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Hosea 8

1Set thetrumpetשֹׁפָ֔רsho.FarH7782to thymouthחִכְּךָ֣chi.ke.KhaH2441. He shall come as aneagleכַּנֶּ֖שֶׁרka.Ne.sherH5404against thehouseבֵּ֣יתbeitH1004of theLORDיְהוָ֑הYah.wehH3068, because they havetransgressedעָבְר֣וּ'a.ve.RuH5674mycovenantבְרִיתִ֔יve.ri.TiH1285, andtrespassedפָּשָֽׁעוּ׃pa.Sha.'uH6586against mylawתּוֹרָתִ֖יto.ra.TiH8451.

2Israelיִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃Yis.ra.'ElH3478shallcryיִזְעָ֑קוּyiz.'A.kuH2199to me, MyGodאֱלֹהַ֥י'e.lo.HaiH430, weknowיְֽדַעֲנ֖וּךָye.da.'a.Nu.khaH3045thee.

3Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֖לYis.ra.'ElH3478hath castoffזָנַ֥חza.NachH2186the thing that isgoodט֑וֹבTovH2896: theenemyאוֹיֵ֖ב'o.YevH341shallpursueיִרְדְּֽפוֹ׃yir.De.fovH7291him.

4They have set upkingsהִמְלִיכוּ֙him.li.KhuH4427, but not by me: they have madeprincesהֵשִׂ֖ירוּhe.Si.ruH7786, and Iknewיָדָ֑עְתִּיya.Da.'e.tiH3045it not: of theirsilverכַּסְפָּ֣םkas.PamH3701and theirgoldוּזְהָבָ֗םu.ze.ha.VamH2091have theymadeעָשׂ֤וּ'a.SuH6213for themselvesidolsעֲצַבִּ֔ים'a.tza.BimH6091, that they may be cutoffיִכָּרֵֽת׃yi.ka.RetH3772.

5Thycalfעֶגְלֵ֣ךְ'eg.LekhH5695, OSamariaשֹֽׁמְר֔וֹןsho.me.RonH8111, hathcastזָנַח֙za.NachH2186thee off; myangerאַפִּ֖י'a.PiH639iskindledחָרָ֥הcha.RahH2734against them: how long will it beereלֹ֥אlo'H3808theyattainיוּכְל֖וּyu.khe.LuH3201toinnocencyנִקָּיֹֽן׃ni.ka.YonH5356?

6For fromIsraelמִיִּשְׂרָאֵל֙mi.Yis.ra.'ElH3478was it also: theworkmanחָרָ֣שׁcha.RashH2796madeעָשָׂ֔הוּ'a.Sa.huH6213it; therefore it is notGodאֱלֹהִ֖ים'E.lo.HimH430: but thecalfעֵ֖גֶל'E.gelH5695ofSamariaשֹׁמְרֽוֹן׃sho.me.RonH8111shall be broken inpiecesשְׁבָבִ֣יםshe.va.VimH7616.

7For they havesownיִזְרָ֖עוּyiz.Ra.'uH2232thewindר֥וּחַRu.achH7307, and they shallreapיִקְצֹ֑רוּyik.Tzo.ruH7114thewhirlwindוְסוּפָ֣תָהve.su.Fa.tahH5492: it hath nostalkקָמָ֣הka.MahH7054: thebudצֶ֚מַחTze.machH6780shallyieldיַֽעֲשֶׂה־ya.'a.seh-H6213nomealקֶּ֔מַחKe.machH7058:ifאוּלַ֣י'u.LaiH194it shallyieldיַֽעֲשֶׂ֔הya.'a.SehH6213, thestrangersזָרִ֖יםza.RimH2114shall swallow itupיִבְלָעֻֽהוּ׃yiv.la.'U.huH1104.

8Israelיִשְׂרָאֵ֑לYis.ra.'ElH3478is swallowedupנִבְלַ֖עniv.La'H1104: now shall they be among theGentilesבַגּוֹיִ֔םva.go.YimH1471as avesselכִּכְלִ֖יkikh.LiH3627in which is nopleasureחֵ֥פֶץChe.fetzH2656.

9For they have goneupעָל֣וּ'a.LuH5927toAssyriaאַשּׁ֔וּר'a.ShurH804, a wilddonkeyפֶּ֖רֶאPe.re'H6501aloneבּוֹדֵ֣דbo.DedH909by himself:Ephraimאֶפְרַ֖יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669hathhiredהִתְנ֥וּhit.NuH8566loversאֲהָבִֽים'a.ha.VimH158.

10Yea, though they havehiredיִתְנ֥וּyit.NuH8566among thenationsבַגּוֹיִ֖םva.go.YimH1471, now will Igatherאֲקַבְּצֵ֑ם'a.ka.be.TzemH6908them, and they shallsorrowוַיָּחֵ֣לּוּvai.ya.Che.luH2490alittleמְּעָ֔טme.'AtH4592for theburdenמִמַּשָּׂ֖אmi.ma.Sa'H4853of thekingמֶ֥לֶךְMe.lekhH4428ofprincesשָׂרִֽים׃sa.RimH8269.

11BecauseEphraimאֶפְרַ֛יִם'ef.Ra.yimH669hath mademanyהִרְבָּ֥הhir.BahH7235altarsמִזְבְּחֹ֖תmiz.be.ChotH4196tosinלַחֲטֹ֑אla.cha.To'H2398,altarsמִזְבְּח֖וֹתmiz.be.ChotH4196shall be to him tosinלַחֲטֹֽא׃la.cha.To'H2398.

12I havewrittenH3789to him the greatthingsרֻבֵּ֖יri.bovH7230 H7239of mylawתּֽוֹרָתִ֑יto.ra.TiH8451, but they werecountedנֶחְשָֽׁבוּ׃nech.Sha.vuH2803as a strangethingזָ֖רzarH2114.

13Theysacrificeיִזְבְּח֤וּyiz.be.ChuH2076fleshבָשָׂר֙va.SarH1320for thesacrificesזִבְחֵ֣יziv.CheiH2077of myofferingsהַבְהָבַ֗יhav.ha.VaiH1890, andeatוַיֹּאכֵ֔לוּvai.yo.Khe.luH398it; but theLORDיְהוָ֖הYah.wehH3068acceptethרָצָ֑םra.TzamH7521them not; now will herememberיִזְכֹּ֤רyiz.KorH2142theiriniquityעֲוֹנָם֙'a.vo.NamH5771, andjudgeוְיִפְקֹ֣דve.yif.KodH6485theirsinsחַטֹּאותָ֔םcha.to.TamH2403: they shallreturnיָשֽׁוּבוּ׃ya.Shu.vuH7725toEgyptמִצְרַ֥יִםmitz.Ra.yimH4714.

14ForIsraelיִשְׂרָאֵ֜לYis.ra.'ElH3478hathforgottenוַיִּשְׁכַּ֨חvai.yish.KachH7911hisMakerעֹשֵׂ֗הוּ'o.Se.huH6213, andbuildethוַיִּ֙בֶן֙vai.Yi.venH1129templesהֵֽיכָל֔וֹתhei.kha.LotH1964; andJudahוִֽיהוּדָ֕הvi.hu.DahH3063hathmultipliedהִרְבָּ֖הhir.BahH7235fortifiedבְּצֻר֑וֹתbe.tzu.RotH1219citiesעָרִ֣ים'a.RimH5892: but I willsendוְשִׁלַּחְתִּי־ve.shi.lach.ti-H7971afireאֵ֣שׁ'eshH784upon hiscitiesבְּעָרָ֔יוbe.'a.RavH5892, and it shalldevourוְאָכְלָ֖הve.'a.khe.LahH398hispalacesאַרְמְנֹתֶֽיהָ׃ ס'ar.me.no.Tei.haH759.

Commentaries on Hosea 8

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