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Hosea 8:8-14

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.

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