Revised Version 1895

Hosea 10

1Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478is a luxuriantvineגֶּ֤פֶןGe.fenH1612, which putteth forth hisfruitפְּרִ֖יpe.RiH6529: according to themultitudeכְּרֹ֣בke.RoH7230of hisfruitלְפִרְי֗וֹle.fir.YoH6529he hathmultipliedהִרְבָּה֙hir.BahH7235hisaltarsלַֽמִּזְבְּח֔וֹתla.miz.be.ChotH4196; according to the goodness of hislandלְאַרְצ֔וֹle.'ar.TzoH776they havemadeהֵיטִ֖יבוּhei.Ti.vuH3190goodlypillarsמַצֵּבֽוֹת׃ma.tze.VotH4676.

2Theirheartלִבָּ֖םli.BamH3820isdividedחָלַ֥קcha.LakH2505;nowעַתָּ֣ה'a.TahH6258shall they befoundH816guiltyיֶאְשָׁ֑מוּye'.Sha.muH816: he shall smite theiraltarsמִזְבְּחוֹתָ֔םmiz.be.cho.TamH4196, he shall spoil theirpillarsמַצֵּבוֹתָֽם׃ma.tze.vo.TamH4676.

3SurelyH3588nowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258shall theysayיֹֽאמְר֔וּyo.me.RuH559,WeH3588havenoH3808kingמֶ֖לֶךְMe.lekhH4428: forweH3588fearיָרֵ֙אנוּ֙ya.Re.nuH3372notH3808theLORDיְהֹוָ֔הYah.wehH3068; and thekingוְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְve.ha.Me.lekhH4428,whatH4100canH4100hedoיַּֽעֲשֶׂה־ya.'a.seh-H6213forusH3588?

4Theyspeakדִּבְּר֣וּdi.be.RuH1696vainשָׁ֖וְאshav'H7723wordsדְבָרִ֔יםde.va.RimH1697,swearingאָל֥וֹת'a.LotH422falsely inmakingכָּרֹ֣תka.RotH3772covenantsבְּרִ֑יתbe.RitH1285: thereforejudgmentמִשְׁפָּ֔טmish.PatH4941springethupעַ֖ל'alH5921as hemlock in thefurrowsתַּלְמֵ֥יtal.MeiH8525of thefieldשָׂדָֽי׃sa.DaiH7704.

5Theinhabitantsשְׁכַ֣ןshe.KhanH7934ofSamariaשֹֽׁמְר֑וֹןsho.me.RonH8111shall be in terror for the calves of Beth-aven: for thepeopleעַמּ֗וֹa.MoH5971thereof shallmournאָבַ֨ל'a.ValH56over it, and thepriestsוּכְמָרָיו֙u.khe.ma.RavH3649thereof thatrejoicedיָגִ֔ילוּya.Gi.luH1523over it, for thegloryכְּבוֹד֖וֹke.vo.DoH3519thereof,becauseH3588it isdepartedגָלָ֥הga.LahH1540from it.

6It also shall becarriedיוּבָ֔לyu.ValH2986untoAssyriaלְאַשּׁ֣וּרle.'a.ShurH804for apresentמִנְחָ֖הmin.ChahH4503tokingלְמֶ֣לֶךְle.Me.lekhH4428Jarebיָרֵ֑בya.RevH3377:Ephraimאֶפְרַ֣יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669shallreceiveיִקָּ֔חyi.KachH3947shameH954, andIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478shall beashamedוְיֵב֥וֹשׁve.ye.Vo.oshH954of his owncounselמֵעֲצָתֽוֹ׃me.'a.tza.ToH6098.

7As forSamariaשֹׁמְר֖וֹןsho.me.RonH8111,herH5921kingמַלְכָּ֑הּmal.KahH4428iscutנִדְמֶ֥הnid.MehH1820offH5921, as foamuponH5921thewaterמָֽיִם׃Ma.yimH4325.

8Thehighבָּמ֣וֹתba.MotH1116placesH1116also of Aven, thesinחַטַּאת֙cha.taTH2403ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478, shall bedestroyedוְנִשְׁמְד֞וּve.nish.me.DuH8045: thethornק֣וֹץKotzH6975and thethistleוְדַרְדַּ֔רve.dar.DarH1863shallcomeH5927upH5927on theiraltarsמִזְבְּחוֹתָ֑םmiz.be.cho.TamH4196; and they shallsayוְאָמְר֤וּve.'a.me.RuH559to themountainsלֶֽהָרִים֙le.ha.RimH2022,Coverכַּסּ֔וּנוּka.Su.nuH3680usעַל־'al-H5921; and to thehillsוְלַגְּבָע֖וֹתve.la.ge.va.'otH1389,Fallנִפְל֥וּnif.LuH5307onusעָלֵֽינוּ׃ ס'a.Lei.nuH5921.

9OIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478, thou hastsinnedחָטָ֖אתָcha.Ta.taH2398from thedaysמִימֵי֙mi.MeiH3117ofGibeahהַגִּבְעָ֔הha.giv.'AhH1390: there theystoodעָמָ֔דוּ'a.Ma.duH5975; that thebattleמִלְחָמָ֖הmil.cha.MahH4421againstעַל־'al-H5921thechildrenבְּנֵ֥יbe.NeiH1121of iniquity shouldnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808overtakeתַשִּׂיגֵ֧םta.si.GemH5381them inGibeahבַּגִּבְעָ֛הba.giv.'AhH1390.

10When it is mydesireבְּאַוָּתִ֖יbe.'a.va.TiH185, I willchastiseוְאֶסֳּרֵ֑םve.'e.so.RemH3256them; and thepeoplesעַמִּ֔ים'a.MimH5971shall begatheredוְאֻסְּפ֤וּve.'u.se.FuH622againstעֲלֵיהֶם֙'a.lei.HemH5921them, when they areboundבְּאָסְרָ֖םbe.'a.se.RamH631to theirtwoלִשְׁתֵּ֥יlish.TeiH8147transgressions.

11AndEphraimוְאֶפְרַ֜יִםve.'ef.Ra.yimH669is anheiferעֶגְלָ֤ה'eg.LahH5697that istaughtמְלֻמָּדָה֙me.lu.ma.DahH3925, that loveth to treadoutH5921the corn; but I havepassedעָבַ֔רְתִּי'a.Var.tiH5674overuponH5921herH5921fairט֖וּבtuvH2898neckH6676: I will set ariderאַרְכִּ֤יב'ar.KivH7392onEphraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669;Judahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063shallplowיַחֲר֣וֹשׁya.cha.Ro.oshH2790,Jacobיַעֲקֹֽב׃ya.'a.KoH3290shall break his clods.

12Sowזִרְע֨וּzir.'UH2232to yourselves inrighteousnessלִצְדָקָה֙litz.da.KahH6666,reapקִצְר֣וּkitz.RuH7114accordingלְפִי־le.fi-H6310tomercyH3068;breakנִ֥ירוּNi.ruH5214upH5704your fallow ground: for it is time toseekלִדְר֣וֹשׁlid.Ro.oshH1875theLORDH3068,tillH5704hecomeיָב֕וֹאya.Vo'H935andrainוְיֹרֶ֥הve.yo.RehH3384righteousnessH6666uponH935youH5704.

13Ye haveplowedחֲרַשְׁתֶּם־cha.rash.tem-H2790wickednessרֶ֛שַׁעRe.sha'H7562, ye have reapediniquityעַוְלָ֥תָה'av.La.tahH5766; ye haveeatenאֲכַלְתֶּ֣ם'a.khal.TemH398thefruitפְּרִי־pe.ri-H6529ofliesכָ֑חַשׁKha.chashH3585: for thou didsttrustבָטַ֥חְתָּva.Tach.taH982in thywayבְדַרְכְּךָ֖ve.dar.ke.KhaH1870, in themultitudeבְּרֹ֥בbe.RoH7230of thymightyH1368menH1368.

14Therefore shall atumultשָׁאוֹן֮sha.'OnH7588ariseוְקָ֣אםve.KamH6965among thypeopleבְּעַמֶּךָ֒be.'a.me.KhaH5971, andallH3605thyfortressesמִבְצָרֶ֣יךָmiv.tza.Rei.khaH4013shall be spoiled, asShalmanשַֽׁלְמַ֛ןshal.ManH8020spoiledBeth-arbelH1009in thedayבְּי֣וֹםbe.YomH3117ofbattleמִלְחָמָ֑הmil.cha.MahH4421: themotherאֵ֥ם'emH517wasdashedרֻטָּֽשָׁה׃ru.Ta.shahH7376inpiecesH7376withherH3605childrenבָּנִ֖יםba.NimH1121.

15SoH6213shall Beth-eldoH6213untoyouH6440becauseH6440of your greatwickednessH7451: atdaybreakבַּשַּׁ֕חַרba.Sha.charH7837shall thekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478be utterlycutנִדְמֹ֥הnid.MohH1820offנִדְמָ֖הnid.MahH1820.

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