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1 While Ephraim was speaking, a horror entered Israel, and he offended by Baal, and he died. 2 And now they add that they will be sinning more. And they have made themselves an image cast from their silver, just like the image of idols; but the whole thing has been made by craftsmen. These say to them, “Sacrifice men, you who adore calves.” 3 For this reason, they will be like the morning clouds, and like the morning dew that passes away, just like the dust that is driven by a whirlwind away from the threshing floor, and like the smoke from a chimney. 4 But I am the Lord your God from the land of Egypt, and you will not know God apart from me, and there is no Savior except me. 5 I knew you in the desert, in the land of solitude. 6 According to their pastures, they have been filled up and have been satisfied. And they have lifted up their heart, and they have forgotten me. 7 And I will be to them like a lioness, like a leopard in the way of the Assyrians. 8 I will run to meet them like a bear that has been robbed of her young, and I will split open the middle of their liver. And I will devour them there like a lion; the beast of the field will tear them apart. Hosea 13:1-8, Catholic Public Domain Version. Public domain.
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