Revised Version 1895

Hosea 1

1Thewordדְּבַר־de.var-H1697of theLORDיְהוָ֣ה׀Yah.wehH3068thatcameהָיָ֗הha.YahH1961untoHoseaהוֹשֵׁ֙עַ֙ho.She.a'H1954thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofBeeriבְּאֵרִ֔יbe.'e.RiH882, in thedaysבִּימֵ֨יbi.MeiH3117ofUzziahעֻזִּיָּ֥ה'u.zi.YahH5818,Jothamיוֹתָ֛םyo.TamH3147,Ahazאָחָ֥ז'a.ChazH271, andHezekiahH2396,kingsמַלְכֵ֣יmal.KheiH4428ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063, and in thedaysוּבִימֵ֛יu.vi.MeiH3117ofJeroboamיָרָבְעָ֥םya.ra.ve.'AmH3379thesonבֶּן־ben-H1121ofJoashיוֹאָ֖שׁyo.'AshH3101,kingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478.

2When theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068spake at thefirstתְּחִלַּ֥תte.chi.LatH8462byHoseaבְּהוֹשֵׁ֑עַ פbe.ho.She.a'H1954, theLORDיְהוָ֜הYah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֨אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559untoHoseaהוֹשֵׁ֗עַho.She.a'H1954, Go,takeקַח־kach-H3947unto thee awifeאֵ֤שֶׁת'E.shetH802of whoredom andchildrenוְיַלְדֵ֣יve.yal.DeiH3206of whoredom: for thelandהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776dothcommitH2181great whoredom, departing from theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068.

3SoH3947he went andtookH3947Gomerגֹּ֖מֶרGo.merH1586thedaughterבַּת־bat-H1323of Diblaim; and sheconceivedוַתַּ֥הַרva.Ta.harH2029, and bare him asonבֵּֽן׃BenH1121.

4And theLORDיְהוָה֙Yah.wehH3068saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto him,Callקְרָ֥אke.Ra'H7121hisnameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034Jezreelיִזְרְעֶ֑אלyiz.re.'ElH3157; for yet alittleמְעַ֗טme.'AtH4592whileע֣וֹדodH5750, and I will avenge thebloodדְּמֵ֤יde.MeiH1818ofJezreelיִזְרְעֶאל֙yiz.re.'eLH3157uponעַל־'al-H5921thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofJehuיֵה֔וּאye.Hu'H3058, and willcauseH7121thekingdomמַמְלְכ֖וּתmam.le.KhutH4468of thehouseבֵּ֥יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478toceaseוְהִ֨שְׁבַּתִּ֔יve.Hish.ba.TiH7673.

5And it shallcomeH1961topassH1961at thatdayבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117, that I willbreakוְשָֽׁבַרְתִּי֙ve.sha.var.TiH7665thebowקֶ֣שֶׁתKe.shetH7198ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478in thevalleyבְּעֵ֖מֶקbe.'E.mekH6010ofJezreelיִזְרְעֶֽאל׃yiz.re.'ElH3157.

6AndsheH3588conceivedוַתַּ֤הַרva.Ta.harH2029againH5750, and bare adaughterבַּ֔תBatH1323. And the LORDsaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto him,Callקְרָ֥אke.Ra'H7121herנָשֹׂ֥אna.So'H5375nameשְׁמָ֖הּshe.MahH8034Lo-ruhamahH3819: for I willnoלֹ֨אlo'H3808moreH5750havemercyאֲרַחֵם֙'a.ra.ChemH7355uponH7121thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, that I should inanyH5750wisepardonאֶשָּׂ֖א'e.Sa'H5375them.

7But I will havemercyאֲרַחֵ֔ם'a.ra.ChemH7355upon thehouseבֵּ֤יתbeitH1004ofJudahיְהוּדָה֙ye.hu.DahH3063, and willsaveוְהֽוֹשַׁעְתִּ֖יםve.ho.sha'.TimH3467them by theLORDבַּיהוָ֣הba.Yah.wehH3068theirGodאֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430, and willnotH3808saveאֽוֹשִׁיעֵ֗ם'o.shi.'EmH3467them bybowבְּקֶ֤שֶׁתbe.Ke.shetH7198,norH3808byswordוּבְחֶ֙רֶב֙u.ve.Che.revH2719,norH3808bybattleוּבְמִלְחָמָ֔הu.ve.mil.cha.MahH4421, byhorsesבְּסוּסִ֖יםbe.su.SimH5483,norH3808byhorsemenוּבְפָרָשִֽׁים׃u.ve.fa.ra.ShimH6571.

8Now when she hadweanedוַתִּגְמֹ֖לva.tig.MolH1580Lo-ruhamahH3819, sheconceivedוַתַּ֖הַרva.Ta.harH2029, and bare asonבֵּֽן׃BenH1121.

9And the LORDsaidH559,Callקְרָ֥אke.Ra'H7121hisnameשְׁמ֖וֹshe.MoH8034Lo-ammiH3818: for ye arenotלֹ֣אlo'H3808mypeopleעַמִּ֔י'a.MiH5971, and I willnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808be yourGodH559.

10Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, Ye are the sons of the living God.

11And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together, and they shall appoint themselves one head, and shall go up from the land: for great shall be the day of Jezreel.

Commentaries on Hosea 1

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