Hosea 13:2

Now, therefore they go on to sin, and have made them a Molten Thing out of their silver, after the notion of idols, the workmanship of craftsmen, all of it! Of them, are they saying—Ye sacrificers of men! The Great Calf, shall ye surely kiss!

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

1When Ephraim, spake, there was terror, exalted was, he, in Israel,—but, when he became guilty with Baal, then he died.

3Therefore, shall they become like the morning cloud, and like the dew early departing,—like chaff storm-driven out of the threshing-floor, and like smoke out of a chimney.

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Cross References

Numbers 32:14Lo! therefore, ye have arisen in the room of your fathers, a brood of sinful men,—to heap up yet more upon the heat of the anger of Yahweh, towards Israel.

1 Kings 19:18Yet will I leave remaining in Israel, seven thousand,—all knees which have not bowed to Baal, and all mouths which have not kissed to him.

2 Chronicles 33:23But he did not humble himself before Yahweh as Manasseh his father humbled himself,—for, he, Amon, made guilt abound.

Psalms 115:4Their idols, are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men,—

Isaiah 1:5Why should ye be smitten any more? Ye would again turn aside! The whole head is sick, And the whole heart faint:

Isaiah 44:11Lo! all his partners, turn pale, Even, the artificers themselves, are of the sons of earth,—Let them gather themselves together—all of them. Let them take their stand, Let them dread, and turn pale, together!

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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