New American Standard Bible 1995

Hosea 13:1-4

1When Ephraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669spokeכְּדַבֵּ֤רke.da.BerH1696, there wastremblingרְתֵ֔תre.TetH7578. Heexaltedנָשָׂ֥אna.Sa'H5375himselfה֖וּאhu'H1931in Israelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, But throughBaalבַּבַּ֖עַלba.Ba.'alH1168hedidH816wrongH816and diedוַיָּמֹֽת׃vai.ya.MotH4191.

2And nowוְעַתָּ֣ה׀ve.'a.TahH6258they sinלַחֲטֹ֗אla.cha.To'H2398moreH3254and moreH3254,And makeוַיַּעְשׂ֣וּvai.ya'.SuH6213for themselvesmoltenH4541imagesמַסֵּכָ֨הma.se.KhahH4541,Idolsעֲצַבִּ֔ים'a.tza.BimH6091skillfullyכִּתְבוּנָם֙kit.vu.NamH8394made from their silverמִכַּסְפָּ֤םmi.kas.PamH3701,Allכֻּלֹּ֑הku.LohH3605of them theworkמַעֲשֵׂ֥הma.'a.SehH4639of craftsmenחָרָשִׁ֖יםcha.ra.ShimH2796.They sayאֹמְרִ֔ים'o.me.RimH559of them, “Let themenאָדָ֔ם'a.DamH120who sacrificeזֹבְחֵ֣יzoe.CheiH2076kissיִשָּׁקֽוּן׃yi.sha.KunH5401thecalvesעֲגָלִ֖ים'a.ga.LimH5695!”

3Thereforeלָכֵ֗ןla.KhenH3651they will be like themorningבֹּ֔קֶרBo.kerH1242cloudכַּעֲנַן־ka.'a.nan-H6051And like dewוְכַטַּ֖לve.kha.TalH2919whichsoonמַשְׁכִּ֣יםmash.KimH7925disappearsהֹלֵ֑ךְho.LekhH1980, Likechaffכְּמֹץ֙ke.MotzH4671which is blownH5590awayH5590from the threshingמִגֹּ֔רֶןmi.Go.renH1637floorH1637And likesmokeוּכְעָשָׁ֖ןu.khe.'a.ShanH6227from achimneyמֵאֲרֻבָּֽה׃me.'a.ru.BahH699.

4Yet I have been theLordיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068your Godאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430SinceH4480the landמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776of Egyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714;And you were not to knowתֵדָ֔עte.Da'H3045any godוֵאלֹהִ֤יםve.lo.HimH430exceptזֽוּלָתִי֙zu.la.TiH2108Me,For thereH369is noH369saviorוּמוֹשִׁ֥יעַu.mo.Shi.a'H3467besidesבִּלְתִּֽי׃bil.TiH1115Me.

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