Hosea 13:3

Therefore, 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.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

2Now, 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!

4Yet, I, Yahweh, have been thy God from the land of Egypt,—and, god beside me, shalt thou not acknowledge, for, saviour, is there none besides me.

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Cross References

Psalms 1:4Not so, the lawless,—but as chaff which is driven about by the wind:

Psalms 83:12Who said—Let us take a possession for ourselves, The pastures of God!

Isaiah 41:15Lo! I have made of thee a new pointed threshing sledge, owning teeth,—Thou shalt thresh mountains and crush them, And, hills—like chaff, shalt thou make:

Hosea 6:4What can I do unto thee, O Ephraim? What can I do unto thee, O Judah? for, your lovingkindness, is like a morning cloud, yea, like the dew, early departing!

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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