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Hosea 4:6-9

6My peopleעַמִּ֖י'a.MiH5971are destroyedנִדְמ֥וּnid.MuH1820for lackמִבְּלִ֣יmi.be.LiH1097of knowledgeהַדָּ֑עַתha.Da.'atH1847.Becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588youאַתָּ֞ה'a.TahH859have rejectedמָאַ֗סְתָּma.'As.taH3988knowledgeהַדַּ֣עַתha.Da.'atH1847,I will also reject youוְאֶמְאָֽסְאךָ֙ve.'em.'a.se.KhaH3988as My priestsמִכַּהֵ֣ןmi.ka.HenH3547.Since you have forgottenוַתִּשְׁכַּח֙va.tish.KachH7911the lawתּוֹרַ֣תto.RatH8451of your Godאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430,Iאָֽנִי׃'A.niH589will alsoגַּם־gam-H1571forgetאֶשְׁכַּ֥ח'esh.KachH7911your childrenבָּנֶ֖יךָba.Nei.khaH1121.

7The more they multipliedכְּרֻבָּ֖ם כֵּ֣ןke.ru.Bam kenH7235 H3651,the more they sinnedחָֽטְאוּ־cha.te.'u-H2398against Me;they exchangedאָמִֽיר׃'a.MirH4171their Gloryכְּבוֹדָ֖םke.vo.DamH3519for a thing of disgraceבְּקָל֥וֹןbe.ka.LonH7036.

8They feed onיֹאכֵ֑לוּyo.Khe.luH398the sinsחַטַּ֥אתcha.TatH2403of My peopleעַמִּ֖י'a.MiH5971and setיִשְׂא֥וּyis.'UH5375their heartsנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃naf.ShoH5315onוְאֶל־ve.'el-H413iniquityעֲוֹנָ֖ם'a.vo.NamH5771.

9And it shall beוְהָיָ֥הve.ha.YahH1961like peopleכָעָ֖םkha.'AmH5971,like priestכַּכֹּהֵ֑ןka.ko.HenH3548.I will punishוּפָקַדְתִּ֤יu.fa.kad.TiH6485both of themעָלָיו֙'a.LavH5921for their waysדְּרָכָ֔יוde.ra.KhavH1870and repayאָשִׁ֥יב'a.ShivH7725themfor their deedsוּמַעֲלָלָ֖יוu.ma.'a.la.LavH4611.

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