\id HOS
\h Hosea 
\toc3 HOS 
\toc2 Hosea 
\toc1 Hosea 
\mt1 Hosea  
\c 1
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\v 1 \w This|strong="H1697"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Hosea|strong="H1954"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Beeri \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*, \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w*, Ahaz, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Jehoash, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w first|strong="H8462"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w through|strong="H3212"\w* \w Hosea|strong="H1954"\w*, \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w told|strong="H1696"\w* \w him|strong="H3947"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w wife|strong="H1696"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w adultery|strong="H2181"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H1696"\w* land \w is|strong="H3068"\w* flagrantly prostituting itself \w by|strong="H3068"\w* departing \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* Hosea \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w* \w Gomer|strong="H1586"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Diblaim|strong="H1691"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* she \w conceived|strong="H2029"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bore|strong="H3205"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Then|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Hosea|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Name|strong="H8034"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w soon|strong="H4592"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bring|strong="H6485"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w bloodshed|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H7673"\w* \w an|strong="H7673"\w* \w end|strong="H7673"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4468"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w break|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.”   
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\v 6 Gomer \w again|strong="H5750"\w* \w conceived|strong="H2029"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Hosea|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Name|strong="H8034"\w* \w her|strong="H5375"\w* \w Lo-ruhamah|strong="H3819"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w have|strong="H7355"\w* \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w* \w on|strong="H7355"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w ever|strong="H3808"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5375"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w Yet|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H7355"\w* \w compassion|strong="H7355"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w them|strong="H3467"\w*—\w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w cavalry|strong="H6571"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 8 After she \w had|strong="H3205"\w* \w weaned|strong="H1580"\w* \w Lo-ruhamah|strong="H3819"\w*, Gomer \w conceived|strong="H2029"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w And|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Name|strong="H8034"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w Lo-ammi|strong="H3818"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w My|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*.   
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\v 10 Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’   
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\v 11 Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.   
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\v 1 “\w Say|strong="H3478"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w*, ‘\w My|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,’ \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* sisters, ‘\w My|strong="H1961"\w* loved \w one|strong="H3808"\w*.’   
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\v 2 Rebuke \w your|strong="H7760"\w* mother, rebuke \w her|strong="H7760"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H7760"\w* \w My|strong="H7760"\w* wife, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w not|strong="H7760"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w* husband. \w Let|strong="H7760"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w* remove \w the|strong="H3588"\w* adultery \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w* face \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* unfaithfulness \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w between|strong="H4480"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w* breasts.   
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\v 3 Otherwise, \w I|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* strip her naked \w and|strong="H5971"\w* expose her \w like|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5971"\w* day \w of|strong="H5971"\w* her birth. \w I|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* make her \w like|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* desert \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w turn|strong="H5971"\w* her into \w a|strong="H3068"\w* parched land, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* let her die \w of|strong="H5971"\w* thirst.   
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\v 4 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3808"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* compassion \w on|strong="H6440"\w* \w her|strong="H5493"\w* children, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* children \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5005"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w For|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H7760"\w* mother \w has|strong="H3117"\w* played \w the|strong="H3205"\w* harlot \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* conceived \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w in|strong="H4191"\w* disgrace. \w For|strong="H3117"\w* she \w thought|strong="H7760"\w*, ‘\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* go \w after|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* lovers, \w who|strong="H3205"\w* \w give|strong="H7760"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w* bread \w and|strong="H3117"\w* water, wool \w and|strong="H3117"\w* linen, oil \w and|strong="H3117"\w* drink.’   
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\v 6 \w Therefore|strong="H3588"\w*, \w behold|strong="H3808"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* hedge \w up|strong="H1121"\w* \w her|strong="H3588"\w* path \w with|strong="H1121"\w* thorns; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* enclose \w her|strong="H3588"\w* \w with|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wall, \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H7355"\w* \w her|strong="H3588"\w* way.   
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\v 7 \w She|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w pursue|strong="H3212"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* lovers \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* catch \w them|strong="H5414"\w*; \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* seek \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w find|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* say, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* return \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* first husband, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w then|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w was|strong="H4325"\w* better \w off|strong="H5414"\w* \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w*.’   
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\v 8 \w For|strong="H3651"\w* \w she|strong="H3808"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* acknowledge \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w it|strong="H3651"\w* \w was|strong="H1870"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w who|strong="H4672"\w* gave \w her|strong="H4672"\w* grain, new wine, \w and|strong="H1870"\w* oil, \w who|strong="H4672"\w* lavished \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w her|strong="H4672"\w* silver \w and|strong="H1870"\w* gold—which \w they|strong="H3651"\w* crafted \w for|strong="H3651"\w* Baal.   
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\v 9 \w Therefore|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w My|strong="H1245"\w* grain \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w its|strong="H7725"\w* \w time|strong="H6258"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w My|strong="H1245"\w* new wine \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w its|strong="H7725"\w* season; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w My|strong="H1245"\w* wool \w and|strong="H7725"\w* linen, \w which|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H4672"\w* given \w to|strong="H7725"\w* cover \w her|strong="H4672"\w* nakedness.   
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\v 10 \w And|strong="H3701"\w* \w then|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* expose \w her|strong="H5414"\w* lewdness \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* sight \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* lovers, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* hands.   
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\v 11 \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H7725"\w* \w put|strong="H7725"\w* \w an|strong="H3947"\w* end \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H5337"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* exultation: \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w feasts|strong="H4150"\w*, \w New|strong="H8492"\w* Moons, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* Sabbaths—\w all|strong="H5337"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w* \w feasts|strong="H4150"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* destroy \w her|strong="H1540"\w* vines \w and|strong="H3027"\w* fig trees, \w which|strong="H5869"\w* \w she|strong="H3808"\w* thinks \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* wages \w paid|strong="H3027"\w* \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w her|strong="H1540"\w* lovers. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w make|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w into|strong="H1540"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* thicket, \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* beasts \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* field \w will|strong="H5869"\w* devour \w them|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H7673"\w* punish \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H2282"\w* \w of|strong="H2282"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Baals when \w she|strong="H2320"\w* burned incense \w to|strong="H4150"\w* them, when \w she|strong="H2320"\w* adorned herself \w with|strong="H4150"\w* rings \w and|strong="H4150"\w* jewelry, \w and|strong="H4150"\w* went after \w her|strong="H3605"\w* lovers. \w But|strong="H3605"\w* \w Me|strong="H3605"\w* \w she|strong="H2320"\w* forgot,” declares \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 14 “Therefore, behold, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* allure \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w and|strong="H7704"\w* lead \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* wilderness, \w and|strong="H7704"\w* speak \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* tenderly.   
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\v 15 \w There|strong="H1992"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* give \w back|strong="H3212"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* vineyards \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H6485"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* Valley \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Achor \w into|strong="H3212"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* gateway \w of|strong="H3068"\w* hope. \w There|strong="H1992"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* respond \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* youth, \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Egypt.   
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\v 16 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* day,” declares \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, “\w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* call \w Me|strong="H5921"\w* ‘\w my|strong="H5921"\w* Husband,’ \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w no|strong="H1696"\w* longer call \w Me|strong="H5921"\w* ‘\w my|strong="H5921"\w* Master.’   
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\v 17 \w For|strong="H4714"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* remove \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* lips \w the|strong="H5414"\w* names \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Baals; \w no|strong="H5414"\w* longer \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* names \w be|strong="H3117"\w* invoked.   
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\v 18 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* covenant \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* beasts \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* field \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* birds \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* air \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* creatures \w that|strong="H3117"\w* crawl \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* ground. \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* abolish bow \w and|strong="H3068"\w* sword \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w battle|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* land, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H7121"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w lie|strong="H1961"\w* \w down|strong="H7121"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* safety.   
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\v 19 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* betroth \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w Me|strong="H5493"\w* forever; \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* betroth \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H5493"\w* righteousness \w and|strong="H6310"\w* justice, \w in|strong="H5493"\w* loving devotion \w and|strong="H6310"\w* compassion.   
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\v 20 \w And|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* betroth \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* faithfulness, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* know \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 21 “\w On|strong="H4941"\w* \w that|strong="H5769"\w* day I \w will|strong="H6664"\w* respond—” declares \w the|strong="H4941"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*—“I \w will|strong="H6664"\w* respond \w to|strong="H4941"\w* \w the|strong="H4941"\w* heavens, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* they \w will|strong="H6664"\w* respond \w to|strong="H4941"\w* \w the|strong="H4941"\w* earth.   
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\v 22 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* earth \w will|strong="H3068"\w* respond \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* grain, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* new wine \w and|strong="H3068"\w* oil, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* respond \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Jezreel.   
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\v 23 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* sow \w her|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w land|strong="H8064"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* compassion \w on|strong="H3117"\w* ‘\w No|strong="H1961"\w* Compassion.’ \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* called ‘\w Not|strong="H1961"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w People|strong="H1931"\w*,’ ‘\w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w*,’ \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say, ‘\w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.’”   
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\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6437"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H3212"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* show love \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w again|strong="H5750"\w*, though she \w is|strong="H3068"\w* loved \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w an|strong="H3068"\w* \w adulteress|strong="H5003"\w*. Love \w her|strong="H3212"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* loves \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w*, though \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w turn|strong="H6437"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w other|strong="H5750"\w* gods \w and|strong="H1121"\w* love \w to|strong="H3478"\w* offer raisin cakes \w to|strong="H3478"\w* idols.”   
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\v 2 So I \w bought|strong="H3739"\w* her \w for|strong="H3701"\w* \w fifteen|strong="H2568"\w* \w shekels|strong="H3701"\w* \w of|strong="H3701"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w homer|strong="H2563"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lethech \w of|strong="H3701"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Then|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H1961"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w must|strong="H1571"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*; \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w must|strong="H1571"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* promiscuous \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w belong|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w another|strong="H1571"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* do \w the|strong="H3117"\w* same \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*.”   
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\v 4 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Israelites|strong="H3478"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w without|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \w prince|strong="H8269"\w*, \w without|strong="H3588"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* \w or|strong="H3117"\w* sacred \w pillar|strong="H4676"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w without|strong="H3588"\w* ephod \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \w idol|strong="H8655"\w*.   
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\v 5 Afterward, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w trembling|strong="H6342"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w goodness|strong="H2898"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* last \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w case|strong="H7379"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* land: “\w There|strong="H3427"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3478"\w* \w truth|strong="H1847"\w*, \w no|strong="H3478"\w* loving \w devotion|strong="H2617"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H3478"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* land!   
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\v 2 Cursing \w and|strong="H1818"\w* \w lying|strong="H3584"\w*, \w murder|strong="H7523"\w* \w and|strong="H1818"\w* \w stealing|strong="H1589"\w*, \w and|strong="H1818"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w* \w are|strong="H1818"\w* rampant; one act \w of|strong="H1818"\w* \w bloodshed|strong="H1818"\w* \w follows|strong="H5060"\w* \w another|strong="H1818"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* mourns, \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* waste \w away|strong="H3605"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w beasts|strong="H2416"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w air|strong="H8064"\w*; \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fish|strong="H1709"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* disappear.   
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\v 4 \w But|strong="H5971"\w* let no man \w contend|strong="H7378"\w*; let no man \w offer|strong="H3198"\w* \w reproof|strong="H3198"\w*; \w for|strong="H7378"\w* \w your|strong="H7378"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w like|strong="H5971"\w* those \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w contend|strong="H7378"\w* \w with|strong="H3198"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*; \w so|strong="H1571"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w destroy|strong="H1820"\w* \w your|strong="H1571"\w* mother—   
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\v 6 \w My|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H1820"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w lack|strong="H1097"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*. \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w reject|strong="H3988"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w as|strong="H3547"\w* \w My|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3547"\w*. \w Since|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* God, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w The|strong="H3651"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w multiplied|strong="H7235"\w*, \w the|strong="H3651"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w Me|strong="H7235"\w*; \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w exchanged|strong="H4171"\w* \w their|strong="H4171"\w* \w Glory|strong="H3519"\w* \w for|strong="H3651"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w thing|strong="H3651"\w* \w of|strong="H3519"\w* \w disgrace|strong="H7036"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w They|strong="H5315"\w* feed \w on|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w My|strong="H5375"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w set|strong="H5375"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w hearts|strong="H5315"\w* \w on|strong="H5375"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w And|strong="H7725"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w shall|strong="H3548"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w both|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w repay|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* promiscuous \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* multiply. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w give|strong="H8104"\w* themselves   
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\v 11 \w to|strong="H3820"\w* promiscuity, \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, \w and|strong="H3196"\w* \w new|strong="H8492"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, \w which|strong="H3196"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w understanding|strong="H3820"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w My|strong="H5046"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w consult|strong="H7592"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w wooden|strong="H6086"\w* idols, \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* divining \w rods|strong="H4731"\w* \w inform|strong="H5046"\w* \w them|strong="H5046"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* prostitution \w leads|strong="H8582"\w* \w them|strong="H5046"\w* \w astray|strong="H8582"\w* \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w played|strong="H2181"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w* \w against|strong="H7307"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* God.   
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\v 13 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* mountaintops \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w offerings|strong="H3588"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*, \w under|strong="H8478"\w* oak, \w poplar|strong="H3839"\w*, \w and|strong="H7218"\w* terebinth, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w shade|strong="H6738"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w pleasant|strong="H2896"\w*. \w And|strong="H7218"\w* \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* turn \w to|strong="H5921"\w* prostitution \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughters-in-law|strong="H3618"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w*, \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughters-in-law|strong="H3618"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w commit|strong="H5003"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w go|strong="H5971"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w prostitutes|strong="H2181"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* shrine \w prostitutes|strong="H2181"\w*. \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* understanding \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w come|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* ruin.   
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\v 15 Though \w you|strong="H3478"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w* yourself, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* avoid such guilt! \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5927"\w* journey \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5927"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Beth-aven|strong="H1007"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5927"\w* \w swear|strong="H7650"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w oath|strong="H7650"\w*, ‘\w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w surely|strong="H5927"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*!’   
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\v 16 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* obstinate \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w stubborn|strong="H5637"\w* \w heifer|strong="H6510"\w*. Can \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w shepherd|strong="H7462"\w* \w them|strong="H7462"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w lambs|strong="H3532"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* open meadow?   
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\v 17 Ephraim \w is|strong="H2266"\w* \w joined|strong="H2266"\w* \w to|strong="H2266"\w* \w idols|strong="H6091"\w*; \w leave|strong="H3240"\w* \w him|strong="H3240"\w* \w alone|strong="H3240"\w*!   
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\v 18 When \w their|strong="H5493"\w* \w liquor|strong="H5435"\w* \w is|strong="H4043"\w* \w gone|strong="H5493"\w*, \w they|strong="H4043"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w to|strong="H5493"\w* prostitution; \w their|strong="H5493"\w* \w rulers|strong="H4043"\w* dearly love \w disgrace|strong="H7036"\w*.   
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\v 19 \w The|strong="H6887"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H7307"\w* \w has|strong="H7307"\w* \w wrapped|strong="H6887"\w* \w them|strong="H7307"\w* \w in|strong="H2077"\w* its \w wings|strong="H3671"\w*, \w and|strong="H2077"\w* their \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w bring|strong="H6887"\w* \w them|strong="H7307"\w* shame.   
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\v 1 “\w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*! \w Take|strong="H1961"\w* \w heed|strong="H7181"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*! \w Give|strong="H7181"\w* \w ear|strong="H8085"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w royal|strong="H4428"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*! \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w snare|strong="H6341"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w net|strong="H7568"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w out|strong="H6566"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tabor|strong="H8396"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* rebels \w are|strong="H7846"\w* \w deep|strong="H6009"\w* \w in|strong="H3605"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H7819"\w*; \w but|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4148"\w* \w chastise|strong="H4148"\w* \w them|strong="H7819"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w* \w about|strong="H4480"\w* Ephraim, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hidden|strong="H3582"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Me|strong="H4480"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* Ephraim, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w turned|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* prostitution; \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w Their|strong="H3068"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w permit|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* prostitution \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w within|strong="H7130"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’s \w arrogance|strong="H1347"\w* \w testifies|strong="H6030"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*; \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* Ephraim \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*; \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w stumbles|strong="H3782"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w herds|strong="H1241"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w Him|strong="H4672"\w*; \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w withdrawn|strong="H2502"\w* \w Himself|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H6258"\w* unfaithful \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w borne|strong="H3205"\w* \w illegitimate|strong="H2114"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w New|strong="H2320"\w* \w Moon|strong="H2320"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* devour \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \w along|strong="H3588"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w land|strong="H2506"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Blow|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H8628"\w* ram’s \w horn|strong="H7782"\w* \w in|strong="H7782"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*, \w the|strong="H8628"\w* \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w* \w in|strong="H7782"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*; \w raise|strong="H7321"\w* \w the|strong="H8628"\w* \w battle|strong="H7321"\w* \w cry|strong="H7321"\w* \w in|strong="H7782"\w* \w Beth-aven|strong="H1007"\w*: Lead on, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*!   
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\v 9 Ephraim \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w laid|strong="H3478"\w* \w waste|strong="H8047"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w rebuke|strong="H8433"\w*. \w Among|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* proclaim \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w certain|strong="H3045"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3063"\w* \w move|strong="H5253"\w* \w boundary|strong="H1366"\w* stones; \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w pour|strong="H8210"\w* \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w fury|strong="H5678"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.   
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\v 11 Ephraim \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w oppressed|strong="H6231"\w*, \w crushed|strong="H7533"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w determined|strong="H2974"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w follow|strong="H1980"\w* worthless idols.   
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\v 12 So \w I|strong="H1004"\w* am \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w moth|strong="H6211"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* Ephraim, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w decay|strong="H7538"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H1004"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* Ephraim \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w sickness|strong="H2483"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w wound|strong="H4205"\w*, \w then|strong="H7971"\w* Ephraim turned \w to|strong="H3201"\w* Assyria \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* great \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w cure|strong="H1455"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w your|strong="H7200"\w* \w wound|strong="H4205"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lion|strong="H3715"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Ephraim \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H3715"\w* \w lion|strong="H3715"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w tear|strong="H2963"\w* \w them|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w pieces|strong="H2963"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w then|strong="H5375"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w away|strong="H5375"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w them|strong="H5375"\w* \w off|strong="H5375"\w* \w where|strong="H1004"\w* \w no|strong="H5375"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H1004"\w* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w them|strong="H5375"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Then|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w My|strong="H1245"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* admit \w their|strong="H6440"\w* guilt \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w My|strong="H1245"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*; \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w affliction|strong="H6862"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w earnestly|strong="H7836"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*.”   
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\v 1 \w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, \w let|strong="H7725"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w torn|strong="H2963"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w pieces|strong="H2963"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*; \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w wounded|strong="H5221"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bind|strong="H2280"\w* \w up|strong="H2280"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w wounds|strong="H5221"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w After|strong="H3117"\w* \w two|strong="H2421"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w revive|strong="H2421"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w*; \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w raise|strong="H6965"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*, \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H3117"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w His|strong="H6440"\w* \w presence|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w So|strong="H3384"\w* let \w us|strong="H3384"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*—let \w us|strong="H3384"\w* \w press|strong="H7291"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w As|strong="H3068"\w* surely \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* sun rises, \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* appear; \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H3384"\w* \w like|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*, \w like|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w spring|strong="H4456"\w* \w showers|strong="H1653"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* water \w the|strong="H3068"\w* earth.   
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\v 4 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w shall|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* Ephraim? \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w shall|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*? \w For|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w loyalty|strong="H2617"\w* \w is|strong="H2617"\w* \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w mist|strong="H6051"\w*, \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* \w that|strong="H3063"\w* vanishes.   
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\v 5 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w hewn|strong="H2672"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*; \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w slain|strong="H2026"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w words|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w judgments|strong="H4941"\w* \w go|strong="H3318"\w* \w forth|strong="H3318"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* lightning.   
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\v 6 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w desire|strong="H2654"\w* \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*, \w and|strong="H5930"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* \w of|strong="H2077"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w rather|strong="H3588"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w But|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w*, \w like|strong="H8033"\w* Adam, \w have|strong="H1285"\w* \w transgressed|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*; \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* unfaithful \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w Me|strong="H5674"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w is|strong="H1818"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w* \w of|strong="H1818"\w* \w evildoers|strong="H6466"\w*, \w tracked|strong="H6121"\w* \w with|strong="H7151"\w* footprints \w of|strong="H1818"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Like|strong="H1870"\w* \w raiders|strong="H1416"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* lie \w in|strong="H6213"\w* ambush, \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w band|strong="H1416"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w murder|strong="H7523"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*; \w surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3548"\w* \w committed|strong="H6213"\w* atrocities.   
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\v 10 \w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w horrible|strong="H8186"\w* \w thing|strong="H8186"\w*: Ephraim practices \w prostitution|strong="H2184"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Also|strong="H1571"\w* \w for|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w appointed|strong="H7896"\w*, \w when|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H1571"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w My|strong="H7725"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w captivity|strong="H7622"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w of|strong="H6466"\w* Ephraim \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w exposed|strong="H1540"\w*, \w as|strong="H3588"\w* well \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w crimes|strong="H7451"\w* \w of|strong="H6466"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* practice \w deceit|strong="H8267"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w thieves|strong="H1590"\w* break \w in|strong="H3478"\w*; \w bandits|strong="H1416"\w* \w raid|strong="H6584"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w fail|strong="H1077"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w consider|strong="H2142"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w* \w are|strong="H3824"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w around|strong="H5437"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*; \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H3824"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w They|strong="H4428"\w* delight \w the|strong="H8055"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H7451"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8055"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H7451"\w* \w lies|strong="H3585"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w They|strong="H5704"\w* are \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w adulterers|strong="H5003"\w*, \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w an|strong="H7673"\w* \w oven|strong="H8574"\w* \w heated|strong="H1197"\w* \w by|strong="H5704"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* baker \w who|strong="H3605"\w* needs \w not|strong="H5782"\w* \w stoke|strong="H5782"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fire \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kneading|strong="H3888"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* rising \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w dough|strong="H1217"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H3117"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* inflamed \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w our|strong="H3027"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; \w so|strong="H3027"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* joins \w hands|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H3117"\w* those \w who|strong="H4428"\w* mock \w him|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* prepare \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w like|strong="H1197"\w* \w an|strong="H7126"\w* \w oven|strong="H8574"\w* \w while|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* lie \w in|strong="H3820"\w* wait; \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* anger \w smolders|strong="H3463"\w*; \w in|strong="H3820"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* blazes \w like|strong="H1197"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flaming|strong="H3852"\w* fire.   
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\v 7 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* \w hot|strong="H2552"\w* \w as|strong="H7121"\w* \w an|strong="H7121"\w* \w oven|strong="H8574"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* devour \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w rulers|strong="H8199"\w*. \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w*; \w not|strong="H5307"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w calls|strong="H7121"\w* \w upon|strong="H5307"\w* \w Me|strong="H7121"\w*.   
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\v 8 Ephraim \w mixes|strong="H1101"\w* \w with|strong="H1101"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w*; Ephraim \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* unturned \w cake|strong="H5692"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w Foreigners|strong="H2114"\w* consume \w his|strong="H3045"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w notice|strong="H3045"\w*. \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w his|strong="H3045"\w* \w hair|strong="H7872"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* streaked \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w gray|strong="H7872"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*’s \w arrogance|strong="H1347"\w* \w testifies|strong="H6030"\w* \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*, \w yet|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*; despite \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w Him|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w So|strong="H1980"\w* Ephraim \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w silly|strong="H6601"\w*, senseless \w dove|strong="H3123"\w*—\w calling|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*, \w then|strong="H1961"\w* \w turning|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* Assyria.   
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\v 12 \w As|strong="H8064"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w My|strong="H5921"\w* \w net|strong="H7568"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*; \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w bring|strong="H3381"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w like|strong="H3381"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w air|strong="H8064"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w chastise|strong="H3256"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w hear|strong="H8088"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* flocking \w together|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 13 Woe \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w strayed|strong="H5074"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w*! \w Destruction|strong="H7701"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w*! \w Though|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* would \w redeem|strong="H6299"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* \w lies|strong="H3577"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H5493"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w wail|strong="H3213"\w* \w upon|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w beds|strong="H4904"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* slash \w themselves|strong="H1481"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w and|strong="H1715"\w* \w new|strong="H8492"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Although|strong="H2220"\w* I \w trained|strong="H3256"\w* \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* \w their|strong="H2388"\w* \w arms|strong="H2220"\w*, \w they|strong="H7451"\w* \w plot|strong="H2803"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w against|strong="H2388"\w* \w Me|strong="H2388"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* Most \w High|strong="H5920"\w*; \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H4714"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* faulty \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*. \w Their|strong="H7725"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* cursing \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*; \w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w this|strong="H7725"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* ridiculed \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* land \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Put|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ram’s \w horn|strong="H7782"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w lips|strong="H2441"\w*! \w An|strong="H3068"\w* \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w* looms \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* people \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w transgressed|strong="H6586"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w cries|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Me|strong="H3045"\w*, “\w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3045"\w* God, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w You|strong="H3045"\w*!”   
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\v 3 \w But|strong="H7291"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w rejected|strong="H2186"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*; \w an|strong="H7291"\w* enemy \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w him|strong="H7291"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w set|strong="H6213"\w* \w up|strong="H4427"\w* \w kings|strong="H4427"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w by|strong="H2091"\w* \w Me|strong="H4480"\w*. \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w princes|strong="H8323"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* \w My|strong="H3045"\w* approval. \w With|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w idols|strong="H6091"\w*, \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* own destruction.   
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\v 5 \w He|strong="H5704"\w* has \w rejected|strong="H2186"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \w calf|strong="H5695"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*. \w My|strong="H3808"\w* anger \w burns|strong="H2734"\w* \w against|strong="H2734"\w* \w them|strong="H5704"\w*. \w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w incapable|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3808"\w* \w innocence|strong="H5356"\w*?   
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\v 6 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w thing|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*—\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w craftsman|strong="H2796"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*. \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w broken|strong="H7616"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7616"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w calf|strong="H5695"\w* \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w sow|strong="H2232"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*, \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w shall|strong="H7307"\w* \w reap|strong="H7114"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5492"\w*. \w There|strong="H1097"\w* \w is|strong="H7307"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w standing|strong="H7054"\w* \w grain|strong="H7054"\w*; \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w sprouts|strong="H6780"\w* fails \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w yield|strong="H6213"\w* \w flour|strong="H7058"\w*. \w Even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w produce|strong="H6213"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w foreigners|strong="H2114"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* \w swallow|strong="H1104"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w up|strong="H1104"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w swallowed|strong="H1104"\w* \w up|strong="H1104"\w*! \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w among|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* worthless \w vessel|strong="H3627"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w gone|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* Assyria \w like|strong="H5927"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wild|strong="H6501"\w* \w donkey|strong="H6501"\w* \w on|strong="H5927"\w* \w its|strong="H5927"\w* own. Ephraim \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w hired|strong="H8566"\w* lovers.   
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\v 10 \w Though|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w hire|strong="H8566"\w* allies among \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w round|strong="H1471"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \w up|strong="H6908"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w begin|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H2490"\w* \w diminish|strong="H4592"\w* under \w the|strong="H3588"\w* oppression \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w Though|strong="H3588"\w* Ephraim \w multiplied|strong="H7235"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w sinning|strong="H2398"\w*.   
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\v 12 Though \w I|strong="H3644"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w for|strong="H2803"\w* \w them|strong="H3789"\w* \w the|strong="H3789"\w* great \w things|strong="H3644"\w* \w of|strong="H8451"\w* \w My|strong="H2803"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*, \w they|strong="H3644"\w* \w regarded|strong="H2803"\w* \w them|strong="H3789"\w* \w as|strong="H3644"\w* something \w strange|strong="H2114"\w*.   
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\v 13 Though \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w gifts|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Me|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* though \w they|strong="H1992"\w* eat \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w meat|strong="H1320"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w does|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w accept|strong="H7521"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*. \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*: \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w Maker|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w palaces|strong="H1964"\w*; \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w multiplied|strong="H7235"\w* \w its|strong="H6213"\w* \w fortified|strong="H1219"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*. \w But|strong="H7911"\w* \w I|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* fire \w upon|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* consume \w their|strong="H7971"\w* citadels.   
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\v 1 \w Do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w exultation|strong="H1524"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w played|strong="H2181"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w harlot|strong="H2181"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* God; \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w made|strong="H8055"\w* love \w for|strong="H3588"\w* hire \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w The|strong="H3808"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w* \w and|strong="H8492"\w* \w winepress|strong="H3342"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* \w them|strong="H7462"\w*, \w and|strong="H8492"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w new|strong="H8492"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w fail|strong="H3584"\w* \w them|strong="H7462"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w remain|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*; Ephraim \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w unclean|strong="H2931"\w* food \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Assyria.   
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\v 4 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pour|strong="H5258"\w* \w out|strong="H5258"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w offerings|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w please|strong="H6148"\w* \w Him|strong="H2930"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* mourners; \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w*; \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* enter \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w appointed|strong="H4150"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*, \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w feast|strong="H2282"\w*?   
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\v 6 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* flee \w destruction|strong="H7701"\w*, \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w them|strong="H3423"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w Memphis|strong="H4644"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w them|strong="H3423"\w*. \w Their|strong="H3423"\w* \w precious|strong="H4261"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w be|strong="H3701"\w* \w taken|strong="H3423"\w* \w over|strong="H1980"\w* \w by|strong="H1980"\w* \w thistles|strong="H2336"\w*, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w thorns|strong="H2336"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* overrun \w their|strong="H3423"\w* tents.   
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\v 7 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w punishment|strong="H5771"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w come|strong="H3478"\w*; \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w retribution|strong="H7966"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* arrived—let \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*. \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* called \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fool, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w inspired|strong="H7307"\w* \w man|strong="H7696"\w* insane, \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w greatness|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w hostility|strong="H4895"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* Ephraim’s \w watchman|strong="H6822"\w*, \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* God, \w yet|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w snare|strong="H6341"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fowler|strong="H3352"\w* lies \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w paths|strong="H1870"\w*. \w Hostility|strong="H4895"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* God!   
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\v 9 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w deeply|strong="H6009"\w* \w corrupted|strong="H7843"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5771"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*; \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w their|strong="H2142"\w* \w guilt|strong="H5771"\w*; \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w their|strong="H2142"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w grapes|strong="H6025"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*. \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w your|strong="H7200"\w* fathers \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w firstfruits|strong="H7225"\w* \w of|strong="H4057"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w fig|strong="H8384"\w* \w tree|strong="H8384"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w its|strong="H1961"\w* \w first|strong="H7225"\w* season. \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w went|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Baal-peor|strong="H1187"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* consecrated \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Shame|strong="H1322"\w*; \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w detestable|strong="H8251"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w thing|strong="H1322"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* loved.   
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\v 11 Ephraim’s \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* \w will|strong="H3519"\w* \w fly|strong="H5774"\w* \w away|strong="H5774"\w* \w like|strong="H5774"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bird|strong="H5775"\w*, with no \w birth|strong="H3205"\w*, no pregnancy, \w and|strong="H5775"\w* no \w conception|strong="H2032"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* raise \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w bereave|strong="H7921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* each \w one|strong="H1121"\w*. \w Yes|strong="H3588"\w*, woe \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*!   
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\v 13 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* Ephraim, \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w*, \w planted|strong="H8362"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w meadow|strong="H5116"\w*. \w But|strong="H7200"\w* Ephraim \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w for|strong="H1121"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H2026"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*—\w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w*? \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w wombs|strong="H7358"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w miscarry|strong="H7921"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w breasts|strong="H7699"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w dry|strong="H6784"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w*!   
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\v 15 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* appears \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w drive|strong="H1644"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w My|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w*. \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H3254"\w* love \w them|strong="H5921"\w*; \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w rebellious|strong="H5637"\w*.   
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\v 16 Ephraim \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w* \w down|strong="H5221"\w*; \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w root|strong="H8328"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w withered|strong="H3001"\w*; \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w cannot|strong="H1097"\w* \w bear|strong="H3205"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*. \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w bear|strong="H3205"\w* \w children|strong="H3205"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w slay|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* darlings \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* wombs.   
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\v 17 \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w reject|strong="H3988"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w Him|strong="H8085"\w*; \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w shall|strong="H1471"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w wanderers|strong="H5074"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w luxuriant|strong="H1238"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w*, yielding \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w for|strong="H4196"\w* himself. \w The|strong="H3190"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w increased|strong="H7235"\w*, \w the|strong="H3190"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w he|strong="H3478"\w* \w increased|strong="H7235"\w* \w the|strong="H3190"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*. \w The|strong="H3190"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* land produced, \w the|strong="H3190"\w* \w better|strong="H2896"\w* \w he|strong="H3478"\w* \w made|strong="H7235"\w* \w the|strong="H3190"\w* sacred \w pillars|strong="H4676"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Their|strong="H7703"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* \w are|strong="H7703"\w* devious; \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* must bear \w their|strong="H7703"\w* guilt. \w The|strong="H6258"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w break|strong="H6202"\w* \w down|strong="H6202"\w* \w their|strong="H7703"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w and|strong="H4196"\w* demolish \w their|strong="H7703"\w* sacred \w pillars|strong="H4676"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w*?”   
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\v 4 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w speak|strong="H1696"\w* mere \w words|strong="H1697"\w*; \w with|strong="H1285"\w* \w false|strong="H7723"\w* oaths \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w make|strong="H3772"\w* \w covenants|strong="H1285"\w*. \w So|strong="H1697"\w* \w judgment|strong="H4941"\w* springs \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H1697"\w* \w poisonous|strong="H7219"\w* \w weeds|strong="H7219"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w furrows|strong="H8525"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w fear|strong="H1481"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w calf|strong="H5697"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w Beth-aven|strong="H1007"\w*. \w Indeed|strong="H3588"\w*, \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w idolatrous|strong="H3649"\w* \w priests|strong="H3649"\w*—\w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H1523"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*—\w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* \w taken|strong="H1540"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w into|strong="H1540"\w* \w exile|strong="H1540"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w Yes|strong="H1571"\w*, \w it|strong="H3947"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w carried|strong="H2986"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Assyria \w as|strong="H1571"\w* \w tribute|strong="H4503"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* great \w king|strong="H4428"\w*. Ephraim \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w seized|strong="H3947"\w* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w shame|strong="H1317"\w*; \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* ashamed \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w its|strong="H3947"\w* wooden idols.   
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\v 7 \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* \w carried|strong="H5921"\w* \w off|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w like|strong="H8111"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* twig \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w surface|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* Aven \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w*—\w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*; \w thorns|strong="H6975"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w thistles|strong="H1863"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* overgrow \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*. \w Then|strong="H5307"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, “\w Cover|strong="H3680"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*!” \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*, “\w Fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*!”   
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\v 9 \w Since|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w remained|strong="H5975"\w*. \w Did|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* \w overtake|strong="H5381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sons|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5932"\w*?   
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\v 10 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w chasten|strong="H3256"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* please; \w nations|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H5869"\w* gathered \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w put|strong="H8147"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* bondage \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w double|strong="H8147"\w* transgression.   
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\v 11 Ephraim \w is|strong="H3063"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w well-trained|strong="H3925"\w* \w heifer|strong="H5697"\w* \w that|strong="H3063"\w* loves \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w thresh|strong="H1758"\w*; \w but|strong="H2790"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3063"\w* place \w a|strong="H3068"\w* yoke \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w fair|strong="H2898"\w* \w neck|strong="H6676"\w*. \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3063"\w* \w harness|strong="H7392"\w* Ephraim, \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H3063"\w* \w plow|strong="H2790"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w will|strong="H3063"\w* \w break|strong="H1758"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* hard ground.   
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\v 12 \w Sow|strong="H2232"\w* \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3068"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w reap|strong="H7114"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* fruit \w of|strong="H3068"\w* loving \w devotion|strong="H2617"\w*; \w break|strong="H5214"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* unplowed \w ground|strong="H5215"\w*. \w For|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w He|strong="H5704"\w* \w comes|strong="H1875"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* sends \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* upon \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w like|strong="H5704"\w* \w rain|strong="H3384"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w plowed|strong="H2790"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7562"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w reaped|strong="H7114"\w* \w injustice|strong="H5766"\w*; \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* eaten \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w lies|strong="H3585"\w*. \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* trusted \w in|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* own \w way|strong="H1870"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w in|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w*,   
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\v 14 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* roar \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w rise|strong="H6965"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w so|strong="H6965"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w fortresses|strong="H4013"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* demolished \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w Shalman|strong="H8020"\w* \w devastated|strong="H7703"\w* \w Beth-arbel|strong="H1009"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, \w when|strong="H3117"\w* mothers \w were|strong="H5971"\w* \w dashed|strong="H7376"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7376"\w* \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Thus|strong="H3602"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w done|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w*, \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w great|strong="H6213"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*. \w When|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w day|strong="H7837"\w* dawns, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w utterly|strong="H1820"\w* \w cut|strong="H1820"\w* \w off|strong="H1820"\w*.   
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* loved \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* out \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w My|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w But|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w more|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* Israel, \w the|strong="H6440"\w* farther \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w departed|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w Me|strong="H6440"\w*. \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Baals|strong="H1168"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w carved|strong="H6456"\w* \w images|strong="H6456"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3045"\w* \w taught|strong="H3045"\w* Ephraim \w to|strong="H5921"\w* walk, \w taking|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w arms|strong="H2220"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* \w realized|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3045"\w* \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w led|strong="H4900"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w cords|strong="H2256"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* kindness, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w ropes|strong="H5688"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* love; \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w lifted|strong="H7311"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* necks \w and|strong="H4900"\w* \w bent|strong="H5186"\w* \w down|strong="H5186"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* feed \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w Will|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w ruled|strong="H4428"\w* \w by|strong="H3808"\w* Assyria \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w repent|strong="H7725"\w*?   
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\v 6 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* flash \w through|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H3615"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*; \w it|strong="H3615"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H3615"\w* bars \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H3615"\w* gates \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w consume|strong="H3615"\w* \w them|strong="H3615"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H3615"\w* own plans.   
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\v 7 \w My|strong="H7311"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w bent|strong="H8511"\w* \w on|strong="H7121"\w* \w turning|strong="H4878"\w* \w from|strong="H5971"\w* \w Me|strong="H7121"\w*. Though \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* Most \w High|strong="H7311"\w*, \w He|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w by|strong="H7121"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* means \w exalt|strong="H7311"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*.   
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\v 8 How could \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* Ephraim? How could \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w surrender|strong="H4042"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*? How could \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* Admah? How could \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w treat|strong="H7760"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w Zeboiim|strong="H6636"\w*? \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w within|strong="H5921"\w* \w Me|strong="H5414"\w*; \w My|strong="H5414"\w* compassion \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w stirred|strong="H3648"\w*!   
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\v 9 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w execute|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w full|strong="H7725"\w* \w fury|strong="H2740"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w My|strong="H7725"\w* \w anger|strong="H2740"\w*; \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* Ephraim \w again|strong="H7725"\w*. \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* man—\w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w One|strong="H6918"\w* \w among|strong="H7130"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*—\w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2740"\w*.   
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\v 10 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*; \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w roar|strong="H7580"\w* \w like|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lion. \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w roars|strong="H7580"\w*, \w His|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w trembling|strong="H2729"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H2729"\w* \w trembling|strong="H2729"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w birds|strong="H6833"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w doves|strong="H3123"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* land \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Assyria. \w Then|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w settle|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w homes|strong="H1004"\w*, \w declares|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 12 Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.   
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\v 1 Ephraim feeds \w on|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5437"\w* wind \w and|strong="H3063"\w* pursues \w the|strong="H5437"\w* east wind \w all|strong="H5437"\w* day \w long|strong="H5750"\w*; \w he|strong="H1004"\w* multiplies \w lies|strong="H3585"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* violence; \w he|strong="H1004"\w* makes \w a|strong="H3068"\w* covenant \w with|strong="H5973"\w* Assyria \w and|strong="H3063"\w* sends olive oil \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Egypt.   
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\v 2 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* charge \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w bring|strong="H2986"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* Judah. \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* punish Jacob according \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* ways \w and|strong="H3117"\w* repay \w him|strong="H5973"\w* according \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4714"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* womb \w he|strong="H3068"\w* grasped \w his|strong="H3068"\w* brother’s heel, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w vigor|strong="H5973"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* wrestled \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 4 Yes, he struggled \w with|strong="H8280"\w* the angel and prevailed; he wept and sought \w His|strong="H6117"\w* favor; he found Him at Bethel and spoke \w with|strong="H8280"\w* Him there—   
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\v 5 \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H1008"\w* \w of|strong="H4397"\w* Hosts, \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H8033"\w* \w His|strong="H4672"\w* name \w of|strong="H4397"\w* renown.   
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\v 6 \w But|strong="H3068"\w* you must return \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*; maintain love \w and|strong="H3068"\w* justice, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* always wait \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* merchant loves \w to|strong="H7725"\w* defraud \w with|strong="H7725"\w* dishonest scales \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* hands.   
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\v 8 \w And|strong="H3027"\w* Ephraim boasts: “How rich \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w become|strong="H3027"\w*! \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* found wealth \w for|strong="H3027"\w* myself. \w In|strong="H3027"\w* all \w my|strong="H3027"\w* labors, \w they|strong="H3027"\w* can find \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w me|strong="H3027"\w* no iniquity \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* sinful.”   
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\v 9 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* am \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w ever|strong="H3808"\w* since \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H3605"\w* Egypt. \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* again make \w you|strong="H3605"\w* dwell \w in|strong="H4672"\w* tents, \w as|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* days \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* appointed feast.   
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\v 10 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* spoke through \w the|strong="H3068"\w* prophets \w and|strong="H3068"\w* multiplied \w their|strong="H3068"\w* visions; \w I|strong="H3117"\w* gave parables through \w the|strong="H3068"\w* prophets.   
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\v 11 \w Is|strong="H3027"\w* there iniquity \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Gilead? \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* surely come \w to|strong="H1696"\w* nothing. \w Do|strong="H3027"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* sacrifice bulls \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Gilgal? Indeed, \w their|strong="H5921"\w* altars \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* heaps \w of|strong="H3027"\w* stones \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* furrows \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* field.   
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\v 12 Jacob fled \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* Aram \w and|strong="H4196"\w* Israel worked \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife—\w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w he|strong="H5921"\w* tended sheep.   
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\v 13 \w But|strong="H5647"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* prophet \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* out \w of|strong="H7704"\w* Egypt, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* prophet \w he|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w preserved|strong="H8104"\w*.   
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\v 14 Ephraim \w has|strong="H3068"\w* provoked bitter anger, \w so|strong="H5927"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w leave|strong="H5927"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* bloodguilt \w upon|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* repay \w him|strong="H5927"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* contempt.   
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\v 1 \w When|strong="H1696"\w* Ephraim \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w*, there \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w trembling|strong="H7578"\w*; \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w exalted|strong="H5375"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*. \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* incurred guilt \w through|strong="H1696"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* cast \w images|strong="H4541"\w*, \w idols|strong="H6091"\w* \w skillfully|strong="H8394"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w from|strong="H3701"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*, \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4639"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H4639"\w* \w craftsmen|strong="H2796"\w*. People \w say|strong="H3254"\w* \w of|strong="H4639"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, “\w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* human \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w kiss|strong="H5401"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w*!”   
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\v 3 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w mist|strong="H6051"\w*, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* vanishes, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w chaff|strong="H4671"\w* \w blown|strong="H5590"\w* \w from|strong="H1980"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w*, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w* \w through|strong="H1980"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* open window.   
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\v 4 \w Yet|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w ever|strong="H3808"\w* since \w the|strong="H3068"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*; \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w Me|strong="H2108"\w*, \w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w there|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w Savior|strong="H3467"\w* \w besides|strong="H2108"\w* \w Me|strong="H2108"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w in|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*, \w in|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* land \w of|strong="H4057"\w* \w drought|strong="H8514"\w*.   
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\v 6 \w When|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w had|strong="H7646"\w* \w pasture|strong="H4830"\w*, \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w became|strong="H7311"\w* \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w*; \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w were|strong="H5921"\w* \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w*, \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3820"\w* \w became|strong="H7311"\w* \w proud|strong="H7311"\w*, \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w as|strong="H3651"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w forgot|strong="H7911"\w* \w Me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 7 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lion|strong="H7826"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* pounce \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*; \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w leopard|strong="H5246"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* lurk \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w Like|strong="H3820"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bear|strong="H1677"\w* \w robbed|strong="H7909"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w her|strong="H7167"\w* \w cubs|strong="H7909"\w* \w I|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* attack \w them|strong="H6298"\w*, \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w tear|strong="H7167"\w* \w open|strong="H1234"\w* \w their|strong="H7167"\w* \w chests|strong="H5458"\w*. \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* devour \w them|strong="H6298"\w* \w like|strong="H3820"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lion|strong="H3833"\w*, \w like|strong="H3820"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w beast|strong="H2416"\w* tearing \w them|strong="H6298"\w* \w apart|strong="H7167"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* against \w Me|strong="H3588"\w*—against \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w helper|strong="H5828"\w*.   
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\v 10 Where \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w now|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* \w to|strong="H5414"\w* whom \w you|strong="H5414"\w* said, “\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*”?   
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\v 11 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w anger|strong="H5678"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w gave|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w The|strong="H6887"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w of|strong="H2403"\w* Ephraim \w is|strong="H5771"\w* \w bound|strong="H6887"\w* \w up|strong="H6845"\w*; \w his|strong="H6845"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w is|strong="H5771"\w* \w stored|strong="H6845"\w* \w up|strong="H6845"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w Labor|strong="H3205"\w* \w pains|strong="H2256"\w* \w come|strong="H3205"\w* \w upon|strong="H5975"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w unwise|strong="H2450"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*. \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* arrives, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* fails \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w present|strong="H5975"\w* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w* \w at|strong="H5975"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w opening|strong="H4866"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w womb|strong="H4866"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w ransom|strong="H6299"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Sheol|strong="H7585"\w*; \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w redeem|strong="H1350"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w Death|strong="H4194"\w*. \w Where|strong="H3027"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Death|strong="H4194"\w*, \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w your|strong="H5641"\w* \w plagues|strong="H1698"\w*? \w Where|strong="H3027"\w*, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* \w Sheol|strong="H7585"\w*, \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H5641"\w* sting? \w Compassion|strong="H5164"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w hidden|strong="H5641"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w My|strong="H5641"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w Although|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* flourishes \w among|strong="H6500"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* brothers, \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w east|strong="H6921"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w*—\w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w rising|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*. \w His|strong="H3605"\w* \w fountain|strong="H4726"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* fail, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w spring|strong="H4599"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* run \w dry|strong="H2717"\w*. \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w plunder|strong="H8154"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* treasury \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w precious|strong="H2532"\w* \w article|strong="H3627"\w*.   
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\v 16 Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.   
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\v 1 Return, \w O|strong="H3068"\w* Israel, \w to|strong="H2719"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* God, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* stumbled \w by|strong="H5307"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* iniquity.   
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\v 2 \w Bring|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* confessions \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*. \w Say|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Him|strong="H7725"\w*: “\w Take|strong="H7725"\w* \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* receive \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w graciously|strong="H3588"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* \w present|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* fruit \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* lips.   
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\v 3 Assyria \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H7725"\w* save \w us|strong="H7725"\w*, \w nor|strong="H2896"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* ride \w on|strong="H3068"\w* horses. \w We|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* never \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w*, ‘\w Our|strong="H3068"\w* gods!’ \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w own|strong="H5973"\w* hands. \w For|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fatherless \w find|strong="H3947"\w* compassion.”   
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\v 4 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* heal \w their|strong="H5921"\w* apostasy; \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* freely \w love|strong="H7355"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w My|strong="H5921"\w* anger \w has|strong="H3027"\w* turned \w away|strong="H5750"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H7725"\w* \w like|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* dew \w to|strong="H7725"\w* Israel; \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7725"\w* blossom \w like|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* lily \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w take|strong="H7725"\w* root \w like|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* cedars \w of|strong="H4480"\w* Lebanon.   
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\v 6 \w His|strong="H5221"\w* shoots \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w sprout|strong="H6524"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* splendor \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* olive tree, \w his|strong="H5221"\w* fragrance \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* cedars \w of|strong="H5221"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*.   
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\v 7 They \w will|strong="H1961"\w* return \w and|strong="H3212"\w* dwell \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* shade; they \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w grow|strong="H3212"\w* grain \w and|strong="H3212"\w* blossom \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* vine. \w His|strong="H1961"\w* renown \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* wine \w of|strong="H7381"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*.   
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\v 8 \w O|strong="H3068"\w* Ephraim, what \w have|strong="H1612"\w* \w I|strong="H6738"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H1612"\w* anymore \w with|strong="H3427"\w* idols? \w It|strong="H7725"\w* \w is|strong="H1715"\w* \w I|strong="H6738"\w* \w who|strong="H3427"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* watch \w over|strong="H3427"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*. \w I|strong="H6738"\w* am \w like|strong="H3427"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* flourishing cypress; \w your|strong="H7725"\w* fruit comes \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w Me|strong="H7725"\w*.   
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\v 9 Whoever \w is|strong="H4100"\w* wise, let \w him|strong="H4672"\w* understand these things; whoever \w is|strong="H4100"\w* discerning, let \w him|strong="H4672"\w* know \w them|strong="H4672"\w*. \w For|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* ways \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* right, \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* righteous walk \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w* \w but|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* rebellious stumble \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w*.