Revised Version 1895

Hosea 2:5-9

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.

7AndsheH3588shallfollowH310afterH310herH5414loversH157, butsheH3588shallnotH3588overtake them; andsheH3588shall seek them, but shallnotH3588findH5414them: then shallsheH3588sayH559, I will go and return to my first husband; for then was it better withmeH5414thanH3588nowH3588.

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.

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