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Hosea 8:7-9

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.

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