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Hosea 4:6-9

6My peopleעַמִּ֖י'a.MiH5971are destroyedנִדְמ֥וּnid.MuH1820for lack of knowledgeהַדָּ֑עַתha.Da.'atH1847:because thou hast rejectedמָאַ֗סְתָּma.'As.taH3988knowledgeהַדַּ֣עַתha.Da.'atH1847,I will also rejectוְאֶמְאָֽסְאךָ֙ve.'em.'a.se.KhaH3988thee, that thou shalt be no priestמִכַּהֵ֣ןmi.ka.HenH3547to me: seeing thou hast forgottenוַתִּשְׁכַּח֙va.tish.KachH7911the lawתּוֹרַ֣תto.RatH8451of thy Godאֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430,I will also forgetאֶשְׁכַּ֥ח'esh.KachH7911thy childrenבָּנֶ֖יךָba.Nei.khaH1121.

7As they were increasedH7230,so they sinnedחָֽטְאוּ־cha.te.'u-H2398against me: thereforewill I changeאָמִֽיר׃'a.MirH4171their gloryכְּבוֹדָ֖םke.vo.DamH3519into shameבְּקָל֥וֹןbe.ka.LonH7036.

8They eat upיֹאכֵ֑לוּyo.Khe.luH398the sinחַטַּ֥אתcha.TatH2403of my peopleעַמִּ֖י'a.MiH5971,and they setיִשְׂא֥וּyis.'UH5375their heartנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃naf.ShoH5315on their iniquityעֲוֹנָ֖ם'a.vo.NamH5771.

9And there shall be, like peopleכָעָ֖םkha.'AmH5971,like priestכַּכֹּהֵ֑ןka.ko.HenH3548:and I will punishוּפָקַדְתִּ֤יu.fa.kad.TiH6485them for their waysדְּרָכָ֔יוde.ra.KhavH1870,and rewardאָשִׁ֥יב'a.ShivH7725them their doingsוּמַעֲלָלָ֖יוu.ma.'a.la.LavH4611.

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