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Hosea 7

1When I would havehealedכְּרָפְאִ֣יke.ra.fe.'IH7495Israelלְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗לle.Yis.ra.'ElH3478, then theiniquityעֲוֹ֤ן'a.VonH5771ofEphraimאֶפְרַ֙יִם֙'ef.Ra.yimH669wasdiscoveredוְנִגְלָ֞הve.nig.LahH1540, and thewickednessוְרָע֣וֹתve.ra.'otH7451ofSamariaשֹֽׁמְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonH8111: for theycommitפָעֲל֖וּfa.'a.LuH6466falsehoodשָׁ֑קֶרSha.kerH8267; and thethiefוְגַנָּ֣בve.ga.NavH1590comethinיָב֔וֹאya.Vo'H935, and thetroopגְּד֖וּדge.DudH1416of robbersplunderפָּשַׁ֥טpa.ShatH6584outsideבַּחֽוּץ׃ba.ChutzH2351.

2And theyconsiderיֹֽאמְרוּ֙yo.me.RuH559not in theirheartsלִלְבָבָ֔םlil.va.VamH3824that Irememberזָכָ֑רְתִּיza.Kha.re.tiH2142all theirwickednessרָעָתָ֖םra.'a.TamH7451: now their owndoingsמַֽעַלְלֵיהֶ֔םma.'a.lei.HemH4611have beset them on everysideסְבָב֣וּםse.va.VumH5437; they are before myfaceפָּנַ֖יpa.NaiH6440.

3They make thekingמֶ֑לֶךְMe.lekhH4428gladיְשַׂמְּחוּ־ye.sa.me.chu-H8055with theirwickednessבְּרָעָתָ֖םbe.ra.'a.TamH7451, and theprincesשָׂרִֽים׃sa.RimH8269with theirliesוּבְכַחֲשֵׁיהֶ֖םu.ve.kha.cha.shei.HemH3585.

4They are alladulterersמְנָ֣אֲפִ֔יםme.Na.'a.FimH5003, as anovenתַנּ֔וּרta.NurH8574heatedבֹּעֵ֖רָהbo.'E.rahH1197by thebakerמֵֽאֹפֶ֑הme.'o.PehH644, whoceasethיִשְׁבּ֣וֹתyish.BotH7673fromraisingמֵעִ֔ירme.'IrH5782after he hathkneadedמִלּ֥וּשׁmi.LushH3888thedoughבָּצֵ֖קba.TzekH1217, until it isleavenedחֻמְצָתֽוֹ׃chum.tza.ToH2556.

5In thedayי֣וֹםYomH3117of ourkingמַלְכֵּ֔נוּmal.Ke.nuH4428theprincesשָׂרִ֖יםsa.RimH8269have made himsickהֶחֱל֥וּhe.che.LuH2470withbottlesחֲמַ֣תcha.MatH2534ofwineמִיָּ֑יִןmi.Ya.yinH3196; he stretchedoutמָשַׁ֥ךְma.ShakhH4900hishandיָד֖וֹya.DoH3027withscornersH3945.

6For they have madereadyקֵרְב֧וּke.re.VuH7126theirheartלִבָּ֖םli.BamH3820like anovenכַתַּנּ֛וּרkha.ta.NurH8574, while they lie inwaitH693: theirbakerאֹֽפֵהֶ֔ם'o.fe.HemH644sleepethיָשֵׁ֣ןya.ShenH3463all thenightהַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ha.Lay.lahH3915; in themorningבֹּ֕קֶרBo.kerH1242itburnethבֹעֵ֖רvo.'ErH1197as aflamingלֶהָבָֽה׃le.ha.VahH3852fireכְּאֵ֥שׁke.'EshH784.

7They are allhotיֵחַ֙מּוּ֙ye.Cha.muH2552as anovenכַּתַּנּ֔וּרka.ta.NurH8574, and havedevouredוְאָכְל֖וּve.'a.khe.LuH398theirjudgesשֹֽׁפְטֵיהֶ֑םsho.fe.tei.HemH8199; all theirkingsמַלְכֵיהֶ֣םmal.khei.HemH4428arefallenנָפָ֔לוּna.Fa.luH5307: there is none among them thatcallethקֹרֵ֥אko.Re'H7121to me.

8Ephraimאֶפְרַ֕יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669, he hathmixedיִתְבּוֹלָ֑לyit.bo.LalH1101himself among thepeopleבָּעַמִּ֖יםba.'a.MimH5971;Ephraimאֶפְרַ֛יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669is acakeעֻגָ֖ה'u.GahH5692notturnedהֲפוּכָֽה׃ha.fu.KhahH2015.

9Strangersזָרִים֙za.RimH2114havedevouredאָכְל֤וּ'a.khe.LuH398hisstrengthכֹּח֔וֹko.ChoH3581, and heknowethיָדָ֑עya.Da'H3045it not: yea, grayhairsשֵׂיבָה֙sei.VahH7872are here andthereזָ֣רְקָהZa.re.kahH2236upon him, yet heknowethיָדָֽע׃ya.Da'H3045not.

10And theprideגְאֽוֹן־ge.'on-H1347ofIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478testifiethוְעָנָ֥הve.'a.NahH6030to hisfaceבְּפָנָ֑יוbe.fa.NavH6440: and they do notreturnשָׁ֙בוּ֙sha.vuH7725to theLORDיְהוָ֣הYah.wehH3068theirGodאֱלֹֽהֵיהֶ֔ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430, norseekבִקְשֻׁ֖הוּvik.Shu.huH1245him for all this.

11Ephraimאֶפְרַ֔יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669also is like asillyפוֹתָ֖הfo.TahH6601doveכְּיוֹנָ֥הke.yo.NahH3123withoutheartלֵ֑בLevH3820: theycallקָרָ֖אוּka.Ra.'uH7121toEgyptמִצְרַ֥יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714, theygoהָלָֽכוּ׃ha.La.khuH1980toAssyriaאַשּׁ֥וּר'a.ShurH804.

12When they shallgoH3212, I willspreadאֶפְר֤וֹשׂ'ef.RosH6566mynetרִשְׁתִּ֔יrish.TiH7568upon them; I will bring themdownאֽוֹרִידֵ֑ם'o.ri.DemH3381as thefowlsכְּע֥וֹףke.'ofH5775of theheavenהַשָּׁמַ֖יִםha.sha.Ma.yimH8064; I willchastiseאַיְסִרֵ֕ם'ay.si.RemH3256them, as theircongregationלַעֲדָתָֽם׃ סla.'a.da.TamH5712hathheardכְּשֵׁ֖מַעke.She.ma'H8088.

13Woeא֤וֹי'oH188to them! for they havefledנָדְד֣וּna.de.DuH5074from me:destructionשֹׁ֥דshodH7701to them! because they havetransgressedפָ֣שְׁעוּFa.she.'uH6586against me: though I haveredeemedאֶפְדֵּ֔ם'ef.DemH6299them, yet they havespokenדִּבְּר֥וּdi.be.RuH1696liesכְּזָבִֽים׃ke.za.VimH3577against me.

14And they have notcriedזָעֲק֤וּza.'a.KuH2199to me with theirheartבְּלִבָּ֔םbe.li.BamH3820, when theywailedיְיֵלִ֖ילוּye.ye.Li.luH3213upon theirbedsמִשְׁכְּבוֹתָ֑םmish.ke.vo.TamH4904: theyassembleH1481themselves forgrainדָּגָ֧ןda.GanH1715andwineוְתִיר֛וֹשׁve.ti.Ro.oshH8492, and theyrebelיָס֥וּרוּya.Su.ruH5493against me.

15Though I haveboundיִסַּ֔רְתִּיyi.Sar.tiH3256andstrengthenedחִזַּ֖קְתִּיchi.Zak.tiH2388theirarmsזְרֽוֹעֹתָ֑םze.ro.'o.TamH2220, yet do theyimagineיְחַשְּׁבוּ־ye.cha.she.vu-H2803mischiefרָֽע׃Ra'H7451against me.

16Theyreturnיָשׁ֣וּבוּ׀ya.Shu.vuH7725, but not to the mostHighעָ֗ל'AlH5920: they are like adeceitfulרְמִיָּ֔הre.mi.YahH7423bowכְּקֶ֣שֶׁתke.Ke.shetH7198: theirprincesשָׂרֵיהֶ֖םsa.rei.HemH8269shallfallיִפְּל֥וּyi.pe.LuH5307by theswordבַחֶ֛רֶבva.Che.revH2719for therageמִזַּ֣עַםmi.Za.'amH2195of theirtongueלְשׁוֹנָ֑םle.sho.NamH3956:thisז֥וֹzoH2097shall be theirderisionלַעְגָּ֖םla'.GamH3933in thelandבְּאֶ֥רֶץbe.'E.retzH776ofEgyptמִצְרָֽיִם׃mitz.Ra.yimH4714.

Commentaries on Hosea 7

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