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Hosea 6:4-11

4Whatמָ֤הmahH4100shall I doאֶֽעֱשֶׂה־'e.'e.seh-H6213with you,Ephraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669?Whatמָ֥הmahH4100shall I doאֶעֱשֶׂה־'e.'e.seh-H6213with you, Judahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063?For your loyaltyוְחַסְדְּכֶם֙ve.chas.de.KhemH2617is like amorningבֹּ֔קֶרBo.kerH1242cloudכַּֽעֲנַן־ka.'a.nan-H6051,And like the dewוְכַטַּ֖לve.kha.TalH2919which goesהֹלֵֽךְ׃ho.LekhH1980away earlyמַשְׁכִּ֥יםmash.KimH7925.

5Thereforeעַל־ כֵּ֗ן'al- KenH5921 H3651I havecutחָצַ֙בְתִּי֙cha.Tzav.tiH2672theminH2672piecesH2672by the prophetsבַּנְּבִיאִ֔יםba.ne.vi.'ImH5030;I have slainהֲרַגְתִּ֖יםha.rag.TimH2026them by thewordsבְּאִמְרֵי־be.'im.rei-H561of My mouthפִ֑יFiH6310;And the judgmentsוּמִשְׁפָּטֶ֖יךָu.mish.pa.Tei.khaH4941on you are likethe lightא֥וֹר'orH216thatshinesיֵצֵֽא׃ye.Tze'H3318.

6For Idesireחָפַ֖צְתִּיcha.Fatz.tiH2654loyaltyחֶ֥סֶדChe.sedH2617ratherH3808thanH3808sacrificeזָ֑בַחZa.vachH2077,And the knowledgeוְדַ֥עַתve.Da.'atH1847of Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430ratherH4480thanH4480burntמֵעֹלֽוֹת׃me.'o.LotH5930offeringsH5930.

7But likeAdamכְּאָדָ֖םke.'a.DamH121they haveviolatedעָבְר֣וּ'a.ve.RuH5674the covenantבְרִ֑יתve.RitH1285;Thereשָׁ֖םshamH8033they havedealtבָּ֥גְדוּBa.ge.duH898treacherouslyH898with Me.

8Gileadגִּלְעָ֕דgil.'AdH1568is a cityקִרְיַ֖תkir.YatH7151of wrongdoersפֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶןPo.'a.lei 'A.venH205 H6466,Trackedעֲקֻבָּ֖ה'a.ku.BahH6121withbloodyמִדָּֽם׃mi.DamH1818footprints.

9And as abandגְּדוּדִ֗יםge.du.DimH1416ofH1416robbersH1416lieH2442inH2442waitוּכְחַכֵּ֨יu.khe.cha.KeiH2442for a personאִ֜ישׁ'ishH376, Soa bandH2267of priestsכֹּֽהֲנִ֔יםko.ha.NimH3548murderיְרַצְּחוּ־ye.ra.tze.chu-H7523on the wayדֶּ֖רֶךְDe.rekhH1870to Shechemשֶׁ֑כְמָהShekh.mahH7927;Certainlyכִּ֥יkiH3588they have committedעָשֽׂוּ׃'a.SuH6213an actH2154ofH2154infamyH2154.

10In the houseבְּבֵית֙be.VeitH1004of Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478I have seenרָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.tiH7200ahorribleשַׁעֲרֽוּרִיָּ֑הsha.'a.ri.ri.yahH8186thingH8186;Ephraim’sלְאֶפְרַ֔יִםle.'ef.Ra.yimH669infidelityזְנ֣וּתze.NutH2184is thereשָׁ֚םShamH8033,Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478has defiledנִטְמָ֖אnit.Ma'H2930itself.

11Alsoגַּם־gam-H1571,Judahיְהוּדָ֕הye.hu.DahH3063, there is aharvestקָצִ֖ירka.TzirH7105appointed for you, When Irestoreבְּשׁוּבִ֖יbe.shu.ViH7725the fortunesשְׁב֥וּתshe.VutH7622of My peopleעַמִּֽי׃ פ'a.MiH5971.

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