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Hosea 7:1-7

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.

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