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Hosea 1

1. The word <01697> of the LORD <03068> that came <01961> unto Hosea <01954>, the son <01121> of Beeri < 0882>, in the days <03117> of Uzziah <05818>, Jotham < 03147>, Ahaz <0271>, [and] Hezekiah <02396>, kings < 04428> of Judah <03063>, and in the days <03117> of Jeroboam <03379> the son <01121> of Joash <03101>, king <04428> of Israel <03478>.

2. The beginning <08462> of the word <01699> of the LORD <03068> by Hosea <01954>. And the LORD <03068> said <0559> to Hosea <01954>, Go <03212>, take <03947> unto thee a wife <0802> of whoredoms <02183> and children < 03206> of whoredoms <02183>: for the land <0776> hath committed <02181> great whoredom <02181>, [departing] from the LORD <03068>.

3 So he went <03212> and took <03947> Gomer < 01586> the daughter <01323> of Diblaim <01691>; which conceived <02030>, and bare <03205> him a son <01121>.

4 And the LORD <03068> said <0559> unto him, Call <07121> his name <08034> Jezreel <03157>; for yet < 05750> a little <04592> [while], and I will avenge <06485> the blood <01818> of Jezreel <03157> upon the house < 01004> of Jehu <03058>, and will cause to cease <07673> the kingdom <04468> of the house <01004> of Israel <03478>.

5 And it shall come <01961> to pass at that day < 03117>, that I will break <07665> the bow <07198> of Israel <03478> in the valley <06010> of Jezreel <03157>.

6 And she conceived <02030> again <05750>, and bare <03205> a daughter <01323>. And [God] said <0559> unto him, Call <07121> her name <08034> Loruhamah <03819>: for I will no <03808> more <05750> have mercy <07355> upon the house <01004> of Israel <03478>; but I will utterly take <05375> them away.

7 But I will have mercy <07355> upon the house < 01004> of Judah <03063>, and will save <03467> them by the LORD <03068> their God <0430>, and will not save <03467> them by bow <07198>, nor by sword <02719>, nor by battle < 04421>, by horses <05483>, nor by horsemen <06571>.

8. Now when she had weaned <01580> Loruhamah <03819>, she conceived <02030>, and bare <03205> a son <01121>.

9 Then said <0559> [God], Call <07121> his name < 08034> Loammi <03818>: for ye [are] not my people <05971>, and I will not be your [God].

10 Yet the number <04557> of the children <01121> of Israel <03478> shall be as the sand <02344> of the sea < 03220>, which <0834> cannot <03808> be measured < 04058> nor <03808> numbered <05608>; and it shall come < 01961> to pass, [that] in the place <04725> where <0834> it was said <0559> unto them, Ye [are] not my people <05971>, [there] it shall be said <0559> unto them, [Ye are] the sons < 01121> of the living <02416> God <0410>.

11 Then shall the children <01121> of Judah <03063> and the children <01121> of Israel <03478> be gathered < 06908> together <03162>, and appoint <07760> themselves < 01992> one <0259> head <07218>, and they shall come < 05927> up out of the land <0776>: for great <01419> [shall be] the day <03117> of Jezreel <03157>.

Hosea 2

1. Say <0559> ye unto your brethren <0251>, Ammi < 05971>; and to your sisters <0269>, Ruhamah <07355>.

2 Plead <07378> with your mother <0517>, plead < 07378>: for she [is] not my wife <0802>, neither <03808> [am] I her husband <0376>: let her therefore put <05493> away <05493> her whoredoms <02183> out of her sight <06440>, and her adulteries <05005> from between <0996> her breasts < 07699>;

3 Lest <06435> I strip <06584> her naked < 06174>, and set <03322> her as in the day <03117> that she was born <03205>, and make <07760> her as a wilderness < 04057>, and set <07896> her like a dry <06723> land < 0776>, and slay <04191> her with thirst <06772>.

4 And I will not have mercy <07355> upon her children < 01121>; for they [be] the children <01121> of whoredoms < 02183>.

5 For their mother <0517> hath played the harlot < 02181>: she that conceived <02030> them hath done shamefully < 03001>: for she said <0559>, I will go <03212> after < 0310> my lovers <0157>, that give <05414> [me] my bread < 03899> and my water <04325>, my wool <06785> and my flax <06593>, mine oil <08081> and my drink <08250>.

6. Therefore <03651>, behold <02005>, I will hedge <07753> up thy way <01870> with thorns <05518>, and make <01443> a wall <01447>, that she shall not find <04672> her paths <05410>.

7 And she shall follow <07291> after <0310> her lovers <0157>, but she shall not overtake <05381> them; and she shall seek <01245> them, but shall not find <04672> [them]: then shall she say <0559>, I will go <03212> and return < 07725> to my first <07223> husband <0376>; for then < 0227> [was it] better <02896> with me than now <06258>.

8 For she did not know <03045> that I gave <05414> her corn <01715>, and wine <08492>, and oil <03323>, and multiplied <07235> her silver <03701> and gold <02091>, [which] they prepared <06213> for Baal <01168>.

9 Therefore <03651> will I return <07725>, and take <03947> away my corn <01715> in the time <06256> thereof, and my wine <08492> in the season <04150> thereof, and will recover <05337> my wool <06785> and my flax <06593> [given] to cover <03680> her nakedness <06172>.

10 And now <06258> will I discover <01540> her lewdness <05040> in the sight <05869> of her lovers < 0157>, and none <03808> shall deliver <05337> her out of mine hand <03027>.

11 I will also cause all <03605> her mirth <04885> to cease <07673>, her feast <02282> days, her new <02320> moons <02320>, and her sabbaths <07676>, and all <03605> her solemn <04150> feasts <04150>.

12 And I will destroy <08074> her vines <01612> and her fig <08384> trees, whereof <0834> she hath said < 0559>, These <01992> [are] my rewards <0866> that my lovers <0157> have given <05414> me: and I will make <07760> them a forest <03293>, and the beasts <02416> of the field < 07704> shall eat <0398> them.

13 And I will visit <06485> upon her the days < 03117> of Baalim <01168>, wherein <0834> she burned < 06999> incense <06999> to them, and she decked <05710> herself with her earrings <05141> and her jewels <02484>, and she went <03212> after <0310> her lovers <0157>, and forgat <07911> me, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

14. Therefore <03651>, behold <02009>, I will allure <06601> her, and bring <01980> her into the wilderness < 04057>, and speak <01696> comfortably unto her.

15 And I will give <05414> her her vineyards <03754> from thence <08033>, and the valley <06010> of Achor < 05911> for a door <06607> of hope <08615>: and she shall sing <06030> there <08033>, as in the days <03117> of her youth <05271>, and as in the day <03117> when she came < 05927> up out of the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.

16 And it shall be at that day <03117>, saith < 05002> the LORD <03068>, [that] thou shalt call <07121> me Ishi <0376>; and shalt call <07121> me no <03808> more <05750> Baali <01180>.

17 For I will take <05493> away <05493> the names <08034> of Baalim <01168> out of her mouth <06310>, and they shall no <03808> more <05750> be remembered <02142> by their name <08034>.

18 And in that day <03117> will I make <03772> a covenant <01285> for them with the beasts <02416> of the field <07704>, and with the fowls <05775> of heaven <08064>, and [with] the creeping <07431> things of the ground <0127>: and I will break <07665> the bow <07198> and the sword < 02719> and the battle <04421> out of the earth <0776>, and will make them to lie <07901> down <07901> safely <0983>.

19 And I will betroth <0781> thee unto me for ever < 05769>; yea, I will betroth <0781> thee unto me in righteousness <06664>, and in judgment <04941>, and in lovingkindness < 02617>, and in mercies <07356>.

20 I will even betroth <0781> thee unto me in faithfulness <0530>: and thou shalt know <03045> the LORD < 03068>.

21 And it shall come <01961> to pass in that day < 03117>, I will hear <06030>, saith <05002> the LORD < 03068>, I will hear <06030> the heavens <08064>, and they shall hear <06030> the earth <0776>;

22 And the earth <0776> shall hear <06030> the corn <01715>, and the wine <08492>, and the oil <03323>; and they shall hear <06030> Jezreel <03157>.

23 And I will sow <02232> her unto me in the earth < 0776>; and I will have mercy <07355> upon her that had not obtained <05375> mercy <07355>; and I will say <0559> to [them which were] not my people <05971>, Thou [art] my people < 05971>; and they shall say <0559>, [Thou art] my God <0430>.

Hosea 3

1. Then said <0559> the LORD <03068> unto me, Go < 03212> yet <05750>, love <0157> a woman <0802> beloved <0157> of [her] friend <07453>, yet an adulteress < 05003>, according to the love <0160> of the LORD <03068> toward <0854> the children <01121> of Israel <03478>, who <01992> look <06437> to other <0312> gods < 0430>, and love <0157> flagons <0809> of wine <06025>.

2 So I bought <03739> her to me for fifteen <06240> [pieces] of silver <03701>, and [for] an homer <02563> of barley <08184>, and an half homer <02563> of barley < 08184>:

3 And I said <0559> unto her, Thou shalt abide < 03427> for me many <07227> days <03117>; thou shalt not play the harlot <02181>, and thou shalt not be for [another] man < 0376>: so <01571> [will] I also <01571> [be] for thee.

4 For the children <01121> of Israel <03478> shall abide <03427> many <07227> days <03117> without < 0369> a king <04428>, and without <0369> a prince < 08269>, and without <0369> a sacrifice <02077>, and without <0369> an image <06755>, and without <0369> an ephod < 0646>, and [without] teraphim <08655>:

5 Afterward <0310> shall the children <01121> of Israel <03478> return <07725>, and seek <01245> the LORD <03068> their God <0430>, and David <01732> their king <04428>; and shall fear <06342> the LORD <03068> and his goodness <02898> in the latter <0319> days <03117>.

Hosea 4

1. Hear <08085> the word <01697> of the LORD < 03068>, ye children <01121> of Israel <03478>: for the LORD <03068> hath a controversy <07379> with the inhabitants < 03427> of the land <0776>, because <03588> [there is] no <0369> truth <0571>, nor <0369> mercy <02617>, nor <0369> knowledge <01847> of God <0430> in the land < 0776>.

2 By swearing <0422>, and lying <03584>, and killing <07523>, and stealing <01589>, and committing < 05003> adultery <05003>, they break <06555> out, and blood <01818> toucheth <05060> blood <01818>.

3 Therefore shall the land <0776> mourn <056>, and every <03605> one that dwelleth <03427> therein shall languish <0535>, with the beasts <02416> of the field <07704>, and with the fowls <05775> of heaven <08064>; yea <01571> , the fishes <01709> of the sea <03220> also <01571> shall be taken <0622> away.

4 Yet <0389> let no <0408> man <0376> strive <07378>, nor <0408> reprove <03198> another <0376>: for thy people <05971> [are] as they that strive <07378> with the priest <03548>.

5 Therefore shalt thou fall <03782> in the day < 03117>, and the prophet <05030> also <01571> shall fall < 03782> with thee in the night <03915>, and I will destroy < 01820> thy mother <0517>.

6. My people <05971> are destroyed <01820> for lack <01097> of knowledge <01847>: because <03588> thou hast rejected <03988> knowledge <01847>, I will also reject < 03988> thee, that thou shalt be no priest <03547> to me: seeing thou hast forgotten <07911> the law <08451> of thy God < 0430>, I will also <01571> forget <07911> thy children < 01121>.

7 As they were increased <07230>, so <03651> they sinned <02398> against me: [therefore] will I change <04171> their glory <03519> into shame <07036>.

8 They eat <0398> up the sin <02403> of my people <05971>, and they set <05375> their heart <05315> on < 0413> their iniquity <05771>.

9 And there shall be, like people <05971>, like priest <03548>: and I will punish <06485> them for their ways < 01870>, and reward <07725> them their doings <04611>.

10 For they shall eat <0398>, and not have enough < 07644>: they shall commit <02181> whoredom <02181>, and shall not increase <06555>: because <03588> they have left < 05800> off to take heed <08104> to the LORD <03068>.

11 Whoredom <02184> and wine <03196> and new < 08492> wine <08492> take <03947> away the heart < 03820>.

12. My people <05971> ask <07592> counsel at their stocks <06086>, and their staff <04731> declareth <05046> unto them: for the spirit <07307> of whoredoms <02183> hath caused [them] to err <08582>, and they have gone a whoring < 02181> from under <08478> their God <0430>.

13 They sacrifice <02076> upon the tops <07218> of the mountains <02022>, and burn <06999> incense <06999> upon the hills <01389>, under <08478> oaks <0437> and poplars <03839> and elms <0424>, because <03588> the shadow <06738> thereof [is] good <02896>: therefore your daughters <01121> shall commit <02181> whoredom <02181>, and your spouses <03618> shall commit <05003> adultery < 05003>.

14 I will not punish <06485> your daughters <01121> when <03588> they commit <02181> whoredom <02181>, nor your spouses <03618> when <03588> they commit <05003> adultery <05003>: for themselves <01992> are separated < 06504> with whores <02181>, and they sacrifice <02076> with harlots <06948>: therefore the people <05971> [that] doth not understand <0995> shall fall <03832>.

15 Though <0518> thou, Israel <03478>, play the harlot <02181>, [yet] let not Judah <03063> offend <0816> ; and come <0935> not ye unto Gilgal <01537>, neither < 0408> go <05927> ye up to Bethaven <01007>, nor <0408> swear <07650>, The LORD <03068> liveth <02416>.

16 For Israel <03478> slideth <05637> back < 05637> as a backsliding <05637> heifer <06510>: now < 06258> the LORD <03068> will feed <07462> them as a lamb <03532> in a large <04800> place.

17 Ephraim <0669> [is] joined <02266> to idols < 06091>: let him alone.

18 Their drink <05435> is sour <05493>: they have committed <02181> whoredom <02181> continually: her rulers < 04043> [with] shame <07036> do love <0157>, Give < 03051> ye.

19 The wind <07307> hath bound <06887> her up in her wings <03671>, and they shall be ashamed <0954> because of their sacrifices <02077>.

Hosea 5

1. Hear <08085> ye this <02063>, O priests < 03548>; and hearken <07181>, ye house <01004> of Israel < 03478>; and give ye ear <0238>, O house <01004> of the king <04428>; for judgment <04941> [is] toward you, because < 03588> ye have been <01961> a snare <06341> on Mizpah < 04709>, and a net <07568> spread <06566> upon Tabor < 08396>.

2 And the revolters <07846> are profound <06009> to make slaughter <07819>, though I [have been] a rebuker <04148> of them all <03605>.

3 I know <03045> Ephraim <0669>, and Israel < 03478> is not hid <03582> from me: for now, O Ephraim <0669> , thou committest <02181> whoredom <02181>, [and] Israel < 03478> is defiled <02930>.

4 They will not frame <05414> their doings <04611> to turn <07725> unto their God <0430>: for the spirit < 07307> of whoredoms <02183> [is] in the midst <07130> of them, and they have not known <03045> the LORD <03068>.

5 And the pride <01347> of Israel <03478> doth testify <06030> to his face <06440>: therefore shall Israel <03478> and Ephraim <0669> fall <03782> in their iniquity <05771>; Judah <03063> also <01571> shall fall <03782> with them.

6 They shall go <03212> with their flocks <06629> and with their herds <01241> to seek <01245> the LORD < 03068>; but they shall not find <04672> [him]; he hath withdrawn <02502> himself from them.

7 They have dealt treacherously <0898> against the LORD <03068>: for they have begotten <03205> strange <02114> children <01121>: now <06258> shall a month <02320> devour <0398> them with their portions <02506>.

8. Blow <08628> ye the cornet <07782> in Gibeah < 01390>, [and] the trumpet <02689> in Ramah <07414>: cry < 07321> aloud <07321> [at] Bethaven <01007>, after < 0310> thee, O Benjamin <01144>.

9 Ephraim <0669> shall be desolate <08047> in the day <03117> of rebuke <08433>: among the tribes <07626> of Israel <03478> have I made known <03045> that which shall surely <0539> be.

10 The princes <08269> of Judah <03063> were like them that remove <05253> the bound <01366>: [therefore] I will pour <08210> out my wrath <05678> upon them like water < 04325>.

11 Ephraim <0669> [is] oppressed <06231> [and] broken <07533> in judgment <04941>, because <03588> he willingly <02974> walked <01980> after <0310> the commandment <06673>.

12 Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim <0669> as a moth <06211>, and to the house <01004> of Judah <03063> as rottenness <07538>.

13 When Ephraim <0669> saw <07200> his sickness < 02483>, and Judah <03063> [saw] his wound <04205>, then went <03212> Ephraim <0669> to the Assyrian <0804>, and sent <07971> to king <04428> Jareb <03377>: yet could <03201> he not heal <07495> you, nor <03808> cure < 01455> you of your wound <04205>.

14 For I [will be] unto Ephraim <0669> as a lion < 07826>, and as a young <03715> lion <03715> to the house <01004> of Judah <03063>: I, [even] I, will tear <02963> and go <03212> away; I will take <05375> away, and none < 0369> shall rescue <05337> [him].

15 I will go <03212> [and] return <07725> to my place <04725>, till <05704> they acknowledge their offence < 0816>, and seek <01245> my face <06440>: in their affliction <06862> they will seek <07836> me early < 07836>.

Hosea 6

1. Come <03212>, and let us return <07725> unto the LORD <03068>: for he hath torn <02963>, and he will heal < 07495> us; he hath smitten <05221>, and he will bind <02280> us up.

2 After two days <03117> will he revive <02421> us: in the third <07992> day <03117> he will raise <06965> us up, and we shall live <02421> in his sight <06440>.

3 Then shall we know <03045>, [if] we follow <07291> on to know <03045> the LORD <03068>: his going <04161> forth <04161> is prepared <03559> as the morning <07837>; and he shall come <0935> unto us as the rain <01653>, as the latter <04456> [and] former <03138> rain <03384> unto the earth <0776>.

4. O Ephraim <0669>, what <04100> shall I do < 06213> unto thee? O Judah <03063>, what <04100> shall I do <06213> unto thee? for your goodness <02617> [is] as a morning <01242> cloud <06051>, and as the early <07925> dew < 02919> it goeth <01980> away.

5 Therefore have I hewed <02672> [them] by the prophets <05030>; I have slain <02026> them by the words <0561> of my mouth <06310>: and thy judgments <04941> [are as] the light <0216> [that] goeth <03318> forth <03318>.

6 For I desired <02654> mercy <02617>, and not sacrifice <02077>; and the knowledge <01847> of God < 0430> more than burnt <05930> offerings.

7 But they like men <0120> have transgressed <05674> the covenant <01285>: there <08033> have they dealt treacherously <0898> against me.

8 Gilead <01568> [is] a city <07151> of them that work <06466> iniquity <0205>, [and is] polluted <06121> with blood <01818>.

9 And as troops <01416> of robbers wait <02442> for a man <0376>, [so] the company <02267> of priests <03548> murder <07523> in the way <01870> by consent <07926>: for they commit <06313> lewdness <02154>.

10 I have seen <07200> an horrible <08186> thing in the house <01004> of Israel <03478>: there <08033> [is] the whoredom <02184> of Ephraim <0669>, Israel <03478> is defiled <02930>.

11 Also <01571>, O Judah <03063>, he hath set < 07896> an harvest <07105> for thee, when I returned <07725> the captivity <07622> of my people <05971>.

Hosea 7

1. When I would have healed <07495> Israel <03478>, then the iniquity <05771> of Ephraim <0669> was discovered < 01540>, and the wickedness <07451> of Samaria <08111>: for they commit <06466> falsehood <08267>; and the thief < 01590> cometh <0935> in, [and] the troop <01416> of robbers spoileth <06584> without <02351>.

2 And they consider <0559> not in their hearts < 03824> [that] I remember <02142> all <03605> their wickedness <07451>: now their own doings <04611> have beset <05437> them about <05437>; they are before <05048> my face <06440>.

3 They make the king <04428> glad <08056> with their wickedness <07451>, and the princes <08269> with their lies <03585>.

4 They [are] all <03605> adulterers <05003>, as an oven <08574> heated <01197> by the baker <0644>, [who] ceaseth <07673> from raising <05872> after he hath kneaded < 03888> the dough <01217>, until <05704> it be leavened < 02557>.

5 In the day <03117> of our king <04428> the princes <08269> have made [him] sick <02470> with bottles < 02573> of wine <03196>; he stretched <04900> out his hand <03027> with scorners <03945>.

6 For they have made ready <07126> their heart < 03820> like an oven <08574>, whiles they lie in wait <0693>: their baker <0644> sleepeth <03463> all <03605> the night <03915>; in the morning <01242> it burneth <01197> as a flaming <03852> fire <0784>.

7 They are all <03605> hot <02552> as an oven < 08574>, and have devoured <0398> their judges <08199>; all <03605> their kings <04428> are fallen <05307>: [there is] none <0369> among them that calleth <07121> unto me.

8. Ephraim <0669>, he hath mixed <01101> himself < 01931> among the people <05971>; Ephraim <0669> is a cake <05692> not turned <02015>.

9 Strangers <02114> have devoured <0398> his strength <03581>, and he knoweth <03045> [it] not: yea < 01571>, gray <07872> hairs are here <02236> and there upon him, yet he knoweth <03045> not.

10 And the pride <01347> of Israel <03478> testifieth <06030> to his face <06440>: and they do not return <07725> to the LORD <03068> their God <0430>, nor < 03808> seek <01245> him for all <03605> this <02063>.

11 Ephraim <0669> also is like a silly <06601> dove <03123> without <0369> heart <03820>: they call < 07121> to Egypt <04714>, they go <01980> to Assyria < 0804>.

12 When <0834> they shall go <03212>, I will spread <06566> my net <07568> upon them; I will bring <03381> them down <03381> as the fowls <05775> of the heaven < 08064>; I will chastise <03256> them, as their congregation < 05712> hath heard <08085>.

13 Woe <0188> unto them! for they have fled <05074> from me: destruction <07701> unto them! because <03588> they have transgressed <06586> against me: though I have redeemed < 06299> them, yet they have spoken <01696> lies <03576> against <05921> me.

14 And they have not cried <02199> unto me with their heart, when <03588> they howled <03213> upon their beds < 04904>: they assemble <01481> themselves for corn <01715> and wine <08492>, [and] they rebel <05493> against me.

15 Though I have bound <03256> [and] strengthened < 02388> their arms <02220>, yet do they imagine <02803> mischief <07451> against <0413> me.

16 They return <07725>, [but] not to the most < 05920> High <05920>: they are like a deceitful <07423> bow <07198>: their princes <08269> shall fall <05307> by the sword <02719> for the rage <02195> of their tongue < 03956>: this <02097> [shall be] their derision <03932> in the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>.

Hosea 8

1. [Set] the trumpet <07782> to thy mouth <02441>. [He shall come] as an eagle <05404> against <05921> the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>, because <03588> they have transgressed <05674> my covenant <01285>, and trespassed against <05921> my law <08451>.

2 Israel <03478> shall cry <02199> unto me, My God <0430>, we know <03045> thee.

3 Israel <03478> hath cast <02186> off [the thing that is] good <02896>: the enemy <0341> shall pursue < 07291> him.

4 They have set up kings <04428>, but not by me: they have made princes <08269>, and I knew <03045> [it] not: of their silver <03701> and their gold <02091> have they made < 06213> them idols <06091>, that they may be cut <03772> off.

5 Thy calf <05695>, O Samaria <08111>, hath cast <02186> [thee] off; mine anger <0639> is kindled <02734> against them: how <0349> long <05704> [will it be] ere < 03808> they attain <03201> to innocency <05356>?

6 For from Israel <03478> [was] it also: the workman < 02796> made <06213> it; therefore it [is] not God <0430>: but the calf <05695> of Samaria <08111> shall be broken < 07616> in pieces.

7 For they have sown <02232> the wind <07307>, and they shall reap <07114> the whirlwind <05492>: it hath no < 0369> stalk <07054>: the bud <06779> shall yield < 06213> no <0369> meal <07058>: if <0194> so be it yield <06213>, the strangers <02114> shall swallow < 01104> it up.

8. Israel <03478> is swallowed <01104> up: now shall they be among the Gentiles <01471> as a vessel <03627> wherein [is] no <0369> pleasure <02656>.

9 For they are gone <05927> up to Assyria <0804>, a wild <06501> ass <06501> alone <0909> by himself: Ephraim <0669> hath hired <08566> lovers <0158>.

10 Yea <01571>, though <03588> they have hired < 08566> among the nations <01471>, now <06258> will I gather <06908> them, and they shall sorrow <02490> a little < 04592> for the burden <04853> of the king <04428> of princes <08269>.

11 Because <03282> Ephraim <0669> hath made many <07235> altars <04196> to sin <02398>, altars < 04196> shall be unto him to sin <02398>.

12 I have written <03789> to him the great <07239> things of my law <08451>, [but] they were counted <02803> as a strange <02114> thing.

13 They sacrifice <02076> flesh <01320> [for] the sacrifices <02077> of mine offerings <01890>, and eat < 0398> [it; but] the LORD <03068> accepteth <07521> them not; now <06258> will he remember <02142> their iniquity < 05771>, and visit <06485> their sins <02403>: they shall return <07725> to Egypt <04714>.

14 For Israel <03478> hath forgotten <07911> his Maker <06213>, and buildeth <01129> temples <01964>; and Judah <03063> hath multiplied <07235> fenced <01219> cities <05892>: but I will send <07971> a fire <0784> upon his cities <05892>, and it shall devour <0398> the palaces <0759> thereof.

Hosea 9

1. Rejoice <08055> not, O Israel <03478>, for joy <01524>, as [other] people <05971>: for thou hast gone a whoring <02181> from thy God <0430>, thou hast loved < 0157> a reward <0868> upon every <03605> cornfloor.

2 The floor <01637> and the winepress <03342> shall not feed <07462> them, and the new <08492> wine <08492> shall fail <03584> in her.

3 They shall not dwell <03427> in the LORD'S <03068> land <0776>; but Ephraim <0669> shall return <07725> to Egypt <04714>, and they shall eat <0398> unclean <02931> [things] in Assyria <0804>.

4 They shall not offer <05258> wine <08492> [offerings] to the LORD <03068>, neither <03808> shall they be pleasing <06148> unto him: their sacrifices <02077> [shall be] unto them as the bread <03899> of mourners <0205>; all < 03605> that eat <0398> thereof shall be polluted <02930>: for their bread <03899> for their soul <05315> shall not come <0935> into the house <01004> of the LORD <03068>.

5 What <04100> will ye do <06213> in the solemn < 04150> day <03117>, and in the day <03117> of the feast < 02282> of the LORD <03068>?

6 For, lo <02009>, they are gone <01980> because of destruction <07701>: Egypt <04714> shall gather <06908> them up, Memphis <04644> shall bury <06912> them: the pleasant <04621> [places] for their silver <03701>, nettles < 07057> shall possess <03423> them: thorns <02336> [shall be] in their tabernacles <0168>.

7. The days <03117> of visitation <06486> are come <0935>, the days <03117> of recompence <07966> are come <0935>; Israel <03478> shall know <03045> [it]: the prophet <05030> [is] a fool <0191>, the spiritual <07307> man <0376> [is] mad <07696>, for the multitude <07230> of thine iniquity <05771>, and the great <07227> hatred < 04895>.

8 The watchman <06822> of Ephraim <0669> [was] with my God <0430>: [but] the prophet <05030> [is] a snare < 06341> of a fowler <03353> in all <03605> his ways < 01870>, [and] hatred <04895> in the house <01004> of his God <0430>.

9 They have deeply <06009> corrupted <07843> [themselves], as in the days <03117> of Gibeah <01390>: [therefore] he will remember <02142> their iniquity <05771>, he will visit <06485> their sins <02403>.

10 I found <04672> Israel <03478> like grapes < 06025> in the wilderness <04057>; I saw <07200> your fathers <01> as the firstripe <01063> in the fig <08384> tree at her first <07225> time <07225>: [but] they went < 0935> to Baalpeor <01187>, and separated <05144> themselves unto [that] shame <01322>; and [their] abominations <08251> were according as they loved <0157>.

11. [As for] Ephraim <0669>, their glory <03519> shall fly <05774> away like a bird <05775>, from the birth < 03205>, and from the womb <0990>, and from the conception < 02032>.

12 Though they bring <01431> up their children < 01121>, yet will I bereave <07921> them, [that there shall] not [be] a man <0120> [left]: yea <03588>, woe <0188> also <01571> to them when I depart <05493> from them!

13 Ephraim <0669>, as I saw <07200> Tyrus < 06865>, [is] planted <08362> in a pleasant <05116> place: but Ephraim <0669> shall bring <03318> forth <03318> his children <01121> to the murderer <02026>.

14 Give <05414> them, O LORD <03068>: what < 04100> wilt thou give <05414>? give <05414> them a miscarrying <07921> womb <07358> and dry <06784> breasts <07699>.

15 All <03605> their wickedness <07451> [is] in Gilgal <01537>: for there <08033> I hated <08130> them: for the wickedness <07455> of their doings <04611> I will drive <01644> them out of mine house <01004>, I will love < 0160> them no <03808> more <03254>: all <03605> their princes <08269> [are] revolters <05637>.

16 Ephraim <0669> is smitten <05221>, their root <08328> is dried <03001> up, they shall bear <06213> no <01077> fruit <06529>: yea <01571>, though <03588> they bring <03205> forth <03205>, yet will I slay <04191> [even] the beloved <04261> [fruit] of their womb <0990>.

17 My God <0430> will cast <03988> them away, because <03588> they did not hearken <08085> unto him: and they shall be wanderers <05074> among the nations <01471>.

Hosea 10

1. Israel <03478> [is] an empty <01238> vine < 01612>, he bringeth <07737> forth <07737> fruit < 06529> unto himself: according to the multitude <07230> of his fruit <06529> he hath increased <07235> the altars < 04196>; according to the goodness <02896> of his land <0776> they have made goodly <02896> images <04676>.

2 Their heart <03820> is divided <02505>; now < 06258> shall they be found faulty <0816>: he shall break < 06202> down their altars <04196>, he shall spoil <07703> their images <04676>.

3 For now <06258> they shall say <0559>, We have no <0369> king <04428>, because <03588> we feared < 03372> not the LORD <03068>; what <04100> then should a king <04428> do <06213> to us?

4 They have spoken <01696> words <01697>, swearing <0422> falsely <07723> in making <03772> a covenant < 01285>: thus judgment <04941> springeth <06524> up as hemlock <07219> in the furrows <08525> of the field < 07704>.

5 The inhabitants <07934> of Samaria <08111> shall fear <01481> because of the calves <05697> of Bethaven < 01007>: for the people <05971> thereof shall mourn <056> over <05921> it, and the priests <03649> thereof [that] rejoiced <01523> on <05921> it, for the glory <03519> thereof, because <03588> it is departed <01540> from it.

6 It shall be also <01571> carried <02986> unto Assyria <0804> [for] a present <04503> to king <04428> Jareb <03377>: Ephraim <0669> shall receive <03947> shame <01317>, and Israel <03478> shall be ashamed <0954> of his own counsel <06098>.

7 [As for] Samaria <08111>, her king <04428> is cut <01820> off as the foam <07110> upon the water <04325>.

8 The high <01116> places also of Aven <0206>, the sin <02403> of Israel <03478>, shall be destroyed <08045> : the thorn <06975> and the thistle <01863> shall come < 05927> up on <05921> their altars <04196>; and they shall say <0559> to the mountains <02022>, Cover <03680> us; and to the hills <01389>, Fall <05307> on <05921> us.

9. O Israel <03478>, thou hast sinned <02398> from the days <03117> of Gibeah <01390>: there <08033> they stood <05975>: the battle <04421> in Gibeah <01390> against <05921> the children <01121> of iniquity <05932> did not overtake <05381> them.

10 [It is] in my desire <0183> that I should chastise < 03256> them; and the people <05971> shall be gathered <0622> against <05921> them, when they shall bind <0631> themselves in their two <08147> furrows <05869>.

11 And Ephraim <0669> [is as] an heifer <05697> [that is] taught <03925>, [and] loveth <0157> to tread < 01758> out [the corn]; but I passed <05674> over <05674> upon her fair <02898> neck <06676>: I will make Ephraim < 0669> to ride <07392>; Judah <03063> shall plow < 02790>, [and] Jacob <03290> shall break <07702> his clods <07702>.

12 Sow <02232> to yourselves in righteousness < 06666>, reap <07114> in mercy <02617>; break <05214> up your fallow <05215> ground: for [it is] time <06256> to seek <01875> the LORD <03068>, till <05704> he come < 0935> and rain <03384> righteousness <06664> upon you.

13 Ye have plowed <02790> wickedness <07562>, ye have reaped <07114> iniquity <05766>; ye have eaten < 0398> the fruit <06529> of lies <03585>: because < 03588> thou didst trust <0982> in thy way <01870>, in the multitude <07230> of thy mighty <01368> men.

14 Therefore shall a tumult <07588> arise <06965> among thy people <05971>, and all <03605> thy fortresses < 04013> shall be spoiled <07703>, as Shalman <08020> spoiled <07701> Betharbel <01009> in the day <03117> of battle <04421>: the mother <0517> was dashed <07376> in pieces upon [her] children <01121>.

15 So <03602> shall Bethel <01008> do <06213> unto you because <06440> of your great <07451> wickedness < 07451>: in a morning <07837> shall the king <04428> of Israel <03478> utterly be cut <01820> off.

Hosea 11

1. When <03588> Israel <03478> [was] a child < 05288>, then I loved <0157> him, and called <07121> my son <01121> out of Egypt <04714>.

2 [As] they called <07121> them, so <03602> they went <01980> from them: they sacrificed <02076> unto Baalim <01168>, and burned <06999> incense <06999> to graven <06456> images.

3 I taught <08637> Ephraim <0669> also to go < 08637>, taking <03947> them by their arms <02220>; but they knew <03045> not that I healed <07495> them.

4 I drew <04900> them with cords <02256> of a man <0120>, with bands <05688> of love <0160>: and I was to them as they that take <07311> off <05921> the yoke < 05923> on <05921> their jaws <03895>, and I laid < 05186> meat <0398> unto them.

5 He shall not return <07725> into <0413> the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, but the Assyrian <0804> shall be his king <04428>, because <03588> they refused <03985> to return <07725>.

6 And the sword <02719> shall abide <02342> on his cities <05892>, and shall consume <03615> his branches < 0905>, and devour <0398> [them], because of their own counsels <04156>.

7 And my people <05971> are bent <08511> to backsliding <04878> from me: though they called <07121> them to the most <05920> High <05920>, none <03808> at < 03162> all <03162> would exalt <07311> [him].

8. How <0349> shall I give <05414> thee up, Ephraim <0669>? [how] shall I deliver <05042> thee, Israel < 03478>? how <0349> shall I make <05414> thee as Admah < 0126>? [how] shall I set <07761> thee as Zeboim <06636>? mine heart <03820> is turned <02015> within me, my repentings <05150> are kindled <03648> together <03162>.

9 I will not execute <06213> the fierceness <02740> of mine anger <0639>, I will not return <07725> to destroy < 07843> Ephraim <0669>: for I [am] God <0410>, and not man <0376>; the Holy <06918> One in the midst <07130> of thee: and I will not enter <0935> into the city <05892>.

10 They shall walk <03212> after <0310> the LORD <03068>: he shall roar <07580> like a lion <0738>: when <03588> he shall roar <07580>, then the children <01121> shall tremble <02729> from the west <03220>.

11 They shall tremble <02729> as a bird <06833> out of Egypt <04714>, and as a dove <03123> out of the land < 0776> of Assyria <0804>: and I will place <03427> them in their houses <01004>, saith <05002> the LORD <03068>.

12 Ephraim <0669> compasseth <05437> me about with lies <03585>, and the house <01004> of Israel <03478> with deceit <04820>: but Judah <03063> yet <05750> ruleth <07300> with God <0430>, and is faithful <0539> with the saints <06918>.

Hosea 12

1. Ephraim <0669> feedeth <07462> on wind < 07307>, and followeth <07291> after the east <06921> wind: he daily increaseth <07235> lies <03576> and desolation < 07701>; and they do make <03772> a covenant <01285> with the Assyrians <0804>, and oil <08081> is carried <02986> into Egypt <04714>.

2 The LORD <03068> hath also a controversy <07379> with Judah <03063>, and will punish <06485> Jacob <03290> according to his ways <01870>; according to his doings <04611> will he recompense <07725> him.

3 He took his brother <0251> by the heel <06117> in the womb <0990>, and by his strength <0202> he had power < 08280> with God <0430>:

4 Yea, he had power <07786> over <0413> the angel <04397>, and prevailed <03201>: he wept <01058>, and made supplication <02603> unto him: he found <04672> him [in] Bethel <01008>, and there <08033> he spake <01696> with us;

5 Even the LORD <03068> God <0430> of hosts < 06635>; the LORD <03068> [is] his memorial <02143>.

6 Therefore turn <07725> thou to thy God <0430>: keep <08104> mercy <02617> and judgment <04941>, and wait <06960> on thy God <0430> continually.

7. [He is] a merchant <03667>, the balances <03976> of deceit <04820> [are] in his hand <03027>: he loveth < 0157> to oppress <06231>.

8 And Ephraim <0669> said <0559>, Yet <0389> I am become <06238> rich <06238>, I have found <04672> me out substance <0202>: [in] all <03605> my labours < 03018> they shall find <04672> none <03808> iniquity < 05771> in me that [were] sin <02399>.

9 And I [that am] the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> from the land <0776> of Egypt <04714> will yet <05750> make thee to dwell <03427> in tabernacles <0168>, as in the days <03117> of the solemn <04150> feast <04150>.

10 I have also spoken <01696> by the prophets < 05030>, and I have multiplied <07235> visions <02377>, and used similitudes <01819>, by the ministry <03027> of the prophets <05030>.

11 [Is there] iniquity <0205> [in] Gilead <01568>? surely <0389> they are vanity <07723>: they sacrifice < 02076> bullocks <07794> in Gilgal <01537>; yea <01571> , their altars <04196> [are] as heaps <01530> in the furrows <08525> of the fields <07704>.

12 And Jacob <03290> fled <01272> into the country <07704> of Syria <0758>, and Israel <03478> served < 05647> for a wife <0802>, and for a wife <0802> he kept < 08104> [sheep].

13 And by a prophet <05030> the LORD <03068> brought <05927> Israel <03478> out of Egypt <04714>, and by a prophet <05030> was he preserved <08104>.

14 Ephraim <0669> provoked [him] to anger <03707> most <08563> bitterly <08563>: therefore shall he leave < 05203> his blood <01818> upon him, and his reproach <02781> shall his Lord <0113> return <07725> unto him.

Hosea 13

1. When Ephraim <0669> spake <01696> trembling < 07578>, he exalted <05375> himself <01931> in Israel < 03478>; but when he offended <0816> in Baal <01168>, he died <04191>.

2 And now <06258> they sin <02398> more and more, and have made <06213> them molten <04541> images of their silver <03701>, [and] idols <06091> according to their own understanding <08394>, all <03605> of it the work <04639> of the craftsmen <02796>: they say <0559> of them, Let the men <0120> that sacrifice <02076> kiss <05401> the calves <05697>.

3 Therefore <03651> they shall be as the morning < 01242> cloud <06051>, and as the early <07925> dew < 02919> that passeth <01980> away, as the chaff <04671> [that] is driven <05590> with the whirlwind <05590> out of the floor <01637>, and as the smoke <06227> out of the chimney < 0699>.

4 Yet I [am] the LORD <03068> thy God <0430> from the land <0776> of Egypt <04714>, and thou shalt know < 03045> no <03808> god <0430> but me: for [there is] no < 0369> saviour <03467> beside <01115> me.

5. I did know <03045> thee in the wilderness <04057>, in the land <0776> of great <08514> drought <08514>.

6 According to their pasture <04830>, so were they filled <07646>; they were filled <07646>, and their heart < 03820> was exalted <07311>; therefore have they forgotten < 07911> me.

7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion <07826>: as a leopard <05246> by the way <01870> will I observe <07789> [them]:

8 I will meet <06298> them as a bear <01677> [that is] bereaved <07909> [of her whelps], and will rend <07167> the caul <05458> of their heart <03820>, and there < 08033> will I devour <0398> them like a lion <03833>: the wild <07704> beast <02416> shall tear <01234> them.

9. O Israel <03478>, thou hast destroyed <07843> thyself; but in me [is] thine help <05828>.

10 I will <0165> be thy king <04428>: where < 0645> [is any other] that may save <03467> thee in all < 03605> thy cities <05892>? and thy judges <08199> of whom <0834> thou saidst <0559>, Give <05414> me a king < 04428> and princes <08269>?

11 I gave <05414> thee a king <04428> in mine anger <0639>, and took <03947> [him] away in my wrath <05678>.

12 The iniquity <05771> of Ephraim <0669> [is] bound <06887> up; his sin <02403> [is] hid <06845>.

13 The sorrows <02256> of a travailing <03205> woman shall come <0935> upon him: he [is] an unwise son <01121> ; for he should not stay <05975> long in [the place of] the breaking <04866> forth <04866> of children <01121>.

14 I will ransom <06299> them from the power <03027> of the grave <07585>; I will redeem <01350> them from death <04194>: O death <04194>, I will <0165> be thy plagues <01698>; O grave <07585>, I will <0165> be thy destruction <06987>: repentance <05164> shall be hid < 05641> from mine eyes <05869>.

15 Though <03588> he be fruitful <06500> among < 0996> [his] brethren <0251>, an east <06921> wind shall come <0935>, the wind <07307> of the LORD <03068> shall come <05927> up from the wilderness <04057>, and his spring <04726> shall become dry <0954>, and his fountain <04599> shall be dried <02717> up: he shall spoil <08154> the treasure <0214> of all <03605> pleasant <02532> vessels <03627>.

16 Samaria <08111> shall become <0816> desolate < 0816>; for she hath rebelled <04784> against her God <0430>: they shall fall <05307> by the sword <02719>: their infants <05768> shall be dashed <07376> in pieces, and their women with child <02030> shall be ripped <01234> up.

Hosea 14

1. O Israel <03478>, return <07725> unto the LORD <03068> thy God <0430>; for thou hast fallen <03782> by thine iniquity <05771>.

2 Take <03947> with you words <01697>, and turn < 07725> to the LORD <03068>: say <0559> unto him, Take < 05375> away all <03605> iniquity <05771>, and receive < 03947> [us] graciously <02896>: so will we render <07999> the calves <06499> of our lips <08193>.

3 Asshur <0804> shall not save <03467> us; we will not ride <07392> upon horses <05483>: neither <03808> will we say <0559> any more <05750> to the work <04639> of our hands <03027>, [Ye are] our gods <0430>: for in thee the fatherless <03490> findeth mercy <07355>.

4. I will heal <07495> their backsliding <04878>, I will love <0157> them freely <05071>: for mine anger < 0639> is turned <07725> away from him.

5 I will be as the dew <02919> unto Israel <03478>: he shall grow <06524> as the lily <07799>, and cast < 05221> forth <05221> his roots <08328> as Lebanon < 03844>.

6 His branches <03127> shall spread <03212>, and his beauty <01935> shall be as the olive <02132> tree, and his smell <07381> as Lebanon <03844>.

7 They that dwell <03427> under his shadow <06738> shall return <07725>; they shall revive <02421> [as] the corn <01715>, and grow <06524> as the vine <01612>: the scent <02143> thereof [shall be] as the wine <08492> of Lebanon < 03844>.

8. Ephraim <0669> [shall say], What <04100> have I to do any more <05750> with idols <06091>? I have heard < 06030> [him], and observed <07789> him: I [am] like a green < 07488> fir <01265> tree. From me is thy fruit <06529> found <04672>.

9 Who <04310> [is] wise <02450>, and he shall understand <0995> these <0428> [things]? prudent <0995>, and he shall know <03045> them? for the ways <01870> of the LORD <03068> [are] right <03477>, and the just <06662> shall walk <03212> in them: but the transgressors <06586> shall fall <03872> therein.

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