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Hosea 10:1-8

1Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478isan emptyבּוֹקֵק֙bo.KekH1238vineגֶּ֤פֶןGe.fenH1612,he bringeth forthיְשַׁוֶּה־ye.sha.veh-H7737fruitפְּרִ֖יpe.RiH6529unto himself: according to the multitudeכְּרֹ֣בke.RoH7230of his fruitלְפִרְי֗וֹle.fir.YoH6529he hath increasedהִרְבָּה֙hir.BahH7235the altarsלַֽמִּזְבְּח֔וֹתla.miz.be.ChotH4196;according to the goodnessכְּט֣וֹבke.TovH2896of his landלְאַרְצ֔וֹle.'ar.TzoH776they have made goodlyH2895imagesמַצֵּבֽוֹת׃ma.tze.VotH4676.

2Their heartלִבָּ֖םli.BamH3820is dividedחָלַ֥קcha.LakH2505;now shall they be found faultyיֶאְשָׁ֑מוּye'.Sha.muH816:he shall break downיַעֲרֹ֣ףya.'a.RofH6202their altarsמִזְבְּחוֹתָ֔םmiz.be.cho.TamH4196,he shall spoilיְשֹׁדֵ֖דye.sho.DedH7703their imagesמַצֵּבוֹתָֽם׃ma.tze.vo.TamH4676.

3For now they shall sayיֹֽאמְר֔וּyo.me.RuH559,We have no kingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428,because we fearedיָרֵ֙אנוּ֙ya.Re.nuH3372not the Lordיְהֹוָ֔הYah.wehH3068;what then should a kingוְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְve.ha.Me.lekhH4428doיַּֽעֲשֶׂה־ya.'a.seh-H6213to us?

4They have spokenדִּבְּר֣וּdi.be.RuH1696wordsדְבָרִ֔יםde.va.RimH1697,swearingאָל֥וֹת'a.LotH422falselyשָׁ֖וְאshav'H7723in makingכָּרֹ֣תka.RotH3772a covenantבְּרִ֑יתbe.RitH1285:thus judgmentמִשְׁפָּ֔טmish.PatH4941springeth upוּפָרַ֤חu.fa.RachH6524as hemlockכָּרֹאשׁ֙ka.roShH7219in the furrowsתַּלְמֵ֥יtal.MeiH8525of the fieldשָׂדָֽי׃sa.DaiH7704.

5The inhabitantsשְׁכַ֣ןshe.KhanH7934of Samariaשֹֽׁמְר֑וֹןsho.me.RonH8111shall fearיָג֖וּרוּya.Gu.ruH1481because of the calvesלְעֶגְלוֹת֙le.'eg.lOtH5697of Beth–avenH1007:for the peopleעַמּ֗וֹa.MoH5971thereof shall mournאָבַ֨ל'a.ValH56over it, and the priestsוּכְמָרָיו֙u.khe.ma.RavH3649thereof thatrejoicedיָגִ֔ילוּya.Gi.luH1523on it, for the gloryכְּבוֹד֖וֹke.vo.DoH3519thereof, because it is departedגָלָ֥הga.LahH1540from it.

6It shall be also carriedיוּבָ֔לyu.ValH2986unto Assyriaלְאַשּׁ֣וּרle.'a.ShurH804fora presentמִנְחָ֖הmin.ChahH4503to kingלְמֶ֣לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428Jarebיָרֵ֑בya.RevH3377:Ephraimאֶפְרַ֣יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669shall receiveיִקָּ֔חyi.KachH3947shameבָּשְׁנָה֙ba.she.NahH1317,and Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478shall be ashamedוְיֵב֥וֹשׁve.ye.Vo.oshH954of his own counselמֵעֲצָתֽוֹ׃me.'a.tza.ToH6098.

7As forSamariaשֹׁמְר֖וֹןsho.me.RonH8111,her kingמַלְכָּ֑הּmal.KahH4428is cut offנִדְמֶ֥הnid.MehH1820as the foamכְּקֶ֖צֶףke.Ke.tzefH7110uponפְּנֵי־pe.nei-H6440the waterמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325.

8The high placesבָּמ֣וֹתba.MotH1116also of Avenאָ֗וֶן'A.venH206,the sinחַטַּאת֙cha.taTH2403of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,shall be destroyedוְנִשְׁמְד֞וּve.nish.me.DuH8045:the thornק֣וֹץKotzH6975and the thistleוְדַרְדַּ֔רve.dar.DarH1863shall come upיַעֲלֶ֖הya.'a.LehH5927on their altarsמִזְבְּחוֹתָ֑םmiz.be.cho.TamH4196;and they shall sayוְאָמְר֤וּve.'a.me.RuH559to the mountainsלֶֽהָרִים֙le.ha.RimH2022,Coverכַּסּ֔וּנוּka.Su.nuH3680us; and to the hillsוְלַגְּבָע֖וֹתve.la.ge.va.'otH1389,Fallנִפְל֥וּnif.LuH5307on us.

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