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Hosea 4:12-19

12Mypeopleעַמִּי֙'a.MiH5971askיִשְׁאָ֔לyish.'AlH7592counsel at their stock, and theirstaffוּמַקְל֖וֹu.mak.LoH4731declareth unto them: for thespiritר֤וּחַRu.achH7307of whoredom hathcausedH430them toerrH8582, and they havegoneH8582a whoring fromunderמִתַּ֥חַתmi.Ta.chatH8478theirGodאֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃'e.lo.hei.HemH430.

13Theysacrificeיְזַבֵּ֗חוּye.za.Be.chuH2076uponH5921thetopsרָאשֵׁ֨יra.SheiH7218of themountainsהֶהָרִ֜יםhe.ha.RimH2022, andburnH6999incenseH6999uponH5921thehillsהַגְּבָעוֹת֙ha.ge.va.'OtH1389,underתַּ֣חַתTa.chatH8478oaksאַלּ֧וֹן'a.LonH437and poplars and terebinths,becauseכִּ֣יkiH3588theshadowצִלָּ֑הּtzi.LahH6738thereof isgoodט֣וֹבTovH2896: therefore yourdaughtersבְּנ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔םbe.No.tei.KhemH1323commitתְּנָאַֽפְנָה׃te.na.'Af.nahH5003whoredom, and yourbridesוְכַלּוֹתֵיכֶ֖םve.kha.lo.tei.KhemH3618commitH5003adulteryH5003.

14I willnotH3808punishאֶפְק֨וֹד'ef.KodH6485yourdaughtersבְּנוֹתֵיכֶ֜םbe.no.tei.KhemH1323when theycommitתְנָאַ֔פְנָהte.na.'Af.nahH5003whoredom,norH3808yourbridesכַּלּֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ka.lo.tei.KhemH3618when theycommitH5003adulteryH5003; for theythemselvesהֵם֙hemH1992goH6504apartH6504with whores, and theysacrificeיְזַבֵּ֑חוּye.za.Be.chuH2076with theharlotsH2181: and thepeopleוְעָ֥םve.'AmH5971that dothnotH3808understandיָבִ֖יןya.VinH995shall be overthrown.

15Thoughאִם־'im-H518thou,Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478,playH2181theharlotH2181, yetletH408notH408Judahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063offend; andcomeH935notH408ye untoGilgalהַגִּלְגָּ֗לha.gil.GalH1537,neitherH408goתָּבֹ֣אוּta.Vo.'uH935yeupתַּעֲלוּ֙ta.'a.LuH5927to Beth-aven,norH408swearתִּשָּׁבְע֖וּti.sha.ve.'UH7650, As theLORDיְהוָֽה׃Yah.wehH3068liveth.

16ForIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478hath behaved himselfstubbornlyסֹֽרֵרָ֔הso.re.RahH5637, like astubbornסָרַ֖רsa.RarH5637heiferכְּפָרָ֣הke.fa.RahH6510:nowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258will theLORDיְהוָ֔הYah.wehH3068feedיִרְעֵ֣םyir.'EmH7462them as alambכְּכֶ֖בֶשׂke.Khe.vesH3532in alargeH4800placeבַּמֶּרְחָֽב׃ba.mer.ChavH4800.

17Ephraimאֶפְרָ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669isjoinedחֲב֧וּרcha.VurH2266toidolsעֲצַבִּ֛ים'a.tza.BimH6091; let him alone.

18Theirdrinkסָבְאָ֑םsa.ve.'AmH5435isbecomeH2181sour: theycommitH2181whoredomcontinuallyH2181;herסָ֖רsarH5493rulersמָגִנֶּֽיהָ׃ma.gi.Nei.haH4043dearlyאָהֲב֥וּ'a.ha.VuH157loveהֵב֛וּhe.VuH157shameקָל֖וֹןka.LonH7036.

19Thewindר֛וּחַRu.achH7307hathwrappedצָרַ֥רtza.RarH6887herupH853initsH853wingsבִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָbikh.na.Fei.haH3671; and they shall beashamedוְיֵבֹ֖שׁוּve.ye.Vo.shuH954because of theirsacrificesמִזִּבְחוֹתָֽם סmi.ziv.cho.TamH2077.

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