1 The word 01697 of the LORD 03068 that came to Hosea 01954, the son 01121 of Beeri 0882, in the days 03117 of Uzziah 05818, Jotham 03147, Ahaz 0271, and Hezekiah 03169, 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 01696 of the LORD 03068 by Hosea 01954. And the LORD 03068 said 0559 to Hosea 01954, Go 03212, take 03947 to thee a wife 0802 of harlotry 02183 and children 03206 of harlotry 02183: for the land 0776 hath committed great 02181 harlotry 02181, departing from 0310 the LORD 03068.
3 So he went 03212 and took 03947 Gomer 01586 the daughter 01323 of Diblaim 01691; who conceived 02029, and bore 03205 him a son 01121.
4 And the LORD 03068 said 0559 to him, Call 07121 his name 08034 Jezreel 03157; for yet 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. avenge: Heb. visit
5 And it shall come 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 again 02029, and bore 03205 a daughter 01323. And God said 0559 to him, Call 07121 her name 08034 Loruhamah 03819: for I will no more 03254 have mercy 07355 upon the house 01004 of Israel 03478; but I will utterly 05375 take them away 05375. Loruhamah: that is, Not having obtained mercyno…: Heb. not add any more tobut…: or, that I should altogether pardon them
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 02029, and bore 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. Loammi: that is, Not my people
10 Yet the number 04557 of the children 01121 of Israel 03478 shall be as the sand 02344 of the sea 03220, which cannot be measured 04058 nor numbered 05608; and it shall come to pass, that in the place 04725 where it was said 0559 to them, Ye are not my people 05971, there it shall be said 0559 to them, Ye are the sons 01121 of the living 02416 God 0410. in…: or, instead of that
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 one 0259 head 07218, and they shall come up 05927 from the land 0776: for great 01419 shall be the day 03117 of Jezreel 03157.
1 Say 0559 ye to your brethren 0251, Ammi 05971; and to your sisters 0269, Ruhamah 07355. Ammi: that is, My peopleRuhamah: that is, Having obtained mercy
2 Contend 07378 with your mother 0517, contend 07378: for she is not my wife 0802, neither am I her husband 0376: let her therefore put away 05493 her harlotry 02183 out of her sight 06440, and her adulteries 05005 from between her breasts 07699;
3 Lest 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 kill 04191 her with thirst 06772.
4 And I will not have mercy 07355 upon her children 01121; for they are the children 01121 of harlotry 02183.
5 For their mother 0517 hath played the harlot 02181: she that conceived 02029 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, my oil 08081 and my drink 08250. drink: Heb. drinks
6 Therefore, behold, 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. make…: Heb. wall a wall
7 And she shall follow 07291 after 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 was it better 02896 with me than now 06258.
8 For she did not know 03045 that I gave 05414 her grain 01715, and wine 08492, and oil 03323, and multiplied 07235 her silver 03701 and gold 02091, which they prepared 06213 for Baal 01168. wine: Heb. new winewhich…: or, wherewith they made Baal
9 Therefore will I return 07725, and take away 03947 my grain 01715 in its time 06256, and my wine 08492 in its season 04150, and I will recover 05337 my wool 06785 and my flax 06593 given to cover 03680 her nakedness 06172. recover: or, take away
10 And now will I uncover 01540 her lewdness 05040 in the sight 05869 of her lovers 0157, and none 0376 shall deliver 05337 her out of my hand 03027. lewdness: Heb. folly, or, villany
11 I will also cause all her mirth 04885 to cease 07673, her feast days 02282, her new moons 02320, and her sabbaths 07676, and all her solemn feasts 04150.
12 And I will destroy 08074 her vines 01612 and her fig trees 08384, of which she hath said 0559, These 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. destroy: Heb. make desolate
13 And I will judge 06485 her for the days 03117 of Baalim 01168, in which she burned 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 forgot 07911 me, saith 05002 the LORD 03068.
14 Therefore, behold, I will allure 06601 her, and bring 03212 her into the wilderness 04057, and speak 01696 kindly 03820 to her. comfortably: or, friendly: Heb. to her heart
15 And I will give 05414 her her vineyards 03754 there, and the valley 06010 of Achor 05911 for a door 06607 of hope 08615: and she shall sing 06030 there, as in the days 03117 of her youth 05271, and as in the day 03117 when she came 05927 from 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 more Baali 01180. Ishi: that is, My husbandBaali: that is, My lord
17 For I will take away 05493 the names 08034 of Baalim 01168 out of her mouth 06310, and they shall no more 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 things 07431 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 down 07901 in safety 0983.
19 And I will betroth 0781 thee to me for ever 05769; yea, I will betroth 0781 thee to me in righteousness 06664, and in judgment 04941, and in lovingkindness 02617, and in mercies 07356.
20 I will even betroth 0781 thee to me in faithfulness 0530: and thou shalt know 03045 the LORD 03068.
21 And it shall come 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 grain 01715, and the wine 08492, and the oil 03323; and they shall hear 06030 Jezreel 03157.
23 And I will sow 02232 her to me in the earth 0776; and I will have mercy 07355 upon her that had not obtained mercy 07355; and I will say 0559 to them who were not my people 05971, Thou art my people 05971; and they shall say 0559, Thou art my God 0430.
1 Then said 0559 the LORD 03068 to me, Go 03212 yet, love 0157 a woman 0802 beloved 0157 by her friend 07453, yet an adulteress 05003, according to the love 0160 of the LORD 03068 toward the children 01121 of Israel 03478, who look 06437 to other 0312 gods 0430, and love 0157 flagons 0809 of wine 06025. of wine: Heb. of grapes
2 So I bought 03739 her to me for fifteen 06240, 2568 pieces of silver 03701, and for an homer 02563 of barley 08184, and an half homer 03963 of barley 08184: half…: Heb. lethech
3 And I said 0559 to her, Thou shalt abide 03427 for me many 07227 days 03117; thou shalt not play the harlot 02181, and thou shalt not be 01961 for another man 0376: so will I also be for thee.
4 For the children 01121 of Israel 03478 shall abide 03427 many 07227 days 03117 without a king 04428, and without a prince 08269, and without a sacrifice 02077, and without an image 04676, and without an ephod 0646, and without teraphim 08655: image: Heb. a standing, or, statue, or, pillar
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.
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 there is no truth 0571, nor mercy 02617, nor knowledge 01847 of God 0430 in the land 0776.
2 By swearing 0422, and lying 03584, and killing 07523, and stealing 01589, and committing adultery 05003, they break out 06555, and blood 01818 toucheth 05060 blood 01818. blood: Heb. bloods
3 Therefore shall the land 0776 mourn 056, and every one that dwelleth 03427 in it shall languish 0535, with the beasts 02416 of the field 07704, and with the fowls 05775 of heaven 08064; yea, the fishes 01709 of the sea 03220 also shall be taken away 0622.
4 Yet let no man 0376 contend 07378, nor reprove 03198 another 0376: for thy people 05971 are as they that contend 07378 with the priest 03548.
5 Therefore shalt thou fall 03782 in the day 03117, and the prophet 05030 also shall fall 03782 with thee in the night 03915, and I will destroy 01820 thy mother 0517. destroy: Heb. cut off
6 My people 05971 are destroyed 01820 for lack of knowledge 01847: because 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 forget 07911 thy children 01121. destroyed: Heb. cut off
7 As they were increased 07230, so they sinned 02398 against me: therefore will I change 04171 their glory 03519 into shame 07036.
8 They eat up 0398 the sin 02403 of my people 05971, and they set 05375 their heart 05315 on their iniquity 05771. set…: Heb. lift up their soul to
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. punish: Heb. visit uponreward: Heb. cause to return
10 For they shall eat 0398, and not have enough 07646: they shall commit harlotry 02181, and shall not increase 06555: because they have stopped 05800 taking heed to 08104 to the LORD 03068.
11 Harlotry 02184 and wine 03196 and new wine 08492 take away 03947 the heart 03820.
12 My people 05971 ask 07592 counsel at their idols 06086, and their staff 04731 declareth 05046 to them: for the spirit 07307 of harlotry 02183 hath caused them to err 08582, and they have played the harlot 02181 departing from under their God 0430.
13 They sacrifice 02076 upon the tops 07218 of the mountains 02022, and burn incense 06999 upon the hills 01389, under oaks 0437 and poplars 03839 and elms 0424, because their shadow 06738 is pleasant 02896: therefore your daughters 01323 shall commit harlotry 02181, and your spouses 03618 shall commit adultery 05003.
14 I will not punish 06485 your daughters 01323 when they commit harlotry 02181, nor your spouses 03618 when they commit adultery 05003: for they themselves are separated 06504 with harlots 02181, and they sacrifice 02076 with harlots 06948: therefore the people 05971 that doth not understand 0995 shall fall 03832. I will not: or, Shall I notfall: or, be punished
15 Though thou, Israel 03478, playest the harlot 02181, yet let not Judah 03063 offend 0816; and come 0935 not ye to Gilgal 01537, neither go ye up 05927 to Bethaven 01007, nor swear 07650, The LORD 03068 liveth 02416.
16 For Israel 03478 slideth back 05637 as a backsliding 05637 heifer 06510: now the LORD 03068 will feed 07462 them as a lamb 03532 in a large place 04800.
17 Ephraim 0669 is joined 02266 to idols 06091: let him alone 03240.
18 Their drink 05435 is sour 05493: they have committed harlotry 02181 continually 02181: her rulers 04043 with love 0157 shame 07036 more than glory 03051. sour: Heb. gonerulers: Heb. shields
19 The wind 07307 hath bound her up 06887 in her wings 03671, and they shall be ashamed 0954 because of their sacrifices 02077.
1 Hear 08085 ye this, 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 ye have been a snare 06341 on Mizpah 04709, and a net 07568 spread 06566 upon Tabor 08396.
2 And the revolters 07846 are gone deeply 06009 into slaughter 07819, though I have been a rebuker 04148 of them all. though: or, anda rebuker: Heb. a correction
3 I know 03045 Ephraim 0669, and Israel 03478 is not hid 03582 from me: for now, O Ephraim 0669, thou committest harlotry 02181, and Israel 03478 is defiled 02930.
4 They will not frame 05414 their doings 04611 to turn 07725 to their God 0430: for the spirit 07307 of harlotry 02183 is in the midst 07130 of them, and they have not known 03045 the LORD 03068. They will…: or, Their doings will not suffer themframe: Heb. give
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 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 shall a month 02320 devour 0398 them with their portions 02506.
8 Blow 08628 ye the horn 07782 in Gibeah 01390, and the trumpet 02689 in Ramah 07414: cry 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 be 0539.
10 The princes 08269 of Judah 03063 were like them that remove 05253 a landmark 01366: therefore I will pour out 08210 my wrath 05678 upon them like water 04325.
11 Ephraim 0669 is oppressed 06231 and broken 07533 in judgment 04941, because he willingly 02974 walked 01980 after 0310 the commandment 06673.
12 Therefore will I be to Ephraim 0669 as a moth 06211, and to the house 01004 of Judah 03063 as rottenness 07538. rottenness: or, a worm
13 When Ephraim 0669 saw 07200 his sickness 02483, and Judah 03063 saw his wound 04205, then Ephraim 0669 went 03212 to the Assyrian 0804, and sent 07971 to king 04428 Jareb 03377, 7378: yet he could 03201 not heal 07495 you, nor cure 01455 you of your wound 04205. king Jareb: or, the king of Jareb: or, the king that should plead
14 For I will be to Ephraim 0669 as a lion 07826, and as a young lion 03715 to the house 01004 of Judah 03063: I, even I, will tear 02963 and go away 03212; I will take away 05375, and none shall rescue 05337 him.
15 I will go 03212 and return 07725 to my place 04725, till they acknowledge their offence 0816, and seek 01245 my face 06440: in their affliction 06862 they will seek me early 07836. acknowledge…: Heb. be guilty
1 Come 03212, and let us return 07725 to the LORD 03068: for he hath torn 02963, and he will heal 07495 us; he hath smitten 05221, and he will bind us up 02280.
2 After two days 03117 will he revive 02421 us: in the third 07992 day 03117 will he raise us up 06965, 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 forth 04161 is prepared 03559 as the morning 07837; and he shall come 0935 to us as the rain 01653, as the latter 04456 and former rain 03384 to the earth 0776.
4 O Ephraim 0669, what shall I do 06213 to thee? O Judah 03063, what shall I do 06213 to thee? for your goodness 02617 is as the morning 01242 cloud 06051, and as the early 07925 dew 02919 it goeth away 01980. goodness: or, mercy, or, kindness
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 forth 03318. and…: or, that thy judgments might be, etc
6 For I desired 02654 mercy 02617, and not sacrifice 02077; and the knowledge 01847 of God 0430 more than burnt offerings 05930.
7 But they like men 0120 have transgressed 05674 the covenant 01285: there have they dealt treacherously 0898 against me. men: or, Adam
8 Gilead 01568 is a city 07151 of them that work 06466 iniquity 0205, and is polluted 06121 with blood 01818. polluted: or, cunning for
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, 7927: for they commit 06213 lewdness 02154. by…: Heb. with one shoulder, or, to Shechemlewdness: or, enormity
10 I have seen 07200 an horrible thing 08186 in the house 01004 of Israel 03478: there is the harlotry 02184 of Ephraim 0669, Israel 03478 is defiled 02930.
11 Also, O Judah 03063, he hath set 07896 an harvest 07105 for thee, when I returned 07725 the captivity 07622 of my people 05971.
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 in 0935, and the troop 01416 of robbers plunder 06584 outside 02351. wickedness: Heb. evilsspoileth: Heb. strippeth
2 And they consider 0559 not in their hearts 03824 that I remember 02142 all their wickedness 07451: now their own doings 04611 have beset them on every side 05437; they are before my face 06440. consider…: Heb. say not to
3 They make the king 04428 glad 08055 with their wickedness 07451, and the princes 08269 with their lies 03585.
4 They are all adulterers 05003, as an oven 08574 heated 01197 by the baker 0644, who ceaseth 07673 from raising 05782 after he hath kneaded 03888 the dough 01217, until it is leavened 02556. who…: or, the raiser will ceaseraising: or, waking
5 In the day 03117 of our king 04428 the princes 08269 have made him sick 02470 with bottles 02534 of wine 03196; he stretched out 04900 his hand 03027 with scorners 03945. bottles…: or, heat through wine
6 For they have made ready 07126 their heart 03820 like an oven 08574, while they lie in wait 0693: their baker 0644 sleepeth 03463 all the night 03915; in the morning 01242 it burneth 01197 as a flaming 03852 fire 0784. made…: or, applied
7 They are all hot 02552 as an oven 08574, and have devoured 0398 their judges 08199; all their kings 04428 are fallen 05307: there is none among them that calleth 07121 to me.
8 Ephraim 0669, he hath mixed 01101 himself 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, gray hairs 07872 are here and there 02236 upon him, yet he knoweth 03045 not. here…: Heb. sprinkled
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 seek 01245 him for all this.
11 Ephraim 0669 also is like a silly 06601 dove 03123 without heart 03820: they call 07121 to Egypt 04714, they go 01980 to Assyria 0804.
12 When they shall go 03212, I will spread 06566 my net 07568 upon them; I will bring them down 03381 as the fowls 05775 of the heaven 08064; I will chastise 03256 them, as their congregation 05712 hath heard 08088.
13 Woe 0188 to them! for they have fled 05074 from me: destruction 07701 to them! because they have transgressed 06586 against me: though I have redeemed 06299 them, yet they have spoken 01696 lies 03577 against me. destruction: Heb. spoil
14 And they have not cried 02199 to me with their heart 03820, when they wailed 03213 upon their beds 04904: they assemble 01481 themselves for grain 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 me. have…: or, chastened
16 They return 07725, but not to the most 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 03933 in the land 0776 of Egypt 04714.
1 Set the trumpet 07782 to thy mouth 02441. He shall come as an eagle 05404 against the house 01004 of the LORD 03068, because they have transgressed 05674 my covenant 01285, and trespassed 06586 against my law 08451. thy: Heb. the roof of thy
2 Israel 03478 shall cry 02199 to me, My God 0430, we know 03045 thee.
3 Israel 03478 hath cast off 02186 the thing that is good 02896: the enemy 0341 shall pursue 07291 him.
4 They have set up kings 04427, but not by me: they have made princes 07786, and I knew 03045 it not: of their silver 03701 and their gold 02091 have they made 06213 for themselves idols 06091, that they may be cut off 03772.
5 Thy calf 05695, O Samaria 08111, hath cast 02186 thee off; my anger 0639 is kindled 02734 against them: how long 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 in pieces 07616.
7 For they have sown 02232 the wind 07307, and they shall reap 07114 the whirlwind 05492: it hath no stalk 07054: the bud 06780 shall yield 06213 no meal 07058: if 0194 it shall yield 06213, the strangers 02114 shall swallow it up 01104. stalk: or, standing corn
8 Israel 03478 is swallowed up 01104: now shall they be among the Gentiles 01471 as a vessel 03627 in which is no pleasure 02656.
9 For they have gone up 05927 to Assyria 0804, a wild donkey 06501 alone 0909 by himself: Ephraim 0669 hath hired 08566 lovers 0158. lovers: Heb. loves
10 Yea, though they have hired 08566 among the nations 01471, now will I gather 06908 them, and they shall sorrow 02490 a little 04592 for the burden 04853 of the king 04428 of princes 08269. sorrow: or, begina…: or, in a little while
11 Because Ephraim 0669 hath made many 07235 altars 04196 to sin 02398, altars 04196 shall be to him to sin 02398.
12 I have written 03789 to him the great things 07230, 7239 of my law 08451, but they were counted 02803 as a strange thing 02114.
13 They sacrifice 02076 flesh 01320 for the sacrifices 02077 of my offerings 01890, and eat 0398 it; but the LORD 03068 accepteth 07521 them not; now will he remember 02142 their iniquity 05771, and judge 06485 their sins 02403: they shall return 07725 to Egypt 04714. They sacrifice…: or, In the sacrifices of mine offerings they, etc
14 For Israel 03478 hath forgotten 07911 his Maker 06213, and buildeth 01129 temples 01964; and Judah 03063 hath multiplied 07235 fortified 01219 cities 05892: but I will send 07971 a fire 0784 upon his cities 05892, and it shall devour 0398 his palaces 0759.
1 Rejoice 08055 not, O Israel 03478, for joy 01524, as other people 05971: for thou hast played the harlot 02181 from thy God 0430, thou hast loved 0157 a reward 0868 upon every threshingfloor 01637, 1715. upon: or, in, etc
2 The floor 01637 and the winepress 03342 shall not feed 07462 them, and the new wine 08492 shall fail 03584 in her. winepress: or, winefat
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 03196 offerings to the LORD 03068, neither shall they be pleasing 06149 to him: their sacrifices 02077 shall be to them as the bread 03899 of mourners 0205; all that eat 0398 of it 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 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, they are gone 01980 because of destruction 07701: Egypt 04714 shall gather them up 06908, Memphis 04644 shall bury 06912 them: the pleasant 04261 places for their silver 03701, nettles 07057 shall possess 03423 them: thorns 02336 shall be in their tabernacles 0168. destruction: Heb. spoilthe…: or, their silver shall be desired, the nettle, etc.: Heb. the desire
7 The days 03117 of punishment 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 thy iniquity 05771, and the great 07227 hatred 04895. spiritual…: Heb. man of the spirit
8 The watchman 06822 of Ephraim 0669 was with my God 0430: but the prophet 05030 is a snare 06341 of a fowler 03352 in all his ways 01870, and hatred 04895 in the house 01004 of his God 0430. in the: or, against the
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 judge 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 tree 08384 at her first time 07225: but they went 0935 to Baalpeor 01187, and separated 05144 themselves to that shame 01322; and their abominations 08251 were according as they loved 0157.
11 As for Ephraim 0669, their glory 03519 shall fly away 05774 like a bird 05775, from the birth 03205, and from the womb 0990, and from the conception 02032.
12 Though they bring up 01431 their children 01121, yet will I bereave 07921 them, that there shall not be a man 0120 left: yea, woe 0188 also to them when I depart 05493 from them!
13 Ephraim 0669, as I saw 07200 Tyre 06865, is planted 08362 in a pleasant place 05116: but Ephraim 0669 shall bring forth 03318 his children 01121 to the murderer 02026.
14 Give 05414 them, O LORD 03068: what wilt thou give 05414? give 05414 them a miscarrying 07921 womb 07358 and dry 06784 breasts 07699. miscarrying: Heb. that casteth the fruit
15 All their wickedness 07451 is in Gilgal 01537: for there I hated 08130 them: for the wickedness 07455 of their doings 04611 I will drive them out 01644 of my house 01004, I will love 0160 them no more 03254: all their princes 08269 are revolters 05637.
16 Ephraim 0669 is smitten 05221, their root 08328 is dried up 03001, they shall bear 06213 no fruit 06529: yea, though they bring forth 03205, yet will I slay 04191 even the beloved 04261 fruit of their womb 0990. the…: Heb. the desires
17 My God 0430 will cast them away 03988, because they did not hearken 08085 to him: and they shall be wanderers 05074 among the nations 01471.
1 Israel 03478 is an empty 01238 vine 01612, he bringeth forth 07737 fruit 06529 to himself: according to the multitude 07230 of his fruit 06529 he hath multiplied 07235 the altars 04196; according to the goodness 02896 of his land 0776 they have made beautiful 02895 images 04676. an…: or, a vine emptying the fruit which it givethimages: Heb. statues, or, standing images
2 Their heart 03820 is divided 02505; now shall they be found faulty 0816: he shall break down 06202 their altars 04196, he shall spoil 07703 their images 04676. Their heart…: or, He hath divided their heartbreak…: Heb. beheadimages: Heb. statues, or, standing images
3 For now they shall say 0559, We have no king 04428, because we feared 03372 not the LORD 03068; what 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 up 06524 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 its people 05971 shall mourn 056 over it, and its priests 03649 that rejoiced 01523 on it, for its glory 03519, because it is departed 01540 from it. the priests…: or, Chemarim
6 It shall also be carried 02986 to 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 off 01820 as the foam 07110 upon 06440 the water 04325. the water: Heb. the face of the water
8 The high places 01116 also of Aven 0206, the sin 02403 of Israel 03478, shall be destroyed 08045: the thorn 06975 and the thistle 01863 shall come up 05927 on their altars 04196; and they shall say 0559 to the mountains 02022, Cover 03680 us; and to the hills 01389, Fall 05307 on us.
9 O Israel 03478, thou hast sinned 02398 from the days 03117 of Gibeah 01390: there they stood 05975: the battle 04421 in Gibeah 01390 against the children 01121 of iniquity 05932 did not overtake 05381 them.
10 It is in my desire 0185 that I should chastise 03256 them; and the people 05971 shall be gathered 0622 against them, when they shall bind 0631 themselves in their two 08147 furrows 05869. when…: or, when I shall bind them for their two transgressions, or, in their two habitations
11 And Ephraim 0669 is as an heifer 05697 that is taught 03925, and loveth 0157 to tread out 01758 the grain; but I passed over 05674 upon her fair 02898 neck 06677: I will make Ephraim 0669 to ride 07392; Judah 03063 shall plow 02790, and Jacob 03290 shall break his clods 07702. her…: Heb. the beauty of her neck
12 Sow 02232 to yourselves in righteousness 06666, reap 07114 in 06310 mercy 02617; break up 05214 your fallow ground 05215: for it is time 06256 to seek 01875 the LORD 03068, till he shall 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 thou hast trusted 0982 in thy way 01870, in the multitude 07230 of thy mighty men 01368.
14 Therefore shall a tumult 07588 arise 06965 among thy people 05971, and all thy fortresses 04013 shall be plundered 07703, as Shalman 08020 plundered 07701 Betharbel 01009 in the day 03117 of battle 04421: the mother 0517 was dashed in pieces 07376 upon her children 01121.
15 So 03602 shall Bethel 01008 do 06213 to you because 06440 of your great 07451 wickedness 07451: in a morning 07837 shall the king 04428 of Israel 03478 be utterly 01820 cut off 01820. your…: Heb. the evil of your evil
1 When 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 they went 01980 from them 06440: they sacrificed 02076 to Baalim 01168, and burned incense 06999 to graven images 06456.
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 off 07311 the yoke 05923 on their jaws 03895, and I laid 05186 food 0398 before them. take off: Heb. lift up
5 He shall not return 07725 into the land 0776 of Egypt 04714, but the Assyrian 0804 shall be his king 04428, because 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 High 05920, none at all 03162 would exalt 07311 him. none…: Heb. together they exalted not
8 How shall I give thee up 05414, Ephraim 0669? how shall I deliver 04042 thee, Israel 03478? how shall I make 05414 thee as Admah 0126? how shall I set 07760 thee as Zeboim 06636? my heart 03820 is turned 02015 within me, my compassions 05150 are kindled 03648 together 03162.
9 I will not execute 06213 the fierceness 02740 of my anger 0639, I will not return 07725 to destroy 07843 Ephraim 0669: for I am God 0410, and not man 0376; the Holy One 06918 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 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 surroundeth 05437 me with lies 03585, and the house 01004 of Israel 03478 with deceit 04820: but Judah 03063 yet ruleth 07300 with God 0410, and is faithful 0539 with the saints 06918. saints: or, most holy
1 Ephraim 0669 feedeth 07462 on wind 07307, and followeth 07291 after the east wind 06921: he daily 03117 multiplieth 07235 lies 03577 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. punish: Heb. visit upon
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: had…: Heb. was a prince, or, behaved himself princely
4 Yea, he had power 07786 over the angel 04397, and prevailed 03201: he wept 01058, and made supplication 02603 to him: he found 04672 him in Bethel 01008, and there he spoke 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 08548.
7 He is a merchant 03667, the balances 03976 of deceit 04820 are in his hand 03027: he loveth 0157 to oppress 06231. a merchant: or, Canaanoppress: or, deceive
8 And Ephraim 0669 said 0559, Yet I have become rich 06238, I have found for myself 04672 substance 0202: in all my labours 03018 they shall find 04672 no iniquity 05771 in me that were sin 02399. in all…: or, all my labours suffice me not: he shall have punishment of iniquity in whom is sinthat: Heb. which
9 And I that am the LORD 03068 thy God 0430 from the land 0776 of Egypt 04714 will yet make thee to dwell 03427 in tabernacles 0168, as in the days 03117 of the solemn 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. ministry: Heb. hand
11 Is there iniquity 0205 in Gilead 01568? surely they are vanity 07723: they sacrifice 02076 bulls 07794 in Gilgal 01537; yea, 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 bitterly 08563: therefore shall he leave 05203 his blood 01818 upon him, and his reproach 02781 shall his Lord 0113 return 07725 to him. most…: Heb. with bitternessesblood: Heb. bloods
1 When Ephraim 0669 spoke 01696 trembling 07578, he exalted 05375 himself in Israel 03478; but when he offended 0816 in Baal 01168, he died 04191.
2 And now they sin 02398 more and more 03254, and have made 06213 them molten images 04541 of their silver 03701, and idols 06091 according to their own understanding 08394, all 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 05695. they sin…: Heb. they add to sinthe men…: or, the sacrificers of men
3 Therefore they shall be as the morning 01242 cloud 06051, and as the early 07925 dew 02919 that passeth away 01980, as the chaff 04671 that is driven with the whirlwind 05590 from the floor 01637, and as the smoke 06227 from 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 God 0430 but me 02108: for there is no saviour 03467 besides me 01115.
5 I did know 03045 thee in the wilderness 04057, in the land 0776 of great drought 08514. great…: Heb. droughts
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 to 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 fat 05458 of their heart 03820, and there will I devour 0398 them like a lion 03833: the wild 07704 beast 02416 shall tear 01234 them. wild…: Heb. beast of the field
9 O Israel 03478, thou hast destroyed 07843 thyself; but in me is thy help 05828. is…: Heb. in thy help
10 I will 0165 be thy king 04428: where 0645 is any other that may save 03467 thee in all thy cities 05892? and thy judges 08199 of whom thou saidst 0559, Give 05414 me a king 04428 and princes 08269? I will…: rather, Where is thy king?
11 I gave 05414 thee a king 04428 in my anger 0639, and took 03947 him away in my wrath 05678.
12 The iniquity 05771 of Ephraim 0669 is bound up 06887; his sin 02403 is hid 06845.
13 The sorrows 02256 of a travailing woman 03205 shall come 0935 upon him: he is an unwise 02450 son 01121; for he should not stay 05975 long 06256 in the place of the breaking forth 04866 of children 01121. long: Heb. a time
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 my eyes 05869. power: Heb. hand
15 Though he is fruitful 06500 among his brethren 0251, an east wind 06921 shall come 0935, the wind 07307 of the LORD 03068 shall come up 05927 from the wilderness 04057, and his spring 04726 shall become dry 0954, and his fountain 04599 shall be dried up 02717: he shall plunder 08154 the treasure 0214 of all pleasant 02532 vessels 03627. pleasant…: Heb. vessels of desire
16 Samaria 08111 shall become 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 in pieces 07376, and their women with child 02030 shall be ripped up 01234.
1 O Israel 03478, return 07725 to the LORD 03068 thy God 0430; for thou hast fallen 03782 by thy iniquity 05771.
2 Take 03947 with you words 01697, and turn 07725 to the LORD 03068: say 0559 to him, Take away 05375 all iniquity 05771, and receive 03947 us graciously 02896: so will we render 07999 the calves 06499 of our lips 08193. receive…: or, give good
3 Assyria 0804 shall not save 03467 us; we will not ride 07392 upon horses 05483: neither will we say 0559 any more 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 my anger 0639 is turned away 07725 from him.
5 I will be as the dew 02919 to Israel 03478: he shall grow 06524 as the lily 07799, and cast forth 05221 his roots 08328 as Lebanon 03844. grow: or, blossomcast…: Heb. strike
6 His branches 03127 shall spread 03212, and his beauty 01935 shall be as the olive tree 02132, and his fragrance 07381 like Lebanon 03844. spread: Heb. go
7 They that dwell 03427 under his shadow 06738 shall return 07725; they shall revive 02421 as the grain 01715, and grow 06524 as the vine 01612: the scent 02143 of it shall be as the wine 03196 of Lebanon 03844. grow: or, blossomscent: or, memorial
8 Ephraim 0669 shall say, What have I to do any more with idols 06091? I have heard 06030 him, and observed 07789 him: I am like a green 07488 fir tree 01265. From me is thy fruit 06529 found 04672.
9 Who is wise 02450, and he shall understand 0995 these 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 03782 in them.