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Hosea 8:5-10

5He has rejectedזָנַח֙za.NachH2186your calfעֶגְלֵ֣ךְ'eg.LekhH5695,O Samariaשֹֽׁמְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonH8111.My angerאַפִּ֖י'a.PiH639burnsחָרָ֥הcha.RahH2734against them.How long will they beעַד־ מָתַ֕י'ad- ma.TaiH5704 H4970incapableלֹ֥א יוּכְל֖וּlo' yu.khe.LuH3808 H3201of innocenceנִקָּיֹֽן׃ni.ka.YonH5356?

6Forכִּ֤יkiH3588this thingוְה֔וּאve.Hu'H1931is from Israelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵל֙mi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478—a craftsmanחָרָ֣שׁcha.RashH2796made itעָשָׂ֔הוּ'a.Sa.huH6213,and itה֑וּא כִּֽי־Hu' ki-H1931 H3588is notוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430.It will beיִֽהְיֶ֔הyih.YehH1961broken to piecesשְׁבָבִ֣יםshe.va.VimH7616,that calfעֵ֖גֶל'E.gelH5695of Samariaשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃sho.me.RonH8111.

7Forכִּ֛יkiH3588they sowיִזְרָ֖עוּyiz.Ra.'uH2232the windר֥וּחַRu.achH7307,and they shall reapיִקְצֹ֑רוּyik.Tzo.ruH7114the whirlwindוְסוּפָ֣תָהve.su.Fa.tahH5492.There is noאֵֽין־'ein-H369standing grainקָמָ֣הka.MahH7054;what sproutsצֶ֚מַחTze.machH6780failsבְּלִ֣יbe.LiH1097to yieldיַֽעֲשֶׂה־ya.'a.seh-H6213flourקֶּ֔מַחKe.machH7058.Even ifאוּלַ֣י'u.LaiH194it should produceיַֽעֲשֶׂ֔הya.'a.SehH6213,the foreignersזָרִ֖יםza.RimH2114would swallow it upיִבְלָעֻֽהוּ׃yiv.la.'U.huH1104.

8Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478is swallowed upנִבְלַ֖עniv.La'H1104!Nowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258they areהָי֣וּha.YuH1961among the nationsבַגּוֹיִ֔םva.go.YimH1471like a worthlessאֵֽין־ חֵ֥פֶץ'ein- Che.fetzH369 H2656vesselכִּכְלִ֖יkikh.LiH3627.

9Forכִּֽי־ki-H3588theyהֵ֙מָּה֙he.mahH1992have gone upעָל֣וּ'a.LuH5927to Assyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804like a wild donkeyפֶּ֖רֶאPe.re'H6501on its ownבּוֹדֵ֣דbo.DedH909.Ephraimאֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669has hiredהִתְנ֥וּhit.NuH8566loversאֲהָבִֽים'a.ha.VimH158.

10Thoughגַּ֛ם כִּֽי־gam ki-H1571 H3588they hire alliesיִתְנ֥וּyit.NuH8566among the nationsבַגּוֹיִ֖םva.go.YimH1471,I will nowעַתָּ֣ה'a.TahH6258round them upאֲקַבְּצֵ֑ם'a.ka.be.TzemH6908,and they will beginוַיָּחֵ֣לּוּvai.ya.Che.luH2490to diminishמְּעָ֔טme.'AtH4592under the oppressionמִמַּשָּׂ֖אmi.ma.Sa'H4853of the kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428of princesשָׂרִֽים׃sa.RimH8269.

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