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Hosea Chapter 13 

NKJV

1 When Ephraim spoke, trembling,

He exalted himself in Israel;

But when he offended through Baal worship, he died.

2 Now they sin more and more,

And have made for themselves molded images,

Idols of their silver, according to their skill;

All of it is the work of craftsmen.

They say of them,

“Let the men who sacrifice kiss the calves!”

3 Therefore they shall be like the morning cloud

And like the early dew that passes away,

 Like chaff blown off from a threshing floor

And like smoke from a chimney.

4 “Yet  I am the Lord your God

Ever since the land of Egypt,

And you shall know no God but Me;

For  there is no savior besides Me.

5 I knew you in the wilderness,

 In the land of great drought.

6 When they had pasture, they were filled;

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