Hosea 13:2
Now they sin more and more, and have made themselves molten images of their silver, even idols according to their own understanding, all of them the work of the craftsmen. They say of them, ‘They offer human sacrifice and kiss the calves.’This verse in the real world
In what words
- עָצָבʻâtsâban (idolatrous) image
- מַסֵּכָהmaççêkâhproperly, a pouring over, i.e. fusion of metal (especially a cast image); by implication,
- תָּבוּןtâbûwnintelligence; by implication, an argument; by extension, caprice
- חָרָשׁchârâsha fabricator or any material
- נָשַׁקnâshaqto kiss, literally or figuratively (touch); also (as a mode of attachment), to equip with
- זָבַחzâbachto slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
- יָסַףyâçaphto add or augment (often adverbial, to continue to do a thing)
- חָטָאchâṭâʼproperly, to miss; hence (figuratively and generally) to sin; by inference, to forfeit, la
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The Hebrew and Greek words standing behind this verse. Word-by-word alignment comes with the interlinear.
Cross-references
Isa 44:17–20, 1Ki 19:18, Isa 46:6, Jer 10:4, Hos 2:8, Hab 2:18–19, Rom 1:22–25, 2Ti 3:13