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\h HOSEA 
\toc1 Hosea 
\toc2 Hosea 
\toc3 Hos 
\mt2 This book contains the account of Hosea telling about the Israeli people rejecting God, and foretelling about God punishing and restoring them. We call this book  
\mt1 Hosea  
\c 1  
\p
\v 1  \add I am\add* \w Hosea|strong="H1954"\w*, \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Beeri. \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w gave|strong="H1961"\w* \w me|strong="H1961"\w* \w these|strong="H4428"\w* \w messages|strong="H1697"\w* \add at various times\add* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*, \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w*, Ahaz, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Jehoash \w was|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\s1 Hosea’s wife and children  
\p
\v 2 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w first|strong="H8462"\w* \add began to\add* \w give|strong="H1696"\w* messages \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w* \add to tell to the people of Israel\add*, \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w marry|strong="H3947"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w*. \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \add some of\add* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* born \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w having|strong="H3588"\w* sex \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w men|strong="H3206"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w*. \w That|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* illustrate \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Israel \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w turned|strong="H3068"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w from|strong="H3947"\w* \w me|strong="H3947"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* worship ◄idols/other gods►.”  
\v 3 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w married|strong="H3947"\w* \w Gomer|strong="H1586"\w*, \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Diblaim|strong="H1691"\w*. She \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w my|strong="H3947"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.   
\p
\v 4 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, “Give \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \add which means ‘God scatters’\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w soon|strong="H4592"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* descendants [MTY] \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \add King\add* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w* \add by scattering them\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* killed many \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1818"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \add town\add*. \add Some day\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w end|strong="H7673"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4468"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,  
\v 5 \w by|strong="H3117"\w* destroying \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w power|strong="H3478"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \add the army of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w Valley|strong="H6010"\w*.”   
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\v 6  \add Later\add* Gomer \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w* \add again\add*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\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 Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* “\w Give|strong="H3205"\w* \w her|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Lo-ruhamah|strong="H3819"\w*, \add which means ‘not loved\add*,’ \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \add show that I\add* \w love|strong="H7355"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* [\w MET|strong="H5375"\w*] \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w forgive|strong="H5375"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \add for the sins that they have committed\add*.  
\v 7 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add show that I\add* \w love|strong="H7355"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* [MTY] \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \add by saving them from their enemies\add*. However, \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w weapons|strong="H4421"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w armies|strong="H3808"\w* \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w horses|strong="H5483"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* chariots \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w them|strong="H3467"\w*. \w Instead|strong="H3808"\w*, \w it|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \add the power that I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \add have\add*.”   
\p
\v 8 After Gomer \w had|strong="H3205"\w* ◄\w weaned|strong="H1580"\w*/stopped breast-feeding► \w Lo-ruhamah|strong="H3819"\w*, she \w became|strong="H3205"\w* \w pregnant|strong="H2029"\w* \w again|strong="H2029"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* she \w gave|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* another \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\v 9 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* “\w Give|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Lo-ammi|strong="H3818"\w*, \add which means 'not my people',\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w of|strong="H8034"\w* \w Israel|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \add longer my people\add*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\p
\v 10 But \add some day\add* the people of Israel will be \add as numerous\add* as [SIM] the \add grains of\add* sand on the seashore; no one will be able to count them. Now \add I\add* am saying to them, ‘You are not my people,’ but then people will say to them, ‘\add You are the\add* children of God who is all-powerful.’  
\v 11  \add At that time\add*, the people of Judah and the people of Israel will unite. They will appoint one leader for all of them, and they will return from the countries \add to which they have been ◄exiled/forced to go►\add*. That will be \w a|strong="H3068"\w* great time; Jezreel \add also means ‘God plants’, and it will be as though God will plant them in this country again\add*.”   
\c 2  
\p
\v 1  \add At that time,\add* \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w say|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* fellow-Israeli \w men|strong="H1121"\w*, “\add You are\add* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*’s \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,” \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add you will say\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* fellow-Israeli \w women|strong="H1992"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w ones|strong="H1121"\w* \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* loves.”   
\s1 Israel will be punished and later restored  
\q1
\v 2  \add Yahweh also said to me\add*, “\w I|strong="H3588"\w* want \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w accuse|strong="H7760"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\q2 \add It is as though\add* [MET] \w this|strong="H3588"\w* nation \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* mother,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H3588"\w* nation \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \add no longer as though it is\add* [MET] \w my|strong="H7760"\w* wife,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w it|strong="H7760"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \add no longer as though\add* [MET] \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w its|strong="H7760"\w* husband.  
\q1 Tell \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* stop \add acting like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* prostitute \add by worshiping other gods\add*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w must|strong="H1121"\w* stop showing \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H7760"\w* behavior \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* ◄\w are|strong="H3117"\w* unfaithful \w to|strong="H3478"\w*/\w have|strong="H1121"\w* abandoned► \add me\add* [MET].   
\q1
\v 3 If \w they|strong="H5971"\w* do \w not|strong="H5971"\w* do \w that|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H5971"\w* give \w them|strong="H7355"\w* \add food and\add* clothes \add as a husband should give to his wife\add*;  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* take away those things,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w their|strong="H5971"\w* \w nation|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* become \add as deserted\add* \w as|strong="H5971"\w* it \w was|strong="H5971"\w* \w on|strong="H7355"\w* \w the|strong="H5971"\w* day \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H5971"\w* \add brought their ancestors out of Egypt and caused them to become a nation\add* [MET].  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w their|strong="H5971"\w* country \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H5971"\w* \w like|strong="H5971"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* desert;  
\q2 there \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H5971"\w* no rain \w to|strong="H5971"\w* water \w the|strong="H5971"\w* ground [MET].   
\q1
\v 4 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* pity \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \add abandoned me\add* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* [MET] prostitutes \w abandon|strong="H5493"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* husbands.   
\q1
\v 5 \w Their|strong="H7760"\w* parents \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w like|strong="H4057"\w* prostitutes [MET]: \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* been unfaithful \add to me\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3117"\w* \w done|strong="H7760"\w* \add very\add* disgraceful things.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* said, ‘\w We|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* run \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \add our idols/gods\add* \w who|strong="H3205"\w* love \w us|strong="H7760"\w*;  
\q2 \add they are the ones\add* \w who|strong="H3205"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w us|strong="H7760"\w* food \w and|strong="H3117"\w* water  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* wool \w and|strong="H3117"\w* linen \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \add olive\add* oil, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \add wine to\add* drink.’   
\q1
\v 6 \w So|strong="H3808"\w* \add it will be as though\add* [MET] \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am blocking \w their|strong="H1992"\w* road \w with|strong="H1121"\w* thornbushes,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* putting put \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wall around \w them|strong="H1992"\w*  
\q2 \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* know \w which|strong="H1992"\w* way \w to|strong="H1121"\w* go.   
\q1
\v 7 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w run|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* idols/gods \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add they think\add* love \w them|strong="H5414"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w find|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* search \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* false gods,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w find|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\q1 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* say, ‘\add Perhaps\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* return \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \add Yahweh\add*, \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* worshiped previously [MET],  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w things|strong="H8081"\w* \w were|strong="H4325"\w* better \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w then|strong="H5414"\w* \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 8 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w do|strong="H1870"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w realize|strong="H2005"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w*, \add Yahweh\add*, \w am|strong="H2005"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H4672"\w* gave \w them|strong="H4672"\w* grain \w and|strong="H1870"\w* wine \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \add olive\add* oil;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H2005"\w* \w am|strong="H2005"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H4672"\w* gave \w them|strong="H4672"\w* silver \w and|strong="H1870"\w* gold  
\q1 which \w they|strong="H3651"\w* used \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w worship|strong="H3651"\w* Baal.   
\q1
\v 9 \w Therefore|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w take|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H1245"\w* grain \w and|strong="H7725"\w* grapes \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H2896"\w* \w ripe|strong="H2896"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* wool \w and|strong="H7725"\w* linen \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w gave|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w* \add to make their clothes\add* [MTY].   
\q1
\v 10 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w show|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w false|strong="H3808"\w* gods/idols \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H3045"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* disgusting [MET],  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* able \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w hinder|strong="H6213"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w from|strong="H2091"\w* \add punishing them\add*.   
\q1
\v 11 \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H7725"\w* \w cause|strong="H3651"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* religious celebrations \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w cease|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3947"\w* \w festivals|strong="H4150"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* celebrate \w every|strong="H7725"\w* \w year|strong="H6256"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w at|strong="H7725"\w* \w every|strong="H7725"\w* \w new|strong="H8492"\w* moon \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w on|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* ◄Sabbath \w days|strong="H4150"\w*/weekly \w days|strong="H4150"\w* \w of|strong="H6256"\w* rest►.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H7725"\w* \w cause|strong="H3651"\w* \w all|strong="H5337"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* religious celebrations \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w cease|strong="H7725"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12 \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* destroy \add all\add* \w their|strong="H5337"\w* grapevines \w and|strong="H3027"\w* fig trees,  
\q2 \w which|strong="H5869"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* said \w were|strong="H5869"\w* what \w their|strong="H5337"\w* \add idols/gods\add* \w who|strong="H3808"\w* loved \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w paid|strong="H3027"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w for|strong="H3027"\w* worshiping those \w idols|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* cause those \w places|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w become|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* desert,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* wild animals \w will|strong="H5869"\w* eat \w the|strong="H3027"\w* fruit \add that remains\add*.   
\q1
\v 13 \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H7673"\w* punish \w my|strong="H3605"\w* people \w for|strong="H3605"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w times|strong="H4150"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H2320"\w* burned incense \w to|strong="H4150"\w* \add honor\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* idols \w of|strong="H2282"\w* Baal.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H2320"\w* decorated themselves \w with|strong="H4150"\w* rings \w and|strong="H4150"\w* jewelry,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4150"\w* \w they|strong="H2320"\w* went \w to|strong="H4150"\w* worship \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \add false gods/idols\add* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \add they thought\add* [IRO] loved them,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H2320"\w* abandoned/forgot \w me|strong="H3605"\w*!  
\q1 \add That is what I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, say.   
\b  
\q1
\v 14 \w But|strong="H1992"\w* listen! \add Some day\add* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* persuade \w my|strong="H5414"\w* people \add to worship me again\add*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* lead \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \add out\add* \w into|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* desert  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7704"\w* speak kindly \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \add there\add*.   
\q1
\v 15 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* give \w their|strong="H3068"\w* vineyards \add back\add* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* cause Achor Valley, \add which means ‘valley of trouble'\add*, \w to|strong="H3068"\w* become \w a|strong="H3068"\w* valley \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* confidently expect \add me to do good things for them\add*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* ◄respond \w to|strong="H3068"\w*/\w want|strong="H6485"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* please► \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H1992"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w ago|strong="H3117"\w*,  
\q2 \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* freed \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \add being slaves in\add* Egypt.   
\b  
\q1
\v 16 \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w time|strong="H3820"\w*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, ‘\add It is as though\add* [MET] \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3820"\w* \w our|strong="H5921"\w* husband.’  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* \w say|strong="H1696"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H2009"\w* am \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \add master, like they considered that\add* Baal \add was\add*.   
\q1
\v 17 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \w speak|strong="H6030"\w* [MTY] \w the|strong="H5414"\w* names \w of|strong="H3117"\w* Baal;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* never use those names \w again|strong="H6030"\w*.   
\q1
\v 18 \w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \add it will be as though\add* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H7121"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* agreement  
\q2 \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* wild \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* birds,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add even with\add* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* little \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* scurry across \w the|strong="H5002"\w* ground,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w never|strong="H3808"\w* harm \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \add again\add*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* remove \w from|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* nation \w all|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* weapons \add for fighting\add* battles,  
\q2 \add like\add* swords \w and|strong="H3068"\w* bows \add and arrows\add*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H5002"\w* result \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3117"\w* peacefully \w and|strong="H3068"\w* safely,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* afraid.   
\q1
\v 19 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w cause|strong="H6310"\w* \w them|strong="H5493"\w* \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* \add as though they are\add* [MET] \w my|strong="H2142"\w* bride forever.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* righteous \w and|strong="H6310"\w* fair/\w just|strong="H6310"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* faithfully love \w them|strong="H5493"\w* \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* kind \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w them|strong="H5493"\w*.   
\q1
\v 20 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w not|strong="H4480"\w* abandon \w them|strong="H7665"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* realize \add that I\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \add have the power to do what I say that I will do.\add*   
\b  
\q1
\v 21 \w At|strong="H4941"\w* \w that|strong="H5769"\w* \w time|strong="H5769"\w*, \add when they request me to do things for them\add*,  
\q2 \add I will do those things\add*.  
\q1 When they request clouds \w and|strong="H4941"\w* rain \w to|strong="H4941"\w* fall \w on|strong="H4941"\w* their land,  
\q2 I \w will|strong="H6664"\w* speak \w to|strong="H4941"\w* \w the|strong="H4941"\w* clouds, \w and|strong="H4941"\w* rain \w will|strong="H6664"\w* fall \w on|strong="H4941"\w* \w the|strong="H4941"\w* earth,   
\q1
\v 22 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* grain \w will|strong="H3068"\w* grow, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* vineyards \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* olive trees \w will|strong="H3068"\w* grow \w in|strong="H3068"\w* Jezreel \add Valley\add*.   
\q1
\v 23  \add At that time\add*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* care \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1931"\w*  
\q2 \add like a farmer plants and takes care of his crops\add* [MET].  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* love \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* previously \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w ones|strong="H1992"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w did|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* love,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* previously \w said|strong="H5002"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w*,’  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add then\add* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6030"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.’”   
\c 3  
\s1 Hosea bought his wife again  
\p
\v 1 \w Then|strong="H6437"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H1121"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* show \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3212"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* love \w her|strong="H3212"\w*, \w even|strong="H5750"\w* though she \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w been|strong="H3068"\w* \w committing|strong="H5003"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* loves \w her|strong="H3212"\w*. \add That will show that\add* \w I|strong="H1121"\w* \w still|strong="H5750"\w* love \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w even|strong="H5750"\w* though \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w worship|strong="H3478"\w* \w other|strong="H5750"\w* gods/idols \w and|strong="H1121"\w* eat raisin cakes \add in feasts that honor those gods\add*.”   
\p
\v 2  \add My wife had become a slave,\add* but I \w bought|strong="H3739"\w* her \w for|strong="H3701"\w* ◄6 ounces/179 grams► \w of|strong="H3701"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* ten bushels \w of|strong="H3701"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w*.  
\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 wait|strong="H3427"\w* \w for|strong="H3427"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \add before we sleep together\add* [EUP]. \w During|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w*, \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w must|strong="H1571"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w must|strong="H1571"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* sex \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w any|strong="H1571"\w* other man; \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*.”   
\p
\v 4  \add Our doing that will show that\add* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* same way, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add other\add* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w years|strong="H3117"\w*. \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w offer|strong="H2077"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \add have sacred stone\add* \w pillars|strong="H4676"\w*, \w no|strong="H3478"\w* sacred vest \add for the Supreme Priest\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H3478"\w* \w idols|strong="H8655"\w*!  
\v 5 \w But|strong="H3117"\w* later, \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 to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add be guided by him and\add* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w descendant|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \add King\add* \w David|strong="H1732"\w*. \w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* last/future \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, revering \w him|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w trembling|strong="H6342"\w* \add in his presence\add*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* bless \w them|strong="H7725"\w*.   
\c 4  
\s1 Yahweh’s accusation against Israel  
\q1
\v 1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1121"\w*, \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* \w message|strong="H1697"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*!  
\q2 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* accusing \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w this|strong="H1697"\w* country,  
\q2 \add saying\add* “\w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* \add doing what pleases me\add*,  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* kind \add to others\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \add even\add* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \w me|strong="H5973"\w*!   
\q1
\v 2 \w Everywhere|strong="H6555"\w* \w in|strong="H1818"\w* \w this|strong="H5060"\w* land \w they|strong="H5003"\w* curse \add others\add*, \w they|strong="H5003"\w* \w murder|strong="H7523"\w* \add others\add*, \w they|strong="H5003"\w* \w steal|strong="H1589"\w*, \w and|strong="H1818"\w* \w they|strong="H5003"\w* \w commit|strong="H5003"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H5003"\w* act violently toward others  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1818"\w* \w commit|strong="H5003"\w* one \w murder|strong="H7523"\w* after \w another|strong="H1818"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* doing \w those|strong="H3605"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* rain [MTY], \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w has|strong="H1571"\w* become dry,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w* mourning,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w* dying \add from hunger\add*.  
\q2 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w animals|strong="H2416"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fish|strong="H1709"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w are|strong="H8064"\w* dying.   
\b  
\q1
\v 4 \w But|strong="H3198"\w* no one \w should|strong="H3548"\w* \w accuse|strong="H7378"\w* someone else  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3548"\w* say it \w is|strong="H5971"\w* \w his|strong="H5971"\w* \w fault|strong="H7378"\w*.  
\q1 It \w is|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H3198"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w whom|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H5971"\w* am accusing.   
\q1
\v 5 \w So|strong="H1571"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* punish [MTY] \w you|strong="H3117"\w* priests, \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* punish \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* am going \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w destroy|strong="H1820"\w* \add Israel, the nation that is like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* mother \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* do \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \add about me\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H1820"\w*.  
\q2 \w And|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* knowing \w about|strong="H5971"\w* \w me|strong="H7911"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3547"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w refused|strong="H3988"\w* \add to teach them about me\add*;  
\q2 \w so|strong="H1571"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w no|strong="H1097"\w* longer allow \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3547"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* things \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* taught \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H1571"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \add to bless\add* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 \w As|strong="H3651"\w* there are \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w and|strong="H2398"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* priests,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3651"\w* have \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w me|strong="H7235"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w and|strong="H2398"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w*.  
\q1 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H2398"\w* no longer allow them \w to|strong="H3519"\w* \w be|strong="H3519"\w* \w honored|strong="H3519"\w*;  
\q2 instead, \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H2398"\w* \w cause|strong="H3651"\w* them \w to|strong="H3519"\w* \w be|strong="H3519"\w* disgraced.   
\q1
\v 8 \w The|strong="H5375"\w* priests get food \w from|strong="H5315"\w* \add the offerings that the\add* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \add bring in order to be forgiven for having sinned\add*,  
\q1 \add so\add* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* priests \w want|strong="H5315"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5315"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w more|strong="H5315"\w* \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w more|strong="H5315"\w*  
\q2 \add in order that the people will bring them more and more offerings\add*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \add are as sinful\add* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add other\add* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \add all of\add* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w what|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w pay|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \add evil\add* \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w done|strong="H1961"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 10  \add The priests\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* eat, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w still|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* hungry;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* sex \w with|strong="H7646"\w* \w prostitutes|strong="H2181"\w*, \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w any|strong="H3588"\w* children,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* \add me\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,   
\q1
\v 11 \w and|strong="H3196"\w* \w they|strong="H8492"\w* \w are|strong="H3820"\w* devoting themselves \w to|strong="H3820"\w* sleeping \w with|strong="H3947"\w* prostitutes,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3196"\w* \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \add drinking\add* \w old|strong="H2184"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w and|strong="H3196"\w* \w new|strong="H8492"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*,  
\q2 \w which|strong="H3196"\w* results \w in|strong="H3196"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w not|strong="H3947"\w* being able \w to|strong="H3820"\w* \w think|strong="H3820"\w* clearly.”   
\s1 The people are condemned for idolatry  
\q1
\v 12 “\add You\add* \w my|strong="H5046"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w request|strong="H7592"\w* \w wooden|strong="H6086"\w* idols  
\q2 \add to tell you what you should do\add*!  
\q1 \w Like|strong="H7307"\w* \w prostitutes|strong="H2181"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* left/abandoned \w their|strong="H3588"\w* husbands,   
\q2
\v 13 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1323"\w* abandoned \add me\add* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* God, \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1323"\w* chasing \w after|strong="H5921"\w* \add other gods\add* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tops|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*;  
\q1 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w under|strong="H8478"\w* oak \add trees\add*, \w poplar|strong="H3839"\w* \add trees\add*, \w and|strong="H7218"\w* other trees  
\q2 \w where|strong="H8478"\w* \w there|strong="H2022"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w nice|strong="H2896"\w*/\w pleasing|strong="H2896"\w* \w shade|strong="H6738"\w*.  
\q1 \w So|strong="H3651"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w have|strong="H1323"\w* \w become|strong="H2181"\w* \w prostitutes|strong="H2181"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughters-in-law|strong="H3618"\w* \w have|strong="H1323"\w* \w committed|strong="H5003"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 14 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add only\add* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w*  
\q2 \add whom I will punish\add* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w having|strong="H3808"\w* \w become|strong="H2181"\w* \w prostitutes|strong="H2181"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add only\add* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughters-in-law|strong="H3618"\w*  
\q2 \w whom|strong="H1992"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w committing|strong="H5003"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w*,  
\q1 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w men|strong="H5971"\w* \w also|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w having|strong="H3808"\w* sex \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w prostitutes|strong="H2181"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w*  
\q2 \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prostitutes|strong="H2181"\w* \add who search for men at the\add* shrines \add of the idols\add*.  
\q1 \add They are all\add* foolish \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \add all\add* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w ruined|strong="H3832"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 15 \w You|strong="H3478"\w* Israeli \add people\add* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* abandoned \w me|strong="H5927"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3478"\w* [MET] those \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w commit|strong="H2181"\w* \w adultery|strong="H2181"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* abandoned \w their|strong="H3068"\w* spouses.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3068"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5927"\w* cause \add the people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* sin \add also\add*.  
\q2 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5927"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w* \w or|strong="H3068"\w* \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Beth-Aven|strong="H1007"\w* \add towns\add*  
\q2 \add to worship idols there\add*.  
\q1 \w Do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H5927"\w* \w make|strong="H2181"\w* \w solemn|strong="H7650"\w* \w promises|strong="H7650"\w* \add there, saying ‘Just as surely\add* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*, \add I will do what I am promising\add*.’   
\q1
\v 16 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \add people of Israel\add* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w stubborn|strong="H5637"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* young \w cow|strong="H6510"\w*.  
\q2 \w So|strong="H6258"\w* \w there|strong="H6258"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3478"\w* way [RHQ] \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \add provide food for them\add*  
\q1 \add like a shepherd provides food for his\add* \w lambs|strong="H3532"\w*  
\q2 \add by leading them\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* nice meadow.   
\q1
\v 17 \w The|strong="H2266"\w* \w people|strong="H3240"\w* \w of|strong="H6091"\w* Israel \w have|strong="H6091"\w* chosen \w to|strong="H2266"\w* worship \w idols|strong="H6091"\w* [MET],  
\q2 \add so\add* \w allow|strong="H3240"\w* \w them|strong="H3240"\w* \add to do what they want to do\add*.   
\q1
\v 18 When \w their|strong="H5493"\w* \w rulers|strong="H4043"\w* finish drinking \add their wine\add*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5493"\w* \w go|strong="H5493"\w* \w to|strong="H5493"\w* find \w prostitutes|strong="H2181"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5493"\w* love \w their|strong="H5493"\w* disgraceful behavior.   
\q1
\v 19 But they \w will|strong="H7307"\w* disappear  
\q2 \add as though\add* [MET] they \w were|strong="H3671"\w* blown \w away|strong="H3671"\w* \w by|strong="H7307"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H7307"\w*.  
\q1 They \w will|strong="H7307"\w* become \add very\add* ashamed because \w of|strong="H7307"\w* their offering \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \add to idols\add*.”   
\c 5  
\s1 Yahweh’s accusation against the Israeli people  
\q1
\v 1 “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*!  
\q2 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \add other\add* Israeli \w people|strong="H8085"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* \w pay|strong="H7181"\w* \w attention|strong="H7181"\w*!  
\q1 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w members|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*’s \w family|strong="H1004"\w*, \add you also need to\add* \w listen|strong="H8085"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \add I am going to\add* \w judge|strong="H4941"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*!  
\q1 \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* \add worshiping idols\add* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w trap|strong="H6341"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \add the people at\add* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w* \add town\add*;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \add like \add*[MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w net|strong="H7568"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w out|strong="H6566"\w* \add to catch people\add* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tabor|strong="H8396"\w* \add Mountain\add*.   
\q1
\v 2 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w done|strong="H3605"\w* many evil \w things|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\q2 so \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H4148"\w* punish \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \add everything about the people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*;  
\q2 \w nothing|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w done|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w hidden|strong="H3582"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*.  
\q1 \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* given \w themselves|strong="H3045"\w* \add to worshiping idols\add*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3478"\w* [MET] \w prostitutes|strong="H2181"\w* \add give themselves to the men they sleep with\add*,  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w become|strong="H2930"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4 \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \add like to do evil\add* \w things|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \add me\add*, \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\q1 \w Like|strong="H3808"\w* prostitutes \add who have abandoned their husbands\add* [MET], \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* [IDM] abandoned [MET] \w me|strong="H5414"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add even\add* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5  \add It is as though\add* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* being \w proud|strong="H1347"\w* \w testifies|strong="H6030"\w* [PRS] \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* \w committed|strong="H3478"\w* \add are like a heavy load that\add* causes \w them|strong="H6440"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* worship \add me\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 bringing \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w herds|strong="H1241"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w sheep|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w cattle|strong="H1241"\w*,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add be able to\add* \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w me|strong="H4672"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* abandoned \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* abandoned \w me|strong="H3205"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* belong \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H3205"\w* [MET].  
\q1 \w So|strong="H6258"\w* \add they will not be able to celebrate their festivals at\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w new|strong="H2320"\w* \w moons|strong="H2320"\w*  
\q2 \add because I\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* destroy \w them|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \add the crops in\add* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* fields.   
\b  
\q1
\v 8 \w Blow|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H8628"\w* \add rams’\add* \w horns|strong="H7782"\w* \w in|strong="H7782"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* \add town\add*  
\q2 \add and blow\add* \w the|strong="H8628"\w* \w trumpets|strong="H2689"\w* \w in|strong="H7782"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w* \add town\add*!  
\q1 Warn \add the people at\add* \w Beth-Aven|strong="H1007"\w* \add town\add*;  
\q2 you warriors \w of|strong="H1390"\w* \w the|strong="H8628"\w* tribe \w of|strong="H1390"\w* \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*, lead \w the|strong="H8628"\w* troops \add into the battle\add*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w ruined|strong="H8047"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \add I\add* destroy \w them|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\q2 \w What|strong="H3045"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* telling \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3045"\w* \add happen\add*.   
\q1
\v 10  \add Because\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \add seized some land that belonged to Israel\add*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3063"\w* \w move|strong="H5253"\w* \w boundary|strong="H1366"\w* markers \add to get more land for themselves\add*;  
\q1 \add so\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* punish \w them|strong="H5921"\w* severely [MET].   
\q1
\v 11 \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \add the people of\add* Israel \w will|strong="H4941"\w* suffer greatly \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* punish \w them|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4941"\w* \add very\add* \w determined|strong="H2974"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* worship idols.   
\q1
\v 12 \w I|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* destroy \add the people of\add* Israel \w like|strong="H1004"\w* [SIM] ◄\add larvae of\add* moths/cockroaches► destroy wool,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H1004"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* cause \add the people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H1004"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* [SIM] \w rotten|strong="H7538"\w* wood.   
\b  
\q1
\v 13 \w When|strong="H7200"\w* \add the leaders of\add* Israel \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w were|strong="H3063"\w* suffering  
\q2 \w because|strong="H4480"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w what|strong="H7200"\w* \add their enemies were doing to them\add* [MET],  
\q1 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \add messages\add* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* great \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Assyria  
\q2 requesting \add his help\add*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* \w help|strong="H4480"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w cannot|strong="H3808"\w* cause \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w stop|strong="H3808"\w* suffering,  
\q2 \add because I am the one who is punishing Israel and Judah\add*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w become|strong="H5375"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lion|strong="H3715"\w* [DOU] \w to|strong="H3212"\w* both nations;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \add attack them and\add* \w tear|strong="H2963"\w* \w them|strong="H5375"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w pieces|strong="H2963"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* drag \w them|strong="H5375"\w* \w away|strong="H5375"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w no|strong="H5375"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \add be able to\add* \w rescue|strong="H5337"\w* \w them|strong="H5375"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15  \add After that\add*, \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* \add in heaven\add*  
\q2 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* admit \w that|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H6862"\w* sinned [MTY] \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w*;  
\q1 \w when|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* experience \add many\add* troubles,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w request|strong="H1245"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \add to help them\add*.”   
\c 6  
\s1 The Israeli people were insincere about repenting  
\q1
\v 1  \add The Israeli people say,\add* “\w Come|strong="H3212"\w*, \w let|strong="H3212"\w*’s \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*!  
\q1 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* caused \add us\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* injured,  
\q2 \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*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* caused \add us\add* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w wounded|strong="H5221"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \add it is as though\add* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w put|strong="H7725"\w* bandages \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w wounds|strong="H5221"\w* [MET].   
\q1
\v 2 \w After|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* very short \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w revive|strong="H2421"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w*;  
\q2 \w in|strong="H3117"\w* less \w than|strong="H6440"\w* \w three|strong="H7992"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w restore|strong="H6965"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w*  
\q2 \w in|strong="H3117"\w* order \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*.   
\q1
\v 3 We must try \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*;  
\q2 \add if we do that,\add* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H3045"\w* \add and help\add* \w us|strong="H3045"\w*,  
\q1 \w as|strong="H3068"\w* surely \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* sun rises \add every morning\add*,  
\q2 \w as|strong="H3068"\w* surely \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* falls \w every|strong="H3068"\w* winter/cold season,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* surely \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* falls again ◄\w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* springtime/\w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* end \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* cold season►.”   
\q1
\v 4  \add But Yahweh knows they are insincere;\add*  
\q1 \add so he says to them,\add* “\w You|strong="H6213"\w* \add people of\add* Israel, \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w* \add people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*,  
\q2 \add I do not know\add* [RHQ] \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w should|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*.  
\q1 \w Your|strong="H6213"\w* being \w faithful|strong="H2617"\w* \add to me will disappear as quickly\add* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* [SIM] \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w mist|strong="H6051"\w* \add disappears\add*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H6213"\w* [SIM] \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* \add on the ground\add* \w that|strong="H3063"\w* \w disappears|strong="H1980"\w* \w quickly|strong="H7925"\w* \add when the sun shines\add*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* warned [HYP] \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \add the messages that I gave to\add* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*,  
\q2 \add but you did not pay attention to my messages\add*.  
\q1 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H6310"\w* completely \w destroy|strong="H2026"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w*;  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5921"\w* punishment \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* give \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H6310"\w* strike \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* lightning.   
\q1
\v 6 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w want|strong="H2654"\w* \add my people\add* \w to|strong="H2654"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w* \add me\add*  
\q2 \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \add I want them to offer\add* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \add to me\add*;  
\q1 \add I want them\add* \w to|strong="H2654"\w* \w know|strong="H1847"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*  
\q2 \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \add I want them to\add* completely burn \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \add on the altar\add*.   
\q1
\v 7 \w But|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H1992"\w* refused \w to|strong="H8033"\w* obey \w my|strong="H5674"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w*, \add just\add* \w like|strong="H1992"\w* Adam did;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H1992"\w* \w not|strong="H5674"\w* \w been|strong="H5674"\w* faithful \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w me|strong="H5674"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w is|strong="H1818"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w* \add full\add* \w of|strong="H1818"\w* \w people|strong="H1818"\w* who \w do|strong="H6466"\w* wicked things;  
\q2 \add in the streets\add* \w are|strong="H1818"\w* \w the|strong="H1568"\w* \w bloody|strong="H1818"\w* footprints \add of those who have murdered others\add*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w are|strong="H1870"\w* \w like|strong="H1870"\w* [SIM] \w bandits|strong="H1416"\w* \w who|strong="H3548"\w* \w wait|strong="H2442"\w* ◄\w in|strong="H6213"\w* ambushes/\w along|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w*► \w to|strong="H6213"\w* attack people;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w murder|strong="H7523"\w* \add people who are walking\add* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3548"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w commit|strong="H6213"\w* other disgraceful crimes.   
\q1
\v 10 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w horrible|strong="H8186"\w* \w things|strong="H3478"\w* \add being done\add* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* [MTY].  
\q2 \w The|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* abandoned \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \add like prostitutes who have abandoned their husbands\add* [MET];  
\q1 \add so the people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w become|strong="H2930"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 11 \w And|strong="H3063"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \add people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H1571"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w appointed|strong="H7896"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H7105"\w* \w when|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* punish [MET] \w you|strong="H7725"\w*, \w too|strong="H1571"\w*.  
\b  
\q1 Whenever \w I|strong="H1571"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H7725"\w* enable \w my|strong="H7725"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* prosper \w again|strong="H7725"\w*,”   
\c 7  
\q1
\v 1 “\w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w them|strong="H1540"\w* \add again\add*,  
\q2 \add I did not do it,\add*  
\q1 \add because\add* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* saw \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \add city\add* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \add other places in\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* [DOU] \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w done|strong="H6466"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* constantly deceive \w others|strong="H1540"\w*;  
\q2 \w bandits|strong="H1416"\w* rob people \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w streets|strong="H2351"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H1077"\w* realize \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H1077"\w* forget \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w*.  
\q2 \add It is as though\add* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H4611"\w* \w surrounded|strong="H5437"\w* \w by|strong="H7451"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sins \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* commit;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6440"\w* \add it is though\add* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* sins \w are|strong="H4611"\w* \add always right\add* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w front|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* [MTY].   
\b  
\q1
\v 3 \w Their|strong="H7451"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w is|strong="H4428"\w* delighted \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8055"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w that|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8055"\w* people do;  
\q2 \w his|strong="H4428"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* \w happy|strong="H8055"\w* \w about|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8055"\w* people’s \w lies|strong="H3585"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4  \add The king and his officials\add* are \w all|strong="H3605"\w* treacherous.  
\q2 \add They are always eager to do wicked things;\add*  
\q1 \w they|strong="H5704"\w* are \w like|strong="H3644"\w* [SIM] \w an|strong="H7673"\w* \w oven|strong="H8574"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \add very\add* hot:  
\q2 \w a|strong="H3068"\w* baker mixes \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w dough|strong="H1217"\w* \w and|strong="H3605"\w* waits \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* expand,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* does \w not|strong="H5704"\w* \add need to\add* cause \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w oven|strong="H8574"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w become|strong="H1197"\w* hotter.   
\q1
\v 5 \w The|strong="H3117"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w officials|strong="H8269"\w* \w get|strong="H3027"\w* very \w drunk|strong="H3196"\w* \w during|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H3117"\w* festivals,  
\q2 carousing \w with|strong="H3117"\w* others \w who|strong="H4428"\w* \w also|strong="H4428"\w* \w do|strong="H3027"\w* foolish things.   
\q1
\v 6 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* officials angrily plan \w to|strong="H3820"\w* murder \w the|strong="H3605"\w* king;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w like|strong="H1197"\w* [SIM] \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w an|strong="H7126"\w* \w oven|strong="H8574"\w* \w in|strong="H3820"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* inner beings.  
\q1 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w during|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \add eagerness/wanting to murder the king\add* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w like|strong="H1197"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* smouldering,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w in|strong="H3820"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w becomes|strong="H3588"\w* \w like|strong="H1197"\w* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* roaring fire.   
\q1
\v 7 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w those|strong="H3605"\w* officials \w are|strong="H4428"\w* \w like|strong="H5307"\w* [MET] \w hot|strong="H2552"\w* flames  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w completely|strong="H3605"\w* burn \w up|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w rulers|strong="H8199"\w*,  
\q1 \w so|strong="H7121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* murdered,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w pleads|strong="H8199"\w* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \add to help them\add*.”   
\s1 Other nations will not help them  
\q1
\v 8 “\add The leaders of\add* \w Israel|strong="H5971"\w* join \w with|strong="H1101"\w* leaders \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \add godless\add* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w*;  
\q2 \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \add the leaders of\add* \w Israel|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \add as worthless as\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* pancake \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* cooked \w on|strong="H1961"\w* only \w one|strong="H1931"\w* side.   
\q1
\v 9 Joining \w with|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* rulers \w of|strong="H3045"\w* \w foreign|strong="H2114"\w* nations \w has|strong="H1571"\w* caused Israel \w to|strong="H3045"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w weak|strong="H3808"\w* \add nation\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* Israelis do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w realize|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w*.  
\q1 Israel \w has|strong="H1571"\w* become \add like \add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gray-haired|strong="H7872"\w* \w old|strong="H7872"\w* \w man|strong="H2114"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3045"\w* Israel do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w realize|strong="H3045"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 10 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w being|strong="H3068"\w* \w proud|strong="H1347"\w* [PRS] \w testifies|strong="H6030"\w* \w against|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* spite \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\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* \add me\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q1 \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \add even\add* try \w to|strong="H7725"\w* know \w me|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 11  \add The people of\add* Israel \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* foolish \w and|strong="H1980"\w* stupid \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w doves|strong="H3123"\w*.  
\q2 \add First\add* \w they|strong="H3820"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w out|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \add to help them\add*,  
\q1 \add and then\add* \w they|strong="H3820"\w* sought \w help|strong="H1961"\w* \w from|strong="H1980"\w* Assyria.   
\q1
\v 12 \w But|strong="H5921"\w* \w wherever|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \add to get help\add*,  
\q2 \add I will not allow them to succeed\add*;  
\q1 \add it will be as though\add* [MET] \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* throw \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w net|strong="H7568"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3381"\w* [SIM] \add a hunter uses a net to capture\add* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w*;  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w punish|strong="H3256"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* evil things \w that|strong="H3212"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H3381"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 Terrible \w things|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H6586"\w* happen \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* abandoned/deserted \w me|strong="H5921"\w*!  
\q1 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H6586"\w* \w be|strong="H3588"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H1696"\w*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* wanted \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w rescue|strong="H6299"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w tell|strong="H1696"\w* \w lies|strong="H3577"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\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* sincerely [IDM];  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \add only\add* \w lie|strong="H4904"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w beds|strong="H4904"\w* \w and|strong="H1715"\w* \w wail|strong="H3213"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w gather|strong="H1481"\w* \w together|strong="H2199"\w* \w and|strong="H1715"\w* ask \add me to give them\add* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w and|strong="H1715"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w turn|strong="H5493"\w* \w away|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|strong="H5493"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15 I \w trained|strong="H3256"\w*/\w taught|strong="H3256"\w* \w them|strong="H2388"\w* \w and|strong="H2388"\w* enabled \w them|strong="H2388"\w* \w to|strong="H2803"\w* become \w strong|strong="H2388"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H2388"\w* now \w they|strong="H7451"\w* \w plan|strong="H2803"\w* \add to do\add* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H7451"\w* \w to|strong="H2803"\w* \w me|strong="H2388"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* rejected \w me|strong="H7725"\w*, \w their|strong="H7725"\w* Great \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w turned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w god|strong="H3808"\w* Baal;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H4714"\w* \add as useless\add* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* crooked \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*.  
\q1 \w Their|strong="H7725"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* boast \add that they are very strong\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w killed|strong="H5307"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \add their enemies’\add* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w*.  
\q1 \w As|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \add the people of\add* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* laugh \w at|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*.”   
\c 8  
\s1 The Israelis will be punished because of their wrong decisions  
\q1
\v 1  \add Yahweh said to me\add*, “Blow [MTY] \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w trumpet|strong="H7782"\w*  
\q2 \add to warn the people\add*!  
\q1 \w My|strong="H3068"\w* people \w have|strong="H3068"\w* rejected \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w agreement|strong="H1285"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w made|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H1004"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \add obeying\add* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w laws|strong="H8451"\w*.  
\q1 \w Therefore|strong="H5921"\w*, \add their enemies\add* \w are|strong="H3068"\w* swooping \w down|strong="H5921"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* people’s country \w like|strong="H1004"\w* [SIM] \w an|strong="H3068"\w* \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2 \w My|strong="H3045"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H2199"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w out|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H3045"\w*,  
\q2 ‘\w Our|strong="H3045"\w* God, \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w our|strong="H3045"\w* God!’   
\q1
\v 3 \w But|strong="H2186"\w* because \w the|strong="H7291"\w* Israeli people \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w rejected|strong="H2186"\w* \w what|strong="H2896"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*,  
\q2 their enemies \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w them|strong="H7291"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4 \w The|strong="H6213"\w* Israel \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w appointed|strong="H6213"\w* \add their last three\add* \w kings|strong="H4427"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* ask \w me|strong="H4480"\w* if \w I|strong="H3045"\w* agreed \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \add what they were doing\add*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w chose|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* own leaders  
\q2 \w without|strong="H3808"\w* asking if \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w would|strong="H6213"\w* approve \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w used|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* own \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w idols|strong="H6091"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w doing|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* led \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H3772"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w You|strong="H5704"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3808"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*, throw \w away|strong="H2186"\w* \w your|strong="H3808"\w* \add idol that resembles a\add* \w calf|strong="H5695"\w*!  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* am \w extremely|strong="H5704"\w* \w angry|strong="H2734"\w* \w with|strong="H2734"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w*!  
\q1 \w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* [RHQ] \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \add do things that cause\add* \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*?   
\q2
\v 6  \add Someone in\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w idol|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*;  
\q1 \add but I am\add* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w*.  
\q2 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w idol|strong="H3478"\w* \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w calf|strong="H5695"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w must|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* smashed \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7616"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 7  \add The foolish thing that the people of Israel have done is like\add* [MET] trying \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w plant|strong="H2232"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w what|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7114"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w be|strong="H7307"\w* \w like|strong="H7307"\w* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5492"\w*.  
\q1 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w grain|strong="H7054"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w planted|strong="H2232"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w heads|strong="H6780"\w* \add on the stalks\add*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w as|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result \add there will be no grain\add* \w from|strong="H7307"\w* \w which|strong="H7307"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w flour|strong="H7058"\w*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H6213"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w produce|strong="H6213"\w* good \w grain|strong="H7054"\w*,  
\q2 \w foreigners|strong="H2114"\w* \w would|strong="H7307"\w* \add come and\add* steal \w it|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \add The people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* defeated [MET] \add by their enemies\add*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \add scattered\add* \w among|strong="H3478"\w* other \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* worthless.   
\q1
\v 9 \w Like|strong="H1992"\w* [MET] \w donkeys|strong="H6501"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* looking \w for|strong="H3588"\w* mates,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* requested \add help\add* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* Assyria;  
\q1 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* paid money \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \add the leaders of Assyria\add*  
\q2 \w in|strong="H5927"\w* order \w to|strong="H5927"\w* \add persuade those leaders to\add* protect \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w although|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1571"\w* agreed \w to|strong="H4428"\w* pay money \w each|strong="H1471"\w* year \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \add the leaders of\add* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* countries,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w soon|strong="H4592"\w* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \w together|strong="H6908"\w* \add to punish them\add*.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* great \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \add of Assyria\add* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* cause \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* suffer \w greatly|strong="H4428"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 11 \w Although|strong="H3588"\w* \add the people of\add* Israel built \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w present|strong="H1961"\w* \w offerings|strong="H3588"\w* \add to their idols\add* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w take|strong="H1961"\w* away \add their guilt for\add* \w sinning|strong="H2398"\w*,  
\q2 \w those|strong="H1961"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* places where \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w commit|strong="H2398"\w* \add more\add* \w sins|strong="H2398"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12 \w I|strong="H3644"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* many \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* \w for|strong="H2803"\w* \w them|strong="H3789"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H2114"\w* \w they|strong="H3789"\w* disregarded \w them|strong="H3789"\w*, saying that \add they did not have to obey them because\add* \w they|strong="H3789"\w* \w were|strong="H3644"\w* different from \w laws|strong="H8451"\w* that \w they|strong="H3789"\w* had known previously.   
\q1
\v 13 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* eat \add some of\add* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w meat|strong="H1320"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*, \add which is what I permitted them to do\add*.  
\q2 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w pleased|strong="H7521"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w evil|strong="H5771"\w* \w things|strong="H3808"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* done,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H6485"\w*:  
\q1 \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* force \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \add go to other countries\add*  
\q2 \add and become slaves like they were\add* [MET] \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14  \add The people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* abandoned/\w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w me|strong="H7971"\w*, \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w one|strong="H6213"\w* \w who|strong="H3478"\w* \w created|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \add nation\add*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H6213"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w palaces|strong="H1964"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add the people of\add* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* walls around \w many|strong="H7235"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H7911"\w* \w I|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w send|strong="H7971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fire  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w destroy|strong="H6213"\w* \w all|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w their|strong="H7971"\w* fortresses.”   
\c 9  
\s1 Israel will be punished  
\q1
\v 1  \add You people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w do|strong="H3605"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* shout joyfully \add during your festivals\add* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \add people of other\add* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w* \w do|strong="H3605"\w*!  
\q2 \add I say that\add* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* ◄\w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* faithful \w to|strong="H3478"\w*/abandoned► \w me|strong="H5921"\w*, \w your|strong="H3605"\w* God.  
\q1 \w At|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w place|strong="H3605"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* thresh \w grain|strong="H1715"\w*  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \add presented gifts to your idols like men\add* pay money \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w prostitutes|strong="H2181"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2  \add But soon\add* there \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* enough grain [MTY, PRS] \w and|strong="H8492"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* [MTY, PRS] \w for|strong="H3808"\w* \w you|strong="H3808"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w And|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w people|strong="H3427"\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 that|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H4714"\w*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \add gave to your ancestors\add*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \add captured and\add* \w taken|strong="H3427"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \add Assyria\add*,  
\q2 \add where you will become slaves like your ancestors were\add* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*;  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Assyria \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* forced \w to|strong="H7725"\w* eat food \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* forbidden \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* eat.   
\q1
\v 4 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* Israelis \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add be able to\add* give \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w offerings|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H2930"\w*,  
\q2 \w or|strong="H3808"\w* bring \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H2930"\w*.  
\q1 \w None|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w other|strong="H3605"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w please|strong="H6148"\w* \w him|strong="H2930"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H2930"\w*, \w like|strong="H1004"\w* [SIM] \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* touched \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H5315"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* funerals,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* eats \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H2930"\w* unacceptable \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H2930"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* permitted \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w food|strong="H3899"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5315"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add be permitted to\add* bring \w it|strong="H3588"\w* into \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w At|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H6213"\w* [RHQ] \w be|strong="H3068"\w* able \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w celebrate|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w feasts|strong="H4150"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* sacred \w festivals|strong="H4150"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w And|strong="H1980"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* escape \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w are|strong="H4714"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* killed \add by the Assyrians\add*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w be|strong="H3701"\w* captured \w by|strong="H1980"\w* \add the army of\add* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \add die and\add* \w be|strong="H3701"\w* \w buried|strong="H6912"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w Memphis|strong="H4644"\w*, \add the capital of Egypt\add*.  
\q1 Briers \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \add grow up and\add* cover \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w treasures|strong="H4261"\w* \w of|strong="H3423"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w thorns|strong="H2336"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w grow|strong="H1980"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \add ruined\add* tents/houses.   
\q1
\v 7 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w now|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w time|strong="H3117"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* punish \w you|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w pay|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w back|strong="H3045"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w committed|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H3045"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \add soon\add* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \add committed\add* \w very|strong="H7227"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w very|strong="H7227"\w* \w much|strong="H7227"\w* hate \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H5921"\w* \w consider|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* foolish,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* think \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3478"\w* proclaim messages \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* crazy.   
\q1
\v 8 \w My|strong="H3605"\w* God appointed \add me and the other\add* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*  
\q2 \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w be|strong="H5030"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w watchmen|strong="H6822"\w* \add to warn\add* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* people \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Israel,  
\q1 \w but|strong="H1870"\w* \w everywhere|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* go, \add it is as though\add* people set \w traps|strong="H6341"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* people \w are|strong="H5030"\w* hostile \add to us, even\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w temple|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w our|strong="H3605"\w* God.   
\q1
\v 9 \w The|strong="H3117"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* Israeli people \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w committed|strong="H6485"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* awful \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \add what the men of\add* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* \w did|strong="H3117"\w* \w long|strong="H3117"\w* \w ago|strong="H3117"\w*;  
\q1 \add so\add* God \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H2142"\w* forget \w the|strong="H3117"\w* wicked things \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* done;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* Israelis \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \add all\add* those \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 10  \add Yahweh says\add*, “\w When|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w first|strong="H7225"\w* \w started|strong="H1961"\w* \add to do things to help\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,  
\q2 \w it|strong="H7200"\w* \w seemed|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H7200"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* though [SIM] \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w had|strong="H1961"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w grapes|strong="H6025"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*.  
\q1 \w Your|strong="H7200"\w* ancestors \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \add delightful\add*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w first|strong="H7225"\w* \w figs|strong="H8384"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* grow \w on|strong="H7200"\w* \w fig|strong="H8384"\w* \w trees|strong="H8384"\w* \add each year\add*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H1961"\w* \w when|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Peor|strong="H1187"\w* \add Mountain\add*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* worshiped \w that|strong="H7200"\w* disgusting \w idol|strong="H8251"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1187"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* disgusting \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w idol|strong="H8251"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* loved.   
\q1
\v 11 \w The|strong="H3205"\w* things \w that|strong="H5775"\w* cause Israel \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w be|strong="H3519"\w* great \w will|strong="H3519"\w* disappear  
\q2 \w like|strong="H5774"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bird|strong="H5775"\w* \w that|strong="H5775"\w* \w flies|strong="H5774"\w* \w away|strong="H5774"\w*;  
\q1 \add most of their women will\add* not \w become|strong="H3205"\w* pregnant [DOU] \w or|strong="H5775"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H3205"\w* \w children|strong="H3205"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w born|strong="H1121"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* start \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w grow|strong="H1431"\w* \w up|strong="H1431"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* cause \w all|strong="H1571"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w die|strong="H1121"\w* \add while they are still young\add*.  
\q1 Terrible \w things|strong="H1431"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* happen \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*  
\q2 \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w abandon|strong="H5493"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*!   
\q1
\v 13 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* Israel \w become|strong="H7200"\w* beautiful \w and|strong="H1121"\w* prosperous \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w* \add city\add* \w was|strong="H1121"\w* \add before it was destroyed\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7200"\w* now \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Israel \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \add be forced to\add* \w take|strong="H3318"\w* \w their|strong="H7200"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* slaughtered \add by their enemies\add*.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 14 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \add I do not know\add* [RHQ] \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w should|strong="H3068"\w* ask \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* people.  
\q2 \w So|strong="H5414"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* ask \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w this|strong="H5414"\w* \w one|strong="H3068"\w* \w thing|strong="H4100"\w*:  
\q1 \w Cause|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* women \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* pregnant \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* miscarriages  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* unable \add to nurse their babies\add*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 15  \add Yahweh says\add*, “\w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w did|strong="H3254"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*,  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w where|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* started \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w hate|strong="H8130"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 \add And now\add*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \add all\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* sinful \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w done|strong="H3254"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w expel|strong="H1644"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* country.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* love \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w longer|strong="H3254"\w*;  
\q2 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* rebel \add against me\add*.   
\q1
\v 16 Israel \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w like|strong="H3001"\w* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* grapevine \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*;  
\q2 \add like a vine\add* [MET] whose \w roots|strong="H8328"\w* \w are|strong="H6213"\w* \w withered|strong="H3001"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* produces \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*.  
\q1 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \add women of Israel\add* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \add more\add* \w children|strong="H3205"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w cause|strong="H6213"\w* \w those|strong="H3588"\w* \w children|strong="H3205"\w*, \w whom|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* love, \w to|strong="H4191"\w* \w die|strong="H4191"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 17 \w The|strong="H8085"\w* \w people|strong="H1471"\w* \w of|strong="H8085"\w* Israel \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w obeyed|strong="H8085"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w*, \w their|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w reject|strong="H3988"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w*.  
\q2 \add As a result\add*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w wander|strong="H5074"\w* \w among|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \add other\add* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*, \add searching for a place to live\add*.”   
\c 10  
\q1
\v 1 “\w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \add like a large\add* healthy/\w luxuriant|strong="H1238"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* [MET]  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3478"\w* produced \add a lot of\add* grapes.  
\q1 But \w as|strong="H7230"\w* \w the|strong="H3190"\w* people \w became|strong="H7235"\w* \w richer|strong="H2896"\w*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w made|strong="H7235"\w* \w more|strong="H7235"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \add at which to worship idols\add*.  
\q1 \w As|strong="H7230"\w* \w the|strong="H3190"\w* people \w prospered|strong="H2896"\w*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \add built and\add* decorated sacred \w pillars|strong="H4676"\w* \add that they worshiped\add*.   
\q1
\v 2 \w They|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H3820"\w* deceitful;  
\q2 \add so\add* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w are|strong="H3820"\w* guilty \w and|strong="H4196"\w* must \w be|strong="H3820"\w* punished.  
\q1 \add I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w will|strong="H3820"\w* tear \w down|strong="H6202"\w* \w their|strong="H7703"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4196"\w* smash \w those|strong="H1931"\w* \w pillars|strong="H4676"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w Then|strong="H6258"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say, ‘\w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w did|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w revere|strong="H3372"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \add longer\add* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \add even if we had\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*,  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3588"\w* \w could|strong="H4100"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* [RHQ] \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w anything|strong="H4100"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w help|strong="H6213"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 4 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w falsely|strong="H7723"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \add that they will do many things\add*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5921"\w* solemnly \w promise|strong="H1697"\w* \w and|strong="H4941"\w* \w make|strong="H3772"\w* agreements,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w do|strong="H1697"\w* \w not|strong="H1696"\w* \w do|strong="H1697"\w* \w what|strong="H1697"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w promise|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\q1 \w So|strong="H1697"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* accuse \w and|strong="H4941"\w* sue \add each other in the courts\add*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w like|strong="H1697"\w* [SIM] \w poisonous|strong="H7219"\w* \w weeds|strong="H7219"\w* \add that grow\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* plowed \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w live|strong="H1481"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \add city\add* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* worried \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \add what may happen to the idol that resembles\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w calf|strong="H5697"\w* \add that they set up\add* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Beth-Aven|strong="H1007"\w* \add town\add*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3649"\w* \w there|strong="H4480"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w cry|strong="H1523"\w* \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q2 \add if it is damaged or destroyed\add*.  
\q1 \add Previously\add* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* shouted joyfully  
\q2 \w about|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w being|strong="H5971"\w* very great;  
\q1 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H5971"\w* great \w any|strong="H4480"\w* \w more|strong="H4480"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w It|strong="H3947"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Assyria  
\q2 \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w gift|strong="H4503"\w* \w for|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3947"\w* great \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \add of Assyria\add*.  
\q1 \add So the people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* disgraced,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* ashamed  
\q2 \w because|strong="H6098"\w* \add they trusted in\add* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w idol|strong="H3478"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \add and the other people in Samaria\add* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* \w gone|strong="H7110"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H4428"\w* \w like|strong="H5921"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* twig \add that floats away\add* \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* \add and disappears\add*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* tops \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w* \add where the people worshiped idols\add* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w*;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w been|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w where|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* people \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2403"\w* greatly.  
\q1 \w Thorns|strong="H6975"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w weeds|strong="H6975"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w grow|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*.  
\q2 \w Then|strong="H5307"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* people \w will|strong="H3478"\w* plead \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*,  
\q1 ‘\w Fall|strong="H5307"\w* \add down and\add* \w cover|strong="H3680"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q2 \add to protect us from God punishing us\add*!’   
\b  
\q1
\v 9  \add You people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \add ever since your ancestors did evil things\add* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*,  
\q2 \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w continued|strong="H5975"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w sin|strong="H2398"\w*.  
\q1 \add When the people at\add* [PRS] \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w* \add did evil things\add*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5921"\w* result \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w war|strong="H4421"\w* \add in which thousands of people died\add*.   
\q1
\v 10  \add So now\add*, \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* want \w to|strong="H5921"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w punish|strong="H3256"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\q2 \w Because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H5869"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* many sins \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w committed|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q1 \add the armies of other \add* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* gather \w to|strong="H5921"\w* attack \w them|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w cause|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* become \w their|strong="H5921"\w* slaves.   
\q1
\v 11 Israel \w is|strong="H3063"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w well-trained|strong="H3925"\w* ◄\w heifer|strong="H5697"\w*/young \w cow|strong="H5697"\w*►  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3063"\w* likes \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w thresh|strong="H1758"\w* \add grain\add*.  
\q1 \add So now you will become slaves\add*.  
\q2 \add It will be as though\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3063"\w* \w put|strong="H7392"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* yoke \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w neck|strong="H6676"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3063"\w* \w be|strong="H3063"\w* forced \w to|strong="H5921"\w* work hard \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* enemies \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* fields.  
\q2 \add You people of\add* Israel \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \add will be forced to go to Assyria\add*;  
\q2 there \w you|strong="H5921"\w* [DOU] \w will|strong="H3063"\w* pull plows \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w break|strong="H1758"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* ground \add for planting seeds\add*.   
\q1
\v 12  \add You plow your fields and plant your seeds\add* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7114"\w* \add your crops\add* [MET],  
\q2 \add but what you need to do is\add* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* act \w righteously|strong="H6664"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w faithfully|strong="H2617"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w* \add me\add*;  
\q1 \w you|strong="H5704"\w* need \w to|strong="H5704"\w* repent [MET],  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* try \w to|strong="H5704"\w* know \add me\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*;  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* if \w you|strong="H5704"\w* \w do|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3068"\w*, \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* pour \w out|strong="H1875"\w* [MET] \w many|strong="H5704"\w* blessings \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \add plant seeds and harvest the crops and eat them\add*;  
\q2 \add but what I consider that you have really done is\add* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* planted \w wicked|strong="H7562"\w* \w things|strong="H7230"\w* \w and|strong="H1870"\w* harvested \w evil|strong="H7562"\w* \w things|strong="H7230"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1870"\w* eaten [MET] \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w results|strong="H6529"\w* [IDM] \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w lies|strong="H3585"\w* \add that you have told\add*.  
\q1 \add Instead of trusting in me,\add* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* ◄depended \w on|strong="H1870"\w*/trusted \w in|strong="H1870"\w*► \w your|strong="H3588"\w* own power  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w in|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w many|strong="H7230"\w* \w soldiers|strong="H1368"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w As|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* result, \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \add soon\add* hear \w the|strong="H3605"\w* roar \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H4013"\w* \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* walls \w around|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w*,  
\q1 \w like|strong="H1121"\w* [SIM] \w Shalman|strong="H8020"\w*’s \add army\add* \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w* \w Beth-Arbel|strong="H1009"\w* \add city\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* women \add in that city\add* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w were|strong="H5971"\w* bashed \w to|strong="H5921"\w* death.   
\q1
\v 15  \add You people of\add* [APO] \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \add city\add*, \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w what|strong="H7451"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w happen|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w very|strong="H6213"\w* \w wicked|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\q1 \w And|strong="H3478"\w* \w when|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* sun rises \add on that day\add*,  
\q2 \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* killed \add in the battle\add*.”   
\c 11  
\s1 God’s love for Israel  
\q1
\v 1 “\w Before|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Israeli \add people\add* became \w a|strong="H3068"\w* nation [MET],  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* loved \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \add like a man loves\add* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* out \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2 \w But|strong="H3651"\w* while \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w continued|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \add continued to\add* turn \w away|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w more|strong="H3651"\w* \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w more|strong="H3651"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w offered|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* statues \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w burned|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \add honor\add* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \add The people of\add* Israel \w were|strong="H5921"\w* \add like a little boy\add* [MET],  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \add it was as though\add* \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* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* walk,  
\q2 holding \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* hands.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w did|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w realize|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 was|strong="H3808"\w* \w taking|strong="H3947"\w* \w care|strong="H7495"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4  \add It was as though I fastened\add* \w ropes|strong="H5688"\w* \add around them\add* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* lead \w them|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w while|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* loved \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4900"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* kind \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 \add It was as though they were young oxen\add* [MET],  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4900"\w* \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*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 5 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Israel \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w become|strong="H7725"\w* \add slaves\add* \w again|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H4714"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \add the people of\add* Assyria \w will|strong="H4428"\w* [RHQ] \w rule|strong="H4428"\w* \w over|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* Israel \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w repent|strong="H7725"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6  \add Their enemies\add* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w use|strong="H3615"\w* \w their|strong="H3615"\w* \w swords|strong="H2719"\w* \add to attack\add* \w the|strong="H3615"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w* \w in|strong="H5892"\w* Israel  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H3615"\w* bars \w in|strong="H5892"\w* \w the|strong="H3615"\w* gates \add of the city walls\add*.  
\q2 \add As a result\add*, \w the|strong="H3615"\w* people \w of|strong="H5892"\w* Israeli \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w not|strong="H5892"\w* \w be|strong="H5892"\w* able \w to|strong="H5892"\w* \w accomplish|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H3615"\w* things \w that|strong="H5892"\w* \w they|strong="H2719"\w* planned \w to|strong="H5892"\w* do.   
\q1
\v 7 \w My|strong="H7311"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* determined \w to|strong="H7121"\w* ◄\w turn|strong="H5971"\w* \w away|strong="H7311"\w* \w from|strong="H5971"\w*/abandon► \w me|strong="H7121"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* say \w that|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* am \w the|strong="H7121"\w* great all-powerful \w God|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* do \w not|strong="H3808"\w* honor \w me|strong="H7121"\w* \w at|strong="H5971"\w* \w all|strong="H3162"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 8  \add You people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w certainly|strong="H5414"\w* do \w not|strong="H5414"\w* want \w to|strong="H3478"\w* [RHQ] \w abandon|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \add your enemies\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* capture \w you|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* do \w not|strong="H5414"\w* [RHQ] want \w to|strong="H3478"\w* act \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* acted \w toward|strong="H5921"\w* Admah \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Zeboiim|strong="H6636"\w*,  
\q2 \add cities that I completely destroyed when I destroyed Sodom\add*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* [SYN] \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w changed|strong="H2015"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w mind|strong="H3820"\w* \add about punishing you\add*;  
\q2 \w my|strong="H5414"\w* desire \w to|strong="H3478"\w* pity \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* increased.   
\q1
\v 9 \w Although|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am extremely angry,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w punish|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* severely;  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w want|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* ◄\w devastate|strong="H7843"\w*/completely \w ruin|strong="H7843"\w*► Israel.  
\q2 \add Humans would easily decide to do that\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* human.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w One|strong="H6918"\w*, am \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*;  
\q2 \w although|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w very|strong="H6213"\w* angry \add with you\add*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \add destroy you\add*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w follow|strong="H3212"\w* \w me|strong="H3212"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w roar|strong="H7580"\w* \w like|strong="H1121"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lion;  
\q2 \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w roar|strong="H7580"\w*, \add some of you\add* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w tremble|strong="H2729"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* return \add to Israel\add* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \add the islands and seacoasts toward\add* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11  \add Some of\add* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H2729"\w* swiftly \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \add a flock of\add* \w birds|strong="H6833"\w*;  
\q2 \add others\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* return \w from|strong="H5921"\w* Assyria, \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w doves|strong="H3123"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* enable \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w homes|strong="H1004"\w* \add in Israel\add* again.  
\q2 \add That will surely happen, because I\add*, \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H5002"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.”   
\s1 Israel and Judah are condemned now  
\q1
\v 12  \add Yahweh says, “The people of\add* Israel have ◄surrounded me with lies/constantly told lies to me►.  
\q2 And the people of Judah have \add also \add* turned/rebelled against me, their God,  
\q2 the Holy One who always does what I promise to do,  
\q1 and the people of Judah worship other gods.”   
\c 12  
\q1
\v 1  \add The leaders of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* constantly wavering \add about seeking help from other countries\add*.  
\q2 \add Seeking their help is as useless as\add* [MET] chasing \w the|strong="H5437"\w* wind.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H4820"\w* pile up \w their|strong="H5437"\w* \w lies|strong="H3585"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* violent acts.  
\q1 \add First,\add* \w they|strong="H4820"\w* \w make|strong="H5437"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* treaty \w with|strong="H5973"\w* Assyria,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \add then they\add* send olive oil \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \add the rulers of \add* Egypt \add to seek their help\add*.   
\q1
\v 2 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add says that he\add* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w bring|strong="H2986"\w* accusations \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \add the leaders of\add* Judah,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* punish \add the descendants of\add* Jacob \w for|strong="H4714"\w* what \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H7462"\w* \w done|strong="H3605"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3  \add When Jacob was\add* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* mother’s womb, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* grabbed \w his|strong="H3068"\w* brother \add Esau’s\add* heel \add because he wanted to be born first\add*.  
\q2 \w When|strong="H7725"\w* \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* grew \w up|strong="H5921"\w*, \w he|strong="H3068"\w* wrestled \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4 He struggled \w with|strong="H8280"\w* \add the one who had appeared to him in the form of\add* an angel, and Jacob defeated him,  
\q2 but \add then\add* he cried and asked the angel to bless him.  
\q1 \add Later\add*, God came to Jacob at Bethel  
\q2 and talked \w with|strong="H8280"\w* him there.   
\q1
\v 5  \add That was\add* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* Commander \w of|strong="H4397"\w* \w the|strong="H1696"\w* armies \w of|strong="H4397"\w* \w angels|strong="H4397"\w*  
\q2 \w whose|strong="H8033"\w* name \w is|strong="H8033"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \add who talked with him\add*!   
\q1
\v 6 \w But|strong="H3068"\w* you \add people of Israel\add* must return \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*!  
\q2 You must faithfully love \add him\add*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* you must \w do|strong="H3068"\w* what \w is|strong="H3068"\w* fair/just  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* always depend \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 7 \w The|strong="H8104"\w* merchants \add among you\add* use scales \w that|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H8104"\w* \w not|strong="H7725"\w* weigh correctly;  
\q2 they \w love|strong="H2617"\w*/\w like|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* cheat people.   
\q1
\v 8  \add The people of\add* Israel boast, saying  
\q2 “We \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \add very\add* rich [DOU];  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w got|strong="H6231"\w* all \w that|strong="H3027"\w* money \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w our|strong="H3027"\w* \w own|strong="H3027"\w* efforts,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* without committing any sin.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 9 “\w I|strong="H3808"\w* am \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*,  
\q2 \add the one who brought your ancestors\add* \w out|strong="H4672"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* Egypt.  
\q1 \add And some day\add* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* force \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w to|strong="H3808"\w* live \w in|strong="H4672"\w* tents again \add like your ancestors did\add*  
\q2 \w when|strong="H4672"\w* \add they celebrated\add* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Festival \add of Living in Temporary Shelters\add*.   
\q1
\v 10  \add Many times\add* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* spoke \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* prophets,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* gave \w them|strong="H3427"\w* many visions,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* gave \w them|strong="H3427"\w* parables \w to|strong="H3068"\w* tell \add to the people\add*.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 11  \add The people of\add* Gilead \add city\add* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* [RHQ] extremely wicked;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* worthless.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* sacrifice bulls \w in|strong="H5921"\w* Gilgal \add city\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* altars \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \add soon\add* \w become|strong="H3027"\w* \w like|strong="H1819"\w* [SIM] piles \w of|strong="H3027"\w* stone \add at the edge of\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* plowed field.   
\q1
\v 12  \add Your ancestor\add* Jacob fled \add from his brother Esau\add*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4196"\w* \w went|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* northwest Mesopotamia.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H5921"\w* worked \add for his uncle Laban for many years\add* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* get \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife;  
\q2 \w he|strong="H5921"\w* \w took|strong="H1961"\w* \w care|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \add his uncle’s\add* sheep \add to pay\add* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13  \add Many years later,\add* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* enabled \w a|strong="H3068"\w* prophet \w to|strong="H3478"\w* bring \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \add ancestors of you\add* people \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* here \w from|strong="H3478"\w* Egypt;  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3478"\w* prophet, \add Moses\add*, \w took|strong="H3478"\w* \w care|strong="H8104"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w them|strong="H5647"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14  \add But now the people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* caused \add Yahweh\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* become very angry;  
\q2 \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* says \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* deserve \w to|strong="H3478"\w* die \w because|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* caused \add many others\add* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* die [MTY];  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w pay|strong="H8104"\w* \w them|strong="H5927"\w* \w back|strong="H5927"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H8104"\w* sins \w that|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H3478"\w* \w against|strong="H5927"\w* \w him|strong="H5927"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* insulting \w him|strong="H5927"\w*.   
\c 13  
\s1 Israel is doomed to be destroyed  
\q1
\v 1  \add Previously\add*, \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \add the leaders of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* trembled;  
\q2 \w those|strong="H1931"\w* leaders \w were|strong="H3478"\w* highly \w respected|strong="H5375"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* Israeli \w people|strong="H1696"\w*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w people|strong="H1696"\w* sinned greatly \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \add worshiping\add* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H4191"\w* \w now|strong="H3478"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H4191"\w* \w killed|strong="H4191"\w* \add by their enemies\add*.   
\q1
\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*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w make|strong="H6213"\w* \w idols|strong="H6091"\w* \w for|strong="H6213"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w*  
\q2 \add and coat the idols\add* \w with|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.  
\q1 \w Those|strong="H1992"\w* \w idols|strong="H6091"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* statues \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w very|strong="H1992"\w* cleverly \w made|strong="H6213"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1992"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* statues \w are|strong="H1992"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w by|strong="H6213"\w* \add mere\add* humans.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H1992"\w* \add the people are told\add*, “\w Kiss|strong="H5401"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w idols|strong="H6091"\w* \add that resemble a\add* \w calf|strong="H5695"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2076"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*!”   
\q1
\v 3 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w*, \w those|strong="H1961"\w* people \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \add disappear quickly\add* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w mist|strong="H6051"\w* \w or|strong="H2919"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w lies|strong="H1961"\w* \add on the ground\add* \w early|strong="H7925"\w* \add in the morning\add*;  
\q2 \add they will disappear\add* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w chaff|strong="H4671"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* \w blown|strong="H5590"\w* \w away|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H1980"\w* where \add the wheat\add* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* threshed,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w goes|strong="H1980"\w* \w out|strong="H1980"\w* \w of|strong="H1637"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* chimney.   
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\v 4 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \add Yahweh says to his people\add*, “\w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*, \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \add the one who brought your ancestors\add* \w out|strong="H3045"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3045"\w* \w must|strong="H3808"\w* believe \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w only|strong="H2108"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w there|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w other|strong="H1115"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w there|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w else|strong="H3808"\w* \w who|strong="H3068"\w* \w can|strong="H3045"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w*!   
\q1
\v 5 \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w took|strong="H3045"\w* care \w of|strong="H4057"\w* \w your|strong="H3045"\w* \add ancestors when they were\add* \w in|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*,  
\q2 where \w it|strong="H3045"\w* was extremely \add hot and\add* dry.   
\q1
\v 6 \w When|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* provided food \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \add stomachs\add* \w were|strong="H3820"\w* \w full|strong="H7646"\w*, \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w were|strong="H3820"\w* \w satisfied|strong="H7646"\w*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3651"\w* \w then|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w became|strong="H7646"\w* \w proud|strong="H7311"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w forgot|strong="H7911"\w* \add about\add* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \add and you are like your ancestors\add*!   
\q1
\v 7 \w So|strong="H1961"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* attack \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lion|strong="H7826"\w* \add attacks other animals\add*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w leopard|strong="H5246"\w* \w that|strong="H1961"\w* waits \w beside|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w road|strong="H1870"\w* \add to attack another animal\add*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w Like|strong="H3820"\w* [SIM] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* female \w bear|strong="H1677"\w* attacks anyone \w that|strong="H2416"\w* steals \w her|strong="H7167"\w* \w cubs|strong="H7909"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3820"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* attack \w you|strong="H3820"\w* Israelis \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w rip|strong="H1234"\w* \w you|strong="H3820"\w* \w open|strong="H1234"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3820"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* completely destroy \w you|strong="H3820"\w*  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3820"\w* [SIM] \w lions|strong="H3833"\w* \w or|strong="H7704"\w* \add other\add* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w animals|strong="H2416"\w* \w tear|strong="H7167"\w* \w apart|strong="H7167"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* \w animals|strong="H2416"\w* \w that|strong="H2416"\w* \w they|strong="H8033"\w* catch \w and|strong="H8033"\w* devour \w them|strong="H6298"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 9  \add You people of\add* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w*  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* oppose \w me|strong="H3588"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w only|strong="H3588"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H3478"\w* ◄can \w help|strong="H5828"\w*/helps► \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*;  
\q2 ◄why \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \add unable to save you\add*?/\w but|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \add unable to save you\add*.► [RHQ]  
\q1 \w You|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* [RHQ] \w rulers|strong="H8269"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w towns|strong="H5892"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H5892"\w* \w not|strong="H5414"\w* helping \w you|strong="H5414"\w*, \add either\add*.  
\q1 \w Your|strong="H3605"\w* \add ancestors\add* said, ‘\w Appoint|strong="H5414"\w* \w for|strong="H5892"\w* \w us|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \add other\add* \w leaders|strong="H8269"\w* \add to rule over us\add*  
\q2 \add like the other nations have\add*!’   
\q1
\v 11 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H4428"\w* \w angry|strong="H5678"\w* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \add for requesting that\add*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w appointed|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \add to rule over\add* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\q1 \w But|strong="H3947"\w* \add later\add* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* became very \w angry|strong="H5678"\w* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \add again\add*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H3947"\w* \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w their|strong="H5414"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12  \add I have written on a scroll\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* record \w of|strong="H2403"\w* \w the|strong="H6887"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w* \w that|strong="H6845"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w been|strong="H6887"\w* committed \w by|strong="H5771"\w* \w you|strong="H6887"\w* people \w of|strong="H2403"\w* Israel,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2403"\w* \w I|strong="H5771"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w stored|strong="H6845"\w* \w away|strong="H6845"\w* \w that|strong="H6845"\w* record.   
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\q1
\v 13 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1121"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w wise|strong="H2450"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \add you are helpless\add*.  
\q1 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* \w like|strong="H3808"\w* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w woman|strong="H3205"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w having|strong="H3808"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w pains|strong="H2256"\w*  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w unable|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w baby|strong="H1121"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w certainly|strong="H6299"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H5869"\w* [RHQ] save \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* being killed  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* going \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w place|strong="H3027"\w* \w where|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w dead|strong="H4194"\w* \w people|strong="H4194"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* [RHQ] cause \w you|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* afflicted \w by|strong="H3027"\w* \w plagues|strong="H1698"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w to|strong="H3027"\w* \w die|strong="H4194"\w* \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* buried \w in|strong="H3027"\w* graves.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w not|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* merciful \add to you\add*.   
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\q1
\v 15 \w Even|strong="H3588"\w* \w if|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Israel prosper \w more|strong="H3588"\w* \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* nearby nations \w do|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \add the army of Assyria\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \add like\add* [MET] \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w east|strong="H6921"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* blows \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w desert|strong="H4057"\w*;  
\q1 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w springs|strong="H4599"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w wells|strong="H4599"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* Israel \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H2717"\w* \w dry|strong="H2717"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \add your enemies\add* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w take|strong="H5927"\w* \w away|strong="H5927"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w valuable|strong="H2532"\w* \w possessions|strong="H2532"\w*.   
\q1
\v 16  \add You people of\add* Samaria must be punished  
\q2 because you have rebelled against \add me\add*, your God.  
\q1 You will be killed by \add your enemies’\add* swords;  
\q2 your little children will be \add killed by being\add* dashed/thrown to the ground;  
\q2 the \add bellies of\add*pregnant women \add among you\add* will be ripped open.”   
\c 14  
\s1 Those who repent will be blessed  
\q1
\v 1  \add You people of\add* Israel, return \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3588"\w* God.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H2719"\w* being punished \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H2719"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* sins \w which|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* committed.   
\q1
\v 2 \w So|strong="H7725"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w* [MTY] \w this|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*:  
\q1 “Forgive \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w committed|strong="H3478"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* kindly accept ◄\w us|strong="H7725"\w*/\w our|strong="H3068"\w* sacrifices►  
\q1 \w in|strong="H3478"\w* order \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w may|strong="H3068"\w* thank/\w praise|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* [IDM].   
\q1
\v 3  \add We admit that\add* Assyria \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H7725"\w* save \w us|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* war horses \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H7725"\w* save \w us|strong="H7725"\w*, \w either|strong="H1697"\w*.  
\q1 \w We|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* never \w again|strong="H7725"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* gods’  
\q2 \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \add the idols that\add* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* [SYN] \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w made|strong="H7999"\w*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w acts|strong="H1697"\w* mercifully \w to|strong="H7725"\w* orphans.”   
\q1
\v 4  \add Yahweh says, “If they say that to me,\add* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* forgive \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w having|strong="H3808"\w* ◄turned \w away|strong="H5750"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w*/abandoned► \w me|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w love|strong="H7355"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* inner \w being|strong="H5750"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* [PRS] \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w have|strong="H7355"\w* stopped \w being|strong="H5750"\w* angry \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* people \w of|strong="H4480"\w* Israel  
\q2 \w like|strong="H7725"\w* dew \add that refreshes the soil\add*.  
\q1 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* do \w that|strong="H3588"\w*, \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7725"\w* \add become as delightful as\add* [MET] lilies \w are|strong="H4878"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H4878"\w* blooming.  
\q2 \add No one will be able to conquer them;\add*  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7725"\w* \w be|strong="H7725"\w* \add as unmovable as\add* [SIM] \w the|strong="H3588"\w* roots \add of cedar trees\add*.   
\q2
\v 6  \add Their good influence will spread\add* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [MET] \w the|strong="H5221"\w* branches \w of|strong="H5221"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* tree.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] beautiful olive trees,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \add they will be as delightful as\add* [SIM] \w the|strong="H5221"\w* aroma \w of|strong="H5221"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* cedar \add trees in\add* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 People \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \add come to them to be protected\add*  
\q2 \add like people are protected from the hot sun by being\add* [MET] \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* shade \add of a tree\add*.  
\q1 They \add will ◄flourish/be strong► like\add* [SIM] grain \w that|strong="H1961"\w* grows well.  
\q2 They \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \add be successful like\add* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* vineyard \add in which grapes grow abundantly\add*.  
\q1 They \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w as|strong="H1961"\w* famous/well-known \w as|strong="H1961"\w* [SIM] \w the|strong="H1961"\w* wines \w from|strong="H1961"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8  \add You people of\add* Israel, \w do|strong="H1612"\w* \w not|strong="H7725"\w* [RHQ] \w have|strong="H1612"\w* anything \w more|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H1612"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* idols;  
\q2 if \w you|strong="H7725"\w* \add get rid of your idols\add*, \w I|strong="H6738"\w* \w will|strong="H3844"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* \add prayers\add* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w take|strong="H7725"\w* care \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H6738"\w* am \w like|strong="H6738"\w* [MET] \w a|strong="H3068"\w* strong/green pine \w tree|strong="H1612"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* blessings \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w*.”   
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\q1
\v 9 \w Those|strong="H4480"\w* \w who|strong="H4100"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* wise \w will|strong="H4100"\w* understand \w the|strong="H4480"\w* things \add about which I have written\add*.  
\q2 \w Those|strong="H4480"\w* \w who|strong="H4100"\w* think well \w will|strong="H4100"\w* pay careful attention \w to|strong="H4480"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w*.  
\q1 \w The|strong="H4480"\w* things \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* wants \w us|strong="H4480"\w* \w to|strong="H4480"\w* \w do|strong="H4100"\w* [\w MET|strong="H4672"\w*] \w are|strong="H4100"\w* right;  
\q2 righteous people \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w conduct|strong="H4480"\w* \w their|strong="H4480"\w* lives adhering \w to|strong="H4480"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w*.  
\q2 \w But|strong="H6030"\w* \w those|strong="H4480"\w* \w who|strong="H4100"\w* rebel \w against|strong="H4480"\w* \w Yahweh|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H4100"\w* \w be|strong="H5750"\w* ruined.