1WhenIwouldhealכְּרָפְאִ֣יke.ra.fe.'IH7495Israelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478,thentheiniquityעֲוֹ֤ן'a.VonH5771ofEphraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669isdiscovered,andthewickednessH7451ofSamariaשֹֽׁמְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonH8111:fortheypractisefalsehoodשָׁ֑קֶרSha.kerH8267;andthethiefוְגַנָּ֣בve.ga.NavH1590enterethin, [and]thetroopH1416ofrobbersassaileth without. 2Andtheysayיֹֽאמְרוּ֙yo.me.RuH559notintheirheartsלִלְבָבָ֔םlil.va.VamH3824[that]Irememberזָכָ֑רְתִּיza.Kha.re.tiH2142alltheirwickednessH7451:nowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258dotheirowndoingsencompassthem;theyarebeforemyfaceפָּנַ֖יpa.NaiH6440. 3Theymakeיְשַׂמְּחוּ־ye.sa.me.chu-H8055thekingמֶ֑לֶךְMe.lekhH4428gladH8055withtheirwickednessH7451,andtheprincesH8269withtheirlies. 4TheyallpractiseadulteryH5003,asanovenתַנּ֔וּרta.NurH8574heatedbythebakerמֵֽאֹפֶ֑הme.'o.PehH644:heceasethfromstirring [thefire]afterhehathkneadedמִלּ֥וּשׁmi.LushH3888thedoughבָּצֵ֖קba.TzekH1217,untilitbeleavened. 5Inthedayי֣וֹםYomH3117ofourkingמַלְכֵּ֔נוּmal.Ke.nuH4428,theprincesH8269made themselvessickהֶחֱל֥וּhe.che.LuH2470withtheheatofwineמִיָּ֑יִןmi.Ya.yinH3196:hestretchedouthishandיָד֖וֹya.DoH3027toscorners. 6Fortheyhaveappliedtheirheartלִבָּ֖םli.BamH3820likeanovenכַתַּנּ֛וּרkha.ta.NurH8574totheirlyingH693inwaitH693:theirbakerאֹֽפֵהֶ֔ם'o.fe.HemH644sleepethallthenightהַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ha.Lay.lahH3915;inthemorningבֹּ֕קֶרBo.kerH1242itburnethlikeaflamingH3852fireכְּאֵ֥שׁke.'EshH784. 7Theyareallhotיֵחַ֙מּוּ֙ye.Cha.muH2552asanovenכַּתַּנּ֔וּרka.ta.NurH8574,anddevourוְאָכְל֖וּve.'a.khe.LuH398theirjudgesH8199;alltheirkingsמַלְכֵיהֶ֣םmal.khei.HemH4428arefallenH5307:thereisnoneamongthemthatcalleth untome. 8Ephraimאֶפְרַ֕יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,hemixethhimselfwiththepeoplesH5971;Ephraimאֶפְרַ֛יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669isacakeעֻגָ֖ה'u.GahH5692notturnedהֲפוּכָֽה׃ha.fu.KhahH2015. 9Strangersזָרִים֙za.RimH2114havedevouredH398hisstrengthכֹּח֔וֹko.ChoH3581,andheknoweth [it]not; yea,grayשֵׂיבָה֙sei.VahH7872hairsH7872arehereandthereuponhim,andheknoweth [it]not. 10Andtheprideגְאֽוֹן־ge.'on-H1347ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478testifiethtohisfaceבְּפָנָ֑יוbe.fa.NavH6440;andtheydonotreturnשָׁ֙בוּ֙sha.vuH7725toJehovahtheirGodאֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430,norseekH1245himforallthis. 11AndEphraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669isbecomeוַיְהִ֣יvay.HiH1961likeasillydoveכְּיוֹנָ֥הke.yo.NahH3123withoutunderstanding:theycallקָרָ֖אוּka.Ra.'uH7121toEgyptמִצְרַ֥יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,theygoH1980toAssyriaאַשּׁ֥וּר'a.ShurH804. 12Whenכַּאֲשֶׁ֣רka.'a.SherH834theygoH3381,Iwillspreadאֶפְר֤וֹשׂ'ef.RosH6566mynetרִשְׁתִּ֔יrish.TiH7568uponthem;Iwillbringאֽוֹרִידֵ֑ם'o.ri.DemH3381themdownH3381asthefowloftheheavensהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064;Iwillchastisethem,accordingastheirassemblyלַעֲדָתָֽם׃ סla.'a.da.TamH5712hath heard. 13Woeא֤וֹי'oH188untothem!fortheyhavewanderedfromme;destructionH7701untothem!fortheyhavetransgressedH6586againstme.AndIwouldredeemאֶפְדֵּ֔ם'ef.DemH6299them;buttheyspeakH1696liesכְּזָבִֽים׃ke.za.VimH3577againstme. 14AndtheycriedH2199notuntomeintheirheartבְּלִבָּ֔םbe.li.BamH3820,whentheyhowledupontheirbedsמִשְׁכְּבוֹתָ֑םmish.ke.vo.TamH4904;theyassemblethemselvesforcornandnewוְתִיר֛וֹשׁve.ti.Ro.oshH8492wineH8492;theyhaveturnedיָס֥וּרוּya.Su.ruH5493asideH5493fromme. 15Ihaveindeedtrained,Ihavestrengthenedחִזַּ֖קְתִּיchi.Zak.tiH2388theirarmsזְרֽוֹעֹתָ֑םze.ro.'o.TamH2220,buttheyimagine mischiefagainstme. 16TheyreturnH7725, [but]nottothe[Most]High:theyarelikeadeceitfulbowכְּקֶ֣שֶׁתke.Ke.shetH7198.TheirprincesH8269shallfallיִפְּל֥וּyi.pe.LuH5307bytheswordבַחֶ֛רֶבva.Che.revH2719fortherageoftheirtongueלְשׁוֹנָ֑םle.sho.NamH3956:thisshallbeH1961theirderisioninthelandבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714. Darby Bible — 1889 — Public Domain
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