Revised Literal Translation

Hosea 4:15-17

15Though thou, Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,play the harlotזֹנֶ֤הzo.NehH2181, yetlet not Judahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063offendיֶאְשַׁ֖םye'.ShamH816;and comeתָּבֹ֣אוּta.Vo.'uH935not ye unto Gilgalהַגִּלְגָּ֗לha.gil.GalH1537,neither go ye upתַּעֲלוּ֙ta.'a.LuH5927to Beth–avenH1007,nor swearתִּשָּׁבְע֖וּti.sha.ve.'UH7650,Yhwhיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068livethחַי־chai-H2416.

16For Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478slideth backסֹֽרֵרָ֔הso.re.RahH5637as a backslidingסָרַ֖רsa.RarH5637heiferכְּפָרָ֣הke.fa.RahH6510:Now Yhwhיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068will feedיִרְעֵ֣םyir.'EmH7462them as a lambכְּכֶ֖בֶשׂke.Khe.vesH3532in a large placeבַּמֶּרְחָֽב׃ba.mer.ChavH4800.

17Ephraimאֶפְרָ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669isjoinedחֲב֧וּרcha.VurH2266to idolsעֲצַבִּ֛ים'a.tza.BimH6091:let him aloneH3240.

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