3lest I stripherH559naked, and setherH559as in the day that she was born, and makeherH559as a wilderness, and setherH559like a dry land, and slayherH559with thirst;
4YeaH3588,uponH802herH802children will I havenoH3808mercy; for they be children of whoredom.
5for their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will goafterכְּי֖וֹםke.YomH3117my lovers, thatgiveהִוָּֽלְדָ֑הּhi.val.DahH3205meוְשַׂמְתִּ֣יהָve.sam.Ti.haH7760my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.
6Therefore,beholdלֹ֣אlo'H3808, I will hedgeupH853thy way with thorns, and I willmakeH3588a fence againstherH3588, thatsheH3588shallnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808findאֲרַחֵ֑ם'a.ra.ChemH7355herH3588paths.
8ForsheH3808didH3808notH3808know that I gaveherH3651the corn, and the wine, and the oil, and multiplied untoherH3651silver and gold, which they used for Baal.
9Therefore will ItakeH7725backH7725my corn in the time thereof, and my wine in the season thereof, and will pluckawayH7725my wool and my flax which should have coveredherאֶל־'el-H413nakedness.
11I will alsocauseאָשׁ֔וּב'a.ShuvH7725allH5337herH3947mirth to cease,herH3947feastsבְּמֽוֹעֲד֑וֹbe.mo.'a.DoH4150,herH3947newוְתִירוֹשִׁ֖יve.ti.ro.ShiH8492moons, andherH3947sabbaths, andallH5337herH3947solemnassembliesמוֹעֲדָֽהּ׃mo.'a.DahH4150.
12And I willlayH1540wasteherH1540vines andherH1540fig trees, whereofsheH3808hath said, These are my hire that myloversH157havegivenמִיָּדִֽי׃mi.ya.DiH3027meH3808: and I willmakeH1540them a forest, and the beasts of the field shall eat them.
13And I will visit uponherH3605the days of the Baalim, untowhichמוֹעֲדָֽהּ׃mo.'a.DahH4150sheH2320burned incense; whensheH2320decked herself withherH3605earrings andherH3605jewels, and went afterherH3605lovers, and forgatmeH3605, saith the LORD.
14Therefore, behold, I will allureherH5414, andbringH5414herH5414intoH5414the wilderness, andspeakאָמְרָ֗ה'a.me.RahH559comfortably untoherH5414.
15And I will giveherH5921herH5921vineyards from thence, and the valley of Achor for a door of hope: andsheH834shall make answer there, as in thedaysH3117ofherH5921youth, and as in thedayH3117whensheH834cameupH5921outH5921of the land of Egypt.
16And it shall be at that day, saith the LORD, that thou shalt callmeH5921Ishi; and shalt callmeH5921nomoreלָכֵ֗ןla.KhenH3651Baali.
17For I willtakeH5927awayH5927the names of the BaalimoutH8033ofherH5414mouth, and they shallnoH5414more be mentioned by their name.
18And in thatdayבַיּוֹם־vai.yom-H3117will ImakeH7121a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and thebattleבַּיּ֣וֹםbai.YomH3117outאִישִׁ֑י'i.ShiH376of the land, and willmakeH7121them tolieוְהָיָ֤הve.ha.YahH1961downH7121safely.
19And I will betroth thee untomeH3808foreverע֖וֹדodH5750; yea, I will betroth thee untomeH3808in righteousness, and in judgment, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.
20I willevenהָאָ֔רֶץha.'A.retzH776betroth thee untomeמִן־min-H4480in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the LORD.
21And it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, saith theLORDוּבְחֶ֖סֶדu.ve.Che.sedH2617, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth;
22and the earth shall answer the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall answer Jezreel.
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