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Hosea 13 — Sermon Preparation
Ephraim dies by its own baal-worship, and God, the only Savior, gives the people the king they demanded to their own ruin. Below is a research summary for Hosea 13, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 18
- classic sermon excerpts
- 5
- preachers & commentators
Hosea 13 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁאוֹל | shᵉʼôwl | H7585 | 2 | hades, retreat |
| שָׂבַע | sâbaʻ | H7646 | 2 | sate, fill |
| מָוֶת | mâveth | H4194 | 2 | death, dead |
| אֶפְרַיִם | ʼEphrayim | H669 | 2 | Ephrajim |
| יָשַׁע | yâshaʻ | H3467 | 2 | be open, wide |
| מִדְבָּר | midbâr | H4057 | 2 | pasture, desert |
| לֵב | lêb | H3820 | 2 | heart, feelings |
How preachers through history handled this text
18 public-domain excerpts on Hosea 13, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“16. Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up. 16. Desolabitur Samaria, quia exacerbavit Deum suum: in gladio cadent; parvuli eorum allidentur, gravidae eorum scindentur. This is the conclusion of the discourse: this verse has then been improperly separated from the former chapter ; …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Hosea, on Hosea 13:16–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Samaria 1— Hos 13:16
- Egypt— Hos 13:4
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