New American Standard Bible 1995

Hosea 8:11-14

11Sinceכִּֽי־ki-H3588Ephraimאֶפְרַ֛יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669hasmultipliedהִרְבָּ֥הhir.BahH7235altarsמִזְבְּחֹ֖תmiz.be.ChotH4196for sinלַחֲטֹ֑אla.cha.To'H2398,They have becomeהָיוּ־ha.yu-H1961altarsמִזְבְּח֖וֹתmiz.be.ChotH4196of sinningלַחֲטֹֽא׃la.cha.To'H2398for him.

12ThoughI wroteH3789for him tenH7239thousandH7239precepts of Mylawתּֽוֹרָתִ֑יto.ra.TiH8451,They are regardedנֶחְשָֽׁבוּ׃nech.Sha.vuH2803as a strangeזָ֖רzarH2114thingH2114.

13As for Mysacrificialזִבְחֵ֣יziv.CheiH2077giftsהַבְהָבַ֗יhav.ha.VaiH1890, Theysacrificeיִזְבְּח֤וּyiz.be.ChuH2076the fleshבָשָׂר֙va.SarH1320and eatוַיֹּאכֵ֔לוּvai.yo.Khe.luH398it, Butthe Lordיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068has takenH7521noלֹ֣אlo'H3808delightH7521in them.Nowעַתָּ֞ה'a.TahH6258He willrememberיִזְכֹּ֤רyiz.KorH2142their iniquityעֲוֹנָם֙'a.vo.NamH5771, Andpunishוְיִפְקֹ֣דve.yif.KodH6485themfor their sinsחַטֹּאותָ֔םcha.to.TamH2403;They will returnיָשֽׁוּבוּ׃ya.Shu.vuH7725toEgyptמִצְרַ֥יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714.

14For Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElH3478hasforgottenוַיִּשְׁכַּ֨חvai.yish.KachH7911his Makerעֹשֵׂ֗הוּ'o.Se.huH6213andbuiltוַיִּ֙בֶן֙vai.Yi.venH1129palacesהֵֽיכָל֔וֹתhei.kha.LotH1964;And Judahוִֽיהוּדָ֕הvi.hu.DahH3063has multipliedהִרְבָּ֖הhir.BahH7235fortifiedבְּצֻר֑וֹתbe.tzu.RotH1219citiesעָרִ֣ים'a.RimH5892,But I will sendוְשִׁלַּחְתִּי־ve.shi.lach.ti-H7971afireאֵ֣שׁ'eshH784on its citiesבְּעָרָ֔יוbe.'a.RavH5892that it may consumeוְאָכְלָ֖הve.'a.khe.LahH398its palatialH759dwellingsH759.

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