Revised Version 1895

Hosea 7:4-11

4They areallכֻּלָּם֙ku.LamH3605adulterersמְנָ֣אֲפִ֔יםme.Na.'a.FimH5003; they are as anovenתַנּ֔וּרta.NurH8574heated by thebakerמֵֽאֹפֶ֑הme.'o.PehH644; he ceaseth tostirמֵעִ֔ירme.'IrH5782the fire, from thekneadingמִלּ֥וּשׁmi.LushH3888of thedoughבָּצֵ֖קba.TzekH1217untilעַד־'ad-H5704it be leavened.

5On thedayי֣וֹםYomH3117of ourkingמַלְכֵּ֔נוּmal.Ke.nuH4428theprincesשָׂרִ֖יםsa.RimH8269made themselvessickהֶחֱל֥וּhe.che.LuH2470with theheatחֲמַ֣תcha.MatH2534ofwineמִיָּ֑יִןmi.Ya.yinH3196; hestretchedH4900outH4900hishandיָד֖וֹya.DoH3027with scorners.

6For they havemadeH3605ready theirheartלִבָּ֖םli.BamH3820like anovenכַתַּנּ֛וּרkha.ta.NurH8574, whiles theylieH693inwaitH693: theirbakerאֹֽפֵהֶ֔ם'o.fe.HemH644sleepethallH3605thenightהַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ha.Lay.lahH3915; in themorningבֹּ֕קֶרBo.kerH1242it burneth as aflamingלֶהָבָֽה׃le.ha.VahH3852fireכְּאֵ֥שׁke.'EshH784.

7They areallכֻּלָּ֤םku.LamH3605hotיֵחַ֙מּוּ֙ye.Cha.muH2552as anovenכַּתַּנּ֔וּרka.ta.NurH8574, anddevourוְאָכְל֖וּve.'a.khe.LuH398theirjudgesשֹֽׁפְטֵיהֶ֑םsho.fe.tei.HemH8199;allכָּל־kol-H3605theirkingsמַלְכֵיהֶ֣םmal.khei.HemH4428arefallenנָפָ֔לוּna.Fa.luH5307: there isnoneאֵין־'ein-H369among them that calleth untomeאֵלָֽי׃'e.LaiH413.

8Ephraimאֶפְרַ֕יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669, he mixethhimselfה֣וּאhu'H1931among thepeoplesבָּעַמִּ֖יםba.'a.MimH5971;Ephraimאֶפְרַ֛יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669is acakeעֻגָ֖ה'u.GahH5692notהָיָ֥הha.YahH1961turnedהֲפוּכָֽה׃ha.fu.KhahH2015.

9Strangersזָרִים֙za.RimH2114havedevouredאָכְל֤וּ'a.khe.LuH398hisstrengthכֹּח֔וֹko.ChoH3581, and he knoweth itnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808: yea,grayשֵׂיבָה֙sei.VahH7872hairsH7872are here and there upon him, and he knoweth itnotלֹ֥אlo'H3808.

10And theprideגְאֽוֹן־ge.'on-H1347ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478dothtestifyוְעָנָ֥הve.'a.NahH6030to hisfaceבְּפָנָ֑יוbe.fa.NavH6440: yet they havenotוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808returnedשָׁ֙בוּ֙sha.vuH7725unto theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068theirGodאֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430,norוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808soughtבִקְשֻׁ֖הוּvik.Shu.huH1245him, forallבְּכָל־be.kholH3605this.

11AndEphraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669is like a sillydoveכְּיוֹנָ֥הke.yo.NahH3123,withoutאֵ֣ין'einH369understandingלֵ֑בLevH3820: theycallקָרָ֖אוּka.Ra.'uH7121untoEgyptמִצְרַ֥יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, theygoהָלָֽכוּ׃ha.La.khuH1980toAssyriaאַשּׁ֥וּר'a.ShurH804.

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