\id HOS 28-HOS-web.sfm World Messianic Bible British Edition (WMBB) 
\ide UTF-8
\h Hosea 
\toc1 The Book of Hosea 
\toc2 Hosea 
\toc3 Hos 
\mt2 The Book of  
\mt1 Hosea  
\c 1  
\p
\v 1 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s\f + \fr 1:1 \ft When rendered in ALL CAPITAL LETTERS, “LORD” or “GOD” is the translation of God’s Proper Name.\f* \w word|strong="H1697"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Hosea|strong="H1954"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* Beeri, \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Uzziah|strong="H5818"\w*, \w Jotham|strong="H3147"\w*, Ahaz, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w Hezekiah|strong="H2396"\w*, \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Jeroboam|strong="H3379"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Joash|strong="H3101"\w*, \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w* \w at|strong="H3068"\w* \w first|strong="H8462"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w Hosea|strong="H1954"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H1696"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w Hosea|strong="H1954"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* yourself \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wife|strong="H1696"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* prostitution \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H3206"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* unfaithfulness; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w commits|strong="H2181"\w* \w great|strong="H2181"\w* \w adultery|strong="H2181"\w*, forsaking \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
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\v 3 \w So|strong="H3947"\w* \w he|strong="H3212"\w* \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w took|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*; \w and|strong="H1121"\w* she \w conceived|strong="H2029"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bore|strong="H3205"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Call|strong="H7121"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w yet|strong="H5750"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w little|strong="H4592"\w* \w while|strong="H5750"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w avenge|strong="H6485"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Jehu|strong="H3058"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w cause|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w kingdom|strong="H4468"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w cease|strong="H7673"\w*.  
\v 5 \w It|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w happen|strong="H1961"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w break|strong="H7665"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w valley|strong="H6010"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Jezreel|strong="H3157"\w*.”   
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\v 6 \w She|strong="H3588"\w* \w conceived|strong="H2029"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w bore|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w daughter|strong="H1323"\w*.  
\p \w Then|strong="H5375"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w*, “\w Call|strong="H7121"\w* \w her|strong="H5375"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Lo-Ruhamah|strong="H3819"\w*,\f + \fr 1:6 \ft Lo-Ruhamah means “not loved”.\f* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w longer|strong="H5750"\w* \w have|strong="H7355"\w* \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* \w on|strong="H7355"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3478"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w any|strong="H5750"\w* way \w pardon|strong="H5375"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*.  
\v 7 \w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H7355"\w* \w mercy|strong="H7355"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w them|strong="H3467"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,\f + \fr 1:7 \ft The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “\+wh אֱלֹהִ֑ים\+wh*” (Elohim).\f* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w them|strong="H3467"\w* \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*, \w sword|strong="H2719"\w*, \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*, \w horses|strong="H5483"\w*, \w or|strong="H3808"\w* \w horsemen|strong="H6571"\w*.”   
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\v 8 Now \w when|strong="H1121"\w* she \w had|strong="H3205"\w* \w weaned|strong="H1580"\w* \w Lo-Ruhamah|strong="H3819"\w*, she \w conceived|strong="H2029"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w bore|strong="H3205"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*.   
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\v 9 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w said|strong="H7121"\w*, “\w Call|strong="H7121"\w* \w his|strong="H7121"\w* \w name|strong="H8034"\w* \w Lo-Ammi|strong="H3818"\w*,\f + \fr 1:9 \ft Lo-Ammi means “not my people”.\f* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w my|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* yours.  
\v 10 Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’  
\v 11 The children of Judah and the children of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint themselves one head, and will go up from the land; for great will be the day of Jezreel.   
\c 2  
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\v 1 “\w Say|strong="H3478"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* \w brothers|strong="H1121"\w*, ‘\w My|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*!’\f + \fr 2:1 \ft ‘Ammi’ in Hebrew\f*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H1961"\w* sisters, ‘\w My|strong="H1961"\w* loved \w one|strong="H3808"\w*!’\f + \fr 2:1 \ft ‘Ruhamah’ in Hebrew\f*   
\q1
\v 2 Contend \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H7760"\w* mother!  
\q2 Contend, \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* wife,  
\q2 \w neither|strong="H4480"\w* am \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w* husband;  
\q1 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w let|strong="H7760"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w* \w put|strong="H7760"\w* \w away|strong="H5927"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w* prostitution \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w* face,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w* adulteries \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w between|strong="H4480"\w* \w her|strong="H7760"\w* breasts;   
\q1
\v 3 lest \w I|strong="H5971"\w* strip her naked,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* make her bare \w as|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5971"\w* day \w that|strong="H5971"\w* she \w was|strong="H5971"\w* born,  
\q1 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* make her \w like|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wilderness,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* set her \w like|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* dry land,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* kill her \w with|strong="H5971"\w* thirst.   
\q1
\v 4 \w Indeed|strong="H3588"\w*, \w on|strong="H6440"\w* \w her|strong="H5493"\w* children \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* mercy,  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H6440"\w* children \w of|strong="H6440"\w* unfaithfulness.   
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\v 5 \w For|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H7760"\w* mother \w has|strong="H3117"\w* played \w the|strong="H3205"\w* prostitute.  
\q2 She \w who|strong="H3205"\w* conceived \w them|strong="H7760"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* \w done|strong="H7760"\w* shamefully;  
\q1 \w for|strong="H3117"\w* she said, ‘\w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* go \w after|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* lovers,  
\q2 \w who|strong="H3205"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w me|strong="H7760"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* bread \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* water,  
\q2 \w my|strong="H7760"\w* wool \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* flax,  
\q2 \w my|strong="H7760"\w* oil \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H7760"\w* drink.’   
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\v 6 \w Therefore|strong="H3588"\w* \w behold|strong="H3808"\w*,\f + \fr 2:6 \ft “Behold”, from “\+wh הִנֵּה\+wh*”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.\f* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* hedge \w up|strong="H1121"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* way \w with|strong="H1121"\w* thorns,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* build \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wall against \w her|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w can|strong="H1121"\w*’t \w find|strong="H7355"\w* \w her|strong="H3588"\w* way.   
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\v 7 \w She|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w follow|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H3588"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* lovers,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* won’t overtake \w them|strong="H5414"\w*;  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* seek \w them|strong="H5414"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* won’t \w find|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*.  
\q1 \w Then|strong="H5414"\w* \w she|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* say, ‘\w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H3212"\w* return \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* first husband,  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w then|strong="H5414"\w* \w it|strong="H5414"\w* \w was|strong="H4325"\w* better \w with|strong="H3212"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w than|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H3588"\w*.’   
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\v 8 \w For|strong="H3651"\w* \w she|strong="H3651"\w* didn’t know \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H2005"\w* gave \w her|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* grain, \w the|strong="H1870"\w* new wine, \w and|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H1870"\w* oil,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1870"\w* multiplied \w to|strong="H1870"\w* \w her|strong="H4672"\w* silver \w and|strong="H1870"\w* gold, which \w they|strong="H3651"\w* used \w for|strong="H3651"\w* Baal.   
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\v 9 \w Therefore|strong="H6258"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w take|strong="H7725"\w* \w back|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H1245"\w* grain \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w its|strong="H7725"\w* \w time|strong="H6258"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H1245"\w* new wine \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w its|strong="H7725"\w* season,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* pluck \w away|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H1245"\w* wool \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w my|strong="H1245"\w* flax \w which|strong="H3588"\w* \w should|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H4672"\w* covered \w her|strong="H4672"\w* nakedness.   
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\v 10 \w Now|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* uncover \w her|strong="H5414"\w* lewdness \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* sight \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* lovers,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w one|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 11 \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H7725"\w* \w also|strong="H6256"\w* \w cause|strong="H3651"\w* \w all|strong="H5337"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* celebrations \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w cease|strong="H7725"\w*:  
\q2 \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w feasts|strong="H4150"\w*, \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w new|strong="H8492"\w* moons, \w her|strong="H3947"\w* Sabbaths, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w all|strong="H5337"\w* \w her|strong="H3947"\w* \w solemn|strong="H4150"\w* \w assemblies|strong="H4150"\w*.   
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\v 12 \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w lay|strong="H1540"\w* waste \w her|strong="H1540"\w* vines \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w her|strong="H1540"\w* fig trees,  
\q2 \w about|strong="H3027"\w* \w which|strong="H5869"\w* \w she|strong="H3808"\w* \w has|strong="H5869"\w* said, ‘These \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w my|strong="H5337"\w* wages \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H5337"\w* lovers \w have|strong="H5869"\w* \w given|strong="H3027"\w* \w me|strong="H5337"\w*,’  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w make|strong="H1540"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* forest,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* animals \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* field \w shall|strong="H5869"\w* eat \w them|strong="H3027"\w*.   
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\v 13 \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \w will|strong="H7673"\w* visit \w on|strong="H3605"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w days|strong="H2282"\w* \w of|strong="H2282"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* Baals,  
\q2 \w to|strong="H4150"\w* \w which|strong="H3605"\w* \w she|strong="H2320"\w* burnt incense  
\q1 when \w she|strong="H2320"\w* decked herself \w with|strong="H4150"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* earrings \w and|strong="H4150"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* jewels,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4150"\w* went after \w her|strong="H3605"\w* lovers  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4150"\w* forgot \w me|strong="H3605"\w*,” says \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14 “Therefore behold, \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w will|strong="H5414"\w* allure \w her|strong="H5414"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7704"\w* \w bring|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* \w into|strong="H5414"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* wilderness,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7704"\w* speak tenderly \w to|strong="H5414"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w*.   
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\v 15 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* give \w her|strong="H5921"\w* vineyards \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w there|strong="H1992"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* valley \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Achor \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* door \w of|strong="H3068"\w* hope;  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* respond \w there|strong="H1992"\w*  
\q2 \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* youth,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w when|strong="H3117"\w* \w she|strong="H5921"\w* \w came|strong="H3068"\w* \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* Egypt.   
\q1
\v 16 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* day,” \w says|strong="H1696"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 “\w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* call \w me|strong="H5921"\w* ‘\w my|strong="H5921"\w* husband,’  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* \w no|strong="H1696"\w* longer call \w me|strong="H5921"\w* ‘\w my|strong="H5921"\w* master.’   
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\v 17 \w For|strong="H4714"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w take|strong="H5927"\w* \w away|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* names \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5414"\w* Baals \w out|strong="H5414"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w her|strong="H5414"\w* mouth,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w no|strong="H5414"\w* longer \w be|strong="H3117"\w* \w mentioned|strong="H5927"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* name.   
\q1
\v 18 \w In|strong="H3068"\w* \w that|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H7121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* covenant \w for|strong="H7121"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w animals|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* field,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* birds \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* sky,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* creeping \w things|strong="H1961"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* ground.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w break|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* bow, \w the|strong="H5002"\w* sword, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w battle|strong="H3117"\w* \w out|strong="H3808"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* land,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w make|strong="H7121"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w lie|strong="H1961"\w* \w down|strong="H7121"\w* safely.   
\q1
\v 19 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* betroth \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w me|strong="H5493"\w* forever.  
\q2 Yes, \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* betroth \w you|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H6310"\w* \w me|strong="H5493"\w* \w in|strong="H5493"\w* righteousness, \w in|strong="H5493"\w* justice, \w in|strong="H5493"\w* loving kindness, \w and|strong="H6310"\w* \w in|strong="H5493"\w* compassion.   
\q1
\v 20 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* even betroth \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* faithfulness;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w shall|strong="H3117"\w* know \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\q1
\v 21 \w It|strong="H4941"\w* \w will|strong="H6664"\w* happen \w in|strong="H4941"\w* \w that|strong="H5769"\w* day, \w that|strong="H5769"\w* I \w will|strong="H6664"\w* respond,” says \w the|strong="H4941"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\q2 “I \w will|strong="H6664"\w* respond \w to|strong="H4941"\w* \w the|strong="H4941"\w* heavens,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4941"\w* they \w will|strong="H6664"\w* respond \w to|strong="H4941"\w* \w the|strong="H4941"\w* earth;   
\q2
\v 22 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* earth \w will|strong="H3068"\w* respond \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* grain, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* new wine, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* oil;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* respond \w to|strong="H3068"\w* Jezreel.   
\q1
\v 23 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* sow \w her|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w me|strong="H6030"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w earth|strong="H8064"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w mercy|strong="H3068"\w* \w on|strong="H3117"\w* \w her|strong="H1961"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w had|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* obtained \w mercy|strong="H3068"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w tell|strong="H6030"\w* \w those|strong="H1992"\w* \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w were|strong="H1961"\w* \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w*, ‘\w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w people|strong="H1931"\w*;’  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say, ‘\w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w are|strong="H3117"\w* \w My|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*!’”   
\c 3  
\p
\v 1 \w The|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* said \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H1121"\w*, “\w Go|strong="H3212"\w* \w again|strong="H5750"\w*, love \w a|strong="H3068"\w* woman loved \w by|strong="H3068"\w* \w another|strong="H7453"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w an|strong="H3068"\w* \w adulteress|strong="H5003"\w*, \w even|strong="H5750"\w* \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* loves \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, though \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w turn|strong="H6437"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w other|strong="H5750"\w* gods, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* love cakes \w of|strong="H1121"\w* raisins.”   
\p
\v 2 So I \w bought|strong="H3739"\w* her \w for|strong="H3701"\w* myself \w for|strong="H3701"\w* \w fifteen|strong="H2568"\w* pieces \w of|strong="H3701"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w homer|strong="H2563"\w*\f + \fr 3:2 \ft 1 homer is about 220 litres or 6 bushels\f* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w half|strong="H3963"\w* \w of|strong="H3701"\w* \w barley|strong="H8184"\w*.  
\v 3 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* said \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w her|strong="H1961"\w*, “\w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w shall|strong="H3117"\w* \w stay|strong="H3427"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w me|strong="H3808"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w*. \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w shall|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w play|strong="H2181"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w*, \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w shall|strong="H3117"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* \w any|strong="H1571"\w* other man. \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w so|strong="H1961"\w* towards \w you|strong="H3117"\w*.”   
\p
\v 4 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w shall|strong="H1121"\w* \w live|strong="H3427"\w* \w many|strong="H7227"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w without|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w without|strong="H3588"\w* \w prince|strong="H8269"\w*, \w without|strong="H3588"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*, \w without|strong="H3588"\w* sacred stone, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w without|strong="H3588"\w* ephod \w or|strong="H3117"\w* \w idols|strong="H8655"\w*.  
\v 5 Afterward \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w David|strong="H1732"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w trembling|strong="H6342"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* blessings \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* last \w days|strong="H3117"\w*.   
\c 4  
\p
\v 1 \w Hear|strong="H8085"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w word|strong="H1697"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w charge|strong="H1697"\w* \w against|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H3427"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* land:  
\q1 “\w Indeed|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H3427"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3478"\w* \w truth|strong="H1847"\w*, \w nor|strong="H1121"\w* \w goodness|strong="H2617"\w*,  
\q2 \w nor|strong="H1121"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H8085"\w* land.   
\q1
\v 2 There \w is|strong="H1818"\w* cursing, \w lying|strong="H3584"\w*, \w murder|strong="H7523"\w*, \w stealing|strong="H1589"\w*, \w and|strong="H1818"\w* \w committing|strong="H5003"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H5003"\w* \w break|strong="H6555"\w* boundaries, \w and|strong="H1818"\w* \w bloodshed|strong="H1818"\w* causes \w bloodshed|strong="H1818"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w land|strong="H7704"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w everyone|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w dwells|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* waste \w away|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\q1 \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w living|strong="H2416"\w* \w things|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w*,  
\q2 \w even|strong="H1571"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w animals|strong="H2416"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w* \w and|strong="H8064"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*;  
\q2 \w yes|strong="H1571"\w*, \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w fish|strong="H1709"\w* \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w sea|strong="H3220"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* die.   
\b  
\q1
\v 4 “\w Yet|strong="H3198"\w* let no man bring \w a|strong="H3068"\w* charge, neither let any man \w accuse|strong="H7378"\w*;  
\q2 \w for|strong="H7378"\w* \w your|strong="H7378"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w like|strong="H5971"\w* those \w who|strong="H5971"\w* bring charges \w against|strong="H7378"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w You|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w destroy|strong="H1820"\w* \w your|strong="H1571"\w* mother.   
\q1
\v 6 \w My|strong="H3588"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H1820"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w lack|strong="H1097"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*.  
\q2 \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w rejected|strong="H3988"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w reject|strong="H3988"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w may|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w no|strong="H1097"\w* \w priest|strong="H3547"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w me|strong="H7911"\w*.  
\q1 \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* God’s Torah,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w forget|strong="H7911"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 \w As|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* were \w multiplied|strong="H7235"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w against|strong="H2398"\w* \w me|strong="H7235"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H2398"\w* \w change|strong="H4171"\w* \w their|strong="H4171"\w* \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* \w into|strong="H3519"\w* \w shame|strong="H7036"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w They|strong="H5971"\w* feed \w on|strong="H5375"\w* \w the|strong="H5375"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w my|strong="H5375"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w set|strong="H5375"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w heart|strong="H5315"\w* \w on|strong="H5375"\w* \w their|strong="H5375"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w It|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*, \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w priest|strong="H3548"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w ways|strong="H1870"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w repay|strong="H7725"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* eat, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w enough|strong="H7646"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w play|strong="H2181"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w*, \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w increase|strong="H6555"\w*;  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w abandoned|strong="H5800"\w* listening \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11 \w Prostitution|strong="H2184"\w*, \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*, \w and|strong="H3196"\w* \w new|strong="H8492"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w take|strong="H3947"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w understanding|strong="H3820"\w*.   
\q2
\v 12 \w My|strong="H5046"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w consult|strong="H7592"\w* \w with|strong="H5971"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* \w wooden|strong="H6086"\w* idol,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6086"\w* answer \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w stick|strong="H6086"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* \w wood|strong="H6086"\w*.  
\q1 \w Indeed|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H7307"\w* prostitution \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w led|strong="H8582"\w* \w them|strong="H5046"\w* \w astray|strong="H8582"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6086"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H5971"\w* \w been|strong="H5971"\w* \w unfaithful|strong="H2181"\w* \w to|strong="H5971"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* God.   
\q1
\v 13 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w tops|strong="H7218"\w* \w of|strong="H1323"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w burn|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*, \w under|strong="H8478"\w* oaks, \w poplars|strong="H3839"\w*, \w and|strong="H7218"\w* terebinths,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w shade|strong="H6738"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.  
\q1 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w play|strong="H2181"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7218"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w brides|strong="H3618"\w* \w commit|strong="H5003"\w* \w adultery|strong="H5003"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w daughters|strong="H1323"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w play|strong="H2181"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w*,  
\q2 \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w brides|strong="H3618"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w commit|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 consort|strong="H6504"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w prostitutes|strong="H2181"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* shrine \w prostitutes|strong="H2181"\w*;  
\q2 \w so|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w without|strong="H3808"\w* understanding \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w come|strong="H5971"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* ruin.   
\b  
\q1
\v 15 “Though \w you|strong="H3478"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w play|strong="H2181"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w*,  
\q2 \w yet|strong="H3068"\w* don’t let \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* offend;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* don’t \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*,  
\q2 neither \w go|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Beth Aven,  
\q2 nor \w swear|strong="H7650"\w*, ‘\w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w lives|strong="H2416"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 16 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* behaved extremely \w stubbornly|strong="H5637"\w*, \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w stubborn|strong="H5637"\w* \w heifer|strong="H6510"\w*.  
\q2 \w Then|strong="H6258"\w* \w how|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* \w them|strong="H7462"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lamb|strong="H3532"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* meadow?   
\q1
\v 17 Ephraim \w is|strong="H2266"\w* \w joined|strong="H2266"\w* \w to|strong="H2266"\w* \w idols|strong="H6091"\w*.  
\q2 \w Leave|strong="H3240"\w* \w him|strong="H3240"\w* \w alone|strong="H3240"\w*!   
\q1
\v 18 \w Their|strong="H5493"\w* \w drink|strong="H5435"\w* has \w become|strong="H2181"\w* \w sour|strong="H5493"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H5493"\w* \w play|strong="H2181"\w* \w the|strong="H5493"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w* \w continually|strong="H2181"\w*.  
\q2 \w Her|strong="H5493"\w* \w rulers|strong="H4043"\w* dearly love \w their|strong="H5493"\w* shameful way.   
\q1
\v 19 \w The|strong="H6887"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w has|strong="H7307"\w* \w wrapped|strong="H6887"\w* her \w up|strong="H6887"\w* \w in|strong="H2077"\w* its \w wings|strong="H3671"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H2077"\w* they \w shall|strong="H7307"\w* \w be|strong="H7307"\w* disappointed because \w of|strong="H7307"\w* their \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w*.   
\b  
\c 5  
\p
\v 1 “\w Listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w*!  
\q2 \w Listen|strong="H8085"\w*, \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w give|strong="H7181"\w* \w ear|strong="H8085"\w*, \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*!  
\q1 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* judgement \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*;  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w been|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w snare|strong="H6341"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w Mizpah|strong="H4709"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w net|strong="H7568"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w Tabor|strong="H8396"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* rebels \w are|strong="H7846"\w* \w deep|strong="H6009"\w* \w in|strong="H3605"\w* \w slaughter|strong="H7819"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H3605"\w* \w discipline|strong="H4148"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w them|strong="H7819"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* Ephraim,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w hidden|strong="H3582"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*;  
\q1 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w*, Ephraim, \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w played|strong="H2181"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w*.  
\q2 \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4 \w Their|strong="H3068"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w* won’t \w allow|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w turn|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w spirit|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* prostitution \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w within|strong="H7130"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* don’t \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w The|strong="H6440"\w* \w pride|strong="H1347"\w* \w of|strong="H6440"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w testifies|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H6440"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q2 \w Therefore|strong="H1571"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* Ephraim \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w stumble|strong="H3782"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*.  
\q2 \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\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 go|strong="H3212"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w flocks|strong="H6629"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w herds|strong="H1241"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* won’t \w find|strong="H4672"\w* \w him|strong="H4672"\w*.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w withdrawn|strong="H2502"\w* \w himself|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H1121"\w* unfaithful \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*;  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w borne|strong="H3205"\w* \w illegitimate|strong="H2114"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.  
\q2 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w new|strong="H2320"\w* \w moon|strong="H2320"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* devour \w them|strong="H1121"\w* \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* fields.   
\b  
\q1
\v 8 “\w Blow|strong="H8628"\w* \w the|strong="H8628"\w* \w cornet|strong="H7782"\w* \w in|strong="H7782"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7414"\w* \w the|strong="H8628"\w* shofar \w in|strong="H7782"\w* \w Ramah|strong="H7414"\w*!  
\q2 \w Sound|strong="H7321"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w battle|strong="H7321"\w* \w cry|strong="H7321"\w* \w at|strong="H1144"\w* Beth Aven, behind you, \w Benjamin|strong="H1144"\w*!   
\q1
\v 9 Ephraim \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w become|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w desolation|strong="H8047"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w rebuke|strong="H8433"\w*.  
\q2 Amongst \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w tribes|strong="H7626"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w made|strong="H3045"\w* \w known|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w which|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w surely|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w are|strong="H4325"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* \w who|strong="H3063"\w* \w remove|strong="H5253"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w landmark|strong="H1366"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w pour|strong="H8210"\w* \w out|strong="H8210"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11 Ephraim \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w oppressed|strong="H6231"\w*,  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* \w crushed|strong="H7533"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* judgement,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w is|strong="H4941"\w* intent \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w his|strong="H3588"\w* pursuit \w of|strong="H4941"\w* idols.   
\q1
\v 12 Therefore \w I|strong="H1004"\w* am \w to|strong="H1004"\w* Ephraim \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w moth|strong="H6211"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w to|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H1004"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w rottenness|strong="H7538"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 13 “\w When|strong="H7200"\w* Ephraim \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w sickness|strong="H2483"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w wound|strong="H4205"\w*,  
\q2 \w then|strong="H7971"\w* Ephraim \w went|strong="H3212"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* Assyria,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w sent|strong="H7971"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w King|strong="H4428"\w* \w Jareb|strong="H3377"\w*:  
\q1 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w able|strong="H3201"\w* \w to|strong="H3201"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w*,  
\q2 \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w cure|strong="H1455"\w* \w you|strong="H7971"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H7200"\w* \w wound|strong="H4205"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H1004"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* Ephraim \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lion|strong="H3715"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w young|strong="H3715"\w* \w lion|strong="H3715"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*.  
\q1 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* myself \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w tear|strong="H2963"\w* \w in|strong="H1004"\w* \w pieces|strong="H2963"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w away|strong="H5375"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w carry|strong="H5375"\w* \w off|strong="H5375"\w*, \w and|strong="H3063"\w* there \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w be|strong="H1004"\w* \w no|strong="H5375"\w* \w one|strong="H3588"\w* \w to|strong="H3212"\w* \w deliver|strong="H5337"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15 \w I|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w* \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w my|strong="H1245"\w* \w place|strong="H4725"\w*,  
\q2 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* acknowledge \w their|strong="H6440"\w* offence,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w my|strong="H1245"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q2 \w In|strong="H3212"\w* \w their|strong="H6440"\w* \w affliction|strong="H6862"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H5704"\w* \w seek|strong="H1245"\w* \w me|strong="H6440"\w* \w earnestly|strong="H7836"\w*.”   
\b  
\c 6  
\p
\v 1 “\w Come|strong="H3212"\w*! \w Let|strong="H3212"\w*’s \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*;  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w has|strong="H3068"\w* \w torn|strong="H2963"\w* \w us|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w pieces|strong="H2963"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\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* injured \w us|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w bind|strong="H2280"\w* \w up|strong="H2280"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w wounds|strong="H5221"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2 \w After|strong="H3117"\w* \w two|strong="H2421"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w revive|strong="H2421"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q2 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w third|strong="H7992"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w raise|strong="H6965"\w* \w us|strong="H6440"\w* \w up|strong="H6965"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6965"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w live|strong="H2421"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 Let’s \w acknowledge|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\q2 Let’s \w press|strong="H7291"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\q1 \w As|strong="H3068"\w* surely \w as|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* sun rises,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* appear.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H3045"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w us|strong="H3045"\w* \w like|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w spring|strong="H4456"\w* \w rain|strong="H1653"\w* \w that|strong="H3045"\w* waters \w the|strong="H3068"\w* earth.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 4 “Ephraim, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w shall|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*?  
\q2 \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w shall|strong="H3063"\w* \w I|strong="H4100"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w you|strong="H6213"\w*?  
\q2 \w For|strong="H6213"\w* \w your|strong="H6213"\w* \w love|strong="H2617"\w* \w is|strong="H2617"\w* \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w cloud|strong="H6051"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w like|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* \w that|strong="H3063"\w* \w disappears|strong="H1980"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H5030"\w* \w cut|strong="H2672"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w pieces|strong="H2672"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophets|strong="H5030"\w*;  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w killed|strong="H2026"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w words|strong="H6310"\w* \w of|strong="H6310"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w mouth|strong="H6310"\w*.  
\q2 \w Your|strong="H5921"\w* judgements \w are|strong="H5030"\w* \w like|strong="H3651"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* flash \w of|strong="H6310"\w* lightning.   
\q1
\v 6 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w desire|strong="H2654"\w* \w mercy|strong="H2617"\w*, \w and|strong="H5930"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5930"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w knowledge|strong="H1847"\w* \w of|strong="H2077"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3808"\w* \w than|strong="H3808"\w* \w burnt|strong="H5930"\w* \w offerings|strong="H5930"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 \w But|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w*, \w like|strong="H1992"\w* Adam, \w have|strong="H1992"\w* \w broken|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5674"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w were|strong="H1992"\w* unfaithful \w to|strong="H8033"\w* \w me|strong="H5674"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w Gilead|strong="H1568"\w* \w is|strong="H1818"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w city|strong="H7151"\w* \w of|strong="H1818"\w* those who \w work|strong="H6466"\w* iniquity;  
\q2 \w it|strong="H1818"\w* \w is|strong="H1818"\w* stained \w with|strong="H6121"\w* \w blood|strong="H1818"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w As|strong="H6213"\w* gangs \w of|strong="H1870"\w* robbers \w wait|strong="H2442"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* ambush \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w company|strong="H1416"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w priests|strong="H3548"\w* \w murder|strong="H7523"\w* \w on|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w* towards \w Shechem|strong="H7927"\w*,  
\q2 \w committing|strong="H6213"\w* shameful crimes.   
\q1
\v 10 \w In|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w seen|strong="H7200"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w horrible|strong="H8186"\w* \w thing|strong="H8186"\w*.  
\q2 \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w prostitution|strong="H2184"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* Ephraim.  
\q2 \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w defiled|strong="H2930"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 11 “\w Also|strong="H1571"\w*, \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w*, \w there|strong="H7725"\w* \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w harvest|strong="H7105"\w* \w appointed|strong="H7896"\w* \w for|strong="H5971"\w* \w you|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q2 \w when|strong="H7725"\w* \w I|strong="H1571"\w* \w restore|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w fortunes|strong="H7622"\w* \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w my|strong="H7725"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*.   
\c 7  
\p
\v 1 \w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w would|strong="H3478"\w* \w heal|strong="H7495"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,  
\q2 \w then|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w* \w of|strong="H6466"\w* Ephraim \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w uncovered|strong="H1540"\w*,  
\q2 \w also|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* \w of|strong="H6466"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w*;  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w commit|strong="H6466"\w* \w falsehood|strong="H8267"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w thief|strong="H1590"\w* enters \w in|strong="H3478"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* gang \w of|strong="H6466"\w* \w robbers|strong="H1590"\w* ravages \w outside|strong="H2351"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w They|strong="H3605"\w* don’t \w consider|strong="H2142"\w* \w in|strong="H6440"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w hearts|strong="H3824"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w I|strong="H6258"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\q2 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w own|strong="H1961"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w* \w have|strong="H1961"\w* \w engulfed|strong="H5437"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H4611"\w* \w before|strong="H6440"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*.   
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\v 3 \w They|strong="H7451"\w* \w make|strong="H8055"\w* \w the|strong="H8055"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w glad|strong="H8055"\w* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H7451"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H8055"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w with|strong="H4428"\w* \w their|strong="H7451"\w* \w lies|strong="H3585"\w*.   
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\v 4 \w They|strong="H5704"\w* are \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w adulterers|strong="H5003"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H5704"\w* are \w burning|strong="H1197"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w an|strong="H7673"\w* \w oven|strong="H8574"\w* \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* baker \w stops|strong="H7673"\w* stirring,  
\q2 \w from|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w kneading|strong="H3888"\w* \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w dough|strong="H1217"\w*, \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w leavened|strong="H2556"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w On|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w our|strong="H3027"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w made|strong="H2470"\w* \w themselves|strong="H2470"\w* \w sick|strong="H2470"\w* \w with|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w heat|strong="H2534"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w*.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* joined \w his|strong="H3027"\w* \w hand|strong="H3027"\w* \w with|strong="H3117"\w* mockers.   
\q1
\v 6 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* prepared \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w like|strong="H1197"\w* \w an|strong="H7126"\w* \w oven|strong="H8574"\w*,  
\q2 \w while|strong="H1931"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* lie \w in|strong="H3820"\w* wait.  
\q2 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* anger smoulders \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w night|strong="H3915"\w*.  
\q2 \w In|strong="H3820"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w burns|strong="H1197"\w* \w as|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w flaming|strong="H3852"\w* fire.   
\q1
\v 7 \w They|strong="H3605"\w* \w are|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w hot|strong="H2552"\w* \w as|strong="H7121"\w* \w an|strong="H7121"\w* \w oven|strong="H8574"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* devour \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*.  
\q1 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w kings|strong="H4428"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w*.  
\q2 \w There|strong="H3605"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w no|strong="H3605"\w* \w one|strong="H3605"\w* amongst \w them|strong="H7121"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w calls|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*.   
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\v 8 Ephraim \w mixes|strong="H1101"\w* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w* amongst \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w*.  
\q2 Ephraim \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* pancake \w not|strong="H1961"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w over|strong="H2015"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w Strangers|strong="H2114"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* devoured \w his|strong="H3045"\w* \w strength|strong="H3581"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* doesn’t realise \w it|strong="H1931"\w*.  
\q1 \w Indeed|strong="H1571"\w*, grey \w hairs|strong="H7872"\w* \w are|strong="H1571"\w* here \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w there|strong="H3045"\w* \w on|strong="H3808"\w* \w him|strong="H1931"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3045"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* doesn’t realise \w it|strong="H1931"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w pride|strong="H1347"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w testifies|strong="H6030"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w face|strong="H6440"\w*;  
\q2 \w yet|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* haven’t \w returned|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w nor|strong="H3808"\w* \w sought|strong="H1245"\w* \w him|strong="H6440"\w*, \w for|strong="H6440"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w this|strong="H2063"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 11 “Ephraim \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w an|strong="H1961"\w* easily \w deceived|strong="H6601"\w* \w dove|strong="H3123"\w*, \w without|strong="H1961"\w* \w understanding|strong="H3820"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3820"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3820"\w* \w go|strong="H1980"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* Assyria.   
\q1
\v 12 \w When|strong="H6566"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w go|strong="H3212"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w spread|strong="H6566"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* \w net|strong="H7568"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w bring|strong="H3381"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w down|strong="H3381"\w* \w like|strong="H3381"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w birds|strong="H5775"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sky|strong="H8064"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H8064"\w* \w chastise|strong="H3256"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*, \w as|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w congregation|strong="H5712"\w* \w has|strong="H8064"\w* \w heard|strong="H8088"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 Woe \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*!  
\q2 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* wandered \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 \w Destruction|strong="H7701"\w* \w to|strong="H1696"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*!  
\q2 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w trespassed|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q1 \w Though|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* would \w redeem|strong="H6299"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*,  
\q2 \w yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w spoken|strong="H1696"\w* \w lies|strong="H3577"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* haven’t \w cried|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w howl|strong="H3213"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w beds|strong="H4904"\w*.  
\q1 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w assemble|strong="H2199"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1481"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w and|strong="H1715"\w* \w new|strong="H8492"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w*.  
\q2 \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 Though I \w have|strong="H7451"\w* \w taught|strong="H3256"\w* \w and|strong="H2388"\w* \w strengthened|strong="H2388"\w* \w their|strong="H2388"\w* \w arms|strong="H2220"\w*,  
\q2 yet \w they|strong="H7451"\w* \w plot|strong="H2803"\w* \w evil|strong="H7451"\w* \w against|strong="H2388"\w* \w me|strong="H2388"\w*.   
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\v 16 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* Most \w High|strong="H5920"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H4714"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* faulty \w bow|strong="H7198"\w*.  
\q2 \w Their|strong="H7725"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w by|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w for|strong="H4714"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* \w rage|strong="H2195"\w* \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w tongue|strong="H3956"\w*.  
\q2 \w This|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w derision|strong="H3933"\w* \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H7725"\w* land \w of|strong="H8269"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
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\c 8  
\p
\v 1 “\w Put|strong="H5674"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* shofar \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w lips|strong="H2441"\w*!  
\q2 Something \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w an|strong="H3068"\w* \w eagle|strong="H5404"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w broken|strong="H5674"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w covenant|strong="H1285"\w*  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w rebelled|strong="H6586"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2 \w They|strong="H3045"\w* \w cry|strong="H2199"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w me|strong="H3045"\w*, ‘\w My|strong="H3045"\w* God, \w we|strong="H3068"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w acknowledge|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w*!’   
\q2
\v 3 \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w cast|strong="H2186"\w* \w off|strong="H2186"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w which|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w good|strong="H2896"\w*.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H7291"\w* enemy \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w pursue|strong="H7291"\w* \w him|strong="H7291"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w set|strong="H6213"\w* \w up|strong="H4480"\w* \w kings|strong="H4427"\w*, \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w by|strong="H2091"\w* \w me|strong="H4480"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w princes|strong="H8323"\w*, \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* didn’t approve.  
\q2 \w Of|strong="H4480"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w gold|strong="H2091"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w idols|strong="H6091"\w*,  
\q2 \w that|strong="H3045"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w may|strong="H6213"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w cut|strong="H3772"\w* \w off|strong="H3772"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w Let|strong="H3808"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* throw \w out|strong="H5704"\w* \w his|strong="H3808"\w* \w calf|strong="H5695"\w* idol!  
\q2 \w My|strong="H3808"\w* anger \w burns|strong="H2734"\w* \w against|strong="H2734"\w* \w them|strong="H5704"\w*!  
\q2 \w How|strong="H4970"\w* \w long|strong="H5704"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w are|strong="H3808"\w* capable \w of|strong="H3808"\w* purity?   
\q1
\v 6 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w this|strong="H6213"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w even|strong="H3588"\w* \w from|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*!  
\q2 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w workman|strong="H2796"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w*;  
\q2 \w indeed|strong="H3588"\w*, \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w calf|strong="H5695"\w* \w of|strong="H6213"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w shall|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w broken|strong="H7616"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7616"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w sow|strong="H2232"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6213"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w reap|strong="H7114"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5492"\w*.  
\q1 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w standing|strong="H7054"\w* \w grain|strong="H7054"\w*.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w stalk|strong="H7054"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w yield|strong="H6213"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* head.  
\q2 \w If|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w does|strong="H6213"\w* \w yield|strong="H6213"\w*, \w strangers|strong="H2114"\w* \w will|strong="H7307"\w* \w swallow|strong="H1104"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w up|strong="H1104"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w swallowed|strong="H1104"\w* \w up|strong="H1104"\w*.  
\q2 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* amongst \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* worthless \w thing|strong="H3627"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w For|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w gone|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w to|strong="H5927"\w* Assyria,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H1992"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w wild|strong="H6501"\w* \w donkey|strong="H6501"\w* wandering alone.  
\q2 Ephraim \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w hired|strong="H8566"\w* lovers \w for|strong="H3588"\w* himself.   
\q1
\v 10 \w But|strong="H3588"\w* \w although|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* sold \w themselves|strong="H6908"\w* amongst \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*,  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1471"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w begin|strong="H2490"\w* \w to|strong="H4428"\w* waste \w away|strong="H4853"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* oppression \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* mighty ones.   
\q1
\v 11 \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* Ephraim \w has|strong="H1961"\w* \w multiplied|strong="H7235"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w sinning|strong="H2398"\w*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w him|strong="H7235"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w sinning|strong="H2398"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12 \w I|strong="H3644"\w* \w wrote|strong="H3789"\w* \w for|strong="H2803"\w* \w him|strong="H3644"\w* \w the|strong="H3789"\w* many \w things|strong="H3644"\w* \w of|strong="H8451"\w* \w my|strong="H2803"\w* \w law|strong="H8451"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H2114"\w* \w they|strong="H3789"\w* \w were|strong="H3644"\w* \w regarded|strong="H2803"\w* \w as|strong="H3644"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w strange|strong="H2114"\w* \w thing|strong="H2114"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 \w As|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w my|strong="H3068"\w* \w offerings|strong="H2077"\w*,  
\q2 \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w sacrifice|strong="H2077"\w* \w meat|strong="H1320"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w it|strong="H7725"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* doesn’t \w accept|strong="H7521"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*.  
\q1 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
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\v 14 \w For|strong="H6213"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w Maker|strong="H6213"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w built|strong="H1129"\w* \w palaces|strong="H1964"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w multiplied|strong="H7235"\w* \w fortified|strong="H1219"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*;  
\q2 \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 \w on|strong="H7971"\w* \w his|strong="H7971"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w it|strong="H6213"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* devour \w its|strong="H6213"\w* fortresses.”   
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\v 1 Don’t \w rejoice|strong="H8055"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w to|strong="H3478"\w* jubilation \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w*;  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w were|strong="H3478"\w* \w unfaithful|strong="H2181"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* God.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* love \w the|strong="H3605"\w* wages \w of|strong="H5971"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w prostitute|strong="H2181"\w* \w at|strong="H5921"\w* \w every|strong="H3605"\w* \w grain|strong="H1715"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w*.   
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\v 2 \w The|strong="H3808"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w* \w and|strong="H8492"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* \w press|strong="H3342"\w* won’t \w feed|strong="H7462"\w* \w them|strong="H7462"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8492"\w* \w the|strong="H3808"\w* \w new|strong="H8492"\w* \w wine|strong="H8492"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w fail|strong="H3584"\w* her.   
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\v 3 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* won’t \w dwell|strong="H3427"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s land;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3808"\w* Ephraim \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* eat \w unclean|strong="H2931"\w* food \w in|strong="H3427"\w* Assyria.   
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\v 4 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* won’t \w pour|strong="H5258"\w* \w out|strong="H5258"\w* \w wine|strong="H3196"\w* \w offerings|strong="H2077"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w neither|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* pleasing \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H2930"\w*.  
\q2 \w Their|strong="H3605"\w* \w sacrifices|strong="H2077"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w them|strong="H3588"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* mourners;  
\q2 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w who|strong="H3605"\w* \w eat|strong="H3899"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w it|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w polluted|strong="H2930"\w*;  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w bread|strong="H3899"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w appetite|strong="H5315"\w*.  
\q2 \w It|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* come into \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*’s \w house|strong="H1004"\w*.   
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\v 5 \w What|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3117"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w solemn|strong="H4150"\w* \w assembly|strong="H4150"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w feast|strong="H2282"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H6213"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*?   
\q1
\v 6 \w For|strong="H3588"\w*, \w behold|strong="H2009"\w*, \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* flee \w destruction|strong="H7701"\w*,  
\q2 \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w gather|strong="H6908"\w* \w them|strong="H3423"\w* \w up|strong="H6908"\w*.  
\q2 \w Memphis|strong="H4644"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w bury|strong="H6912"\w* \w them|strong="H3423"\w*.  
\q2 \w Nettles|strong="H7057"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w possess|strong="H3423"\w* \w their|strong="H3423"\w* \w pleasant|strong="H4261"\w* \w things|strong="H4261"\w* \w of|strong="H3423"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*.  
\q2 \w Thorns|strong="H2336"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* \w be|strong="H3701"\w* \w in|strong="H1980"\w* \w their|strong="H3423"\w* tents.   
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\v 7 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w visitation|strong="H6486"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w come|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w reckoning|strong="H6486"\w* \w have|strong="H3045"\w* \w come|strong="H3478"\w*.  
\q1 \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w consider|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* fool,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w man|strong="H3045"\w* \w who|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w inspired|strong="H7307"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* insane,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w because|strong="H5921"\w* \w your|strong="H5921"\w* \w hostility|strong="H4895"\w* \w is|strong="H3117"\w* \w great|strong="H7227"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w prophet|strong="H5030"\w* watches \w over|strong="H5921"\w* Ephraim \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* God.  
\q2 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* \w fowler|strong="H3352"\w*’s \w snare|strong="H6341"\w* \w is|strong="H1870"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w paths|strong="H1870"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1004"\w* \w hostility|strong="H4895"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* God.   
\q1
\v 9 \w They|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H5771"\w* \w deeply|strong="H6009"\w* \w corrupted|strong="H7843"\w* \w themselves|strong="H5771"\w*,  
\q2 \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w in|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3117"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H3117"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w remember|strong="H2142"\w* \w their|strong="H2142"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5771"\w*.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H3117"\w* \w punish|strong="H6485"\w* \w them|strong="H6485"\w* \w for|strong="H3117"\w* \w their|strong="H2142"\w* \w sins|strong="H2403"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w found|strong="H4672"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w grapes|strong="H6025"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H7200"\w* \w saw|strong="H7200"\w* \w your|strong="H7200"\w* fathers \w as|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w first|strong="H7225"\w* ripe \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w fig|strong="H8384"\w* \w tree|strong="H8384"\w* \w at|strong="H3478"\w* \w its|strong="H1961"\w* \w first|strong="H7225"\w* season;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1961"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w came|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1187"\w* \w Peor|strong="H1187"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* consecrated \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w shameful|strong="H1322"\w* \w thing|strong="H1322"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w became|strong="H1961"\w* \w abominable|strong="H8251"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w that|strong="H7200"\w* \w which|strong="H1992"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* loved.   
\q1
\v 11 As \w for|strong="H3205"\w* Ephraim, their \w glory|strong="H3519"\w* \w will|strong="H3519"\w* \w fly|strong="H5774"\w* \w away|strong="H5774"\w* \w like|strong="H5774"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bird|strong="H5775"\w*.  
\q2 There \w will|strong="H3519"\w* \w be|strong="H3519"\w* no \w birth|strong="H3205"\w*, no one with \w child|strong="H3205"\w*, \w and|strong="H5775"\w* no \w conception|strong="H2032"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12 \w Though|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H1992"\w* \w bring|strong="H1431"\w* \w up|strong="H1431"\w* \w their|strong="H1992"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*,  
\q2 \w yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w bereave|strong="H7921"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, \w so|strong="H1571"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w not|strong="H3588"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w man|strong="H1121"\w* \w shall|strong="H1121"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w left|strong="H5493"\w*.  
\q2 \w Indeed|strong="H3588"\w*, woe \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w to|strong="H1121"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w depart|strong="H5493"\w* \w from|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* Ephraim, \w like|strong="H3318"\w* \w Tyre|strong="H6865"\w*, \w planted|strong="H8362"\w* \w in|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* pleasant \w place|strong="H5116"\w*;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H7200"\w* Ephraim \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w bring|strong="H3318"\w* \w out|strong="H3318"\w* \w his|strong="H7200"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w to|strong="H3318"\w* \w the|strong="H7200"\w* \w murderer|strong="H2026"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w*—\w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w*?  
\q2 \w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w them|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w miscarrying|strong="H7921"\w* \w womb|strong="H7358"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w dry|strong="H6784"\w* \w breasts|strong="H7699"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 15 “\w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gilgal|strong="H1537"\w*;  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w there|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w hated|strong="H8130"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q2 \w Because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4611"\w*, \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* \w drive|strong="H1644"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w out|strong="H1644"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w my|strong="H3605"\w* \w house|strong="H1004"\w*!  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1004"\w* love \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w more|strong="H3254"\w*.  
\q2 \w All|strong="H3605"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w* \w are|strong="H1004"\w* \w rebels|strong="H5637"\w*.   
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\v 16 Ephraim \w is|strong="H1571"\w* \w struck|strong="H5221"\w*.  
\q2 \w Their|strong="H3588"\w* \w root|strong="H8328"\w* \w has|strong="H1571"\w* \w dried|strong="H3001"\w* \w up|strong="H3001"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w bear|strong="H3205"\w* \w no|strong="H6213"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*.  
\q2 \w Even|strong="H1571"\w* \w though|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w give|strong="H3205"\w* \w birth|strong="H3205"\w*, \w yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1571"\w* \w kill|strong="H4191"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w beloved|strong="H4261"\w* \w ones|strong="H4261"\w* \w of|strong="H3205"\w* \w their|strong="H3588"\w* womb.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 17 \w My|strong="H8085"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w cast|strong="H3988"\w* \w them|strong="H1961"\w* \w away|strong="H3988"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* didn’t \w listen|strong="H8085"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H8085"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8085"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w wanderers|strong="H5074"\w* amongst \w the|strong="H8085"\w* \w nations|strong="H1471"\w*.   
\c 10  
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\v 1 \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w is|strong="H2896"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w luxuriant|strong="H1238"\w* \w vine|strong="H1612"\w* \w that|strong="H3478"\w* \w produces|strong="H7737"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w*.  
\q2 According \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H3190"\w* \w abundance|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H4196"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w he|strong="H3478"\w* \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w multiplied|strong="H7235"\w* \w his|strong="H3478"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*.  
\q2 \w As|strong="H7230"\w* \w their|strong="H7235"\w* land \w has|strong="H3478"\w* \w prospered|strong="H2896"\w*, \w they|strong="H3478"\w* \w have|strong="H3478"\w* \w adorned|strong="H3190"\w* \w their|strong="H7235"\w* sacred stones.   
\q1
\v 2 \w Their|strong="H7703"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w divided|strong="H2505"\w*.  
\q2 \w Now|strong="H6258"\w* \w they|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w be|strong="H3820"\w* found guilty.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* demolish \w their|strong="H7703"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7703"\w* \w their|strong="H7703"\w* sacred stones.   
\q1
\v 3 \w Surely|strong="H3588"\w* \w now|strong="H6258"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* say, “\w We|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*; \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* don’t \w fear|strong="H3372"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*, \w what|strong="H4100"\w* \w can|strong="H4100"\w* \w he|strong="H3588"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w us|strong="H6213"\w*?”   
\q1
\v 4 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w make|strong="H3772"\w* \w promises|strong="H1697"\w*, swearing \w falsely|strong="H7723"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w making|strong="H3772"\w* \w covenants|strong="H1285"\w*.  
\q2 \w Therefore|strong="H5921"\w* judgement springs \w up|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H1697"\w* \w poisonous|strong="H7219"\w* \w weeds|strong="H7219"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w furrows|strong="H8525"\w* \w of|strong="H1697"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w field|strong="H7704"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w inhabitants|strong="H7934"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H5971"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* terror \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w calves|strong="H5697"\w* \w of|strong="H4480"\w* Beth Aven,  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w mourn|strong="H5921"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w along|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w priests|strong="H3649"\w* \w who|strong="H5971"\w* \w rejoiced|strong="H1523"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*,  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w its|strong="H5921"\w* \w glory|strong="H3519"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w has|strong="H3588"\w* \w departed|strong="H1540"\w* \w from|strong="H4480"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w It|strong="H3947"\w* \w also|strong="H1571"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w carried|strong="H2986"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* Assyria \w for|strong="H4428"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w present|strong="H4503"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* great \w king|strong="H4428"\w*.  
\q2 Ephraim \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w receive|strong="H3947"\w* \w shame|strong="H1317"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* ashamed \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w his|strong="H3947"\w* own \w counsel|strong="H6098"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 \w Samaria|strong="H8111"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w her|strong="H5921"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* float away  
\q2 \w like|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* twig \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w water|strong="H4325"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w high|strong="H1116"\w* \w places|strong="H1116"\w* \w also|strong="H3478"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* Aven, \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w of|strong="H2022"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H8045"\w*.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w thorn|strong="H6975"\w* \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w thistle|strong="H1863"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w altars|strong="H4196"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3478"\w* tell \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w mountains|strong="H2022"\w*, “\w Cover|strong="H3680"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*!” \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w hills|strong="H1389"\w*, “\w Fall|strong="H5307"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w us|strong="H5921"\w*!”   
\b  
\q1
\v 9 “\w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w you|strong="H5921"\w* \w have|strong="H1121"\w* \w sinned|strong="H2398"\w* \w from|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w days|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*.  
\q2 \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w they|strong="H3117"\w* \w remained|strong="H5975"\w*.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H5921"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5932"\w* doesn’t \w overtake|strong="H5381"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w Gibeah|strong="H1390"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w When|strong="H5921"\w* \w it|strong="H5921"\w* \w is|strong="H5869"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* desire, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w chastise|strong="H3256"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5971"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w nations|strong="H5971"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H5869"\w* gathered \w against|strong="H5921"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*  
\q2 \w when|strong="H5921"\w* \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H5971"\w* \w bound|strong="H3256"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w two|strong="H8147"\w* transgressions.   
\q1
\v 11 Ephraim \w is|strong="H3063"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w trained|strong="H3925"\w* \w heifer|strong="H5697"\w* \w that|strong="H3063"\w* loves \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w thresh|strong="H1758"\w*,  
\q2 \w so|strong="H5674"\w* \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 her|strong="H5921"\w* beautiful \w neck|strong="H6676"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3063"\w* \w set|strong="H7392"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w rider|strong="H7392"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* Ephraim.  
\q2 \w Judah|strong="H3063"\w* \w will|strong="H3063"\w* plough.  
\q2 \w Jacob|strong="H3290"\w* \w will|strong="H3063"\w* \w break|strong="H1758"\w* \w his|strong="H5921"\w* \w clods|strong="H7702"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12 \w Sow|strong="H2232"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w yourselves|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w*,  
\q2 \w reap|strong="H7114"\w* \w according|strong="H6310"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w kindness|strong="H2617"\w*.  
\q1 \w Break|strong="H5214"\w* \w up|strong="H5704"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w fallow|strong="H5215"\w* \w ground|strong="H5215"\w*,  
\q2 \w for|strong="H5704"\w* \w it|strong="H5704"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w seek|strong="H1875"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w until|strong="H5704"\w* \w he|strong="H5704"\w* \w comes|strong="H1875"\w* \w and|strong="H3068"\w* rains \w righteousness|strong="H6666"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H5704"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* ploughed \w wickedness|strong="H7562"\w*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w reaped|strong="H7114"\w* \w iniquity|strong="H5766"\w*.  
\q2 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* eaten \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fruit|strong="H6529"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w lies|strong="H3585"\w*,  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* trusted \w in|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w way|strong="H1870"\w*, \w in|strong="H1870"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w multitude|strong="H7230"\w* \w of|strong="H1870"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w mighty|strong="H1368"\w* \w men|strong="H1368"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w Therefore|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w* roar \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w arise|strong="H6965"\w* amongst \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w people|strong="H5971"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w fortresses|strong="H4013"\w* \w will|strong="H5971"\w* \w be|strong="H1121"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w*,  
\q2 \w as|strong="H3117"\w* \w Shalman|strong="H8020"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7703"\w* Beth Arbel \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w day|strong="H3117"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w battle|strong="H4421"\w*.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* mother \w was|strong="H3117"\w* \w dashed|strong="H7376"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w pieces|strong="H7376"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w her|strong="H3605"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w*.   
\q1
\v 15 \w So|strong="H6213"\w* \w Bethel|strong="H1008"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w do|strong="H6213"\w* \w to|strong="H3478"\w* \w you|strong="H6440"\w* \w because|strong="H6440"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H6440"\w* \w great|strong="H6213"\w* \w wickedness|strong="H7451"\w*.  
\q2 \w At|strong="H3478"\w* \w daybreak|strong="H7837"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3478"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H1820"\w*.   
\b  
\c 11  
\p
\v 1 “\w When|strong="H3588"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w child|strong="H5288"\w*, \w then|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* loved \w him|strong="H7121"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w my|strong="H3588"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w* out \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*.   
\q1
\v 2 \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w called|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w went|strong="H1980"\w* \w from|strong="H6440"\w* \w them|strong="H6440"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H3651"\w* \w sacrificed|strong="H2076"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H6440"\w* \w Baals|strong="H1168"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w burnt|strong="H6999"\w* \w incense|strong="H6999"\w* \w to|strong="H1980"\w* \w engraved|strong="H6456"\w* \w images|strong="H6456"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w Yet|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w taught|strong="H3045"\w* Ephraim \w to|strong="H5921"\w* walk.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w took|strong="H3947"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H3947"\w* \w arms|strong="H2220"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* didn’t \w know|strong="H3045"\w* \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w healed|strong="H7495"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w drew|strong="H4900"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w with|strong="H5921"\w* \w cords|strong="H5688"\w* \w of|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* man, \w with|strong="H5921"\w* ties \w of|strong="H5921"\w* love;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4900"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w was|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w those|strong="H5921"\w* who \w lift|strong="H7311"\w* \w up|strong="H7311"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w yoke|strong="H5923"\w* \w on|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* necks;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4900"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w bent|strong="H5186"\w* \w down|strong="H5186"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w him|strong="H5921"\w* \w and|strong="H4900"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* fed \w him|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 5 “\w They|strong="H3588"\w* won’t \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w into|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* land \w of|strong="H4428"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*;  
\q2 \w but|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* Assyrian \w will|strong="H4428"\w* \w be|strong="H3808"\w* \w their|strong="H7725"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w*,  
\q2 \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w they|strong="H3588"\w* \w refused|strong="H3985"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w repent|strong="H7725"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w The|strong="H3615"\w* \w sword|strong="H2719"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w fall|strong="H2342"\w* \w on|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H3615"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w destroy|strong="H3615"\w* \w the|strong="H3615"\w* bars \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H3615"\w* gates,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H5892"\w* \w will|strong="H2719"\w* \w put|strong="H3615"\w* \w an|strong="H3615"\w* \w end|strong="H3615"\w* \w to|strong="H5892"\w* \w their|strong="H3615"\w* plans.   
\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 from|strong="H5971"\w* \w me|strong="H7121"\w*.  
\q2 Though \w they|strong="H3808"\w* \w call|strong="H7121"\w* \w to|strong="H7121"\w* \w the|strong="H7121"\w* Most \w High|strong="H7311"\w*,  
\q2 \w he|strong="H3808"\w* \w certainly|strong="H3808"\w* won’t \w exalt|strong="H7311"\w* \w them|strong="H7121"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 8 “How can \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w give|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w up|strong="H5414"\w*, Ephraim?  
\q2 How can \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w hand|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w over|strong="H5921"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*?  
\q2 How can \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* Admah?  
\q2 How can \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w make|strong="H7760"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w like|strong="H3478"\w* \w Zeboiim|strong="H6636"\w*?  
\q1 \w My|strong="H5414"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w turned|strong="H2015"\w* \w within|strong="H5921"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w*,  
\q2 \w my|strong="H5414"\w* compassion \w is|strong="H3820"\w* aroused.   
\q1
\v 9 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w execute|strong="H6213"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w fierceness|strong="H2740"\w* \w of|strong="H5892"\w* \w my|strong="H7725"\w* \w anger|strong="H2740"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w destroy|strong="H7843"\w* Ephraim,  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w I|strong="H3588"\w* am \w God|strong="H3808"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* man—\w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w Holy|strong="H6918"\w* \w One|strong="H6918"\w* amongst \w you|strong="H3588"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H5892"\w* \w not|strong="H3808"\w* \w come|strong="H7725"\w* \w in|strong="H6213"\w* \w wrath|strong="H2740"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 \w They|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w walk|strong="H3212"\w* \w after|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*,  
\q2 \w who|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w roar|strong="H7580"\w* \w like|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* lion;  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w roar|strong="H7580"\w*, \w and|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w children|strong="H1121"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H3212"\w* \w trembling|strong="H2729"\w* \w from|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w west|strong="H3220"\w*.   
\q1
\v 11 \w They|strong="H3068"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H2729"\w* \w trembling|strong="H2729"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bird|strong="H6833"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w like|strong="H1004"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w dove|strong="H3123"\w* \w out|strong="H5921"\w* \w of|strong="H1004"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* land \w of|strong="H1004"\w* Assyria;  
\q1 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w settle|strong="H3427"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* \w in|strong="H3427"\w* \w their|strong="H3068"\w* \w houses|strong="H1004"\w*,” \w says|strong="H5002"\w* \w the|strong="H5002"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\b  
\q1
\v 12 Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood,  
\q2 and the house of Israel with deceit.  
\q2 Judah still strays from God,  
\q2 and is unfaithful to the Holy One.   
\c 12  
\p
\v 1 Ephraim feeds \w on|strong="H1004"\w* wind,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* chases \w the|strong="H5437"\w* east wind.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H1004"\w* continually multiplies \w lies|strong="H3585"\w* \w and|strong="H3063"\w* desolation.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H4820"\w* \w make|strong="H5437"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* covenant \w with|strong="H5973"\w* Assyria,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* oil \w is|strong="H3478"\w* \w carried|strong="H3478"\w* \w into|strong="H3063"\w* Egypt.   
\q1
\v 2 \w The|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3117"\w* \w has|strong="H3117"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* controversy \w with|strong="H5973"\w* Judah,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* punish Jacob according \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* ways;  
\q2 according \w to|strong="H3117"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w deeds|strong="H4714"\w* \w he|strong="H3117"\w* \w will|strong="H4714"\w* repay \w him|strong="H5973"\w*.   
\q1
\v 3 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* womb \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w took|strong="H6485"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* brother \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* heel,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3063"\w* \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w his|strong="H3068"\w* manhood \w he|strong="H3068"\w* \w contended|strong="H7379"\w* \w with|strong="H5973"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
\q1
\v 4 Indeed, he struggled \w with|strong="H8280"\w* the angel, and prevailed;  
\q2 he wept, and made supplication to him.  
\q2 He found him at Bethel, and there he spoke \w with|strong="H8280"\w* us—   
\q2
\v 5 even \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*, \w the|strong="H1696"\w* \w God|strong="H1008"\w* \w of|strong="H4397"\w* Hosts.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H1696"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H8033"\w* \w his|strong="H4672"\w* name \w of|strong="H4397"\w* renown!   
\q1
\v 6 \w Therefore|strong="H3068"\w* turn \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\q2 Keep kindness \w and|strong="H3068"\w* justice,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* wait \w continually|strong="H3068"\w* \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w*.   
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\q1
\v 7 \w A|strong="H3068"\w* merchant \w has|strong="H4941"\w* dishonest scales \w in|strong="H7725"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* hand.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H7725"\w* loves \w to|strong="H7725"\w* defraud.   
\q1
\v 8 Ephraim said, “Surely \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* \w become|strong="H3027"\w* rich.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w have|strong="H3027"\w* found myself wealth.  
\q2 \w In|strong="H3027"\w* all \w my|strong="H3027"\w* wealth \w they|strong="H3027"\w* won’t find \w in|strong="H3027"\w* \w me|strong="H3027"\w* any iniquity \w that|strong="H3027"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* sin.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 9 “\w But|strong="H3808"\w* \w I|strong="H3808"\w* am \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w God|strong="H3808"\w* \w from|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* land \w of|strong="H3605"\w* Egypt.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3808"\w* \w will|strong="H3808"\w* \w yet|strong="H3808"\w* again make \w you|strong="H3605"\w* dwell \w in|strong="H4672"\w* tents,  
\q2 \w as|strong="H3605"\w* \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* days \w of|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* solemn feast.   
\q1
\v 10 \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* \w also|strong="H3068"\w* spoken \w to|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* prophets,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* multiplied visions;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w by|strong="H3117"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* ministry \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* prophets \w I|strong="H3117"\w* \w have|strong="H3068"\w* used parables.   
\q1
\v 11 If Gilead \w is|strong="H3027"\w* wicked,  
\q2 surely \w they|strong="H5921"\w* \w are|strong="H3027"\w* worthless.  
\q1 \w In|strong="H5921"\w* Gilgal \w they|strong="H5921"\w* sacrifice bulls.  
\q2 Indeed, \w their|strong="H5921"\w* altars \w are|strong="H3027"\w* \w like|strong="H1819"\w* heaps \w in|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* furrows \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* field.   
\q1
\v 12 Jacob fled \w into|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w country|strong="H7704"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* Aram.  
\q2 Israel \w served|strong="H1961"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* get \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife.  
\q2 \w For|strong="H5921"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* wife \w he|strong="H5921"\w* tended flocks \w and|strong="H4196"\w* herds.   
\q1
\v 13 \w By|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* prophet \w the|strong="H5647"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w brought|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w* up out \w of|strong="H7704"\w* Egypt,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w by|strong="H3478"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* prophet \w he|strong="H3478"\w* \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w preserved|strong="H8104"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14 Ephraim \w has|strong="H3068"\w* bitterly provoked anger.  
\q2 \w Therefore|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* blood \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w left|strong="H5927"\w* \w on|strong="H3068"\w* \w him|strong="H5927"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H8104"\w* \w Lord|strong="H3068"\w*\f + \fr 12:14 \ft The word translated “Lord” (mixed case) is “Adonai.”\f* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* repay \w his|strong="H8104"\w* contempt.   
\c 13  
\p
\v 1 \w When|strong="H1696"\w* Ephraim \w spoke|strong="H1696"\w*, there \w was|strong="H3478"\w* \w trembling|strong="H7578"\w*.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w exalted|strong="H5375"\w* \w himself|strong="H1931"\w* \w in|strong="H3478"\w* \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H1696"\w* \w when|strong="H1696"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* became guilty \w through|strong="H1696"\w* \w Baal|strong="H1168"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w died|strong="H4191"\w*.   
\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 and|strong="H3701"\w* \w have|strong="H3605"\w* \w made|strong="H6213"\w* \w themselves|strong="H1992"\w* \w molten|strong="H4541"\w* \w images|strong="H4541"\w* \w of|strong="H4639"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* \w silver|strong="H3701"\w*,  
\q2 \w even|strong="H6213"\w* \w idols|strong="H6091"\w* \w according|strong="H3701"\w* \w to|strong="H6213"\w* \w their|strong="H3605"\w* own \w understanding|strong="H8394"\w*,  
\q2 \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w of|strong="H4639"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H4639"\w* \w of|strong="H4639"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w craftsmen|strong="H2796"\w*.  
\q2 \w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w say|strong="H3254"\w* \w of|strong="H4639"\w* \w them|strong="H1992"\w*, ‘\w They|strong="H1992"\w* \w offer|strong="H2076"\w* human \w sacrifice|strong="H2076"\w* \w and|strong="H3701"\w* \w kiss|strong="H5401"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w calves|strong="H5695"\w*.’   
\q1
\v 3 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w morning|strong="H1242"\w* \w mist|strong="H6051"\w*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w dew|strong="H2919"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w passes|strong="H1980"\w* \w away|strong="H1980"\w* \w early|strong="H7925"\w*,  
\q2 \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w chaff|strong="H4671"\w* \w that|strong="H3651"\w* \w is|strong="H3651"\w* driven \w with|strong="H1980"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w whirlwind|strong="H5590"\w* \w out|strong="H1980"\w* \w of|strong="H1637"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w threshing|strong="H1637"\w* \w floor|strong="H1637"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H1980"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* \w smoke|strong="H6227"\w* \w out|strong="H1980"\w* \w of|strong="H1637"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* chimney.   
\b  
\q1
\v 4 “\w Yet|strong="H3068"\w* \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w am|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3068"\w* \w God|strong="H3068"\w* \w from|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3068"\w* land \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w Egypt|strong="H4714"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w shall|strong="H3068"\w* \w acknowledge|strong="H3045"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w god|strong="H3068"\w* \w but|strong="H3808"\w* \w me|strong="H2108"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w besides|strong="H2108"\w* \w me|strong="H2108"\w* \w there|strong="H3045"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w no|strong="H3808"\w* \w saviour|strong="H3467"\w*.   
\q1
\v 5 \w I|strong="H3045"\w* \w knew|strong="H3045"\w* \w you|strong="H3045"\w* \w in|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*,  
\q2 \w in|strong="H3045"\w* \w the|strong="H3045"\w* land \w of|strong="H4057"\w* great \w drought|strong="H8514"\w*.   
\q1
\v 6 \w According|strong="H5921"\w* \w to|strong="H5921"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w pasture|strong="H4830"\w*, \w so|strong="H3651"\w* \w were|strong="H3820"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w filled|strong="H7646"\w*;  
\q2 \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w were|strong="H3820"\w* \w filled|strong="H7646"\w*, \w and|strong="H3820"\w* \w their|strong="H5921"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w* \w was|strong="H3820"\w* \w exalted|strong="H7311"\w*.  
\q2 \w Therefore|strong="H3651"\w* \w they|strong="H3651"\w* \w have|strong="H7646"\w* \w forgotten|strong="H7911"\w* \w me|strong="H5921"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 \w Therefore|strong="H5921"\w* \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w am|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H3644"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lion|strong="H7826"\w* \w to|strong="H1961"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w*.  
\q2 \w Like|strong="H3644"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w leopard|strong="H5246"\w*, \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* lurk \w by|strong="H5921"\w* \w the|strong="H5921"\w* \w path|strong="H1870"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 \w I|strong="H3820"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w meet|strong="H6298"\w* \w them|strong="H6298"\w* \w like|strong="H3820"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w bear|strong="H1677"\w* \w that|strong="H2416"\w* \w is|strong="H3820"\w* \w bereaved|strong="H7909"\w* \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w her|strong="H7167"\w* \w cubs|strong="H7909"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H8033"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w tear|strong="H7167"\w* \w the|strong="H8033"\w* covering \w of|strong="H7704"\w* \w their|strong="H7167"\w* \w heart|strong="H3820"\w*.  
\q2 \w There|strong="H8033"\w* \w I|strong="H3820"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* devour \w them|strong="H6298"\w* \w like|strong="H3820"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w lioness|strong="H3833"\w*.  
\q2 \w The|strong="H8033"\w* \w wild|strong="H7704"\w* \w animal|strong="H2416"\w* \w will|strong="H3820"\w* \w tear|strong="H7167"\w* \w them|strong="H6298"\w*.   
\q1
\v 9 \w You|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* \w destroyed|strong="H7843"\w*, \w Israel|strong="H3478"\w*, \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w are|strong="H3478"\w* against \w me|strong="H3588"\w*,  
\q2 against \w your|strong="H3588"\w* \w helper|strong="H5828"\w*.   
\q1
\v 10 Where \w is|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w now|strong="H5414"\w*, \w that|strong="H3605"\w* \w he|strong="H3605"\w* \w may|strong="H4428"\w* \w save|strong="H3467"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w all|strong="H3605"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w cities|strong="H5892"\w*?  
\q2 \w And|strong="H4428"\w* \w your|strong="H3605"\w* \w judges|strong="H8199"\w*, \w of|strong="H4428"\w* whom \w you|strong="H5414"\w* said, ‘\w Give|strong="H5414"\w* \w me|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w princes|strong="H8269"\w*’?   
\q1
\v 11 \w I|strong="H5414"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w given|strong="H5414"\w* \w you|strong="H5414"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* \w king|strong="H4428"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w anger|strong="H5678"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H4428"\w* \w have|strong="H5414"\w* \w taken|strong="H3947"\w* \w him|strong="H5414"\w* \w away|strong="H3947"\w* \w in|strong="H4428"\w* \w my|strong="H5414"\w* \w wrath|strong="H5678"\w*.   
\q1
\v 12 \w The|strong="H6887"\w* \w guilt|strong="H5771"\w* \w of|strong="H2403"\w* Ephraim \w is|strong="H5771"\w* \w stored|strong="H6845"\w* \w up|strong="H6845"\w*.  
\q2 \w His|strong="H6845"\w* \w sin|strong="H2403"\w* \w is|strong="H5771"\w* \w stored|strong="H6845"\w* \w up|strong="H6845"\w*.   
\q1
\v 13 \w The|strong="H3588"\w* \w sorrows|strong="H2256"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* travailing \w woman|strong="H3205"\w* \w will|strong="H1121"\w* \w come|strong="H3205"\w* \w on|strong="H5975"\w* \w him|strong="H3205"\w*.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w unwise|strong="H2450"\w* \w son|strong="H1121"\w*,  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w when|strong="H3588"\w* \w it|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H1931"\w* \w time|strong="H6256"\w*, \w he|strong="H1931"\w* doesn’t \w come|strong="H3205"\w* \w to|strong="H6256"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w opening|strong="H4866"\w* \w of|strong="H1121"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w womb|strong="H4866"\w*.   
\q1
\v 14 \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w ransom|strong="H6299"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w the|strong="H3027"\w* \w power|strong="H3027"\w* \w of|strong="H3027"\w* \w Sheol|strong="H7585"\w*.\f + \fr 13:14 \ft Sheol is the place of the dead.\f*  
\q2 \w I|strong="H3027"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w redeem|strong="H1350"\w* \w them|strong="H3027"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w death|strong="H4194"\w*!  
\q2 \w Death|strong="H4194"\w*, \w where|strong="H3027"\w* \w are|strong="H5869"\w* \w your|strong="H5641"\w* \w plagues|strong="H1698"\w*?  
\q2 \w Sheol|strong="H7585"\w*, \w where|strong="H3027"\w* \w is|strong="H3027"\w* \w your|strong="H5641"\w* \w destruction|strong="H6987"\w*?  
\b  
\q1 “\w Compassion|strong="H5164"\w* \w will|strong="H5869"\w* \w be|strong="H3027"\w* \w hidden|strong="H5641"\w* \w from|strong="H3027"\w* \w my|strong="H5641"\w* \w eyes|strong="H5869"\w*.   
\q2
\v 15 \w Though|strong="H3588"\w* \w he|strong="H1931"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* \w fruitful|strong="H6500"\w* amongst \w his|strong="H3605"\w* brothers, \w an|strong="H3588"\w* \w east|strong="H6921"\w* \w wind|strong="H7307"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w come|strong="H5927"\w*,  
\q2 \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w breath|strong="H7307"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w coming|strong="H5927"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w* \w from|strong="H5927"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w wilderness|strong="H4057"\w*;  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w spring|strong="H4599"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w become|strong="H2717"\w* \w dry|strong="H2717"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3068"\w* \w his|strong="H3605"\w* \w fountain|strong="H4726"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w be|strong="H3068"\w* \w dried|strong="H2717"\w* \w up|strong="H5927"\w*.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H1931"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w plunder|strong="H8154"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* storehouse \w of|strong="H3068"\w* treasure.   
\q1
\v 16 Samaria will bear her guilt,  
\q2 for she has rebelled against her God.  
\q2 They will fall by the sword.  
\q2 Their infants will be dashed in pieces,  
\q2 and their pregnant women will be ripped open.”   
\b  
\c 14  
\q1
\v 1 Israel, return \w to|strong="H3588"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* God;  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3588"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w* \w have|strong="H3588"\w* \w fallen|strong="H5307"\w* \w because|strong="H3588"\w* \w of|strong="H2719"\w* \w your|strong="H3588"\w* sin.   
\q1
\v 2 \w Take|strong="H7725"\w* words \w with|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3588"\w*, \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w return|strong="H7725"\w* \w to|strong="H5704"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w*.  
\q2 Tell \w him|strong="H7725"\w*, “Forgive \w all|strong="H5704"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* \w sins|strong="H5771"\w*,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* accept \w that|strong="H3588"\w* \w which|strong="H3068"\w* \w is|strong="H3068"\w* good;  
\q2 \w so|strong="H7725"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* offer bulls \w as|strong="H5704"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* vowed \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* lips.   
\q1
\v 3 Assyria \w can|strong="H3947"\w*’t save \w us|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\q2 \w We|strong="H3605"\w* won’t ride \w on|strong="H3068"\w* horses;  
\q2 \w neither|strong="H5973"\w* \w will|strong="H3068"\w* \w we|strong="H3068"\w* \w say|strong="H7725"\w* \w any|strong="H3605"\w* \w more|strong="H3947"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* \w work|strong="H1697"\w* \w of|strong="H3068"\w* \w our|strong="H3068"\w* hands, ‘\w Our|strong="H3068"\w* gods!’  
\q2 \w for|strong="H3068"\w* \w in|strong="H3068"\w* \w you|strong="H3605"\w* \w the|strong="H3605"\w* fatherless finds \w mercy|strong="H3068"\w*.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 4 “\w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* heal \w their|strong="H5921"\w* waywardness.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H5921"\w* \w will|strong="H3027"\w* \w love|strong="H7355"\w* \w them|strong="H5921"\w* freely;  
\q2 \w for|strong="H5921"\w* \w my|strong="H5921"\w* anger \w is|strong="H3027"\w* turned \w away|strong="H5750"\w* \w from|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 like|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* dew \w to|strong="H7725"\w* Israel.  
\q2 \w He|strong="H3588"\w* \w will|strong="H7725"\w* blossom \w like|strong="H7725"\w* \w the|strong="H3588"\w* lily,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H7725"\w* send \w down|strong="H3588"\w* \w his|strong="H7725"\w* roots \w like|strong="H7725"\w* Lebanon.   
\q1
\v 6 \w His|strong="H5221"\w* branches \w will|strong="H1961"\w* spread,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* beauty \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H5221"\w* olive tree,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3478"\w* \w his|strong="H5221"\w* fragrance \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*.   
\q1
\v 7 Men \w will|strong="H1961"\w* dwell \w in|strong="H3212"\w* \w his|strong="H1961"\w* shade.  
\q2 They \w will|strong="H1961"\w* revive \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* grain,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H3212"\w* blossom \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* vine.  
\q2 \w Their|strong="H1961"\w* \w fragrance|strong="H7381"\w* \w will|strong="H1961"\w* \w be|strong="H1961"\w* \w like|strong="H1961"\w* \w the|strong="H1961"\w* wine \w of|strong="H7381"\w* \w Lebanon|strong="H3844"\w*.   
\q1
\v 8 Ephraim, what \w have|strong="H1612"\w* \w I|strong="H6738"\w* \w to|strong="H7725"\w* \w do|strong="H1612"\w* any \w more|strong="H7725"\w* \w with|strong="H3427"\w* idols?  
\q2 \w I|strong="H6738"\w* \w answer|strong="H7725"\w*, \w and|strong="H7725"\w* \w will|strong="H3844"\w* \w take|strong="H7725"\w* care \w of|strong="H3427"\w* \w him|strong="H7725"\w*.  
\q2 \w I|strong="H6738"\w* am \w like|strong="H6738"\w* \w a|strong="H3068"\w* green cypress \w tree|strong="H1612"\w*;  
\q2 \w from|strong="H7725"\w* \w me|strong="H7725"\w* \w your|strong="H7725"\w* fruit \w is|strong="H1715"\w* found.”   
\b  
\q1
\v 9 \w Who|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* wise, \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w may|strong="H6030"\w* understand these things?  
\q2 \w Who|strong="H4100"\w* \w is|strong="H4100"\w* prudent, \w that|strong="H4480"\w* \w he|strong="H4480"\w* \w may|strong="H6030"\w* know \w them|strong="H4672"\w*?  
\q2 \w For|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* ways \w of|strong="H4480"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* \w LORD|strong="H3068"\w* \w are|strong="H4100"\w* right,  
\q2 \w and|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* righteous walk \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w*,  
\q2 \w but|strong="H6030"\w* \w the|strong="H4480"\w* rebellious stumble \w in|strong="H4672"\w* \w them|strong="H4672"\w*.