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Hosea 4:8-13

8Theyfeedonthesinחַטַּ֥אתcha.TatH2403ofmypeopleעַמִּ֖י'a.MiH5971,andsettheirheartontheiriniquityעֲוֹנָ֖ם'a.vo.NamH5771.

9Anditshallbeוְהָיָ֥הve.ha.YahH1961,likepeopleכָעָ֖םkha.'AmH5971,likepriestכַּכֹּהֵ֑ןka.ko.HenH3548;andIwillpunishH6485themfortheirwaysדְּרָכָ֔יוde.ra.KhavH1870,andwillrequitethemtheirdoings.

10Andtheyshalleatוְאָֽכְלוּ֙ve.'a.khe.LuH398,andnothaveenough;theyshallplayH2181theharlot,andshallnotincrease;becausetheyhaveleftH5800offtakingheedH8104toJehovah.

11Whoredomandwineוְיַ֥יִןve.Ya.yinH3196andnewוְתִיר֖וֹשׁve.ti.Ro.oshH8492wineH3196takeH3947awayיִֽקַּֽח־yi.kach-H3947theunderstanding.

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.

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