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Hosea 2:2-5

2Rebukeרִ֤יבוּRi.vuH7378your motherבְאִמְּכֶם֙ve.'i.me.KhemH517,rebuke herרִ֔יבוּRi.vuH7378,forH3588sheהִיא֙hi'H1931is notלֹ֣אlo'H3808My wifeאִשְׁתִּ֔י'ish.TiH802,and Iוְאָנֹכִ֖יve.'a.no.KhiH595am notלֹ֣אlo'H3808her husbandאִישָׁ֑הּ'i.ShahH376.Let her removeוְתָסֵ֤רve.ta.SerH5493the adulteryזְנוּנֶ֙יהָ֙ze.nu.Nei.haH2183from her faceמִפָּנֶ֔יהmi.pa.NeihH6440and the unfaithfulnessוְנַאֲפוּפֶ֖יהָve.na.'a.fu.Fei.haH5005from betweenמִבֵּ֥יןmi.BeinH996her breastsשָׁדֶֽיהָ׃sha.Dei.haH7699.

3Otherwiseפֶּן־pen-H6435,I will strip herאַפְשִׁיטֶ֣נָּה'af.shi.Te.nahH6584nakedעֲרֻמָּ֔ה'a.ru.MahH6174and expose herוְהִ֨צַּגְתִּ֔יהָve.Hi.tzag.Ti.haH3322like the dayכְּי֖וֹםke.YomH3117of her birthהִוָּֽלְדָ֑הּhi.val.DahH3205.I will make herוְשַׂמְתִּ֣יהָve.sam.Ti.haH7760like a desertכַמִּדְבָּ֗רkha.mid.BarH4057and turn her intoוְשַׁתִּ֙הָ֙ve.sha.Ti.haH7896a parchedצִיָּ֔הtzi.YahH6723landכְּאֶ֣רֶץke.'E.retzH776,and I will let her dieוַהֲמִתִּ֖יהָva.ha.mi.Ti.haH4191of thirstבַּצָּמָֽא׃ba.tza.Ma'H6772.

4וְאֶת־ve.'EtH853I will have noH3808compassionאֲרַחֵ֑ם'a.ra.ChemH7355on her childrenבָּנֶ֖יהָba.Nei.haH1121,becauseH3588theyהֵֽמָּה׃He.mahH1992are the childrenבְנֵ֥יve.NeiH1121of adulteryH2183.

5Forכִּ֤יkiH3588their motherאִמָּ֔ם'i.MamH517has played the harlotזָֽנְתָה֙za.ne.TahH2181and has conceived themהֽוֹרָתָ֑םho.ra.TamH2029in disgraceהֹבִ֖ישָׁהho.Vi.shahH954.Forכִּ֣יkiH3588she thoughtאָמְרָ֗ה'a.me.RahH559, ‘I will goאֵלְכָ֞ה'e.le.KhahH1980afterאַחֲרֵ֤י'a.cha.ReiH310my loversמְאַהֲבַי֙me.'a.ha.VaiH157,who give meנֹתְנֵ֤יno.te.NeiH5414breadלַחְמִי֙lach.MiH3899and waterוּמֵימַ֔יu.mei.MaiH4325,woolצַמְרִ֣יtzam.RiH6785and linenוּפִשְׁתִּ֔יu.fish.TiH6593,oilשַׁמְנִ֖יsham.NiH8081and drinkוְשִׁקּוּיָֽי׃ve.shi.ku.YaiH8250.’

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