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Hosea 13:2

Now they sin more and more 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!”

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ASV

And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.

KJV

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.

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19 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וְעַתָּ֣ה׀ve.'a.Tahand nowH6258 →
יוֹסִ֣פוּyo.Si.futhey increaseH3254 →
לַחֲטֹ֗אla.cha.To'to sinH2398 →
וַיַּעְשׂ֣וּvai.ya'.Suand they have madeH6213 →
לָהֶם֩la.Hemfor themselves
מַסֵּכָ֨הma.se.Khaha molten imageH4541 →
מִכַּסְפָּ֤םmi.kas.Pamfrom silver theirH3701 →
כִּתְבוּנָם֙kit.vu.Namaccording to skill theirH8394 →
עֲצַבִּ֔ים'a.tza.BimidolsH6091 →
מַעֲשֵׂ֥הma.'a.Seh[is the] work ofH4639 →
חָרָשִׁ֖יםcha.ra.ShimcraftsmenH2796 →
כֻּלֹּ֑הku.Lohall of itH3605 →
לָהֶם֙la.Hemof them
הֵ֣םhemtheyH1992 →
אֹמְרִ֔ים'o.me.Rim[are] sayingH559 →
זֹבְחֵ֣יzoe.Chei[those who] offer sacrifice ofH2076 →
אָדָ֔ם'a.DamhumankindH120 →
עֲגָלִ֖ים'a.ga.LimcalvesH5695 →
יִשָּׁקֽוּן׃yi.sha.Kunthey will kiss !H5401 →

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1 Kings 19:18Nevertheless, I have reserved seven thousand in Israel—all whose knees have not bowed to Baal and whose mouths have not kissed him.”Isaiah 44:17–20From the rest he makes a god, his graven image. He bows down to it and worships; he prays to it and says, “Save me, for you are my god.”Isaiah 46:6They pour out their bags of gold and weigh out silver on scales; they hire a goldsmith to fashion it into a god, so they can bow down and worship.Jeremiah 10:4They adorn it with silver and gold and fasten it with hammer and nails, so that it will not totter.Hosea 2:8For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold—which they crafted for Baal.Habakkuk 2:18–19What use is an idol, that a craftsman should carve it—or an image, a teacher of lies? For its maker trusts in his own creation; he makes idols that cannot speak.Exodus 32:4He took the gold from their hands, and with an engraving tool he fashioned it into a molten calf. And they said, “These, O Israel, are your gods, who brought you up out of the land of Egypt!”Hosea 10:5The people of Samaria will fear for the calf of Beth-aven. Indeed, its people will mourn with its idolatrous priests— those who rejoiced in its glory— for it has been taken from them into exile.Romans 1:22–25Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,2 Timothy 3:13while evil men and imposters go from bad to worse, deceiving and being deceived.Romans 11:4And what was the divine reply to him? “I have reserved for Myself seven thousand men who have not bowed the knee to Baal.”Hosea 4:17Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!Isaiah 30:1“Woe to the rebellious children,” declares the LORD, “to those who carry out a plan that is not Mine, who form an alliance, but against My will, heaping up sin upon sin.Isaiah 45:20Come, gather together, and draw near, you fugitives from the nations. Ignorant are those who carry idols of wood and pray to a god that cannot save.Hosea 8:6For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.Psalms 135:17–18they have ears, but cannot hear; nor is there breath in their mouths.2 Chronicles 28:13“You must not bring the captives here,” they said, “for you are proposing to bring guilt upon us from the LORD and to add to our sins and our guilt. For our guilt is great, and fierce anger is upon Israel.”Hosea 10:1Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.

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