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Hosea 4:8-13

8Theyfeedיֹאכֵ֑לוּyo.Khe.luH398on thesinחַטַּ֥אתcha.TatH2403of mypeopleעַמִּ֖י'a.MiH5971, andsetיִשְׂא֥וּyis.'UH5375theirheartנַפְשֽׁוֹ׃naf.ShoH5315on theiriniquityעֲוֹנָ֖ם'a.vo.NamH5771.

9And it shall be, likepeopleכָעָ֖םkha.'AmH5971, likepriestכַּכֹּהֵ֑ןka.ko.HenH3548: and I willpunishוּפָקַדְתִּ֤יu.fa.kad.TiH6485them for theirwaysדְּרָכָ֔יוde.ra.KhavH1870, and will reward them theirdoingsוּמַעֲלָלָ֖יוu.ma.'a.la.LavH4611.

10And they shalleatוְאָֽכְלוּ֙ve.'a.khe.LuH398, andnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808haveenoughיִשְׂבָּ֔עוּyis.Ba.'uH7646; they shallcommitהִזְנ֖וּhiz.NuH2181whoredom, and shallnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808increaseיִפְרֹ֑צוּyif.Ro.tzuH6555:becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588they haveleftעָזְב֖וּ'a.ze.VuH5800offH398totakeH8104heedH8104to theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068.

11Whoredom andwineוְיַ֥יִןve.Ya.yinH3196andnewוְתִיר֖וֹשׁve.ti.Ro.oshH8492wineH3196takeH3947awayיִֽקַּֽח־yi.kach-H3947theunderstandingלֵֽב׃LevH3820.

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.

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