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Hosea 12:8-14

8And Ephraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559,Yet I am become richעָשַׁ֔רְתִּי'a.Shar.tiH6238,I have found me outמָצָ֥אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672substanceא֖וֹן'onH202: inall my laboursיְגִיעַ֕יye.gi.'AiH3018they shall findיִמְצְאוּ־yim.tze.'u-H4672none iniquityעָוֹ֥ן'a.VonH5771in me that weresinחֵֽטְא׃Chet'H2399.

9And I that amthe Lordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430from the landמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776of Egyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714will yet make thee to dwellאוֹשִֽׁיבְךָ֥'o.shi.ve.KhaH3427in tabernaclesבָאֳהָלִ֖יםvo.'o.ha.LimH168,as in the daysכִּימֵ֥יki.MeiH3117of the solemn feastמוֹעֵֽד׃mo.'EdH4150.

10I have also spokenוְדִבַּ֙רְתִּי֙ve.di.Bar.tiH1696by the prophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֔יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030,and I have multipliedהִרְבֵּ֑יתִיhir.Bei.tiH7235visionsחָז֣וֹןcha.ZonH2377,and used similitudesאֲדַמֶּֽה׃'a.da.MehH1819,by the ministryוּבְיַ֥דu.ve.YadH3027of the prophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֖יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030.

11Is thereiniquityאָ֙וֶן֙'a.venH205inGileadגִּלְעָ֥דgil.'AdH1568?surely they are vanityשָׁ֣וְאshav'H7723:they sacrificeזִבֵּ֑חוּzi.Be.chuH2076bullocksשְׁוָרִ֣יםshe.va.RimH7794in Gilgalבַּגִּלְגָּ֖לba.gil.GalH1537;yea, their altarsמִזְבְּחוֹתָם֙miz.be.cho.TamH4196areas heapsכְּגַלִּ֔יםke.ga.LimH1530in the furrowsתַּלְמֵ֥יtal.MeiH8525of the fieldsשָׂדָֽי׃sa.DaiH7704.

12And Jacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290fledוַיִּבְרַ֥חvai.yiv.RachH1272into the countryH7704of Syriaאֲרָ֑ם'a.RamH758,and Israelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478servedוַיַּעֲבֹ֤דvai.ya.'a.VodH5647for a wifeבְּאִשָּׁ֔הbe.'i.ShahH802,and for a wifeוּבְאִשָּׁ֖הu.ve.'i.ShahH802he keptשָׁמָֽר׃sha.MarH8104sheep.

13And by a prophetוּבְנָבִ֕יאu.ve.na.Vi'H5030the Lordיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068broughtהֶעֱלָ֧הhe.'e.LahH5927IsraelH3478out of Egyptמִמִּצְרָ֑יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714,and by a prophetוּבְנָבִ֖יאu.ve.na.Vi'H5030was he preservedH8104.

14Ephraimאֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669provoked himto angerהִכְעִ֥יסhikh.'IsH3707most bitterlyתַּמְרוּרִ֑יםtam.ru.RimH8563:therefore shall he leaveיִטּ֔וֹשׁyi.To.oshH5203his bloodוְדָמָיו֙ve.da.MavH1818upon him, and his reproachוְחֶ֨רְפָּת֔וֹve.Cher.pa.ToH2781shall his Lordאֲדֹנָֽיו׃'a.do.NavH113returnיָשִׁ֥יבya.ShivH7725unto him.

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