1WhenIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478wasachild,thenIlovedH157him,andcalledH7121mysonלִבְנִֽי׃liv.NiH1121outofEgyptוּמִמִּצְרַ֖יִםu.mi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714. 2ThemoretheprophetscalledH7121them,themoretheywentH1980fromthem:theysacrificedH2076untotheBaalim,andburnedincenseH6999togravenimages. 3YetItaughtEphraimלְאֶפְרַ֔יִםle.'ef.Ra.yimH669towalk;ItookH3947themonmyarmsזְרֽוֹעֹתָ֑יוze.ro.'o.TavH2220;buttheyknewH3045notthatIhealedרְפָאתִֽים׃re.fa.TimH7495them. 4IdrewH4900themwithcordsH5688ofamanH120,withbandsofloveאַהֲבָ֔ה'a.ha.VahH160;andIwasH1961tothemastheythatliftכִּמְרִ֥ימֵיkim.Ri.meiH7311uptheyokeעֹ֖ל'olH5923ontheirjawsלְחֵיהֶ֑םle.chei.HemH3895;andIlaidfoodbeforethem. 5TheyshallnotreturnH7725intothelandאֶ֣רֶץ'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714;buttheAssyrianshallbetheirkingמַלְכּ֑וֹmal.KoH4428,becausetheyrefusedH3985toreturnH7725tome. 6Andtheswordחֶ֙רֶב֙che.revH2719shallfall upontheircitiesבְּעָרָ֔יוbe.'a.RavH5892,andshallconsumeH398theirbars,anddevourוְאָכָ֑לָהve.'a.Kha.lahH398them, becauseoftheirowncounselsH4156. 7Andmypeopleוְעַמִּ֥יve.'a.MiH5971arebentonbackslidingfromme: thoughtheycallיִקְרָאֻ֔הוּyik.ra.'U.huH7121themtohimthatisonhighH7311,noneatallwillexaltיְרוֹמֵם׃ye.ro.memH7311him. American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain
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