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Hosea 6:4-7

4Whatמָ֤הmahH4100shall I doאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־'e.'e.seh-H6213with you,O Ephraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669?Whatמָ֥הmahH4100shall I doאֶעֱשֶׂה־'e.'e.seh-H6213with you,O Judahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063?For your loyaltyוְחַסְדְּכֶם֙ve.chas.de.KhemH2617is like a morningבֹּ֔קֶרBo.kerH1242mistכַּֽעֲנַן־ka.'a.nan-H6051,like the earlyמַשְׁכִּ֥יםmash.KimH7925dewוְכַטַּ֖לve.kha.TalH2919that vanishesהֹלֵֽךְ׃ho.LekhH1980.

5Thereforeעַל־ כֵּ֗ן'al- KenH5921 H3651I have hewnחָצַ֙בְתִּי֙cha.Tzav.tiH2672themby the prophetsבַּנְּבִיאִ֔יםba.ne.vi.'ImH5030;I have slain themהֲרַגְתִּ֖יםha.rag.TimH2026by the wordsבְּאִמְרֵי־be.'im.rei-H561of My mouthפִ֑יFiH6310,and My judgmentsוּמִשְׁפָּטֶ֖יךָu.mish.pa.Tei.khaH4941go forthיֵצֵֽא׃ye.Tze'H3318like lightningא֥וֹר'orH216.

6Forכִּ֛יkiH3588I desireחָפַ֖צְתִּיcha.Fatz.tiH2654mercyחֶ֥סֶדChe.sedH2617,notוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808sacrificeזָ֑בַחZa.vachH2077,and the knowledgeוְדַ֥עַתve.Da.'atH1847of Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430rather than burnt offeringsמֵעֹלֽוֹת׃me.'o.LotH5930.

7But theyוְהֵ֕מָּהve.He.mahH1992,like Adamכְּאָדָ֖םke.'a.DamH121,have transgressedעָבְר֣וּ'a.ve.RuH5674the covenantבְרִ֑יתve.RitH1285;thereשָׁ֖םshamH8033they were unfaithfulבָּ֥גְדוּBa.ge.duH898to Me.

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