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Hosea 7:9-16

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.

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