Hosea 13:9 meaning and explanation

You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me— against your helper.

Hosea 13:9, Berean Standard Bible

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In Hosea 13, God speaks through the prophet to the northern kingdom of Ephraim, or Israel, near the end of a long history of idolatry and misplaced trust in kings. The Hebrew word for helper, ezer, is often used of God as Israel's strength.

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