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,dennis ,mc,carthy1 ,atlanta1 ,georgia  
and ,tad ,book1 student1 ,pontifical    
,north ,american ,college1 ,rome4       
,,the ,,holy ,,bible                    
,translated from the ,latin ,vulgate    
,diligently ,compared with the ,hebrew1 
,greek1  and ,other ,editions in ,divers
 ,languages      ,,the ,,old ,,testament
  ,first ,published by the ,english     
,college at ,douay  ,a4,d4 #afji  #afaj 
and    ,,the ,,new ,,testament  ,first  
,published by the ,english ,college at  
,rheims  ,a4,d4 #aehb      ,with        
,annotations      ,the ,whole ,revised  
and ,diligently ,compared with  the     
,latin ,vulgate by ,bishop ,richard     
,challoner  ,a4,d4 #agdi-ageb           
,,the ,,prophecy ,,of ,,osee    ,,osee1 
or ,hosea1 whose name signifies ,a      
saviour1 was the first in the  order of 
time among those who are commonly called
 lesser prophets1  because their        
prophecies are short4 ,he prophesied in 

the kingdom of  ,israel1 that is1 of the
 ten tribes1 about the same time that   
,isaias  prophesied in the kingdom of   
,juda4      ,osee ,chapter #a    ,by    
marrying a harlot1 and by the names of  
his children1 the prophet sets  forth   
the crimes of ,israel and their         
punishment4 ,he foretells their         
redemption by ,christ4    #a3a4 ,the    
word of the ,lord1 that came to ,osee1  
the son of ,beeri1 in the  days of      
,ozias1 ,joathan1 ,achaz1 and ,ezechias1
 kings of ,juda1 and in the  days of    
,jeroboam1 the son of ,joas1 king of    
,israel4    #a3b4 ,the beginning of the 
,lord's speaking by ,osee3 and the ,lord
 said to  ,osee3 ,go1 take thee a wife  
of fornications1 and have of her        
children of  fornications3 for the land 
by fornication shall depart from the    
,lord4    ,a wife of fornications444    
,that is1 a wife that has been given to 
fornication4 ,this was to represent the 
,lord's proceedings with his  people    
,israel1 who1 by spiritual fornication1 

were continually offending  him4-,ibid4 
,children of fornications444 ,so called 
from the character of  their mother1 if 
not also from their own wicked          
dispositions4    #a3c4 ,so he went and  
took ,gomer1 the daughter of ,debelaim3 
and she  conceived1 and bore him a son4 
#a3d4 ,and the ,lord said to him3 ,call 
his name ,jezrahel3 for yet a little    
while1 and ,i will visit the blood of   
,jezrahel upon the house of ,jehu1  and 
,i will cause to cease the kingdom of   
the house of ,israel4    #a3e4 ,and in  
that day ,i will break in pieces the bow
 of ,israel in the  valley of ,jezrahel4
    #a3f4 ,and she conceived again1 and 
bore a daughter1 and he said to him3    
,call her name1 ,without mercy3 for ,i  
will not add any more to have mercy  on 
the house of ,israel1 but ,i will       
utterly forget them4    ,without        
mercy444 ,lo-,ruhamah4    #a3g4 ,and ,i 
will have mercy on the house of ,juda1  
and ,i will save them by  the ,lord1    
their ,god3 and ,i will not save them by

 bow1 nor by sword1 nor  by battle1 nor 
by horses1 nor by horsemen4    #a3h4    
,and she weaned her that was called     
,without mercy4 ,and she  conceived1 and
 bore a son4    #a3i4 ,and he said3     
,call his name1 ,not my people3 for you 
are not my  people1 and ,i will not be  
yours4    ,not my people444 ,lo-ammi4   
#a3aj4 ,and the number of the children  
of ,israel shall be as the sand of  the 
sea1 that is without measure1 and shall 
not be numbered4 ,and it  shall be in   
the place where it shall be said to     
them3 ,you are not my  people3 it shall 
be said to them3 ,ye are the sons of the
 living ,god4    ,the number1 etc444    
,viz41 of the true ,israelites1 the     
children of the  church of ,christ4     
#a3aa4 ,and the children of ,juda1 and  
the children of ,israel1 shall be       
gathered together3 and they shall       
appoint themselves one head1 and shall  
come up out of the land3 for great is   
the day of ,jezrahel4    ,one head444   
viz41 ,christ4-,ibid4 ,great is the day 

of ,jezrahel444 ,that is1  of the seed  
of ,god2 for ,jezrahel signifies the    
seed of ,god4    ,osee ,chapter #b      
,israel is justly punished for leaving  
,god4 ,the abundance of grace in the    
church of ,christ4    #b3a4 ,say ye to  
your brethren3 ,you are my people3 and  
to your sister3  ,thou hast obtained    
mercy4    ,say to your brethren1 etc444 
or1 ,call your brethren1 ,my people3 and
 your  sister1 ,her that hath obtained  
mercy4 ,this is connected with the      
latter  end of the foregoing chapter1   
and relates to the converts of ,israel4 
#b3b4 ,judge your mother1 judge her3    
because she is not my wife1 and ,i am   
not her husband4 ,let her put away her  
fornications from her face1 and  her    
adulteries from between her breasts4    
,your mother444 ,the synagogue4    #b3c4
 ,lest ,i strip her naked1 and set her  
as in the day that she was  born3 and ,i
 will make her as a wilderness1 and will
 set her as a land  that none can pass  
through and will kill her with drought4 

#b3d4 ,and ,i will not have mercy on her
 children for they are the  children of 
fornications4    #b3e4 ,for their mother
 hath committed fornication1 she that   
conceived  them is covered with shame3  
for she said3 ,i will go after my       
lovers1  that give me my bread1 and my  
water1 my wool1 and my flax1 my oil1 and
  my drink4    #b3f4 ,wherefore1 behold1
 ,i will hedge up thy way with thorns1  
and ,i will  stop it up with a wall1 and
 she shall not find her paths4    #b3g4 
,and she shall follow after her lovers1 
and shall not overtake them3  and she   
shall seek them1 and shall not find1 and
 she shall say3 ,i will  go1 and return 
to my first husband3 because it was     
better with me then  than now4    #b3h4 
,and she did not know that ,i gave her  
corn1 and wine1 and oil1 and  multiplied
 her silver1 and gold1 which they have  
used in the service of  ,baal4    #b3i4 
,therefore will ,i return1 and take away
 my corn in its season1 and  my wine in 
its season1 and ,i will set at liberty  

my wool1 and my flax1  which covered her
 disgrace4    #b3aj4 ,and now ,i will   
lay open her folly in the eyes of her   
lovers3 and  no man shall deliver her   
out of my hand3    #b3aa4 ,and ,i will  
cause all her mirth to cease1 her       
solemnities1 her new  moons1 her        
sabbaths1 and all her festival times4   
#b3ab4 ,and ,i will  destroy her vines1 
and her fig trees1 of which she said3   
,these are my  rewards1 which my lovers 
have given me3 and ,i will make her as a
 forest  and the beasts of the field    
shall devour her4    #b3ac4 ,and ,i will
 visit upon her the days of ,baalim1 to 
whom she burnt  incense1 and decked     
herself out with her earrings1 and with 
her jewels1  and went after her lovers1 
and forgot me1 saith the ,lord4         
#b3ad4 ,therefore1 behold ,i will allure
 her1 and will lead her into the        
wilderness3 and ,i will speak to her    
heart4    ,i will allure her1 etc444    
,after all her disloyalties1 ,i will    
still  allure her by my grace etc41 and 

send her vinedressers1 viz41 the        
apostles3 originally her own children1  
who shall open to her the gates  of     
hope2 as heretofore at her coming into  
the land of promise1 she had  all good  
success after she had satisfied the     
divine justice by the  execution of     
,achan in the valley of ,achor4 ,jos4   
#g4    #b3ae4 ,and ,i will give her     
vinedressers out of the same place1 and 
the  valley of ,achor for an opening of 
hope3 and she shall sing there          
according to the days of her youth1 and 
according to the days of her  coming up 
out of the land of ,egypt4    #b3af4    
,and it shall be in that day1 saith the 
,lord3 ,that she shall call  me3 ,my    
husband1 and she shall call me no more  
,banli4    ,my husband444 ,in ,hebrew1  
,ishi4 ,baali1 my lord4 ,the meaning of 
this verse  is3 that whereas ,ishi and  
,baali were used indifferently in those 
days by  wives speaking to their        
husbands2 the synagogue1 whom ,god was  
pleased to  consider as his spouse1     

should call him only ,ishi1 and abstain 
from the  name of ,baali1 because of its
 affinity with the idol ,baal4    #b3ag4
 ,and ,i will take away the names of    
,baalim out of her mouth1 and she  shall
 no more remember their name4           
,baalim444 ,it is the plural number of  
,baal3 for there were divers idols  of  
,baal4    #b3ah4 ,and in that day ,i    
will make a covenant with them1 with the
 beasts  of the field1 and with the     
fowls of the air1 and with the creeping 
things of the earth3 and ,i will destroy
 the bow1 and the sword1 and war  out of
 the land3 and ,i will make them sleep  
secure4    #b3ai4 ,and ,i will espouse  
thee to me for ever3 and ,i will espouse
 thee to  me in justice1 and judgment1  
and in mercy1 and in commiserations4    
,i will espouse thee1 etc444 ,this      
relates to the happy espousals of       
,christ with his church3 which shall    
never be dissolved4    #b3bj4 ,and ,i   
will espouse thee to me in faith3 and   
thou shalt know that ,i  am the ,lord4  

#b3ba4 ,and it shall come to pass in    
that day3 ,i will hear1 saith the       
,lord1 ,i will hear the heavens1 and    
they shall hear the earth4    ,hear the 
heavens1 etc444 ,all shall conspire in  
favour of the church1  which in the     
following verse is called ,jezrahel1    
that is1 the seed of  ,god4    #b3bb4   
,and the earth shall hear the corn1 and 
the wine1 and the oil1 and  these shall 
hear ,jezrahel4    #b3bc4 ,and ,i will  
sow her unto me in the earth1 and ,i    
will have mercy on  her that was without
 mercy4    #b3bd4 ,and ,i will say to   
that which is not my people3 ,thou art  
my people3  and they shall say3 ,thou   
art my ,god4    ,that which was not my  
people1 etc444 ,this relates to the     
conversion of  the ,gentiles4    ,osee  
,chapter #c    ,the prophet is commanded
 again to love an adulteress2 to signify
 ,god's  love to the synagogue4 ,the    
wretched state of the ,jews for a long  
time1  till at last they shall be       
converted4    #c3a4 ,and the ,lord said 

to me3 ,go yet again1 and love a woman  
beloved of  her friend1 and an          
adulteress3 as the ,lord loveth the     
children of  ,israel1 and they look to  
strange gods1 and love the husks of the 
grapes4    #c3b4 ,and ,i bought her to  
me for fifteen pieces of silver1 and for
 a core  of barley1 and for half a core 
of barley4    #c3c4 ,and ,i said to her3
 ,thou shalt wait for me many days3 thou
 shalt not  play the harlot1 and thou   
shalt be no man's1 and ,i also will wait
 for  thee4    #c3d4 ,for the children  
of ,israel shall sit many days without  
king1 and  without prince1 and without  
sacrifice1 and without altar1 and       
without  ephod1 and without theraphim4  
,theraphim444 ,images or                
representations4    #c3e4 ,and after    
this the children of ,israel shall      
return and shall seek  the ,lord1 their 
,god1 and ,david1 their king3 and they  
shall fear the  ,lord1 and his goodness1
 in the last days4    ,david their      
king444 ,that is1 ,christ1 who is of the

 house of ,david4    ,osee ,chapter #d  
,god's judgment against the sins of     
,israel3 ,juda is warned not to follow  
their example4    #d3a4 ,hear the word  
of the ,lord1 ye children of ,israel1   
for the ,lord  shall enter into judgment
 with the inhabitants of the land3 for  
there is  no truth1 and there is no     
mercy1 and there is no knowledge of ,god
 in the  land4    #d3b4 ,cursing1 and   
lying1 and killing1 and theft1 and      
adultery1 have  overflowed1 and blood   
hath touched blood4    #d3c4 ,therefore 
shall the land mourn1 and every one that
 dwelleth in it  shall languish with the
 heat of the field1 and with the fowls  
of the  air3 yea1 the fishes of the sea 
also shall be gathered together4        
#d3d4 ,but yet let not any man judge3   
and let not a man be rebuked3 for  thy  
people are as they that contradict the  
priest4    ,let not any man judge1      
etc444 ,as if he would say3 ,it is in   
vain to  strive with them1 or reprove   
them1 they are so obstinate in evil4    

#d3e4 ,and thou shalt fall today1 and   
the prophet also shall fall with  thee3 
in the night ,i have made thy mother to 
be silent4    #d3f4 ,my people have been
 silent1 because they had no knowledge3 
because  thou hast rejected knowledge1  
,i will reject thee1 that thou shalt not
 do  the office of priesthood to me3 and
 thou hast forgotten the law of thy     
,god1 ,i also will forget thy children4 
#d3g4 ,according to the multitude of    
them1 so have they sinned against me3   
,i will change their glory into shame4  
#d3h4 ,they shall eat the sins of my    
people1 and shall lift up their souls   
to their iniquity4    #d3i4 ,and there  
shall be like people like priest3 and ,i
 will visit their  ways upon them1 and  
,i will repay them their devices4       
#d3aj4 ,and they shall eat and shall not
 be filled3 they have committed         
fornication1 and have not ceased3       
because they have forsaken the ,lord in 
not observing the law4    #d3aa4        
,fornication1 and wine1 and drunkenness1

 take away the  understanding4    #d3ab4
 ,my people have consulted their stocks1
 and their staff hath  declared unto    
them3 for the spirit of fornication hath
 deceived them1  and they have committed
 fornication against their ,god4        
#d3ac4 ,they offered sacrifice upon the 
tops of the mountains1 and burnt        
incense upon the hills3 under the oak1  
and the poplar1 and the  turpentine     
tree1 because the shadow thereof was    
good3 therefore shall  your daughters   
commit fornication1 and your spouses    
shall be  adulteresses4    #d3ad4 ,i    
will not visit upon your daughters1 when
 they shall commit  fornication1 and    
upon your spouses when they shall commit
 adultery3  because themselves conversed
 with harlots1 and offered sacrifice    
with  the effeminate1 and the people    
that doth not understand shall be       
beaten4    #d3ae4 ,if thou play the     
harlot1 ,o ,israel1 at least let not    
,juda offend3  and go ye not into       
,galgal1 and come not up into ,bethaven1

 and do not  swear3 ,the ,lord liveth4  
,galgal and ,bethaven444 ,places where  
idols were worshipped4 ,bethel1 which   
signifies the house of ,god1 is called  
by the prophet1 ,bethaven1 that is1  the
 house of vanity1 from ,jeroboam's      
golden calf that was worshipped  there4 
#d3af4 ,for ,israel hath gone astray    
like a wanton heifer now will the ,lord 
feed them1 as a lamb in a spacious      
place4    #d3ag4 ,ephraim is a partaker 
with idols1 let him alone4    #d3ah4    
,their banquet is separated1 they have  
gone astray by fornication3  they that  
should have protected them have loved to
 bring shame upon  them4    #d3ai4 ,the 
wind hath bound them up in its wings1   
and they shall be  confounded because of
 their sacrifices4    ,osee ,chapter #e 
,god's threats against the priests1 the 
people1 and princes of ,israel1  for    
their idolatry4    #e3a4 ,hear ye this1 
,o priests1 and hearken1 ,o ye house of 
,israel1 and  give ear1 ,o house of the 
king3 for there is a judgment against   

you1  because you have been a snare to  
them whom you should have watched over  
and a net spread upon ,thabor4    ,o    
priests444 ,what is said of priests in  
this prophecy is chiefly  understood of 
the priests of the kingdom of ,israel2  
who were not true  priests of the race  
of ,aaron2 but served the calves at     
,bethel and ,dan4    #e3b4 ,and you have
 turned aside victims into the depth and
 ,i am the  teacher of them all4        
#e3c4 ,i know ,ephraim1 and ,israel is  
not hid from me for now ,ephraim hath   
committed fornication1 ,israel is       
defiled4    #e3d4 ,they will not set    
their thoughts to return to their ,god3 
for the  spirit of fornication is in the
 midst of them1 and they have not known 
the ,lord4    #e3e4 ,and the pride of   
,israel shall answer in his face3 and   
,israel1 and  ,ephraim shall fall in    
their iniquity1 ,juda also shall fall   
with them4    #e3f4 ,with their flocks  
and with their herds1 they shall go to  
seek the  ,lord1 and shall not find him3

 he is withdrawn from them4    #e3g4    
,they have transgressed against the     
,lord3 for they have begotten  children 
that are strangers3 now shall a month   
devour them with their  portions4       
,children that are strangers444 ,that   
is1 aliens from ,god3 and therefore     
they are threatened with speedy         
destruction4    #e3h4 ,blow ye the      
cornet in ,gabaa1 the trumpet in ,rama3 
howl ye in  ,bethaven1 behind thy back1 
,o ,benjamin4    #e3i4 ,ephraim shall be
 in desolation in the day of rebuke3    
among the  tribes of ,israel ,i have    
shewn that which shall surely be4       
#e3aj4 ,the princes of ,juda are become 
as they that take up the bound3 ,i  will
 pour out my wrath upon them like water4
    ,as they that take up the bound444  
,that is1 they that remove the          
boundary1 encroaching on the property of
 their neighbors3 figuratively3  going  
beyond the boundary of the laws of ,god4
    #e3aa4 ,ephraim is under oppression1
 and broken in judgment3 because he     

began to go after filthiness4    #e3ab4 
,and ,i will be like a moth to ,ephraim3
 and like rottenness to the  house of   
,juda4    #e3ac4 ,and ,ephraim saw his  
sickness1 and ,juda his band3 and       
,ephraim went  to the ,assyrian1 and    
sent to the avenging king3 and he shall 
not be able  to heal you1 neither shall 
he be able to take off the band from    
you4    #e3ad4 ,for ,i will be like a   
lioness to ,ephraim1 and like a lion's  
whelp  to the house of ,juda3 ,i1 ,i    
will catch1 and go3 ,i will take away1  
and  there is none that can rescue4     
#e3ae4 ,i will go and return to my      
place3 until you are consumed1 and seek 
my face4    ,osee ,chapter #f           
,affliction shall be a means to bring   
many to ,christ1 a complaint of the     
untowardness of the ,jews4 ,god loves   
mercy more than sacrifice4    #f3a4 ,in 
their affliction they will rise early to
 me3 ,come1 and let us  return to the   
,lord4    #f3b4 ,for he hath taken us1  
and he will heal us3 he will strike1 and

 he  will cure us4    #f3c4 ,he will    
revive us after two days3 on the third  
day he will raise us  up1 and we shall  
live in his sight4  ,we shall know1 and 
we shall follow  on1 that we may know   
the ,lord4 ,his going forth is prepared 
as the  morning light1 and he will come 
to us as the early and the latter rain  
to the earth4    #f3d4 ,what shall ,i do
 to thee1 ,o ,ephraim8 what shall ,i do 
to thee1 ,o  ,juda8 your mercy is as a  
morning cloud1 and as the dew that goeth
 away  in the morning4    #f3e4 ,for    
this reason have ,i hewed them by the   
prophets1 ,i have slain  them by the    
words of my mouth3 and thy judgments    
shall go forth as the  light4    #f3f4  
,for ,i desired mercy1 and not          
sacrifice3 and the knowledge of ,god    
more than holocausts4    #f3g4 ,but     
they1 like ,adam1 have transgressed the 
covenant1 there have  they dealt        
treacherously against me4    #f3h4      
,galaad is a city of workers of idols1  
supplanted with blood4    ,supplanted   

with blood444 that is1 undermined and   
brought to ruin1 for  shedding of blood3
 and1 as it is signified in the         
following verse1 for  conspiring with   
the priests 7of ,bethel7 like robbers1  
to murder in the  way such as passed out
 of ,sichem to go towards the temple of 
,jerusalem4  ,or else 444supplanted with
 blood444 signifies flowing in such     
manner  with blood1 as to suffer none to
 walk there without imbruing the soles  
of their feet in blood4    #f3i4 ,and   
like the jaws of highway robbers1 they  
conspire with the  priests who murder in
 the way those that pass out of ,sichem3
 for they  have wrought wickedness4     
#f3aj4 ,i have seen a horrible thing in 
the house of ,israel3 the  fornications 
of ,ephraim there3 ,israel is defiled4  
#f3aa4 ,and thou also1 ,o ,juda1 set    
thee a harvest1 when ,i shall bring back
  the captivity of my people4    ,osee  
,chapter #g    ,the manifold sins of    
,israel1 and of their kings1 hinder the 
,lord from  healing them4    #g3a4 ,when

 ,i would have healed ,israel1 the      
iniquity of ,ephraim was  discovered1   
and the wickedness of ,samaria1 for they
 have committed  falsehood1 and the     
thief is come in to steal1 the robber is
 without4    #g3b4 ,and lest they may   
say in their hearts1 that ,i remember   
all their  wickedness3 their own devices
 now have beset them about1 they have   
been  done before my face4    #g3c4     
,they have made the king glad with their
 wickedness3 and the princes  with their
 lies4    ,made the king glad1 etc444   
,to please ,jeroboam1 and their other   
kings  they have given themselves up to 
the wicked worship of idols1 which are  
mere falsehood and lies4    #g3d4 ,they 
are all adulterers1 like an oven heated 
by the baker3 the city  rested a little 
from the mingling of the leaven1 till   
the whole was  leavened4    #g3e4 ,the  
day of our king1 the princes began to be
 mad with wine3 he  stretched out his   
hand with scorners4    #g3f4 ,because   
they have applied their heart like an   

oven1 when he laid  snares for them3 he 
slept all the night baking them1 in the 
morning he  himself was heated as a     
flaming fire4    #g3g4 ,they were all   
heated like an oven1 and have devoured  
their judges3  all their kings have     
fallen3 there is none amongst them that 
calleth  unto me4    #g3h4 ,ephraim     
himself is mixed among the nations3     
,ephraim is become as  bread baked under
 the ashes1 that is not turned4    #g3i4
 ,strangers have devoured his strength1 
and he knew it not3 yea1 grey  hairs    
also are spread about upon him1 and he  
is ignorant of it4    #g3aj4 ,and the   
pride of ,israel shall be humbled before
 his face3 and they  have not returned  
to the ,lord their ,god1 nor have they  
sought him in all  these4    #g3aa4 ,and
 ,ephraim is become as a dove that is   
decoyed1 not having a  heart3 they      
called upon ,egypt1 they went to the    
,assyrians4    #g3ab4 ,and when they    
shall go1 ,i will spread my net upon    
them3 ,i will  bring them down as the   

fowl of the air1 ,i will strike them as 
their  congregation hath heard4         
#g3ac4 ,woe to them1 for they have      
departed from me3 they shall be wasted  
because they have transgressed against  
me3 and ,i redeemed them3 and they  have
 spoken lies against me4    #g3ad4 ,and 
they have not cried to me with their    
heart1 but they howled in  their beds3  
they have thought upon wheat and wine1  
they are departed  from me4    #g3ae4   
,and ,i have chastised them1 and        
strengthened their arms3 and they  have 
imagined evil against me4    #g3af4     
,they returned1 that they might be      
without yoke3 they became like a        
deceitful bow3 their princes shall fall 
by the sword1 for the rage of  their    
tongue4 ,this is their derision in the  
land of ,egypt4    ,osee ,chapter #h    
,the ,israelites are threatened with    
destruction for their impiety and       
idolatry4    #h3a4 ,let there be a      
trumpet in thy throat like an eagle upon
 the house  of the ,lord3 because they  

have transgressed my covenant1 and have 
violated my law4    #h3b4 ,they shall   
call upon me3 ,o my ,god1 we1 ,israel1  
know thee4    #h3c4 lsrael hath cast off
 the thing that is good1 the enemy shall
 pursue  him4    #h3d4 ,they have       
reigned1 but not by me3 they have been  
princes1 and ,i  knew not3 of their     
silver and their gold they have made    
idols to  themselves1 that they might   
perish4    #h3e4 ,thy calf1 ,o ,samaria1
 is cast off1 my wrath is kindled       
against them4  ,how long will they be   
incapable of being cleansed8    #h3f4   
,for itself also is the invention of    
,israel3 a workman made it1 and  it is  
no god3 for the calf of ,samaria shall  
be turned to spiders' webs4    #h3g4    
,for they shall sow wind1 and reap a    
whirlwind1 there is no standing  stalk  
in it1 the bud shall yield no meal2 and 
if it should yield1  strangers shall eat
 it4    #h3h4 ,israel is swallowed up3  
now is he become among the nations like 
an  unclean vessel4    #h3i4 ,for they  

are gone up to ,assyria1 a wild ass     
alone by himself3  ,ephraim hath given  
gifts to his lovers4    #h3aj4 ,but even
 though they shall have hired the       
nations1 now will ,i  gather them       
together3 and they shall rest a while   
from the burden of the  king1 and the   
princes4    #h3aa4 ,because ,ephraim    
hath made many altars to sin3 altars are
 become to  him unto sin4    #h3ab4 ,i  
shall write to him my manifold laws1    
which have been accounted  as foreign4  
#h3ac4 ,they shall offer victims1 they  
shall sacrifice flesh1 and shall  eat   
it1 and the ,lord will not receive them3
 now will he remember their  iniquity1  
and will visit their sins3 they shall   
return to ,egypt4    #h3ad4 ,and ,israel
 hath forgotten his ,maker1 and hath    
built temples3 and  ,juda hath built    
many fenced cities3 and ,i will send a  
fire upon his  cities1 and it shall     
devour the houses thereof4    ,osee     
,chapter #i    ,the distress and        
captivity of ,israel for their sins and 

idolatry4    #i3a4 ,rejoice not1 ,o     
,israel3 rejoice not as the nations do3 
for thou hast  committed fornication    
against thy ,god1 thou hast loved a     
reward upon  every cornfloor4    #i3b4  
,the floor and the winepress shall not  
feed them1 and the wine shall  deceive  
them4    #i3c4 ,they shall not dwell in 
the ,lord's land3 ,ephraim is returned  
to  ,egypt1 and hath eaten unclean      
things among the ,assyrians4    #i3d4   
,they shall not offer wine to the ,lord1
 neither shall they please  him3 their  
sacrifices shall be like the bread of   
mourners3 all that  shall eat it shall  
be defiled3 for their bread is life for 
their soul1  it shall not enter into the
 house of the ,lord4    #i3e4 ,what will
 you do in the solemn day1 in the day of
 the feast of the  ,lord8    #i3f4 ,for 
behold they are gone because of         
destruction3 ,egypt shall gather  them  
together1 ,memphis shall bury them3     
nettles shall inherit their  beloved    
silver1 the bur shall be in their       

tabernacles4    #i3g4 ,the days of      
visitation are come1 the days of        
repaying are come3  know ye1 ,o ,israel1
 that the prophet was foolish1 the      
spiritual man was  mad1 for the         
multitude of thy iniquity1 and the      
multitude of thy  madness4    #i3h4 ,the
 watchman of ,ephraim was with my ,god3 
the prophet is become a  snare of ruin  
upon all his ways1 madness is in the    
house of his ,god4    #i3i4 ,they have  
sinned deeply1 as in the days of ,gabaa3
 he will remember  their iniquity1 and  
will visit their sin4    #i3aj4 ,i found
 ,israel like grapes in the desert1 ,i  
saw their fathers like  the firstfruits 
of the fig tree in the top thereof3 but 
they went in to  ,beelphegor1 and       
alienated themselves to that confusion1 
and became  abominable1 as those things 
were1 which they loved4    #i3aa4 ,as   
for ,ephraim1 their glory hath flown    
away like bird from the  birth1 and from
 the womb1 and from the conception4     
#i3ab4 ,and though they should bring up 

their children1 ,i will make them       
without children among men3 yea1 and woe
 to them1 when ,i shall depart  from    
them4    #i3ac4 ,ephraim1 as ,i saw1 was
 a ,tyre1 founded in beauty3 and        
,ephraim  shall bring out his children  
to the murderer4    #i3ad4 ,give them1  
,o ,lord4 ,what wilt thou give them8    
,give them a womb  without children1 and
 dry breasts4    #i3ae4 ,all their      
wickedness is in ,galgal1 for there ,i  
hated them3 for the  wickedness of their
 devices ,i will cast them forth out of 
my house3 ,i  will love them no more1   
all their princes are revolters4        
#i3af4 ,ephraim is struck1 their root is
 dried up1 they shall yield no  fruit4  
,and if they should have issue1 ,i will 
slay the best beloved fruit  of their   
womb4    #i3ag4 ,my ,god will cast them 
away1 because they hearkened not to him3
 and  they shall be wanderers among the 
nations4    ,osee ,chapter #aj    ,after
 many benefits1 great affliction shall  
fall upon the ten tribes1  for their    

ingratitude to ,god4    #aj3a4 ,israel a
 vine full of branches1 the fruit is    
agreeable to it3  according to the      
multitude of his fruit1 he hath         
multiplied altars1  according to the    
plenty of his land he hath abounded with
 idols4    #aj3b4 ,their heart is       
divided3 now they shall perish3 he shall
 break down  their idols1 he shall      
destroy their altars4    #aj3c4 ,for now
 they shall say3 ,we have no king3      
because we fear not the  ,lord3 and what
 shall a king do to us8    #aj3d4 ,you  
speak words of an unprofitable vision1  
and you shall make a  covenant3 and     
judgment shall spring up as bitterness  
in the furrows of  the field4    #aj3e4 
,the inhabitants of ,samaria have       
worshipped the kine of ,bethaven3  for  
the people thereof have mourned over it1
 and the wardens of its  temple that    
rejoiced over it in its glory because it
 is departed from  it4    ,the kine of  
,bethaven444 ,the golden calves of      
,jeroboam4    #aj3f4 ,for itself also is

 carried into ,assyria1 a present to the
 avenging  king3 shame shall fall upon  
,ephraim1 and ,israel shall be          
confounded in  his own will4    ,itself 
also is carried1 etc444 ,one of the     
golden calves was given by  king        
,manahem1 to ,phul1 king of the         
,assyrians1 to engage him to stand by   
him4    #aj3g4 ,samaria hath made her   
king to pass as froth upon the face of  
the  water4    #aj3h4 ,and the high     
places of the idol1 the sin of ,israel  
shall be  destroyed3 the bur and the    
thistle shall grow up over their altars3
 and  they shall say to the mountains   
,cover us2 and to the hills3 ,fall upon 
us4    #aj3i4 ,from the days of ,gabaa1 
,israel hath sinned1 there they stood3  
the  battle in ,gabaa against the       
children of iniquity shall not overtake 
them4    #aj3aj4 ,according to my       
desire1 ,i will chastise them3 and the  
nations  shall be gathered together     
against them1 when they shall be        
chastised  for their two iniquities4    

,their two iniquities444 ,their two     
calves4    #aj3aa4 ,ephraim is a heifer 
taught to love to tread out corn1 but ,i
  passed over upon the beauty of her    
neck3 ,i will ride upon ,ephraim1 ,juda 
shall plough1 ,jacob shall break the    
furrows for himself4    #aj3ab4 ,sow for
 yourselves in justice1 and reap in the 
mouth of mercy1  break up your fallow   
ground3 but the time to seek the ,lord  
is1 when he  shall come that shall teach
 you justice4    #aj3ac4 ,you have      
ploughed wickedness1 you have reaped    
iniquity1 you have  eaten the fruit of  
lying3 because thou hast trusted in thy 
ways1 in the  multitude of thy strong   
ones4    #aj3ad4 ,a tumult shall arise  
among thy people3 and all thy fortresses
  shall be destroyed as ,salmana was    
destroyed1 by the house of him that     
judged ,baal in the day of battle1 the  
mother being dashed in pieces upon  her 
children4    ,as ,salmana1 king of the  
,midianites1 was destroyed by the house1
 that is1  by the followers of him that 

judged ,baal2 that is1 of ,gideon1 who  
threw  down the altar of ,baal2 and was 
therefore called ,jerubaal4 ,see ,judges
 #f  and #h4    #aj3ae4 ,so hath ,bethel
 done to you1 because of the evil of    
your  iniquities4    ,osee ,chapter #aa 
,god proceeds in threatening ,israel for
 their ingratitude3 yet he will  not    
utterly destroy them4    #aa3a4 ,as the 
morning passeth1 so hath the king of    
,israel passed away4  ,because ,israel  
was a child1 and ,i loved him3 and ,i   
called my son out of  ,egypt4    ,i     
called my son444 ,viz41 ,israel4 ,but as
 the calling of ,israel out of  ,egypt1 
was a figure of the calling of ,christ  
from thence2 therefore this  text is    
also applicable to ,christ1 as we learn 
from ,matthew #b4ae4    #aa3b4 ,as they 
called them1 they went away from before 
their face3 they  offered victims to    
,baalim1 and sacrificed to idols4       
,they called444 ,viz41 ,moses and ,aaron
 called2 but they went away after  other
 gods and would not hear4    #aa3c4 ,and

 ,i was like a foster father to         
,ephraim1 ,i carried them in my  arms3  
and they knew not that ,i healed them4  
#aa3d4 ,i will draw them with the cords 
of ,adam1 with the bands of love3  and  
,i will be to them as one that taketh   
off the yoke on their jaws3 and  ,i put 
his meat to him that he might eat4      
#aa3e4 ,he shall not return into the    
land of ,egypt1 but the ,assyrian shall 
be his king3 because they would not be  
converted4    #aa3f4 ,the sword hath    
begun in his cities1 and it shall       
consume his  chosen men1 and shall      
devour their heads4    #aa3g4 ,and my   
people shall long for my return3 but a  
yoke shall be put  upon them together1  
which shall not be taken off4    #aa3h4 
,how shall ,i deal with thee1 ,o        
,ephraim1 shall ,i protect thee1 ,o     
,israel8 how shall ,i make thee as      
,adama1 shall ,i set thee as ,seboim8 my
  heart is turned within me1 my         
repentance is stirred up4    ,adama1    
etc444 ,adama and ,seboim were two      

cities in the neighborhood of  ,sodom3  
and underwent the like destruction4     
#aa3i4 ,i will not execute the          
fierceness of my wrath3 ,i will not     
return  to destroy ,ephraim3 because ,i 
am ,god1 and not man3 the holy one in   
the  midst of thee1 and ,i will not     
enter into the city4    #aa3aj4 ,they   
shall walk after the ,lord1 he shall    
roar as a lion3 because  he shall roar1 
and the children of the sea shall fear4 
#aa3aa4 ,and they shall fly away like a 
bird out of ,egypt1 and like a dove  out
 of the land of the ,assyrians3 and ,i  
will place them in their own  houses1   
saith the ,lord4    #aa3ab4 ,ephraim    
hath compassed me about with denials1   
and the house of  ,israel with deceit3  
but ,juda went down as a witness with   
,god1 and is  faithful with the saints4 
,osee ,chapter #ab    ,israel is        
reproved for sin4 ,god's favours to     
them4    #ab3a4 ,ephraim feedeth on the 
wind1 and followeth the burning heat3   
all  the day long he multiplied lies and

 desolation3 and he hath made a         
covenant with the ,assyrians1 and       
carried oil into ,egypt4    #ab3b4      
,therefore there is a judgment of the   
,lord with ,juda1 and a  visitation for 
,jacob3 he will render to him according 
to his ways1 and  according to his      
devices4    #ab3c4 ,in the womb he      
supplanted his brother3 and by his      
strength he had  success with an angel4 
#ab3d4 ,and he prevailed over the angel1
 and was strengthened3 he wept1  and    
made supplication to him3 he found him  
in ,bethel1 and there he spoke  with us4
    #ab3e4 ,even the ,lord ,god of      
hosts1 the ,lord is his memorial4       
#ab3f4 ,therefore turn thou to thy ,god3
 keep mercy and judgment1 and hope  in  
thy ,god always4    #ab3g4 ,he is like  
,chanaan1 there is a deceitful balance  
in his hand1 he  hath loved oppression4 
#ab3h4 ,and ,ephraim said3 ,but yet ,i  
am become rich1 ,i have found me an     
idol3 all my labours shall not find me  
the iniquity that ,i have  committed4   

#ab3i4 ,and ,i that am the ,lord thy    
,god from the land of ,egypt1 will yet  
cause thee to dwell in tabernacles1 as  
in the days of the feast4    #ab3aj4    
,and ,i have spoken by the prophets1 and
 ,i have multiplied visions1  and ,i    
have used similitudes by the ministry of
 the prophets4    #ab3aa4 ,if ,galaad be
 an idol1 then in vain were they in     
,galgal offering  sacrifices with       
bullocks3 for their altars also are as  
heaps in the  furrows of the field4     
,if ,galaad be an idol1 etc444 ,that is1
 if ,galaad with all its idols and      
sacrifices be like a mere idol itself1  
being brought to nothing by             
,theglathphalasar3 how vain is it to    
expect1 that the idols worshipped in    
,galgal shall be of any service to the  
tribes that remain4    #ab3ab4 ,jacob   
fled into the country of ,syria1 and    
,israel served for a  wife1 and was a   
keeper for a wife4    #ab3ac4 ,but the  
,lord by a prophet brought ,israel out  
of ,egypt3 and he was  preserved by a   

prophet4    #ab3ad4 ,ephraim hath       
provoked me to wrath with his           
bitterness1 and his  blood shall come   
upon him1 and his ,lord will render his 
reproach unto  him4    ,osee ,chapter   
#ac    ,the judgments of ,god upon      
,israel for their sins4 ,christ shall   
one day  redeem them4    #ac3a4 ,when   
,ephraim spoke1 a horror seized ,israel3
 and he sinned in ,baal1  and died4     
#ac3b4 ,and now they have sinned more   
and more3 and they have made to         
themselves a molten thing of their      
silver as the likeness of idols3 the    
whole is the work of craftsmen3 to these
 that say3 ,sacrifice men1 ye  that     
adore calves4    #ac3c4 ,therefore they 
shall be as a morning cloud1 and as the 
early dew  that passeth away1 as the    
dust that is driven with a whirlwind out
 of  the floor1 and as the smoke out of 
the chimney4    #ac3d4 ,but ,i am the   
,lord thy ,god from the land of ,egypt3 
and thou shalt  know no ,god but me1 and
 there is no saviour beside me4         

#ac3e4 ,i knew thee in the desert1 in   
the land of the wilderness4    #ac3f4   
,according to their pastures they were  
filled1 and were made full3  and they   
lifted up their heart1 and have         
forgotten me4    #ac3g4 ,and ,i will be 
to them as a lioness1 as a leopard in   
the way of the  ,assyrians4    #ac3h4 ,i
 will meet them as a bear that is robbed
 of her whelps1 and ,i  will rend the   
inner parts of their liver3 and ,i will 
devour them there  as a lion1 the beast 
of the field shall tear them4    #ac3i4 
,destruction is thy own1 ,o ,israel3 thy
 help is only in me4    #ac3aj4 ,where  
is thy king8 now especially let him save
 thee in all thy  cities3 and thy       
judges1 of whom thou saidst3 ,give me   
kings and princes4    #ac3aa4 ,i will   
give thee a king in my wrath1 and will  
take him away in my  indignation4       
#ac3ab4 ,the iniquity of ,ephraim is    
bound up1 his sin is hidden4    #ac3ac4 
,the sorrows of a woman in labour shall 
come upon him1 he is an  unwise son3 for

 now he shall not stand in the breach of
 the children4    #ac3ad4 ,i will       
deliver them out of the hand of death4  
,i will redeem them  from death3 ,o     
death1 ,i will be thy death2 ,o hell1 ,i
 will be thy bite3  comfort is hidden   
from my eyes4    #ac3ae4 ,because he    
shall make a separation between         
brothers3 the ,lord  will bring a       
burning wind that shall rise from the   
desert1 and it shall  dry up his        
springs1 and shall make his fountain    
desolate1 and he shall  carry off the   
treasure of every desirable vessel4     
,osee ,chapter #ad    ,samaria shall be 
destroyed4 ,an exhortation to           
repentance3 ,god's favour  through      
,christ to the penitent4    #ad3a4 ,let 
,samaria perish1 becsuse she hath       
stirred up her ,god to  bitterness3 let 
them perish by the sword1 let their     
little ones be  dashed1 and let the     
women with child be ripped up4          
,perish1 because she hath stirred up her
 ,god to bitterness444 ,it is not a     

curse or imprecation1 but a prophecy of 
what should come to pass4    #ad3b4     
,return1 ,o ,israel1 to the ,lord thy   
,god3 for thou hast fallen down  by thy 
iniquity4    #ad3c4 ,take with you      
words1 and return to the ,lord1 and say 
to him3 ,take  away all iniquity1 and   
receive the good3 and we will render the
 calves  of our lips4    #ad3d4 ,assyria
 shall not save us1 we will not ride    
upon horses1 neither  will we say any   
more3 ,the works of our hands are our   
gods3 for thou wilt  have mercy on the  
fatherless that is in thee4    #ad3e4 ,i
 will heal their breaches1 ,i will love 
them freely3 for my wrath  is turned    
away from them4    #ad3f4 ,i will be as 
the dew1 ,israel shall spring as the    
lily1 and his  root shall shoot forth as
 that of ,libanus4    #ad3g4 ,his       
branches shall spread1 and his glory    
shall be as the olive  tree3 and his    
smell as that of ,libanus4    #ad3h4    
,they shall be converted that sit under 
his shadow3 they shall live  upon wheat1

 and they shall blossom as a vine3 his  
memorial shall be as  the wine of       
,libanus4    #ad3i4 ,ephraim shall say1 
,what have ,i to do any more with idols8
 ,i will  hear him1 and ,i will make him
 flourish like a green fir tree3 from me
 is  thy fruit found4    #ad3aj4 ,who is
 wise1 and he shall understand these    
things8 prudent1 and  he shall know     
these things8 for the ways of the ,lord 
are right1 and the  just shall walk in  
them3 but the transgressors shall fall  
in them4