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Hosea 4:15-19

15Though thou, Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,play the harlotזֹנֶ֤הzo.NehH2181, yetlet not Judahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063offendיֶאְשַׁ֖םye'.ShamH816;and comeתָּבֹ֣אוּta.Vo.'uH935not ye unto Gilgalהַגִּלְגָּ֗לha.gil.GalH1537,neither go ye upתַּעֲלוּ֙ta.'a.LuH5927to Beth–avenH1007,nor swearתִּשָּׁבְע֖וּti.sha.ve.'UH7650,The Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068livethחַי־chai-H2416.

16For Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478slideth backסֹֽרֵרָ֔הso.re.RahH5637as a backslidingסָרַ֖רsa.RarH5637heiferכְּפָרָ֣הke.fa.RahH6510:now the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068will feedיִרְעֵ֣םyir.'EmH7462them as a lambכְּכֶ֖בֶשׂke.Khe.vesH3532in a large placeבַּמֶּרְחָֽב׃ba.mer.ChavH4800.

17Ephraimאֶפְרָ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669isjoinedחֲב֧וּרcha.VurH2266to idolsעֲצַבִּ֛ים'a.tza.BimH6091:let him aloneH3240.

18Their drinkסָבְאָ֑םsa.ve.'AmH5435is sourסָ֖רsarH5493:they have committed whoredomהַזְנֵ֣הhaz.NehH2181continuallyהִזְנ֔וּhiz.NuH2181:her rulersמָגִנֶּֽיהָ׃ma.gi.Nei.haH4043withshameקָל֖וֹןka.LonH7036do loveH157,GiveH3051ye.

19The windר֛וּחַRu.achH7307hath bound her upצָרַ֥רtza.RarH6887in her wingsבִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָbikh.na.Fei.haH3671,and they shall be ashamedוְיֵבֹ֖שׁוּve.ye.Vo.shuH954because of their sacrificesמִזִּבְחוֹתָֽם סmi.ziv.cho.TamH2077.

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