Hosea 13:3

So 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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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

2Now 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

4But I am Yahweh your God from the land of Egypt. 1 You must acknowledge no God but me; 1 you must acknowledge that besides me, there is no other savior. 1

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Cross References

Psalms 1:4The wicked are not so, 1 but are instead like the chaff that the wind drives away. 1

Psalms 83:12They said, “Let us take for ourselves 1 the pastures of God.” 1

Isaiah 41:15Look, I am making you like a sharp threshing sledge, new and two-edged; 1 you will thresh the mountains and crush them; you will make the hills like chaff. 1

Hosea 6:4Ephraim, what will I do with you? 1 Judah, what will I do with you? 1 Your faithfulness is like a morning cloud, 1 like the dew that goes away early. 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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