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Hosea 9

1Rejoiceתִּשְׂמַ֨חtis.MachH8055not,Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל׀Yis.ra.'ElH3478, exultingly,asthepeoplesH5971;forthou hast goneawhoringfromthyGodאֱלֹהֶ֑יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430, thou hastlovedH157harlot'shireאֶתְנָ֔ן'et.NanH868uponeverycorn-floor.

2Thefloorגֹּ֥רֶןGo.renH1637andthewinepressוָיֶ֖קֶבva.Ye.kevH3342shallnotfeedיִרְעֵ֑םyir.'EmH7462them,andthenewוְתִיר֖וֹשׁve.ti.Ro.oshH8492wineH8492shallfailher.

3TheyshallnotdwellH3427inJehovah'slandבְּאֶ֣רֶץbe.'E.retzH776;butEphraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669shallreturnוְשָׁ֤בve.ShavH7725toEgyptמִצְרַ֔יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714,andinAssyriaוּבְאַשּׁ֖וּרu.ve.'a.ShurH804shalltheyeatיֹאכֵֽלוּ׃yo.Khe.luH398thatwhichisuncleanטָמֵ֥אta.Me'H2931.

4Theyshallpourיִסְּכ֨וּyi.se.KhuH5258outno[offeringsof]wineיַיִן֮ya.YinH3196toJehovah,neithershalltheirsacrificesH2077bepleasing untohim:theyshallbeuntothemasthebreadכְּלֶ֤חֶםke.Le.chemH3899ofmourners;allthateatאֹכְלָ֖יו'o.khe.LavH398thereofshallbedefiledH2930:fortheirbreadלַחְמָ֣םlach.MamH3899shallbeforthemselves;itshallnotcomeH935intothehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofJehovah.

5Whatwillyedointhedayלְי֣וֹםle.YomH3117ofassembly,andinthedayוּלְי֖וֹםu.le.YomH3117ofthefeastH2282ofJehovah?

6Forbehold,theyaregoneH1980awaybecauseofdestructionH7701:Egyptמִצְרַ֥יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714shallgatherתְּקַבְּצֵ֖םte.ka.be.TzemH6908themup, Mophshallburyתְּקַבְּרֵ֑םte.ka.be.RemH6912them:theirpleasantthingsH4261ofsilverלְכַסְפָּ֗םle.khas.PamH3701,nettlesקִמּוֹשׂ֙ki.mOsH7057shallpossessH3423them;thornsח֖וֹחַCho.achH2336shallbeintheirtentsבְּאָהֳלֵיהֶֽם׃be.'o.ho.lei.HemH168.

7Thedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117ofvisitationarecomeבָּ֣אוּ׀Ba.'uH935;thedaysיְמֵ֣יye.MeiH3117ofrecompencearecomeבָּ֚אוּBa.'uH935:Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478shallknowיֵדְע֖וּye.de.'UH3045[it]:theprophetהַנָּבִ֗יאha.na.Vi'H5030isafoolאֱוִ֣יל'e.VilH191,theinspiredmanH376ismadמְשֻׁגָּע֙me.shu.Ga'H7696,becauseofthegreatnessרֹ֣בroH7230ofthineiniquityעֲוֹנְךָ֔'a.vo.ne.KhaH5771,andthegreatוְרַבָּ֖הve.ra.BahH7227enmity.

8IsEphraimאֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669awatchmanצֹפֶ֥הtzo.PehH6822withmyGodאֱלֹהָ֑י'e.lo.HaiH430? [nay]theprophetנָבִ֞יאna.Vi'H5030isafowler'ssnareH6341onallhiswaysדְּרָכָ֔יוde.ra.KhavH1870, enmityinthehouseבְּבֵ֥יתbe.VeitH1004ofhisGodאֱלֹהָֽיו׃'e.lo.HavH430.

9TheyhavedeeplycorruptedH7843themselvesasinthedaysכִּימֵ֣יki.MeiH3117ofGibeahהַגִּבְעָ֑הha.giv.'AhH1390.Hewillrememberיִזְכּ֣וֹרyiz.KorH2142theiriniquityעֲוֹנָ֔ם'a.vo.NamH5771,hewillvisitH6485theirsinsחַטֹּאותָֽם׃ סcha.to.TamH2403.

10IfoundH4672Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478asgrapesinthewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֗רba.mid.BarH4057;asfirst-ripefruitonthefig-tree,IsawH7200yourfathersH1atthebeginning:theywentH935toBaal-PeorH1187,andseparatedthemselvesuntothatshameלַבֹּ֔שֶׁתla.Bo.shetH1322,andbecameH1961abominationsH8251liketheirloverH157.

11AsforEphraimאֶפְרַ֕יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669, theirgloryכְּבוֹדָ֑םke.vo.DamH3519shallflyיִתְעוֹפֵ֣ףyit.'o.FefH5774away asabirdכָּע֖וֹףka.'ofH5775, — nobirthH3205, nopregnancy, noconceptionוּמֵהֵרָיֽוֹן׃u.me.he.ra.YonH2032!

12Forevenshouldtheybringיְגַדְּלוּ֙ye.ga.de.LuH1431uptheirchildren,yetwillIbereaveוְשִׁכַּלְתִּ֖יםve.shi.kal.TimH7921them, [that]notamanH120[remain]:forwoeא֥וֹי'oH188alsoגַם־gam-H1571tothemwhenIshallhavedepartedבְּשׂוּרִ֥יbe.su.RiH5493fromthem!

13Ephraimאֶפְרַ֛יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669,asIsawH7200[him],wasaTyreלְצ֖וֹרle.TzorH6865plantedשְׁתוּלָ֣הshe.tu.LahH8362inabeautiful place;butEphraimוְאֶפְרַ֕יִםve.'ef.Ra.yimH669shallbringלְהוֹצִ֥יאle.ho.Tzi'H3318forthH3318hischildrentotheslayer.

14Giveתֵּן־ten-H5414them,Jehovah—whatwilt thougiveתִּתֵּ֑ןti.TenH5414? —giveתֵּן־ten-H5414themamiscarryingwombרֶ֣חֶםRe.chemH7358anddrybreastsוְשָׁדַ֖יִםve.sha.Da.yimH7699.

15Alltheirwickednessרֹ֣עַRo.a'H7455isinGilgalבַּגִּלְגָּל֙ba.gil.GalH1537;forthereIhatedשְׂנֵאתִ֔יםse.ne.TimH8130them:becauseofthewickednessH7455oftheirdoings,Iwilldriveאֲגָרְשֵׁ֑ם'a.ga.re.ShemH1644themoutofmyhouseמִבֵּיתִ֖יmi.bei.TiH1004,Iwillloveאַהֲבָתָ֔ם'a.ha.va.TamH160themnomore:alltheirprincesH8269arerebelliousסֹרְרִֽים׃so.re.RimH5637.

16Ephraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669issmitten:theirrootשָׁרְשָׁ֥םsha.re.ShamH8328isdriedH3001up,theyshallbearH3205nofruitפְּרִ֣יpe.RiH6529;yea,thoughtheyshouldbringH3205forthH3205,yetwillIslaythebeloved [fruitH6529]oftheirwombבִטְנָֽם׃ סvit.NamH990.

17MyGodאֱלֹהַ֔י'e.lo.HaiH430hathrejectedיִמְאָסֵ֣םyim.'a.SemH3988them,becausetheyhearkenednotuntohim;andtheyshallbeוְיִהְי֥וּve.yih.YuH1961wanderersamongthenationsבַּגּוֹיִֽם׃ סba.go.YimH1471.

Commentaries on Hosea 9

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