 13:2

Now they sin more and more. 1 They make cast metal figures from their silver, 1 idols as skillfully worked as possible, 1 all of them the work of the craftsmen. 1 People say of them, 1 'These men who sacrifice kiss calves.' 1

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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

1“When Ephraim spoke, there was trembling. 1 He exalted himself in Israel, 1 but he became guilty because of Baal worship, and he died. 1

3So they will be like the morning clouds, 1 like the dew that goes away early, 1 like the chaff that is driven by the wind away from a threshing floor, 1 and like smoke out of a chimney. 1

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Cross References

Numbers 32:14Look, you have risen up in your fathers' place, like just more sinful men, to add to Yahweh's burning anger toward Israel.

1 Kings 19:18But I will leave for myself seven thousand people in Israel, whose knees have not bent down to Baal, and whose mouths have not kissed him.”

2 Chronicles 33:23He did not humble himself before Yahweh, as Manasseh his father had done. Instead, this same Amon trespassed more and more.

Psalms 115:4The nations' idols are silver and gold, 1 the work of men's hands. 1

Isaiah 1:5Why are you still being beaten? Why do you rebel more and more? 1 The whole head is sick, the whole heart is weak. 1

Isaiah 44:11Look, all his associates will be put to shame; the craftsmen are only men. 1 Let them take their stand together; they will cower and be put to shame. 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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