Bible in Basic English
"When the words of my law came from Ephraim, he was lifted up in Israel; but when he did evil through the Baal, death overtook him."
— Hosea 13:1, Bible in Basic English
“When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died.”
When the words of my law came from Ephraim, he was lifted up in Israel; but when he did evil through the Baal, death overtook him.
And now their sins are increased; they have made themselves a metal image, false gods from their silver, after their designs, all of them the work of the metal-workers; they say of them, Let them give offerings, let men give kisses to the oxen.
So they will be like the morning cloud, like the dew which goes early away, like the dust of the grain which the wind is driving out of the crushing-floor, like smoke going up from the fireplace.
But I am the Lord your God, from the land of Egypt; you have knowledge of no other God and there is no saviour but me.