Revised Literal Translation

Hosea 2:11-15

11I will also cause all her mirthמְשׂוֹשָׂ֔הּme.so.SahH4885to ceaseוְהִשְׁבַּתִּי֙ve.hish.ba.TiH7673,her feast daysחַגָּ֖הּcha.GahH2282,her new moonsחָדְשָׁ֣הּcha.de.ShahH2320,and her sabbathsוְשַׁבַּתָּ֑הּve.shab.ba.TahH7676,and all her solemn feastsH4150.

12And I will destroyוַהֲשִׁמֹּתִ֗יva.ha.shi.mo.TiH8074her vinesגַּפְנָהּ֙gaf.NahH1612and her fig treesוּתְאֵ֣נָתָ֔הּu.te.'E.na.TahH8384,whereof she hath saidאָמְרָ֗ה'a.me.RahH559, These aremy rewardsאֶתְנָ֥ה'et.NahH866that my loversH157have givenנָֽתְנוּ־na.te.nu-H5414me: and I will makeוְשַׂמְתִּ֣יםve.sam.TimH7760them a forestלְיַ֔עַרle.Ya.'arH3293,and the beastsחַיַּ֥תchai.YatH2416of the fieldהַשָּׂדֶֽה׃ha.sa.DehH7704shall eatוַאֲכָלָ֖תַםva.'a.kha.La.tamH398them.

13And I will visitוּפָקַדְתִּ֣יu.fa.kad.TiH6485upon her the daysיְמֵ֤יye.MeiH3117of Baalimהַבְּעָלִים֙ha.be.'a.LimH1168,wherein she burned incenseתַּקְטִ֣ירtak.TirH6999to them, and she deckedוַתַּ֤עַדva.Ta.'adH5710herself with her earringsנִזְמָהּ֙niz.MahH5141and her jewelsוְחֶלְיָתָ֔הּve.chel.ya.TahH2484,and she wentH3212afterאַחֲרֵ֣י'a.cha.ReiH310her loversמְאַהֲבֶ֑יהָme.'a.ha.Vei.haH157,and forgatשָׁכְחָ֖הsha.khe.ChahH7911me, saithנְאֻם־ne.'um-H5002Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃ פYah.wehH3068.

14Therefore, behold, I will allureמְפַתֶּ֔יהָme.fa.Tei.haH6601her, and bringH3212her into the wildernessהַמִּדְבָּ֑רha.mid.BarH4057,and speakוְדִבַּרְתִּ֖יve.di.bar.TiH1696comfortablyלִבָּֽהּ׃li.BahH3820unto her.

15And I will giveוְנָתַ֨תִּיve.na.Ta.tiH5414her her vineyardsכְּרָמֶ֙יהָ֙ke.ra.Mei.haH3754from thence, and the valleyעֵ֥מֶק'E.mekH6010of Achorעָכ֖וֹרa.KhorH5911for a doorלְפֶ֣תַחle.Fe.tachH6607of hopeתִּקְוָ֑הtik.VahH8615:and she shall singוְעָ֤נְתָהve.'A.ne.tahH6030there, as in the daysH3117of her youthנְעוּרֶ֔יהָne.'u.Rei.haH5271,and as in the dayH3117when she came upעֲלֹתָ֥הּ'a.lo.TahH5927out of the landמֵאֶֽרֶץ־me.'e.retz-H776of Egyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃ סmitz.Ra.yimH4714.

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