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Hosea 13:1-8

1WhenEphraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669spokeכְּדַבֵּ֤רke.da.BerH1696tremblingרְתֵ֔תre.TetH7578, heexaltedנָשָׂ֥אna.Sa'H5375himself inIsraelבְּיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לbe.Yis.ra.'ElH3478; but when heoffendedוַיֶּאְשַׁ֥םvai.ye'.ShamH816inBaalבַּבַּ֖עַלba.Ba.'alH1168, hediedוַיָּמֹֽת׃vai.ya.MotH4191.

2And now theysinלַחֲטֹ֗אla.cha.To'H2398more andmoreיוֹסִ֣פוּyo.Si.fuH3254, and havemadeוַיַּעְשׂ֣וּvai.ya'.SuH6213them moltenimagesמַסֵּכָ֨הma.se.KhahH4541of theirsilverמִכַּסְפָּ֤םmi.kas.PamH3701, andidolsעֲצַבִּ֔ים'a.tza.BimH6091according to their ownunderstandingכִּתְבוּנָם֙kit.vu.NamH8394, all of it theworkמַעֲשֵׂ֥הma.'a.SehH4639of thecraftsmenחָרָשִׁ֖יםcha.ra.ShimH2796: theysayאֹמְרִ֔ים'o.me.RimH559of them, Let themenאָדָ֔ם'a.DamH120thatsacrificeזֹבְחֵ֣יzoe.CheiH2076kissיִשָּׁקֽוּן׃yi.sha.KunH5401thecalvesעֲגָלִ֖ים'a.ga.LimH5695.

3Therefore they shall be as themorningבֹּ֔קֶרBo.kerH1242cloudכַּעֲנַן־ka.'a.nan-H6051, and as theearlyמַשְׁכִּ֣יםmash.KimH7925dewוְכַטַּ֖לve.kha.TalH2919that passethawayהֹלֵ֑ךְho.LekhH1980, as thechaffכְּמֹץ֙ke.MotzH4671that is driven with thewhirlwindיְסֹעֵ֣רye.so.'ErH5590from thefloorמִגֹּ֔רֶןmi.Go.renH1637, and as thesmokeוּכְעָשָׁ֖ןu.khe.'a.ShanH6227from thechimneyמֵאֲרֻבָּֽה׃me.'a.ru.BahH699.

4Yet I am theLORDיְהוָ֥הYah.wehH3068thyGodאֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaH430from thelandמֵאֶ֣רֶץme.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָ֑יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, and thou shaltknowתֵדָ֔עte.Da'H3045noGodוֵאלֹהִ֤יםve.lo.HimH430butmeזֽוּלָתִי֙zu.la.TiH2108: for there is nosaviourוּמוֹשִׁ֥יעַu.mo.Shi.a'H3467besidesmeבִּלְתִּֽי׃bil.TiH1115.

5I didknowיְדַעְתִּ֖יךָye.da'.Ti.khaH3045thee in thewildernessבַּמִּדְבָּ֑רba.mid.BarH4057, in thelandבְּאֶ֖רֶץbe.'E.retzH776of greatdroughtתַּלְאֻבֽוֹת׃tal.'u.VotH8514.

6According to theirpastureכְּמַרְעִיתָם֙ke.mar.'i.TamH4830, so were theyfilledוַיִּשְׂבָּ֔עוּvai.yis.Ba.'uH7646; they werefilledשָׂבְע֖וּsa.ve.'UH7646, and theirheartלִבָּ֑םli.BamH3820wasexaltedוַיָּ֣רָםvai.Ya.romH7311; therefore have theyforgottenשְׁכֵחֽוּנִי׃she.khe.Chu.niH7911me.

7Therefore I will be to them as alionשָׁ֑חַלSha.chalH7826: as aleopardכְּנָמֵ֖רke.na.MerH5246by thewayדֶּ֥רֶךְDe.rekhH1870will Iobserveאָשֽׁוּר׃'a.ShurH7789them :

8I willmeetאֶפְגְּשֵׁם֙'ef.ge.ShemH6298them as abearכְּדֹ֣בke.DoH1677that isbereavedשַׁכּ֔וּלsha.KulH7909of her whelps, and willrendוְאֶקְרַ֖עve.'ek.Ra'H7167thefatסְג֣וֹרse.GorH5458of theirheartלִבָּ֑םli.BamH3820, and there will Idevourוְאֹכְלֵ֥םve.'o.khe.LemH398them like alionכְּלָבִ֔יאke.la.Vi'H3833: thewildהַשָּׂדֶ֖הha.sa.DehH7704beastחַיַּ֥תchai.YatH2416shalltearתְּבַקְּעֵֽם׃te.va.ke.'EmH1234them.

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