She does not recognize(A)
that it is I who gave her the grain,(B)
the new wine, and the oil.
I lavished silver and gold on her,
which they used for Baal.

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13 When Ephraim spoke,(A) there was trembling;
he was exalted in Israel.(B)
But he incurred guilt through Baal(C) and died.

Now they continue to sin
and make themselves a cast image,(D)
idols skillfully made from their silver,(E)
all of them the work of craftsmen.(F)
People say about them,
“Let the men who sacrifice[a] kiss the calves.”(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 13:2 Or Those who make human sacrifices

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