Revised Version 1895

Hosea 5:3-14

3Iknowיָדַ֣עְתִּיya.Da'.tiH3045Ephraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669, andIsraelוְיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לve.Yis.ra.'ElH3478isnotלֹֽא־lo'-H3808hidנִכְחַ֣דnikh.ChadH3582frommeמִמֶּ֑נִּיmi.Me.niH4480: fornowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258, OEphraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669, thou hast committed whoredom,Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478isdefiledנִטְמָ֖אnit.Ma'H2930.

4Theirdoingsמַ֣עַלְלֵיהֶ֔םma.'a.lei.HemH4611willnotלֹ֤אlo'H3808suffer them toturnלָשׁ֖וּבla.ShuvH7725unto theirGodאֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430: for thespiritר֤וּחַRu.achH7307of whoredom iswithinבְּקִרְבָּ֔םbe.kir.BamH7130them, and theyknowיָדָֽעוּ׃ya.Da.'uH3045notלֹ֥אlo'H3808theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068.

5And theprideגְאֽוֹן־ge.'on-H1347ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478dothtestifyוְעָנָ֥הve.'a.NahH6030to hisfaceבְּפָנָ֑יוbe.fa.NavH6440: thereforeIsraelוְיִשְׂרָאֵ֣לve.Yis.ra.'ElH3478andEphraimוְאֶפְרַ֗יִםve.'ef.Ra.yimH669shallstumbleיִכָּֽשְׁלוּ֙yi.ka.she.LuH3782in theiriniquityבַּעֲוֹנָ֔םba.'a.vo.NamH5771;Judahיְהוּדָ֖הye.hu.DahH3063also shallstumbleכָּשַׁ֥לka.ShalH3782with them.

6They shall go with theirflocksבְּצֹאנָ֣םbe.tzo.NamH6629and with theirherdsוּבִבְקָרָ֗םu.viv.ka.RamH1241toseekלְבַקֵּ֥שׁle.va.KeshH1245theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068; but they shallnotH3808findיִמְצָ֑אוּyim.Tza.'uH4672him: he hath withdrawnhimselfH3808from them.

7They havedealtבָּגָ֔דוּba.Ga.duH898treacherouslyH898againstאֶת־'et-H854theLORDבַּיהוָ֣הba.Yah.wehH3068; for they haveborneיָלָ֑דוּya.La.duH3205strangeזָרִ֖יםza.RimH2114childrenבָנִ֥יםva.NimH1121:nowעַתָּ֛ה'a.TahH6258shall thenewחֹ֖דֶשׁCho.deshH2320moonH2320devourיֹאכְלֵ֥םyokh.LemH398them with their fields.

8Blowתִּקְע֤וּtik.'UH8628ye the cornet inGibeahבַּגִּבְעָ֔הba.giv.'AhH1390, and thetrumpetשׁוֹפָר֙sho.FarH7782inRamahבָּרָמָ֑הba.ra.MahH7414:soundהָרִ֙יעוּ֙ha.Ri.'uH7321analarmH7321at Beth-aven;behindאַחֲרֶ֖יךָ'a.cha.Rei.khaH310thee, OBenjaminבִּנְיָמִֽין׃bin.ya.MinH1144.

9Ephraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669shallbecomeתִֽהְיֶ֔הtih.YehH1961adesolationלְשַׁמָּ֣הle.sha.MahH8047in thedayבְּי֖וֹםbe.YomH3117ofrebukeתּֽוֹכֵחָ֑הto.khe.ChahH8433: among thetribesH7626ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElH3478have Imadeהוֹדַ֖עְתִּיho.Da'.tiH3045knownH3045thatwhichH7626shallsurelyH1961be.

10Theprincesשָׂרֵ֣יsa.ReiH8269ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063are like them that remove the landmark: I willpourאֶשְׁפּ֥וֹךְ'esh.PokhH8210outH8210mywrathעֶבְרָתִֽי׃'ev.ra.TiH5678uponעֲלֵיהֶ֕ם'a.lei.HemH5921them likewaterכַּמַּ֖יִםka.Ma.yimH4325.

11Ephraimאֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669isoppressedעָשׁ֥וּק'a.ShukH6231, he iscrushedרְצ֣וּץre.TzutzH7533injudgmentמִשְׁפָּ֑טmish.PatH4941;becauseכִּ֣יkiH3588he was content towalkהָלַ֖ךְha.LakhH1980afterאַחֲרֵי־'a.cha.rei-H310thecommandצָֽו׃TzavH6673.

12Therefore am I untoEphraimלְאֶפְרָ֑יִםle.'ef.Ra.yimH669as amothכָעָ֖שׁkha.'AshH6211, and to thehouseלְבֵ֥יתle.VeitH1004ofJudahיְהוּדָֽה׃ye.hu.DahH3063asrottennessוְכָרָקָ֖בve.kha.ra.KavH7538.

13WhenEphraimאֶפְרַ֜יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669sawH7200hissicknessחָלְי֗וֹchal.YoH2483, andJudahוִֽיהוּדָה֙vi.hu.DahH3063sawH7200hiswoundמְזֹר֔וֹme.zo.RoH4205, thenwentH413Ephraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669toAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804, andsentH7971tokingמֶ֣לֶךְMe.lekhH4428Jarebיָרֵ֑בya.RevH3377: but he isnotלֹ֤אlo'H3808ableיוּכַל֙yu.KhalH3201tohealלִרְפֹּ֣אlir.Po'H7495youH7971,neitherוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808shall hecureיִגְהֶ֥הyig.HehH1455youH7971of yourwoundמָזֽוֹר׃ma.ZorH4205.

14For I will be untoEphraimלְאֶפְרַ֔יִםle.'ef.Ra.yimH669as alionוְכַכְּפִ֖ירve.kha.ke.FirH3715, and as ayoungH3715lionH3715to thehouseלְבֵ֣יתle.VeitH1004ofJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063: I,evenכִּ֣יkiH3588I, willtearאֶטְרֹף֙'et.RofH2963and goawayH5375; I willcarryאֶשָּׂ֖א'e.Sa'H5375offH5375, and there shall benoneוְאֵ֥יןve.'EinH369todeliverמַצִּֽיל׃ma.TzilH5337.

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