God’s Anger against Israel
When Ephraim 1spoke, there was trembling; Hos 11:2Gen 2:17Jos 3:7Luk 14:11Num 27:16-231Ki 12:251Ki 16:29-331Ki 18:18-19
he was exalted in Israel.
But he incurred guilt through Baal,
and he died.
Now they sin more and more 1Ki 19:18Isa 44:17-20Isa 46:6Hos 2:8Jer 10:4Hab 2:18-192Ti 3:13Rom 1:22-25
and make for themselves cast images,
idols skillfully made from their silver,
all of them the work of craftsmen.
People say of them,
“They offer human sacrifice
and kiss the calves!” 2
Therefore they will be like the morning mist, Hos 6:4Psa 1:4Psa 68:2Dan 2:35Isa 17:13Isa 41:15-16Psa 83:12-17
like the early dew that vanishes,
like chaff blown from a threshing floor,
like smoke through an open window.
Yet I am the LORD your God Isa 45:21-22Exo 20:2-3Hos 12:9Isa 43:10-13Isa 43:3Act 4:12Isa 44:6-8Psa 81:9-10
ever since the land of Egypt;
you know no God but Me,
for there is no Savior besides Me.
I knew you in the wilderness, Deu 32:10Deu 2:7Deu 8:15Gal 4:9Psa 142:3Exo 2:25Jer 2:2Nam 1:7
in the land of drought.
When they had pasture, Deu 32:13-15Deu 8:12-14Deu 32:18Deu 6:10-12Neh 9:35Psa 10:4Hos 10:1Hos 2:13
they became satisfied;
when they were satisfied,
their hearts became proud,
and as a result they forgot Me.
So like a lion I will pounce on them; Hos 5:14Jer 5:6Lam 3:10Amo 1:2Amo 3:4Amo 3:8Isa 42:13
like a leopard I will lurk by the path.
Like a bear robbed of her cubs I will attack them, 2Sa 17:8Isa 5:29Amo 9:1-3Isa 56:9Jer 12:9Pro 17:12Psa 50:22Psa 80:13
and I will tear open their chests.
There I will devour them like a lion,
like a wild beast would tear them apart.
Death and Resurrection
(1 Corinthians 15:50–58)
You are destroyed, O Israel, Jer 2:17Jer 2:19Deu 33:26Deu 33:29Hos 14:1Isa 3:11Jer 5:25Pro 6:32
because you are against Me—
against your helper.
Where is your king now 3 Hos 8:41Sa 8:5-6Hos 10:3Zec 14:91Ki 12:201Sa 12:11-121Sa 8:19-202Ki 17:4
to save you in all your cities,
and the rulers to whom you said,
“Give me a king and princes”?
So in My anger I gave you a king, 1Sa 10:191Sa 16:1Pro 28:21Ki 12:15-161Ki 12:26-321Ki 14:7-161Sa 12:131Sa 15:22-23
and in My wrath I took him away.
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; Deu 32:34-35Job 14:17Rom 2:5Job 21:19
his sin is stored up.
Labor pains come upon him, Isa 37:3Isa 13:8Isa 26:172Ki 19:3Mic 4:9-10Psa 48:61Th 5:3Isa 66:9
but he is an unwise son.
When the time arrives,
he fails to present himself at the opening of the womb.
I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; Isa 25:81Co 15:52-57Rev 21:4Isa 26:19Jas 1:17Psa 49:151Co 15:21-22Psa 30:3
I will redeem them from Death. 4
Where, O Death, are your plagues?
Where, O Sheol, is your sting? 5
Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
Judgment on Samaria
Although he flourishes among his brothers, Ezk 19:12Ezk 17:10Gen 41:52Gen 48:19Gen 49:22Jer 4:11Dan 11:8Deu 33:17
an east wind will come—
a wind from the LORD
rising up from the desert.
His fountain will fail,
and his spring will run dry.
The wind will plunder his treasury
of every precious article.
Samaria will bear her guilt 2Ki 15:162Ki 8:12Isa 13:16Psa 137:8-9Amo 1:13Nam 3:102Ki 17:182Ki 17:6
because she has rebelled against her God.
They will fall by the sword;
their little ones will be dashed to pieces,
and their pregnant women ripped open.