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Hosea 4:12-19

12Mypeopleעַמִּי֙'a.MiH5971askH7592counselattheirstock,andtheirstaffH4731declareth untothem;forthespiritר֤וּחַRu.achH7307ofwhoredom hathcausedthemtoerrH8582,andtheyhaveplayedH2181theharlot, departingfromundertheirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.HemH430.

13Theysacrificeיְזַבֵּ֗חוּye.za.Be.chuH2076uponthetopsרָאשֵׁ֨יra.SheiH7218ofthemountainsהֶהָרִ֜יםhe.ha.RimH2022,andburnincenseH6999uponthehillsהַגְּבָעוֹת֙ha.ge.va.'OtH1389,underoaksאַלּ֧וֹן'a.LonH437andpoplarsandterebinths,becausetheshadowH6738thereofisgoodט֣וֹבTovH2896:thereforeH3651yourdaughtersבְּנ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔םbe.No.tei.KhemH1323playH2181theharlot,andyourbridesH3618commitתְּנָאַֽפְנָה׃te.na.'Af.nahH5003adulteryH5003.

14IwillnotpunishH6485yourdaughtersבְּנוֹתֵיכֶ֜םbe.no.tei.KhemH1323whentheyplayH2181theharlot,noryourbridesH3618whentheycommitתְנָאַ֔פְנָהte.na.'Af.nahH5003adulteryH5003;forthementhemselvesgoapartwithharlots,andtheysacrificeיְזַבֵּ֑חוּye.za.Be.chuH2076withtheprostitutesH2181;andthepeopleוְעָ֥םve.'AmH5971thatdothnotunderstandיָבִ֖יןya.VinH995shallbeoverthrown.

15Thoughthou,Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,playH2181theharlot,yetletnotJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063offend;andcomeH935notye untoGilgalהַגִּלְגָּ֗לha.gil.GalH1537,neithergoתָּבֹ֣אוּta.Vo.'uH935yeuptoBeth-aven,norswearתִּשָּׁבְע֖וּti.sha.ve.'UH7650,AsJehovahliveth.

16ForIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478hath behaved himselfstubbornly,likeastubbornH5637heiferכְּפָרָ֣הke.fa.RahH6510:nowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258willJehovahfeedH7462themasalambכְּכֶ֖בֶשׂke.Khe.vesH3532inalargeplaceבַּמֶּרְחָֽב׃ba.mer.ChavH4800.

17Ephraimאֶפְרָ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669isjoinedחֲב֧וּרcha.VurH2266toidolsעֲצַבִּ֛ים'a.tza.BimH6091; let him alone.

18Theirdrinkסָבְאָ֑םsa.ve.'AmH5435isbecomesour;theyplayH2181theharlotcontinually;herrulersdearlyloveH157shameקָל֖וֹןka.LonH7036.

19Thewindר֛וּחַRu.achH7307hathwrappedherupinitswingsבִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָbikh.na.Fei.haH3671;andtheyshall beputH954toshameH954becauseoftheirsacrificesH2077.

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