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Hosea 4:15-19

15Thoughאִם־'im-H518you, Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,playH2181theH2181prostituteH2181,Judahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063must not becomeיֶאְשַׁ֖םye'.ShamH816guiltyH816;Also you are not to goתָּבֹ֣אוּta.Vo.'uH935toGilgalהַגִּלְגָּ֗לha.gil.GalH1537,NorH408goתַּעֲלוּ֙ta.'a.LuH5927upH5927to Beth-avenH1007And takeH7650theH7650oathH7650: “As the Lordיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068livesחַי־chai-H2416!”

16Sinceכִּ֚יkiH3588Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478isstubbornסֹֽרֵרָ֔הso.re.RahH5637Like a stubbornסָרַ֖רsa.RarH5637cowכְּפָרָ֣הke.fa.RahH6510,Will the Lordיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068nowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258pastureיִרְעֵ֣םyir.'EmH7462themLike a lambכְּכֶ֖בֶשׂke.Khe.vesH3532in a largeH4800fieldH4800?

17Ephraimאֶפְרָ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669is alliedחֲב֧וּרcha.VurH2266withidolsעֲצַבִּ֛ים'a.tza.BimH6091;Leaveהַֽנַּֽח־ha.nach-H5117him aloneH5117.

18Their liquorסָבְאָ֑םsa.ve.'AmH5435is goneסָ֖רsarH5493,They prostituteהַזְנֵ֣הhaz.NehH2181themselves continuallyהִזְנ֔וּhiz.NuH2181; Theirrulersמָגִנֶּֽיהָ׃ma.gi.Nei.haH4043dearlyאָהֲב֥וּ'a.ha.VuH157loveהֵב֛וּhe.VuH157shameקָל֖וֹןka.LonH7036.

19The windר֛וּחַRu.achH7307wrapsצָרַ֥רtza.RarH6887them in its wingsבִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָbikh.na.Fei.haH3671, And they will beputH954toH954shameH954becauseH4480of their sacrificesמִזִּבְחוֹתָֽם סmi.ziv.cho.TamH2077.

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