Revised Version 1895

Hosea 8

1SET thetrumpetשֹׁפָ֔רsho.FarH7782to thymouthחִכְּךָ֣chi.ke.KhaH2441. As aneagleכַּנֶּ֖שֶׁרka.Ne.sherH5404he comethagainstH5921thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068:becauseH5921they havetransgressedפָּשָֽׁעוּ׃pa.Sha.'uH6586mycovenantבְרִיתִ֔יve.ri.TiH1285, and trespassedagainstH5921mylawתּוֹרָתִ֖יto.ra.TiH8451.

2They shallcryיִזְעָ֑קוּyiz.'A.kuH2199untomeH3045, MyGodאֱלֹהַ֥י'e.lo.HaiH430, weIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478knowיְֽדַעֲנ֖וּךָye.da.'a.Nu.khaH3045thee.

3Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478hath cast off that which isgoodט֑וֹבTovH2896: theenemyאוֹיֵ֖ב'o.YevH341shallpursueיִרְדְּֽפוֹ׃yir.De.fovH7291him.

4They havesetH6213upH4480kings, butnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808bymeH4480; they havemadeH6213princesH8323, and Iknewיָדָ֑עְתִּיya.Da.'e.tiH3045itnotוְלֹ֣אve.Lo'H3808: of theirsilverכַּסְפָּ֣םkas.PamH3701and theirgoldוּזְהָבָ֗םu.ze.ha.VamH2091have theymadeH6213themidolsעֲצַבִּ֔ים'a.tza.BimH6091, that they may becutיִכָּרֵֽת׃yi.ka.RetH3772offH3772.

5He hath cast off thycalfעֶגְלֵ֣ךְ'eg.LekhH5695, OSamariaשֹֽׁמְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonH8111; mineangerאַפִּ֖י'a.PiH639iskindledH2734againstH2734them:howמָתַ֕יma.TaiH4970longעַד־'ad-H5704will it be ere they attain to innocency?

6For fromIsraelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵל֙mi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478isevenכִּ֤יkiH3588this; the workmanmadeעָשָׂ֔הוּ'a.Sa.huH6213it, and it isnoוְלֹ֥אve.Lo'H3808Godאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430:yeaכִּֽי־ki-H3588, thecalfעֵ֖גֶל'E.gelH5695ofSamariaשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃sho.me.RonH8111shall bebrokenH7616inpiecesH7616.

7For theysowיִזְרָ֖עוּyiz.Ra.'uH2232thewindר֥וּחַRu.achH7307, and they shallreapיִקְצֹ֑רוּyik.Tzo.ruH7114the whirlwind: he hathnoH369standingקָמָ֣הka.MahH7054corn; the blade shallyieldH1097noH369mealקֶּ֔מַחKe.machH7058;ifכִּ֛יkiH3588soH6213be ityieldH1097,strangersזָרִ֖יםza.RimH2114shallswallowיִבְלָעֻֽהוּ׃yiv.la.'U.huH1104itupH1104.

8Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478isswallowedנִבְלַ֖עniv.La'H1104upH1104:nowעַתָּה֙'a.TahH6258are they among thenationsבַגּוֹיִ֔םva.go.YimH1471as avesselכִּכְלִ֖יkikh.LiH3627wherein isnoאֵֽין־'ein-H369pleasureחֵ֥פֶץChe.fetzH2656.

9For they aregoneH5927upH5927toAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804, like awildפֶּ֖רֶאPe.re'H6501assaloneבּוֹדֵ֣דbo.DedH909by himself:Ephraimאֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669hathhiredהִתְנ֥וּhit.NuH8566loversאֲהָבִֽים'a.ha.VimH158.

10YeaH3588,thoughH3588theyhireיִתְנ֥וּyit.NuH8566among thenationsבַגּוֹיִ֖םva.go.YimH1471,nowעַתָּ֣ה'a.TahH6258will Igatherאֲקַבְּצֵ֑ם'a.ka.be.TzemH6908them; and theybeginוַיָּחֵ֣לּוּvai.ya.Che.luH2490to be minished by reason of theburdenמִמַּשָּׂ֖אmi.ma.Sa'H4853of thekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofprincesשָׂרִֽים׃sa.RimH8269.

11Becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588Ephraimאֶפְרַ֛יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669hathmultipliedהִרְבָּ֥הhir.BahH7235altarsמִזְבְּחֹ֖תmiz.be.ChotH4196tosinלַחֲטֹ֑אla.cha.To'H2398,altarsמִזְבְּח֖וֹתmiz.be.ChotH4196have been unto him tosinלַחֲטֹֽא׃la.cha.To'H2398.

12Though IwriteH3789for him mylawתּֽוֹרָתִ֑יto.ra.TiH8451intenH7239thousandH7239precepts, they arecountedנֶחְשָֽׁבוּ׃nech.Sha.vuH2803as astrangeזָ֖רzarH2114thing.

13As for thesacrificesH2077of mineofferingsH3068, theysacrificeH2077fleshבָשָׂר֙va.SarH1320andeatוַיֹּאכֵ֔לוּvai.yo.Khe.luH398it; but theLORDH3068accepteth themnotלֹ֣אlo'H3808:nowעַתָּ֞ה'a.TahH6258will herememberיִזְכֹּ֤רyiz.KorH2142theiriniquityעֲוֹנָם֙'a.vo.NamH5771, andvisitוְיִפְקֹ֣דve.yif.KodH6485theirsinsחַטֹּאותָ֔םcha.to.TamH2403; they shallreturnיָשֽׁוּבוּ׃ya.Shu.vuH7725toEgyptמִצְרַ֥יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714.

14ForIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElH3478hathforgottenוַיִּשְׁכַּ֨חvai.yish.KachH7911his Maker, and buildedpalacesאַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ ס'ar.me.no.Tei.haH759; andJudahוִֽיהוּדָ֕הvi.hu.DahH3063hathmultipliedהִרְבָּ֖הhir.BahH7235fencedcitiesעָרִ֣ים'a.RimH5892: but I willsendוְשִׁלַּחְתִּי־ve.shi.lach.ti-H7971afireאֵ֣שׁ'eshH784uponH784hiscitiesבְּעָרָ֔יוbe.'a.RavH5892, and it shalldevourוְאָכְלָ֖הve.'a.khe.LahH398the castles thereof.

Commentaries on Hosea 8

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