1Hearשִׁמְעוּ־shim.'u-H8085this, yepriestsהַכֹּהֲנִ֜יםha.ko.ha.NimH3548;andhearken, yehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לYis.ra.'ElH3478;andgiveהַאֲזִ֔ינוּha.'a.Zi.nuH238earH238,Ohouseוּבֵ֤יתu.VeitH1004ofthekingהַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ha.Me.lekhH4428:forthisjudgmentהַמִּשְׁפָּ֑טha.mish.PatH4941isforyou;foryehavebeenH1961asnareH6341atMizpahלְמִצְפָּ֔הle.mitz.PahH4709,andanetוְרֶ֖שֶׁתve.Re.shetH7568spreadפְּרוּשָׂ֥הpe.ru.SahH6566uponTaborתָּבֽוֹר׃ta.VorH8396. 2Andtheyhaveplunged themselvesinthecorruptionofapostasy,butIwillbeachastiserofthemall. 3Iknowיָדַ֣עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045Ephraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,andIsraelוְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לve.Yis.ra.'ElH3478isnothidfromme;fornowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258,Ephraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669, thou hast committed whoredom;Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478isdefiledH2930. 4Theirdoingsdonotallowthemtoreturnלָשׁ֖וּבla.ShuvH7725untotheirGodאֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430;forthespiritר֤וּחַRu.achH7307ofwhoredomsisinthemidstH7130ofthem,andtheyknowיָדָֽעוּ׃ya.Da.'uH3045notJehovah. 5AndIsrael'sprideגְאֽוֹן־ge.'on-H1347dothtestifyוְעָנָ֥הve.'a.NahH6030tohisfaceבְּפָנָ֑יוbe.fa.NavH6440;andIsraelH3478andEphraimוְאֶפְרַ֗יִםve.'ef.Ra.yimH669shallfallbytheiriniquityבַּעֲוֹנָ֔םba.'a.vo.NamH5771:Judahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063alsoגַּם־gam-H1571shallfallwiththem. 6Theyshallgowiththeirflocksבְּצֹאנָ֣םbe.tzo.NamH6629andwiththeirherdsוּבִבְקָרָ֗םu.viv.ka.RamH1241toseekלְבַקֵּ֥שׁle.va.KeshH1245Jehovah;buttheyshallnotfindיִמְצָ֑אוּyim.Tza.'uH4672[him]:hehath withdrawnhimselffromthem. 7Theyhavedealtבָּגָ֔דוּba.Ga.duH898treacherouslyH898againstJehovah;fortheyhavebegottenstrangeזָרִ֖יםza.RimH2114children:nowעַתָּ֛ה'a.TahH6258shallthenewחֹ֖דֶשׁCho.deshH2320moonH2320devourיֹאכְלֵ֥םyokh.LemH398them,withtheirallotted possessions. 8Blowתִּקְע֤וּtik.'UH8628thehornשׁוֹפָר֙sho.FarH7782inGibeahבַּגִּבְעָ֔הba.giv.'AhH1390,thetrumpetH7782inRamahבָּרָמָ֑הba.ra.MahH7414;cryH7321aloud[at] Beth-aven:behindthee, OBenjaminבִּנְיָמִֽין׃bin.ya.MinH1144! 9Ephraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669shallbeH1961adesolationH8047inthedayבְּי֖וֹםbe.YomH3117ofrebukeתּֽוֹכֵחָ֑הto.khe.ChahH8433:amongthetribesH7626ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478haveImadeהוֹדַ֖עְתִּיho.Da'.tiH3045knownH3045thatwhichissure. 10TheprincesH8269ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063arebecomeהָיוּ֙ha.YuH1961likethemthatremovethelandmark:Iwillpourאֶשְׁפּ֥וֹךְ'esh.PokhH8210outmywrathעֶבְרָתִֽי׃'ev.ra.TiH5678uponthemlikewaterכַּמַּ֖יִםka.Ma.yimH4325. 11Ephraimאֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669isoppressedH6231,crushedרְצ֣וּץre.TzutzH7533injudgmentמִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.PatH4941,becauseinselfwillhewalkedהָלַ֖ךְha.LakhH1980afterthecommandment [ofman]. 12AndIwillbeuntoEphraimלְאֶפְרָ֑יִםle.'ef.Ra.yimH669asamothכָעָ֖שׁkha.'AshH6211,andtothehouseלְבֵ֥יתle.VeitH1004ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063asrottennessוְכָרָקָ֖בve.kha.ra.KavH7538. 13WhenEphraimאֶפְרַ֜יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669sawH7200hissicknessחָלְי֗וֹchal.YoH2483,andJudahוִֽיהוּדָה֙vi.hu.DahH3063hissore,thenwentEphraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669totheAssyrian,andsentH7971tokingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428Jarebיָרֵ֑בya.RevH3377;buthewasunabletohealלִרְפֹּ֣אlir.Po'H7495you,norhathheremovedyoursore. 14ForIwillbeuntoEphraimלְאֶפְרַ֔יִםle.'ef.Ra.yimH669asalionוְכַכְּפִ֖ירve.kha.ke.FirH3715,andasayoungH3715lionH3715tothehouseלְבֵ֣יתle.VeitH1004ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063.I,Iwilltearאֶטְרֹף֙'et.RofH2963andgoawayH5375;Iwillcarryאֶשָּׂ֖א'e.Sa'H5375off,andthereshallbenonetodeliverH5337. 15IwillgoH7725awayH7725,Iwillreturnאָשׁ֙וּבָה֙'a.Shu.vahH7725tomyplaceמְקוֹמִ֔יme.ko.MiH4725,tilltheyacknowledgetheirtrespass,andseekוּבִקְשׁ֣וּu.vik.ShuH1245myfaceפָנָ֑יfa.NaiH6440:intheirafflictiontheywillseekH1245meearly. Darby Bible — 1889 — Public Domain
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