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Hosea 12

1EphraimH669feedethרֹעֶ֥הro.'EhH7462onwindר֙וּחַ֙Ru.achH7307, andfollowethוְרֹדֵ֣ףve.ro.DefH7291after the eastwindקָדִ֔יםka.DimH6921: hedailyהַיּ֕וֹםhai.YomH3117multipliethיַרְבֶּ֑הyar.BehH7235liesכָּזָ֥בka.ZavH3577anddesolationוָשֹׁ֖דva.ShodH7701; and they domakeיִכְרֹ֔תוּyikh.Ro.tuH3772acovenantוּבְרִית֙u.ve.RitH1285with theAssyriansאַשּׁ֣וּר'a.ShurH804, andoilוְשֶׁ֖מֶןve.She.menH8081iscarriedיוּבָֽל׃yu.ValH2986intoEgyptלְמִצְרַ֥יִםle.mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

2TheLORDלַֽיהוָ֖הla.Yah.wehH3068hath also acontroversyוְרִ֥יבve.RivH7379withJudahיְהוּדָ֑הye.hu.DahH3063, and willpunishוְלִפְקֹ֤דve.lif.KodH6485Jacobיַעֲקֹב֙ya.'a.KoH3290according to hiswaysכִּדְרָכָ֔יוkid.ra.KhavH1870; according to hisdoingsכְּמַעֲלָלָ֖יוke.ma.'a.la.LavH4611will herecompenseיָשִׁ֥יבya.ShivH7725him.

3He took hisbrotherאָחִ֑יו'a.ChivH251by theheelעָקַ֣ב'a.KavH6117in thewombבַּבֶּ֖טֶןba.Be.tenH990, and by hisstrengthוּבְאוֹנ֖וֹu.ve.'o.NoH202he hadpowerשָׂרָ֥הsa.RahH8280withGodאֱלֹהִֽים׃'E.lo.HimH430:

4Yea, he hadpowerוָיָּ֤שַׂרvai.Ya.sarH7786over theangelמַלְאָךְ֙mal.'oKhH4397, andprevailedוַיֻּכָ֔לvai.yu.KhalH3201: heweptבָּכָ֖הba.KhahH1058, and madesupplicationוַיִּתְחַנֶּן־vai.yit.cha.nen-H2603to him: hefoundיִמְצָאֶ֔נּוּyim.tza.'E.nuH4672him inBethelH1008, and there hespokeיְדַבֵּ֥רye.da.BerH1696with us;

5Even theLORDוַֽיהוָ֖הva.Yah.wehH3068Godאֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.HeiH430ofhostsהַצְּבָא֑וֹתha.tze.va.'otH6635; theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068is hismemorialזִכְרֽוֹ׃zikh.RoH2143.

6Thereforeturnתָשׁ֑וּבta.ShuvH7725thou to thyGodH430:keepשְׁמֹ֔רshe.MorH8104mercyחֶ֤סֶדChe.sedH2617andjudgmentוּמִשְׁפָּט֙u.mish.PatH4941, andwaitוְקַוֵּ֥הve.ka.VehH6960on thyGodH430continuallyתָּמִֽיד׃ta.MidH8548.

7He is amerchantכְּנַ֗עַןke.Na.'anH3667, thebalancesמֹאזְנֵ֥יmoz.NeiH3976ofdeceitמִרְמָ֖הmir.MahH4820are in hishandבְּיָד֛וֹbe.ya.DoH3027: helovethאָהֵֽב׃'a.HevH157tooppressלַעֲשֹׁ֥קla.'a.ShokH6231.

8AndEphraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669saidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559, Yet I have becomerichעָשַׁ֔רְתִּי'a.Shar.tiH6238, I have found formyselfמָצָ֥אתִיma.Tza.tiH4672substanceא֖וֹן'onH202: in all mylaboursיְגִיעַ֕יye.gi.'AiH3018they shallfindיִמְצְאוּ־yim.tze.'u-H4672noiniquityעָוֹ֥ן'a.VonH5771in me that weresinחֵֽטְא׃Chet'H2399.

9And I that am theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430from thelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714will yet make thee todwellאוֹשִֽׁיבְךָ֥'o.shi.ve.KhaH3427intabernaclesבָאֳהָלִ֖יםvo.'o.ha.LimH168, as in thedaysכִּימֵ֥יki.MeiH3117of the solemnfeastמוֹעֵֽד׃mo.'EdH4150.

10I have alsospokenוְדִבַּ֙רְתִּי֙ve.di.Bar.tiH1696by theprophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֔יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030, and I havemultipliedהִרְבֵּ֑יתִיhir.Bei.tiH7235visionsחָז֣וֹןcha.ZonH2377, and usedsimilitudesאֲדַמֶּֽה׃'a.da.MehH1819, by theministryוּבְיַ֥דu.ve.YadH3027of theprophetsהַנְּבִיאִ֖יםha.ne.vi.'ImH5030.

11Is thereiniquityאָ֙וֶן֙'a.venH205inGileadגִּלְעָ֥דgil.'AdH1568? surely they arevanityשָׁ֣וְאshav'H7723: theysacrificeזִבֵּ֑חוּzi.Be.chuH2076bullsשְׁוָרִ֣יםshe.va.RimH7794inGilgalבַּגִּלְגָּ֖לba.gil.GalH1537; yea, theiraltarsמִזְבְּחוֹתָם֙miz.be.cho.TamH4196are asheapsכְּגַלִּ֔יםke.ga.LimH1530in thefurrowsתַּלְמֵ֥יtal.MeiH8525of thefieldsשָׂדָֽי׃sa.DaiH7704.

12AndJacobיַעֲקֹ֖בya.'a.KoH3290fledוַיִּבְרַ֥חvai.yiv.RachH1272into thecountryH7704ofSyriaאֲרָ֑ם'a.RamH758, andIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElH3478servedוַיַּעֲבֹ֤דvai.ya.'a.VodH5647for awifeבְּאִשָּׁ֔הbe.'i.ShahH802, and for awifeוּבְאִשָּׁ֖הu.ve.'i.ShahH802hekeptשָׁמָֽר׃sha.MarH8104sheep .

13And by aprophetוּבְנָבִ֕יאu.ve.na.Vi'H5030theLORDיְהוָ֛הYah.wehH3068broughtהֶעֱלָ֧הhe.'e.LahH5927IsraelH3478out ofEgyptמִמִּצְרָ֑יִםmi.mitz.Ra.yimH4714, and by aprophetוּבְנָבִ֖יאu.ve.na.Vi'H5030was hepreservedH8104.

14Ephraimאֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669provoked him toangerהִכְעִ֥יסhikh.'IsH3707mostbitterlyתַּמְרוּרִ֑יםtam.ru.RimH8563: therefore shall heleaveיִטּ֔וֹשׁyi.To.oshH5203hisbloodוְדָמָיו֙ve.da.MavH1818upon him, and hisreproachוְחֶ֨רְפָּת֔וֹve.Cher.pa.ToH2781shall hisLordאֲדֹנָֽיו׃'a.do.NavH113returnיָשִׁ֥יבya.ShivH7725to him.

Commentaries on Hosea 12

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