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Hosea 4:15-19

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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