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,book #bh ,hosea  #jja3jja ,the word of 
,yahweh that came to ,hosea the son of  
,beeri1          in the days of ,uzziah1
 ,jotham1 ,ahaz1 and ,hezekiah1         
kings of ,judah1 and in the days of     
,jeroboam the son of ,joash1            
king of ,israel4  #jja3jjb ,when ,yahweh
 spoke at the first by ,hosea1 ,yahweh  
said          to ,hosea1 ,go1 take for  
yourself a wife of prostitution         
and children of unfaithfulness2 for the 
land commits          great adultery1   
forsaking ,yahweh4  #jja3jjc ,so he went
 and took ,gomer the daughter of        
,diblaim2          and she conceived1   
and bore him a son4  #jja3jjd ,yahweh   
said to him1 ,call his name ,jezreel2   
for yet a little while1          and ,i 
will avenge the blood of ,jezreel on the
 house of ,jehu1          and will cause
 the kingdom of the house of ,israel to 
cease4  #jja3jje ,it will happen in that
 day that ,i will break the bow of      

,israel          in the valley of       
,jezreel4  #jja3jjf ,she conceived      
again1 and bore a daughter4  ,then he   
said to him1          ,call her name    
,lo-,ruhamah,lo-,ruhamah means not      
loved42          for ,i will no longer  
have mercy on the house of ,israel1     
that ,i should in any way pardon them4  
#jja3jjg ,but ,i will have mercy on the 
house of ,judah1 and will save          
them by ,yahweh their ,god1 and will not
 save them by bow1          sword1      
battle1 horses1 or horsemen4  #jja3jjh  
,now when she had weaned ,lo-,ruhamah1  
she conceived1 and bore a son4  #jja3jji
 ,he said1 ,call his name               
,lo-,ammi,lo-,ammi means not my people2 
for you are not my people1 and ,i will  
not be yours4  #jja3jaj ,yet the number 
of the children of ,israel will be as   
the sand          of the sea1 which     
can't be measured nor numbered2         
and it will come to pass that1 in the   
place where it was said          to     
them1 ',you are not my people1' they    

will be called 'sons          of the    
living ,god4'  #jja3jaa ,the children of
 ,judah and the children of ,israel will
 be          gathered together1 and they
 will appoint themselves one head1      
and will go up from the land2 for great 
will be the day of ,jezreel4  #jjb3jja  
,say to your brothers1 ',my             
people6'',ammi' in ,hebrew and to       
your sisters1 ',my loved one6'',ruhamah'
 in ,hebrew  #jjb3jjb ,contend with your
 mother6  ,contend1 for she is not my   
wife1          neither am ,i her        
husband2 and let her put away her       
prostitution          from her face1 and
 her adulteries from between her        
breasts2  #jjb3jjc ,lest ,i strip her   
naked1 and make her bare as in the day  
that she was born1 and make her like a  
wilderness1 and set          her like a 
dry land1 and kill her with thirst4     
#jjb3jjd ,indeed1 on her children ,i    
will have no mercy2 for they are        
children of unfaithfulness2  #jjb3jje   
,for their mother has played the        

prostitute4  ,she who conceived them    
has done shamefully2 for she said1 ',i  
will go after my lovers1          who   
give me my bread and my water1 my wool  
and my flax1          my oil and my     
drink4'  #jjb3jjf ,therefore1 behold1 ,i
 will hedge up your way with thorns1 and
 ,i          will build a wall against  
her1 that she can't find her way4       
#jjb3jjg ,she will follow after her     
lovers1 but she won't overtake them2    
and she will seek them1 but won't find  
them4          ,then she will say1 ',i  
will go and return to my first husband2 
for then was it better with me than     
now4'  #jjb3jjh ,for she did not know   
that ,i gave her the grain1 the new     
wine1          and the oil1 and         
multiplied to her silver and gold1 which
 they          used for ,baal4  #jjb3jji
 ,therefore ,i will take back my grain  
in its time1 and my new          wine in
 its season1 and will pluck away my wool
 and my flax          which should have 
covered her nakedness4  #jjb3jaj ,now ,i

 will uncover her lewdness in the sight 
of her lovers1          and no one will 
deliver her out of my hand4  #jjb3jaa ,i
 will also cause all her celebrations to
 cease3  her feasts1          her new   
moons1 her ,sabbaths1 and all her solemn
 assemblies4  #jjb3jab ,i will lay waste
 her vines and her fig trees1 about     
which she          has said1 ',these are
 my wages that my lovers have given me2 
and ,i will make them a forest1' and the
 animals of the field          shall eat
 them4  #jjb3jac ,i will visit on her   
the days of the ,baals1 to which she    
burned          incense1 when she decked
 herself with her earrings and her      
jewels1          and went after her     
lovers1 and forgot me1 says ,yahweh4    
#jjb3jad ,therefore1 behold1 ,i will    
allure her1 and bring her into          
the wilderness1 and speak tenderly to   
her4  #jjb3jae ,i will give her         
vineyards from there1 and the valley    
of ,achor for a door of hope2 and she   
will respond there1          as in the  

days of her youth1 and as in the day    
when she came          up out of the    
land of ,egypt4  #jjb3jaf ,it will be in
 that day1 says ,yahweh1 that you will  
call me          'my husband1' and no   
longer call me 'my master4'  #jjb3jag   
,for ,i will take away the names of the 
,baals out of her mouth1          and   
they will no longer be mentioned by     
name4  #jjb3jah ,in that day ,i will    
make a covenant for them with the       
animals          of the field1 and with 
the birds of the sky1 and with          
the creeping things of the ground4  ,i  
will break the bow1          the sword1 
and the battle out of the land1 and will
 make them          lie down safely4    
#jjb3jai ,i will betroth you to me      
forever4  ,yes1 ,i will betroth you     
to me in righteousness1 in justice1 in  
loving kindness1          and in        
compassion4  #jjb3jbj ,i will even      
betroth you to me in faithfulness2 and  
you          shall know ,yahweh4        
#jjb3jba ,it will happen in that day1 ,i

 will respond1 says ,yahweh1 ,i will    
respond to the heavens1 and they will   
respond to the earth2  #jjb3jbb and the 
earth will respond to the grain1 and the
 new wine1          and the oil2 and    
they will respond to ,jezreel4  #jjb3jbc
 ,i will sow her to me in the earth2 and
 ,i will have mercy on her          who 
had not obtained mercy2 and ,i will tell
 those who were not          my people1 
',you are my people2' and they will say1
 ',my ,god6'  #jjc3jja ,yahweh said to  
me1 ,go again1 love a woman loved by    
another1          and an adulteress1    
even as ,yahweh loves the children of   
,israel1          though they turn to   
other gods1 and love cakes of raisins4  
#jjc3jjb ,so ,i bought her for myself   
for fifteen pieces of silver            
and a homer and a half of barley4       
#jjc3jjc ,i said to her1 ,you shall stay
 with me many days4  ,you shall not     
play the prostitute1 and you shall not  
be with any other man4          ,i will 
also be so toward you4  #jjc3jjd ,for   

the children of ,israel shall abide many
 days without king1          and without
 prince1 and without sacrifice1 and     
without          sacred stone1 and      
without ephod or idols4  #jjc3jje       
,afterward the children of ,israel shall
 return1 and seek ,yahweh          their
 ,god1 and ,david their king1 and shall 
come with trembling          to ,yahweh 
and to his blessings in the last days4  
#jjd3jja ,hear the word of ,yahweh1 you 
children of ,israel2          for       
,yahweh has a charge against the        
inhabitants of the land3                
,indeed there is no truth1 nor goodness1
 nor knowledge of ,god          in the  
land4  #jjd3jjb ,there is cursing1      
lying1 murder1 stealing1 and committing 
adultery2          they break           
boundaries1 and bloodshed causes        
bloodshed4  #jjd3jjc ,therefore the land
 will mourn1 and everyone who dwells    
therein          will waste away4  all  
living things in her1 even the animals  
of the field and the birds of the sky2  

yes1 the fish of          the sea also  
die4  #jjd3jjd ,yet let no man bring a  
charge1 neither let any man accuse2     
,for your people are like those who     
bring charges against a priest4         
#jjd3jje ,you will stumble in the day1  
and the prophet will also stumble       
with you in the night2 and ,i will      
destroy your mother4  #jjd3jjf ,my      
people are destroyed for lack of        
knowledge4          ,because you have   
rejected knowledge1 ,i will also reject 
you1          that you may be no priest 
to me4  ,because you have forgotten     
your ,god's law1 ,i will also forget    
your children4  #jjd3jjg ,as they were  
multiplied1 so they sinned against me4  
,i will change their glory into shame4  
#jjd3jjh ,they feed on the sin of my    
people1 and set their heart          on 
their iniquity4  #jjd3jji ,it will be1  
like people1 like priest2 and ,i will   
punish them          for their ways1 and
 will repay them for their deeds4       
#jjd3jaj ,they will eat1 and not have   

enough4  ,they will play the prostitute1
          and will not increase2 because
 they have abandoned          giving to 
,yahweh4  #jjd3jaa ,prostitution1 wine1 
and new wine take away understanding4   
#jjd3jab ,my people consult with their  
wooden idol1 and answer to a stick      
of wood4  ,indeed the spirit of         
prostitution has led them astray1       
and they have been unfaithful to their  
,god4  #jjd3jac ,they sacrifice on the  
tops of the mountains1 and burn incense 
on the hills1 under oaks and poplars and
 terebinths1 because its          shade 
is good4  ,therefore your daughters play
 the prostitute1          and your      
brides commit adultery4  #jjd3jad ,i    
will not punish your daughters when they
 play the prostitute1          nor your 
brides when they commit adultery2       
because the men consort          with   
prostitutes1 and they sacrifice with the
 shrine prostitutes2          so the    
people without understanding will come  
to ruin4  #jjd3jae ,though you1 ,israel1

 play the prostitute1 yet don't let     
,judah offend2          and don't come  
to ,gilgal1 neither go up to ,beth      
,aven1 nor swear1          ',as ,yahweh 
lives4'  #jjd3jaf ,for ,israel has      
behaved extremely stubbornly1 like a    
stubborn heifer4          ,then how will
 ,yahweh feed them like a lamb in a     
meadow4  #jjd3jag ,ephraim is joined to 
idols4  ,leave him alone6  #jjd3jah     
,their drink has become sour4  ,they    
play the prostitute continually4        
,her rulers dearly love their shameful  
way4  #jjd3jai ,the wind has wrapped her
 up in its wings2 and they shall        
be disappointed because of their        
sacrifices4  #jje3jja ,listen to this1  
you priests6  ,listen1 house of ,israel1
          and give ear1 house of the    
king6  ,for the judgment is against you2
          for you have been a snare at  
,mizpah1 and a net spread on ,tabor4    
#jje3jjb ,the rebels are deep in        
slaughter2 but ,i discipline all of     
them4  #jje3jjc ,i know ,ephraim1 and   

,israel is not hidden from me2          
for now1 ,ephraim1 you have played the  
prostitute4          ,israel is defiled4
  #jje3jjd ,their deeds won't allow them
 to turn to their ,god2 for the spirit  
of prostitution is within them1 and they
 don't know ,yahweh4  #jje3jje ,the     
pride of ,israel testifies to his face4 
,therefore ,israel and ,ephraim will    
stumble in their iniquity4              
,judah also will stumble with them4     
#jje3jjf ,they will go with their flocks
 and with their herds to seek ,yahweh2  
but they won't find him4  ,he has       
withdrawn himself from them4  #jje3jjg  
,they are unfaithful to ,yahweh2 for    
they have borne          illegitimate   
children4  ,now the new moon will devour
 them          with their fields4       
#jje3jjh ,blow the cornet in ,gibeah1   
and the trumpet in ,ramah6  ,sound a    
battle cry at ,beth ,aven1 behind you1  
,benjamin6  #jje3jji ,ephraim will      
become a desolation in the day of       
rebuke4          ,among the tribes of   

,israel1 ,i have made known that which  
will surely be4  #jje3jaj ,the princes  
of ,judah are like those who remove a   
landmark4          ,i will pour out my  
wrath on them like water4  #jje3jaa     
,ephraim is oppressed1 he is crushed in 
judgment2 ,because he is          intent
 in his pursuit of idols4  #jje3jab     
,therefore ,i am to ,ephraim like a     
moth1 and to the house          of      
,judah like rottenness4  #jje3jac ,when 
,ephraim saw his sickness1 and ,judah   
his wound1          ,then ,ephraim went 
to ,assyria1 and sent to king ,jareb3   
but he is not able to heal you1 neither 
will he cure you          of your wound4
  #jje3jad ,for ,i will be to ,ephraim  
like a lion1 and like a young lion to   
the house of ,judah4  ,i myself will    
tear in pieces and go away4          ,i 
will carry off1 and there will be no one
 to deliver4  #jje3jae ,i will go and   
return to my place1 until they          
acknowledge          their offense1 and 
seek my face4  ,in their affliction they

          will seek me earnestly4       
#jjf3jja ,come1 and let us return to    
,yahweh2 for he has torn us to pieces1  
and he will heal us2 he has injured us1 
and he will bind          up our wounds4
  #jjf3jjb ,after two days he will      
revive us4  ,on the third day he will   
raise us up1 and we will live before    
him4  #jjf3jjc ,let us acknowledge      
,yahweh4  ,let us press on to know      
,yahweh4          ,as surely as the sun 
rises1 ,yahweh will appear4          ,he
 will come to us like the rain1 like the
 spring rain          that waters the   
earth4  #jjf3jjd ,ephraim1 what shall ,i
 do to you8  ,judah1 what shall ,i do to
 you8          ,for your love is like a 
morning cloud1 and like the dew         
that disappears early4  #jjf3jje        
,therefore ,i have cut them to pieces   
with the prophets2          ,i killed   
them with the words of my mouth4  ,your 
judgments          are like a flash of  
lightning4  #jjf3jjf ,for ,i desire     
mercy1 and not sacrifice2 and the       

knowledge of ,god          more than    
burnt offerings4  #jjf3jjg ,but they1   
like ,adam1 have broken the covenant4   
,they were unfaithful to me1 there4     
#jjf3jjh ,gilead is a city of those who 
work iniquity2 it is          stained   
with blood4  #jjf3jji ,as gangs of      
robbers wait to ambush a man1 so the    
company of priests          murder in   
the way toward ,shechem1 committing     
shameful crimes4  #jjf3jaj ,in the house
 of ,israel ,i have seen a horrible     
thing4          ,there is prostitution  
in ,ephraim4  ,israel is defiled4       
#jjf3jaa ,also1 ,judah1 there is a      
harvest appointed for you1 when ,i      
restore the fortunes of my people4      
#jjg3jja ,when ,i would heal ,israel1   
then the iniquity of ,ephraim is        
uncovered1          also the wickedness 
of ,samaria2 for they commit falsehood1 
and the thief enters in1 and the gang of
 robbers ravages outside4  #jjg3jjb     
,they don't consider in their hearts    
that ,i remember all          their     

wickedness4  ,now their own deeds have  
engulfed them4          ,they are before
 my face4  #jjg3jjc ,they make the king 
glad with their wickedness1 and the     
princes          with their lies4       
#jjg3jjd ,they are all adulterers4      
,they are burning like an oven that     
the baker stops stirring1 from the      
kneading of the dough1          until it
 is leavened4  #jjg3jje ,on the day of  
our king1 the princes made themselves   
sick          with the heat of wine4    
,he joined his hand with mockers4       
#jjg3jjf ,for they have made ready their
 heart like an oven1          while they
 lie in wait4  ,their baker sleeps all  
the night4          ,in the morning it  
burns as a flaming fire4  #jjg3jjg ,they
 are all hot as an oven1 and devour     
their judges4          ,all their kings 
have fallen4  ,there is no one among    
them          who calls to me4  #jjg3jjh
 ,ephraim1 he mixes himself among the   
nations4  ,ephraim is          a pancake
 not turned over4  #jjg3jji ,strangers  

have devoured his strength1 and he      
doesn't          realize it4  ,indeed1  
gray hairs are here and there on him1   
and he doesn't realize it4  #jjg3jaj    
,the pride of ,israel testifies to his  
face2 yet they haven't          returned
 to ,yahweh their ,god1 nor sought him1 
for all this4  #jjg3jaa ,ephraim is like
 an easily deceived dove1 without       
understanding4          ,they call to   
,egypt4  ,they go to ,assyria4  #jjg3jab
 ,when they go1 ,i will spread my net on
 them4  ,i will bring          them down
 like the birds of the sky4  ,i will    
chastise them1          as their        
congregation has heard4  #jjg3jac ,woe  
to them6  ,for they have wandered from  
me4  ,destruction to them6          ,for
 they have trespassed against me4       
,though ,i would redeem them1           
yet they have spoken lies against me4   
#jjg3jad ,they haven't cried to me with 
their heart1 but they howl on           
their beds4  ,they assemble themselves  
for grain and new wine4          ,they  

turn away from me4  #jjg3jae ,though ,i 
have taught and strengthened their arms1
 yet they          plot evil against me4
  #jjg3jaf ,they return1 but not to the 
,most ,high4  ,they are like a faulty   
bow4          ,their princes will fall  
by the sword for the rage of their      
tongue4          ,this will be their    
derision in the land of ,egypt4         
#jjh3jja ,put the trumpet to your lips6 
,something like an eagle is             
over ,yahweh's house1 because they have 
broken my covenant1          and        
rebelled against my law4  #jjh3jjb ,they
 cry to me1 ',my ,god1 we ,israel       
acknowledge you6'  #jjh3jjc ,israel has 
cast off that which is good4  ,the enemy
 will pursue him4  #jjh3jjd ,they have  
set up kings1 but not by me4  ,they have
 made princes1          and ,i didn't   
approve4  ,of their silver and their    
gold they          have made themselves 
idols1 that they may be cut off4        
#jjh3jje ,let ,samaria throw out his    
calf idol6  ,my anger burns against     

them6          ,how long will it be     
until they are capable of purity8       
#jjh3jjf ,for this is even from ,israel6
  ,the workman made it1 and it is       
no ,god2 indeed1 the calf of ,samaria   
shall be broken in pieces4  #jjh3jjg    
,for they sow the wind1 and they will   
reap the whirlwind4          ,he has no 
standing grain4  ,the stalk will yield  
no head4          ,if it does yield1    
strangers will swallow it up4  #jjh3jjh 
,israel is swallowed up4  ,now they are 
among the nations          like a       
worthless thing4  #jjh3jji ,for they    
have gone up to ,assyria1 like a wild   
donkey wandering alone4                 
,ephraim has hired lovers for himself4  
#jjh3jaj ,but although they sold        
themselves among the nations1           
,i will now gather them2 and they begin 
to waste away because          of the   
oppression of the king of mighty ones4  
#jjh3jaa ,because ,ephraim has          
multiplied altars for sinning1 they     
became          for him altars for      

sinning4  #jjh3jab ,i wrote for him the 
many things of my law2 but they were    
regarded          as a strange thing4   
#jjh3jac ,as for the sacrifices of my   
offerings1 they sacrifice          flesh
 and eat it2 ,but ,yahweh doesn't accept
 them4          ,now he will remember   
their iniquity1 and punish their sins4  
,they will return to ,egypt4  #jjh3jad  
,for ,israel has forgotten his ,maker   
and built palaces2          and ,judah  
has multiplied fortified cities2 but ,i 
will send          a fire on his cities1
 and it will devour its fortresses4     
#jji3jja ,don't rejoice1 ,israel1 to    
jubilation like the nations2            
for you were unfaithful to your ,god4   
,you love the wages          of a       
prostitute at every grain threshing     
floor4  #jji3jjb ,the threshing floor   
and the winepress won't feed them1      
and the new wine will fail her4         
#jji3jjc ,they won't dwell in ,yahweh's 
land2 but ,ephraim will return          
to ,egypt1 and they will eat unclean    

food in ,assyria4  #jji3jjd ,they won't 
pour out wine offerings to ,yahweh1     
neither will          they be pleasing  
to him4  ,their sacrifices will be to   
them          like the bread of         
mourners2 all who eat of it will be     
polluted2          for their bread will 
be for their appetite4  ,it will not    
come          into the house of ,yahweh4
  #jji3jje ,what will you do in the day 
of solemn assembly1 and in the day      
of the feast of ,yahweh8  #jji3jjf ,for1
 behold1 they have gone away from       
destruction4          ,egypt will gather
 them up4  ,memphis will bury them4     
,nettles will possess their pleasant    
things of silver4          ,thorns will 
be in their tents4  #jji3jjg ,the days  
of visitation have come4  ,the days of  
reckoning have come4          ,israel   
will consider the prophet to be a fool1 
and the man who is          inspired to 
be insane1 because of the abundance of  
your sins1          and because your    
hostility is great4  #jji3jjh ,a prophet

 watches over ,ephraim with my ,god4  ,a
 fowler's snare          is on all of   
his paths1 and hostility in the house of
 his ,god4  #jji3jji ,they have deeply  
corrupted themselves1 as in the days of 
,gibeah4          ,he will remember     
their iniquity4  ,he will punish them   
for their sins4  #jji3jaj ,i found      
,israel like grapes in the wilderness4  
,i saw your          fathers as the     
first ripe in the fig tree at its first 
season2          but they came to ,baal 
,peor1 and consecrated themselves       
to the shameful thing1 and became       
abominable like that          which they
 loved4  #jji3jaa ,as for ,ephraim1     
their glory will fly away like a bird4  
,there will be no birth1 none with      
child1 and no conception4  #jji3jab     
,though they bring up their children1   
yet ,i will bereave them1          so   
that not a man shall be left4  ,indeed1 
woe also to them          when ,i depart
 from them6  #jji3jac ,i have seen      
,ephraim1 like ,tyre1 planted in a      

pleasant place2          but ,ephraim   
will bring out his children to the      
murderer4  #jji3jad ,give them--,yahweh 
what will you give8  ,give them a       
miscarrying          womb and dry       
breasts4  #jji3jae ,all their wickedness
 is in ,gilgal2 for there ,i hated them4
          ,because of the wickedness of 
their deeds ,i will drive          them 
out of my house6  ,i will love them no  
more4          ,all their princes are   
rebels4  #jji3jaf ,ephraim is struck4   
,their root has dried up4  ,they will   
bear          no fruit4  ,even though   
they bring forth1 yet ,i will kill      
the beloved ones of their womb4         
#jji3jag ,my ,god will cast them away1  
because they did not listen to him2     
and they will be wanderers among the    
nations4  #jaj3jja ,israel is a         
luxuriant vine that puts forth his      
fruit4          ,according to the       
abundance of his fruit he has multiplied
          his altars4  ,as their land   
has prospered1 they have adorned        

their sacred stones4  #jaj3jjb ,their   
heart is divided4  ,now they will be    
found guilty4          ,he will demolish
 their altars4  ,he will destroy their  
sacred stones4  #jaj3jjc ,surely now    
they will say1 ,we have no king2 for we 
don't fear ,yahweh2          and the    
king1 what can he do for us8  #jaj3jjd  
,they make promises1 swearing falsely in
 making covenants4          ,therefore  
judgment springs up like poisonous weeds
 in the furrows          of the field4  
#jaj3jje ,the inhabitants of ,samaria   
will be in terror for the calves        
of ,beth ,aven2 for its people will     
mourn over it1 ,along with          its 
priests who rejoiced over it1 for its   
glory1 because it          has departed 
from it4  #jaj3jjf ,it also will be     
carried to ,assyria for a present to a  
great king4          ,ephraim will      
receive shame1 and ,israel will be      
ashamed          of his own counsel4    
#jaj3jjg ,samaria and her king float    
away1 like a twig on the water4         

#jaj3jjh ,the high places also of ,aven1
 the sin of ,israel1 will be destroyed4 
,the thorn and the thistle will come up 
on their altars4          ,they will    
tell the mountains1 ,cover us6 and the  
hills1          ,fall on us6  #jaj3jji  
,israel1 you have sinned from the days  
of ,gibeah4          ,there they        
remained4  ,the battle against the      
children          of iniquity doesn't   
overtake them in ,gibeah4  #jaj3jaj     
,when it is my desire1 ,i will chastise 
them2 and the nations          will be  
gathered against them1 when they are    
bound to          their two             
transgressions4  #jaj3jaa ,ephraim is a 
trained heifer that loves to thresh2 so 
,i will put          a yoke on her      
beautiful neck4  ,i will set a rider on 
,ephraim4          ,judah will plow4    
,jacob will break his clods4  #jaj3jab  
,sow to yourselves in righteousness1    
reap according to kindness4             
,break up your fallow ground2 for it is 
time to seek ,yahweh1          until he 

comes and rains righteousness on you4   
#jaj3jac ,you have plowed wickedness4   
,you have reaped iniquity4          ,you
 have eaten the fruit of lies1 for you  
trusted in your way1          in the    
multitude of your mighty men4  #jaj3jad 
,therefore a battle roar will arise     
among your people1          and all your
 fortresses will be destroyed1 as       
,shalman destroyed          ,beth ,arbel
 in the day of battle4  ,the mother was 
dashed          in pieces with her      
children4  #jaj3jae ,so ,bethel will do 
to you because of your great wickedness4
          ,at daybreak the king of      
,israel will be destroyed4  #jaa3jja    
,when ,israel was a child1 then ,i loved
 him1 and called my son          out of 
,egypt4  #jaa3jjb ,they called to them1 
so they went from them4  ,they          
sacrificed          to the ,baals1 and  
burned incense to engraved images4      
#jaa3jjc ,yet ,i taught ,ephraim to     
walk4  ,i took them by his arms2        
but they didn't know that ,i healed     

them4  #jaa3jjd ,i drew them with cords 
of a man1 with ties of love2 and ,i     
was to them like those who lift up the  
yoke on their necks2          and ,i    
bent down to him and ,i fed him4        
#jaa3jje ,they won't return into the    
land of ,egypt2 but the ,assyrian       
will be their king1 because they refused
 to repent4  #jaa3jjf ,the sword will   
fall on their cities1 and will destroy  
the bars          of their gates1 and   
will put an end to their plans4         
#jaa3jjg ,my people are determined to   
turn from me4  ,though they call        
to the ,most ,high1 he certainly won't  
exalt them4  #jaa3jjh ,how can ,i give  
you up1 ,ephraim8  ,how can ,i hand     
you over1 ,israel8  ,how can ,i make you
 like ,admah8  ,how can          ,i make
 you like ,zeboiim8  ,my heart is turned
 within me1          my compassion is   
aroused4  #jaa3jji ,i will not execute  
the fierceness of my anger4  ,i will not
          return to destroy ,ephraim3   
for ,i am ,god1 and not man2            

the ,holy ,one in the midst of you2 and 
,i will not come in wrath4  #jaa3jaj    
,they will walk after ,yahweh1 who will 
roar like a lion2          for he will  
roar1 and the children will come        
trembling          from the west4       
#jaa3jaa ,they will come trembling like 
a bird out of ,egypt1 and like          
a dove out of the land of ,assyria2 and 
,i will settle them          in their   
houses1 says ,yahweh4  #jaa3jab ,ephraim
 surrounds me with falsehood1 and the   
house of ,israel          with deceit4  
,judah still strays from ,god1 and is   
unfaithful          to the ,holy ,one4  
#jab3jja ,ephraim feeds on wind1 and    
chases the east wind4          ,he      
continually multiplies lies and         
desolation4  ,they make          a      
covenant with ,assyria1 and oil is      
carried into ,egypt4  #jab3jjb ,yahweh  
also has a controversy with ,judah1 and 
will punish ,jacob          according to
 his ways2 according to his deeds he    
will repay him4  #jab3jjc ,in the womb  

he took his brother by the heel2 and in 
his manhood          he contended with  
,god4  #jab3jjd ,indeed1 he struggled   
with the angel1 and prevailed2 he wept1 
and made supplication to him4  ,he found
 him at ,bethel1          and there he  
spoke with us1  #jab3jje even ,yahweh1  
the ,god of ,armies2 ,yahweh is his name
 of renown6  #jab3jjf ,therefore turn to
 your ,god4  ,keep kindness and justice1
          and wait continually for your 
,god4  #jab3jjg ,a merchant has         
dishonest scales in his hand4  ,he loves
 to defraud4  #jab3jjh ,ephraim said1   
,surely ,i have become rich1 ,i have    
found myself wealth4          ,in all my
 wealth they won't find in me any       
iniquity that is sin4  #jab3jji ,but ,i 
am ,yahweh your ,god from the land of   
,egypt4          ,i will yet again make 
you dwell in tents1 as in the days      
of the solemn feast4  #jab3jaj ,i have  
also spoken to the prophets1 and ,i have
 multiplied visions2          and by the
 ministry of the prophets ,i have used  

parables4  #jab3jaa ,if ,gilead is      
wicked1 surely they are worthless4  ,in 
,gilgal          they sacrifice bulls4  
,indeed1 their altars are like heaps    
in the furrows of the field4  #jab3jab  
,jacob fled into the country of ,aram1  
and ,israel served to get          a    
wife1 and for a wife he tended flocks   
and herds4  #jab3jac ,by a prophet      
,yahweh brought ,israel up out of       
,egypt1 and by a          prophet he was
 preserved4  #jab3jad ,ephraim has      
bitterly provoked anger4  ,therefore his
 blood          will be left on him1 and
 his ,lord will repay his contempt4     
#jac3jja ,when ,ephraim spoke1 there was
 trembling4  ,he exalted himself        
in ,israel1 but when he became guilty in
 ,baal1 he died4  #jac3jjb ,now they sin
 more and more1 and have made themselves
 molten          images of their silver1
 even idols according to their          
own understanding1 all of them the work 
of the craftsmen4          ,they say of 
them1 ',they offer human sacrifice and  

kiss the calves4'  #jac3jjc ,therefore  
they will be like the morning mist1 and 
like the dew          that passes away  
early1 like the chaff that is driven    
with          the whirlwind out of the  
threshing floor1 and like the smoke     
out of the chimney4  #jac3jjd ,yet ,i am
 ,yahweh your ,god from the land of     
,egypt2 and you shall                   
acknowledge no god but me1 and besides  
me there is no savior4  #jac3jje ,i knew
 you in the wilderness1 in the land of  
great drought4  #jac3jjf ,according to  
their pasture1 so were they filled2 they
 were filled1          and their heart  
was exalted4  ,therefore they have      
forgotten me4  #jac3jjg ,therefore ,i am
 like a lion to them4  ,like a leopard1 
,i will          lurk by the path4      
#jac3jjh ,i will meet them like a bear  
that is bereaved of her cubs1           
and will tear the covering of their     
heart4  ,there ,i will devour           
them like a lioness4  ,the wild animal  
will tear them4  #jac3jji ,you are      

destroyed1 ,israel1 because you are     
against me1          against your help4 
#jac3jaj ,where is your king now1 that  
he may save you in all your cities8     
,and your judges1 of whom you said1     
',give me a king and princes8'  #jac3jaa
 ,i have given you a king in my anger1  
and have taken him away          in my  
wrath4  #jac3jab ,the guilt of ,ephraim 
is stored up4  ,his sin is stored up4   
#jac3jac ,the sorrows of a travailing   
woman will come on him4          ,he is 
an unwise son2 for when it is time1 he  
doesn't come          to the opening of 
the womb4  #jac3jad ,i will ransom them 
from the power of ,sheol4  ,i will      
redeem them          from death6        
,death1 where are your plagues8  ,sheol1
 where is          your destruction8    
,compassion will be hidden from my eyes4
  #jac3jae ,though he is fruitful among 
his brothers1 an east wind will come1   
the breath of ,yahweh coming up from the
 wilderness2 and his          spring    
will become dry1 and his fountain will  

be dried up4          ,he will plunder  
the storehouse of treasure4  #jac3jaf   
,samaria will bear her guilt2 for she   
has rebelled against her ,god4          
,they will fall by the sword4  ,their   
infants will be dashed          in      
pieces1 and their pregnant women will be
 ripped open4  #jad3jja ,israel1 return 
to ,yahweh your ,god2 for you have      
fallen because          of your sin4    
#jad3jjb ,take words with you1 and      
return to ,yahweh4  ,tell him1          
,forgive all our sins1 and accept that  
which is good3          so we offer our 
lips like bulls4  #jad3jjc ,assyria     
can't save us4  ,we won't ride on       
horses2 neither will          we say any
 more to the work of our hands1 ',our   
gods6'          for in you the          
fatherless finds mercy4  #jad3jjd ,i    
will heal their waywardness4  ,i will   
love them freely2          for my anger 
is turned away from him4  #jad3jje ,i   
will be like the dew to ,israel4  ,he   
will blossom like the lily1          and

 send down his roots like ,lebanon4     
#jad3jjf ,his branches will spread1 and 
his beauty will be like the olive tree1 
and his fragrance like ,lebanon4        
#jad3jjg ,men will dwell in his shade4  
,they will revive like the grain1       
and blossom like the vine4  ,their      
fragrance will be like          the wine
 of ,lebanon4  #jad3jjh ,ephraim1 what  
have ,i to do any more with idols8  ,i  
answer1          and will take care of  
him4  ,i am like a green fir tree2      
from me your fruit is found4  #jad3jji  
,who is wise1 that he may understand    
these things8          ,who is prudent1 
that he may know them8  ,for the ways of
 ,yahweh          are right1 and the    
righteous walk in them2 ,but the        
rebellious          stumble in them4