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Hosea 7:9-16

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.

12When they shallgoH3381, I willspreadאֶפְר֤וֹשׂ'ef.RosH6566mynetרִשְׁתִּ֔יrish.TiH7568uponעֲלֵיהֶם֙'a.lei.HemH5921them; I willbringאֽוֹרִידֵ֑ם'o.ri.DemH3381themdownH3381as the fowls of theheavenהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064: I willchastiseאַיְסִרֵ֕ם'ay.si.RemH3256them, as theircongregationלַעֲדָתָֽם׃ סla.'a.da.TamH5712hath heard.

13Woeא֤וֹי'oH188unto them! for they have wandered frommeH5921;destructionשֹׁ֥דshodH7701unto them! for they have trespassedagainstH5921meH5921:thoughH3588I wouldredeemאֶפְדֵּ֔ם'ef.DemH6299them, yet they havespokenדִּבְּר֥וּdi.be.RuH1696liesכְּזָבִֽים׃ke.za.VimH3577againstH5921meH5921.

14And they havenotוְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-H3808criedזָעֲק֤וּza.'a.KuH2199untomeH413with theirheartבְּלִבָּ֔םbe.li.BamH3820, but theyhowlיְיֵלִ֖ילוּye.ye.Li.luH3213uponH5921theirbedsמִשְׁכְּבוֹתָ֑םmish.ke.vo.TamH4904: they assemblethemselvesH5921for corn andwineוְתִיר֛וֹשׁve.ti.Ro.oshH8492, they rebelagainstH5921meH413.

15Though I havetaughtיִסַּ֔רְתִּיyi.Sar.tiH3256andstrengthenedחִזַּ֖קְתִּיchi.Zak.tiH2388theirarmsזְרֽוֹעֹתָ֑םze.ro.'o.TamH2220, yetdoוַאֲנִ֣יva.'a.NiH589they imagine mischiefagainstH413meH413.

16Theyreturnיָשׁ֣וּבוּ׀ya.Shu.vuH7725, butnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808to him that is onhighעָ֗ל'AlH5920; they are like adeceitfulרְמִיָּ֔הre.mi.YahH7423bowכְּקֶ֣שֶׁתke.Ke.shetH7198: theirprincesשָׂרֵיהֶ֖םsa.rei.HemH8269shallfallיִפְּל֥וּyi.pe.LuH5307by theswordבַחֶ֛רֶבva.Che.revH2719for therageמִזַּ֣עַםmi.Za.'amH2195of theirtongueלְשׁוֹנָ֑םle.sho.NamH3956: this shall be theirderisionלַעְגָּ֖םla'.GamH3933in thelandבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

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