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Hosea 9:1-6

1Rejoiceתִּשְׂמַ֨חtis.MachH8055not,OIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל׀Yis.ra.'ElH3478,forjoy,likethepeoplesH5971;forthou hastplayedH2181theharlot, departingfromthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430; thou hastlovedH157hireאֶתְנָ֔ן'et.NanH868uponeverygrain-floor.

2Thethreshing-floorandthewinepressוָיֶ֖קֶבva.Ye.kevH3342shallnotfeedיִרְעֵ֑םyir.'EmH7462them,andthenewוְתִיר֖וֹשׁve.ti.Ro.oshH8492wineH8492shallfailher.

3TheyshallnotdwellH3427inJehovah’slandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776;butEphraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669shallreturnוְשָׁ֤בve.ShavH7725toEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,andtheyshalleatיֹאכֵֽלוּ׃yo.Khe.luH398uncleanטָמֵ֥אta.Me'H2931foodinAssyriaוּבְאַשּׁ֖וּרu.ve.'a.ShurH804.

4Theyshallnotpourיִסְּכ֨וּyi.se.KhuH5258outwine-offeringstoJehovah,neithershalltheybepleasing untohim:theirsacrificesH2077shallbeuntothemasthebreadכְּלֶ֤חֶםke.Le.chemH3899ofmourners;allthateatאֹכְלָ֖יו'o.khe.LavH398thereofshallbepolluted;fortheirbreadלַחְמָ֣םlach.MamH3899shallbefortheirappetiteH5315;itshallnotcomeH935intothehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofJehovah.

5Whatwillyedointhedayלְי֣וֹםle.YomH3117ofsolemnassembly,andinthedayוּלְי֖וֹםu.le.YomH3117ofthefeastH2282ofJehovah?

6For,lo,theyaregoneH1980awayfromdestructionH7701;yetEgyptמִצְרַ֥יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714shallgatherתְּקַבְּצֵ֖םte.ka.be.TzemH6908themup,Memphisshallburyתְּקַבְּרֵ֑םte.ka.be.RemH6912them;theirpleasantthingsH4261ofsilverלְכַסְפָּ֗םle.khas.PamH3701,nettlesקִמּוֹשׂ֙ki.mOsH7057shallpossessH3423them;thornsח֖וֹחַCho.achH2336shallbeintheirtentsבְּאָהֳלֵיהֶֽם׃be.'o.ho.lei.HemH168.

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