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Hosea 4:12-19

12Mypeopleעַמִּי֙'a.MiH5971askH7592counseloftheirstock,andtheirstaffH4731declareth untothem;forthespiritר֤וּחַRu.achH7307ofwhoredoms causeth [them]toerrH8582,andtheyhavegoneH8582awhoringfromundertheirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.HemH430:

13theysacrificeיְזַבֵּ֗חוּye.za.Be.chuH2076uponthetopsרָאשֵׁ֨יra.SheiH7218ofthemountainsהֶהָרִ֜יםhe.ha.RimH2022,andburnincenseH6999uponthehillsהַגְּבָעוֹת֙ha.ge.va.'OtH1389,underoakH424andpoplarוְלִבְנֶ֛הve.liv.NehH3839andterebinthוְאֵלָ֖הve.'e.LahH424,becausetheshadeצִלָּ֑הּtzi.LahH6738thereofisgoodט֣וֹבTovH2896;thereforeH3651yourdaughtersבְּנ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔םbe.No.tei.KhemH1323playH2181theharlotandyourdaughters-in-lawcommitתְּנָאַֽפְנָה׃te.na.'Af.nahH5003adulteryH5003.

14IwillnotpunishH6485yourdaughtersבְּנוֹתֵיכֶ֜םbe.no.tei.KhemH1323whentheyplayH2181theharlot,noryourdaughters-in-lawfortheircommittingתְנָאַ֔פְנָהte.na.'Af.nahH5003adulteryH5003;fortheythemselvesgoasidewithharlots,andtheysacrificeיְזַבֵּ֑חוּye.za.Be.chuH2076withprostitutesH2181:andthepeopleוְעָ֥םve.'AmH5971thatdothnotunderstandיָבִ֖יןya.VinH995shallcometoruin.

15Thoughthou,Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,playH2181theharlot,letnotJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063trespass;andcomeH935yenotuntoGilgalהַגִּלְגָּ֗לha.gil.GalH1537,neithergoתָּבֹ֣אוּta.Vo.'uH935uptoBeth-aven,norswearתִּשָּׁבְע֖וּti.sha.ve.'UH7650[As]Jehovahliveth!

16ForIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478isrefractoryasanuntractableheiferכְּפָרָ֣הke.fa.RahH6510;nowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258willJehovahfeedH7462themasalambכְּכֶ֖בֶשׂke.Khe.vesH3532inawide [pasture].

17—Ephraimאֶפְרָ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669isjoinedחֲב֧וּרcha.VurH2266toidolsעֲצַבִּ֛ים'a.tza.BimH6091:leavehim alone.

18Theirdrinkסָבְאָ֑םsa.ve.'AmH5435issour;theygive themselvesuptowhoredom;hergreat men passionatelyloveH157[their]shameקָל֖וֹןka.LonH7036.

19Thewindר֛וּחַRu.achH7307hathwrappedherupinitswingsבִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָbikh.na.Fei.haH3671,andtheyshall beashamedוְיֵבֹ֖שׁוּve.ye.Vo.shuH954becauseoftheirsacrificesH2077.

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