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ISA-11:9 ...for the earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD,

as the waters cover the sea.

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Hosea 1

1. The word <1697> of the LORD <3068> that came <1961> unto

Hosea <1954>, the son <1121> of Beeri <0882>, in the days <3117>

of Uzziah <5818>, Jotham <3147>, Ahaz <0271>, [and] Hezekiah

<2396>, kings <4428> of Judah <3063>, and in the days <3117> of

Jeroboam <3379> the son <1121> of Joash <3101>, king <4428> of

Israel <3478>.

2. The beginning <8462> of the word <1699> of the LORD <3068>

by Hosea <1954>. And the LORD <3068> said <0559> to Hosea <1954>,

Go <3212>, take <3947> unto thee a wife <0802> of whoredoms

<2183> and children <3206> of whoredoms <2183>: for the land

<0776> hath committed <2181> great whoredom <2181>, [departing]

from the LORD <3068>.

3 So he went <3212> and took <3947> Gomer <1586> the daughter

<1323> of Diblaim <1691>; which conceived <2030>, and bare

<3205> him a son <1121>.

4 And the LORD <3068> said <0559> unto him, Call <7121> his

name <8034> Jezreel <3157>; for yet <5750> a little <4592>

[while], and I will avenge <6485> the blood <1818> of Jezreel

<3157> upon the house <1004> of Jehu <3058>, and will cause to

cease <7673> the kingdom <4468> of the house <1004> of Israel

<3478>.

5 And it shall come <1961> to pass at that day <3117>, that I

will break <7665> the bow <7198> of Israel <3478> in the valley

<6010> of Jezreel <3157>.

6 And she conceived <2030> again <5750>, and bare <3205> a

daughter <1323>. And [God] said <0559> unto him, Call <7121> her

name <8034> Loruhamah <3819>: for I will no <3808> more <5750>

have mercy <7355> upon the house <1004> of Israel <3478>; but I

will utterly take <5375> them away.

7 But I will have mercy <7355> upon the house <1004> of Judah

<3063>, and will save <3467> them by the LORD <3068> their God

<0430>, and will not save <3467> them by bow <7198>, nor by

sword <2719>, nor by battle <4421>, by horses <5483>, nor by

horsemen <6571>.

8. Now when she had weaned <1580> Loruhamah <3819>, she

conceived <2030>, and bare <3205> a son <1121>.

9 Then said <0559> [God], Call <7121> his name <8034> Loammi

<3818>: for ye [are] not my people <5971>, and I will not be

your [God].

10 Yet the number <4557> of the children <1121> of Israel

<3478> shall be as the sand <2344> of the sea <3220>, which

<0834> cannot <3808> be measured <4058> nor <3808> numbered

<5608>; and it shall come <1961> to pass, [that] in the place

<4725> where <0834> it was said <0559> unto them, Ye [are] not

my people <5971>, [there] it shall be said <0559> unto them, [Ye

are] the sons <1121> of the living <2416> God <0410>.

11 Then shall the children <1121> of Judah <3063> and the

children <1121> of Israel <3478> be gathered <6908> together

<3162>, and appoint <7760> themselves <1992> one <0259> head

<7218>, and they shall come <5927> up out of the land <0776>:

for great <1419> [shall be] the day <3117> of Jezreel <3157>.

Hosea 2

1. Say <0559> ye unto your brethren <0251>, Ammi <5971>; and to

your sisters <0269>, Ruhamah <7355>.

2 Plead <7378> with your mother <0517>, plead <7378>: for she

[is] not my wife <0802>, neither <3808> [am] I her husband

<0376>: let her therefore put <5493> away <5493> her whoredoms

<2183> out of her sight <6440>, and her adulteries <5005> from

between <0996> her breasts <7699>;

3 Lest <6435> I strip <6584> her naked <6174>, and set <3322>

her as in the day <3117> that she was born <3205>, and make

<7760> her as a wilderness <4057>, and set <7896> her like a dry

<6723> land <0776>, and slay <4191> her with thirst <6772>.

4 And I will not have mercy <7355> upon her children <1121>;

for they [be] the children <1121> of whoredoms <2183>.

5 For their mother <0517> hath played the harlot <2181>: she

that conceived <2030> them hath done shamefully <3001>: for she

said <0559>, I will go <3212> after <0310> my lovers <0157>,

that give <5414> [me] my bread <3899> and my water <4325>, my

wool <6785> and my flax <6593>, mine oil <8081> and my drink

<8250>.

6. Therefore <3651>, behold <2005>, I will hedge <7753> up thy

way <1870> with thorns <5518>, and make <1443> a wall <1447>,

that she shall not find <4672> her paths <5410>.

7 And she shall follow <7291> after <0310> her lovers <0157>,

but she shall not overtake <5381> them; and she shall seek

<1245> them, but shall not find <4672> [them]: then shall she

say <0559>, I will go <3212> and return <7725> to my first

<7223> husband <0376>; for then <0227> [was it] better <2896>

with me than now <6258>.

8 For she did not know <3045> that I gave <5414> her corn

<1715>, and wine <8492>, and oil <3323>, and multiplied <7235>

her silver <3701> and gold <2091>, [which] they prepared <6213>

for Baal <1168>.

9 Therefore <3651> will I return <7725>, and take <3947> away

my corn <1715> in the time <6256> thereof, and my wine <8492> in

the season <4150> thereof, and will recover <5337> my wool

<6785> and my flax <6593> [given] to cover <3680> her nakedness

<6172>.

10 And now <6258> will I discover <1540> her lewdness <5040> in

the sight <5869> of her lovers <0157>, and none <3808> shall

deliver <5337> her out of mine hand <3027>.

11 I will also cause all <3605> her mirth <4885> to cease

<7673>, her feast <2282> days, her new <2320> moons <2320>, and

her sabbaths <7676>, and all <3605> her solemn <4150> feasts

<4150>.

12 And I will destroy <8074> her vines <1612> and her fig

<8384> trees, whereof <0834> she hath said <0559>, These <1992>

[are] my rewards <0866> that my lovers <0157> have given <5414>

me: and I will make <7760> them a forest <3293>, and the beasts

<2416> of the field <7704> shall eat <0398> them.

13 And I will visit <6485> upon her the days <3117> of Baalim

<1168>, wherein <0834> she burned <6999> incense <6999> to them,

and she decked <5710> herself with her earrings <5141> and her

jewels <2484>, and she went <3212> after <0310> her lovers

<0157>, and forgat <7911> me, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

14. Therefore <3651>, behold <2009>, I will allure <6601> her,

and bring <1980> her into the wilderness <4057>, and speak

<1696> comfortably unto her.

15 And I will give <5414> her her vineyards <3754> from thence

<8033>, and the valley <6010> of Achor <5911> for a door <6607>

of hope <8615>: and she shall sing <6030> there <8033>, as in

the days <3117> of her youth <5271>, and as in the day <3117>

when she came <5927> up out of the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>.

16 And it shall be at that day <3117>, saith <5002> the LORD

<3068>, [that] thou shalt call <7121> me Ishi <0376>; and shalt

call <7121> me no <3808> more <5750> Baali <1180>.

17 For I will take <5493> away <5493> the names <8034> of

Baalim <1168> out of her mouth <6310>, and they shall no <3808>

more <5750> be remembered <2142> by their name <8034>.

18 And in that day <3117> will I make <3772> a covenant <1285>

for them with the beasts <2416> of the field <7704>, and with

the fowls <5775> of heaven <8064>, and [with] the creeping

<7431> things of the ground <0127>: and I will break <7665> the

bow <7198> and the sword <2719> and the battle <4421> out of the

earth <0776>, and will make them to lie <7901> down <7901>

safely <0983>.

19 And I will betroth <0781> thee unto me for ever <5769>; yea,

I will betroth <0781> thee unto me in righteousness <6664>, and

in judgment <4941>, and in lovingkindness <2617>, and in mercies

<7356>.

20 I will even betroth <0781> thee unto me in faithfulness

<0530>: and thou shalt know <3045> the LORD <3068>.

21 And it shall come <1961> to pass in that day <3117>, I will

hear <6030>, saith <5002> the LORD <3068>, I will hear <6030>

the heavens <8064>, and they shall hear <6030> the earth <0776>;

22 And the earth <0776> shall hear <6030> the corn <1715>, and

the wine <8492>, and the oil <3323>; and they shall hear <6030>

Jezreel <3157>.

23 And I will sow <2232> her unto me in the earth <0776>; and I

will have mercy <7355> upon her that had not obtained <5375>

mercy <7355>; and I will say <0559> to [them which were] not my

people <5971>, Thou [art] my people <5971>; and they shall say

<0559>, [Thou art] my God <0430>.

Hosea 3

1. Then said <0559> the LORD <3068> unto me, Go <3212> yet

<5750>, love <0157> a woman <0802> beloved <0157> of [her]

friend <7453>, yet an adulteress <5003>, according to the love

<0160> of the LORD <3068> toward <0854> the children <1121> of

Israel <3478>, who <1992> look <6437> to other <0312> gods

<0430>, and love <0157> flagons <0809> of wine <6025>.

2 So I bought <3739> her to me for fifteen <6240> [pieces] of

silver <3701>, and [for] an homer <2563> of barley <8184>, and

an half homer <2563> of barley <8184>:

3 And I said <0559> unto her, Thou shalt abide <3427> for me

many <7227> days <3117>; thou shalt not play the harlot <2181>,

and thou shalt not be for [another] man <0376>: so <1571> [will]

I also <1571> [be] for thee.

4 For the children <1121> of Israel <3478> shall abide <3427>

many <7227> days <3117> without <0369> a king <4428>, and

without <0369> a prince <8269>, and without <0369> a sacrifice

<2077>, and without <0369> an image <6755>, and without <0369>

an ephod <0646>, and [without] teraphim <8655>:

5 Afterward <0310> shall the children <1121> of Israel <3478>

return <7725>, and seek <1245> the LORD <3068> their God <0430>,

and David <1732> their king <4428>; and shall fear <6342> the

LORD <3068> and his goodness <2898> in the latter <0319> days

<3117>.

Hosea 4

1. Hear <8085> the word <1697> of the LORD <3068>, ye children

<1121> of Israel <3478>: for the LORD <3068> hath a controversy

<7379> with the inhabitants <3427> of the land <0776>, because

<3588> [there is] no <0369> truth <0571>, nor <0369> mercy

<2617>, nor <0369> knowledge <1847> of God <0430> in the land

<0776>.

2 By swearing <0422>, and lying <3584>, and killing <7523>, and

stealing <1589>, and committing <5003> adultery <5003>, they

break <6555> out, and blood <1818> toucheth <5060> blood <1818>.

3 Therefore shall the land <0776> mourn <56>, and every <3605>

one that dwelleth <3427> therein shall languish <0535>, with the

beasts <2416> of the field <7704>, and with the fowls <5775> of

heaven <8064>; yea <1571>, the fishes <1709> of the sea <3220>

also <1571> shall be taken <0622> away.

4 Yet <0389> let no <0408> man <0376> strive <7378>, nor <0408>

reprove <3198> another <0376>: for thy people <5971> [are] as

they that strive <7378> with the priest <3548>.

5 Therefore shalt thou fall <3782> in the day <3117>, and the

prophet <5030> also <1571> shall fall <3782> with thee in the

night <3915>, and I will destroy <1820> thy mother <0517>.

6. My people <5971> are destroyed <1820> for lack <1097> of

knowledge <1847>: because <3588> thou hast rejected <3988>

knowledge <1847>, I will also reject <3988> thee, that thou

shalt be no priest <3547> to me: seeing thou hast forgotten

<7911> the law <8451> of thy God <0430>, I will also <1571>

forget <7911> thy children <1121>.

7 As they were increased <7230>, so <3651> they sinned <2398>

against me: [therefore] will I change <4171> their glory <3519>

into shame <7036>.

8 They eat <0398> up the sin <2403> of my people <5971>, and

they set <5375> their heart <5315> on <0413> their iniquity

<5771>.

9 And there shall be, like people <5971>, like priest <3548>:

and I will punish <6485> them for their ways <1870>, and reward

<7725> them their doings <4611>.

10 For they shall eat <0398>, and not have enough <7644>: they

shall commit <2181> whoredom <2181>, and shall not increase

<6555>: because <3588> they have left <5800> off to take heed

<8104> to the LORD <3068>.

11 Whoredom <2184> and wine <3196> and new <8492> wine <8492>

take <3947> away the heart <3820>.

12. My people <5971> ask <7592> counsel at their stocks <6086>,

and their staff <4731> declareth <5046> unto them: for the

spirit <7307> of whoredoms <2183> hath caused [them] to err

<8582>, and they have gone a whoring <2181> from under <8478>

their God <0430>.

13 They sacrifice <2076> upon the tops <7218> of the mountains

<2022>, and burn <6999> incense <6999> upon the hills <1389>,

under <8478> oaks <0437> and poplars <3839> and elms <0424>,

because <3588> the shadow <6738> thereof [is] good <2896>:

therefore your daughters <1121> shall commit <2181> whoredom

<2181>, and your spouses <3618> shall commit <5003> adultery

<5003>.

14 I will not punish <6485> your daughters <1121> when <3588>

they commit <2181> whoredom <2181>, nor your spouses <3618> when

<3588> they commit <5003> adultery <5003>: for themselves <1992>

are separated <6504> with whores <2181>, and they sacrifice

<2076> with harlots <6948>: therefore the people <5971> [that]

doth not understand <0995> shall fall <3832>.

15 Though <0518> thou, Israel <3478>, play the harlot <2181>,

[yet] let not Judah <3063> offend <0816>; and come <0935> not ye

unto Gilgal <1537>, neither <0408> go <5927> ye up to Bethaven

<1007>, nor <0408> swear <7650>, The LORD <3068> liveth <2416>.

16 For Israel <3478> slideth <5637> back <5637> as a

backsliding <5637> heifer <6510>: now <6258> the LORD <3068>

will feed <7462> them as a lamb <3532> in a large <4800> place.

17 Ephraim <0669> [is] joined <2266> to idols <6091>: let him

alone.

18 Their drink <5435> is sour <5493>: they have committed

<2181> whoredom <2181> continually: her rulers <4043> [with]

shame <7036> do love <0157>, Give <3051> ye.

19 The wind <7307> hath bound <6887> her up in her wings <3671>,

and they shall be ashamed <0954> because of their sacrifices

<2077>.

Hosea 5

1. Hear <8085> ye this <2063>, O priests <3548>; and hearken

<7181>, ye house <1004> of Israel <3478>; and give ye ear <0238>,

O house <1004> of the king <4428>; for judgment <4941> [is]

toward you, because <3588> ye have been <1961> a snare <6341> on

Mizpah <4709>, and a net <7568> spread <6566> upon Tabor <8396>.

2 And the revolters <7846> are profound <6009> to make

slaughter <7819>, though I [have been] a rebuker <4148> of them

all <3605>.

3 I know <3045> Ephraim <0669>, and Israel <3478> is not hid

<3582> from me: for now, O Ephraim <0669>, thou committest

<2181> whoredom <2181>, [and] Israel <3478> is defiled <2930>.

4 They will not frame <5414> their doings <4611> to turn <7725>

unto their God <0430>: for the spirit <7307> of whoredoms <2183>

[is] in the midst <7130> of them, and they have not known <3045>

the LORD <3068>.

5 And the pride <1347> of Israel <3478> doth testify <6030> to

his face <6440>: therefore shall Israel <3478> and Ephraim

<0669> fall <3782> in their iniquity <5771>; Judah <3063> also

<1571> shall fall <3782> with them.

6 They shall go <3212> with their flocks <6629> and with their

herds <1241> to seek <1245> the LORD <3068>; but they shall not

find <4672> [him]; he hath withdrawn <2502> himself from them.

7 They have dealt treacherously <0898> against the LORD <3068>:

for they have begotten <3205> strange <2114> children <1121>:

now <6258> shall a month <2320> devour <0398> them with their

portions <2506>.

8. Blow <8628> ye the cornet <7782> in Gibeah <1390>, [and] the

trumpet <2689> in Ramah <7414>: cry <7321> aloud <7321> [at]

Bethaven <1007>, after <0310> thee, O Benjamin <1144>.

9 Ephraim <0669> shall be desolate <8047> in the day <3117> of

rebuke <8433>: among the tribes <7626> of Israel <3478> have I

made known <3045> that which shall surely <0539> be.

10 The princes <8269> of Judah <3063> were like them that

remove <5253> the bound <1366>: [therefore] I will pour <8210>

out my wrath <5678> upon them like water <4325>.

11 Ephraim <0669> [is] oppressed <6231> [and] broken <7533> in

judgment <4941>, because <3588> he willingly <2974> walked

<1980> after <0310> the commandment <6673>.

12 Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim <0669> as a moth <6211>,

and to the house <1004> of Judah <3063> as rottenness <7538>.

13 When Ephraim <0669> saw <7200> his sickness <2483>, and

Judah <3063> [saw] his wound <4205>, then went <3212> Ephraim

<0669> to the Assyrian <0804>, and sent <7971> to king <4428>

Jareb <3377>: yet could <3201> he not heal <7495> you, nor

<3808> cure <1455> you of your wound <4205>.

14 For I [will be] unto Ephraim <0669> as a lion <7826>, and as

a young <3715> lion <3715> to the house <1004> of Judah <3063>:

I, [even] I, will tear <2963> and go <3212> away; I will take

<5375> away, and none <0369> shall rescue <5337> [him].

15 I will go <3212> [and] return <7725> to my place <4725>,

till <5704> they acknowledge their offence <0816>, and seek

<1245> my face <6440>: in their affliction <6862> they will seek

<7836> me early <7836>.

Hosea 6

1. Come <3212>, and let us return <7725> unto the LORD <3068>:

for he hath torn <2963>, and he will heal <7495> us; he hath

smitten <5221>, and he will bind <2280> us up.

2 After two days <3117> will he revive <2421> us: in the third

<7992> day <3117> he will raise <6965> us up, and we shall live

<2421> in his sight <6440>.

3 Then shall we know <3045>, [if] we follow <7291> on to know

<3045> the LORD <3068>: his going <4161> forth <4161> is

prepared <3559> as the morning <7837>; and he shall come <0935>

unto us as the rain <1653>, as the latter <4456> [and] former

<3138> rain <3384> unto the earth <0776>.

4. O Ephraim <0669>, what <4100> shall I do <6213> unto thee? O

Judah <3063>, what <4100> shall I do <6213> unto thee? for your

goodness <2617> [is] as a morning <1242> cloud <6051>, and as

the early <7925> dew <2919> it goeth <1980> away.

5 Therefore have I hewed <2672> [them] by the prophets <5030>;

I have slain <2026> them by the words <0561> of my mouth <6310>:

and thy judgments <4941> [are as] the light <0216> [that] goeth

<3318> forth <3318>.

6 For I desired <2654> mercy <2617>, and not sacrifice <2077>;

and the knowledge <1847> of God <0430> more than burnt <5930>

offerings.

7 But they like men <0120> have transgressed <5674> the

covenant <1285>: there <8033> have they dealt treacherously

<0898> against me.

8 Gilead <1568> [is] a city <7151> of them that work <6466>

iniquity <0205>, [and is] polluted <6121> with blood <1818>.

9 And as troops <1416> of robbers wait <2442> for a man <0376>,

[so] the company <2267> of priests <3548> murder <7523> in the

way <1870> by consent <7926>: for they commit <6313> lewdness

<2154>.

10 I have seen <7200> an horrible <8186> thing in the house

<1004> of Israel <3478>: there <8033> [is] the whoredom <2184>

of Ephraim <0669>, Israel <3478> is defiled <2930>.

11 Also <1571>, O Judah <3063>, he hath set <7896> an harvest

<7105> for thee, when I returned <7725> the captivity <7622> of

my people <5971>.

Hosea 7

1. When I would have healed <7495> Israel <3478>, then the

iniquity <5771> of Ephraim <0669> was discovered <1540>, and the

wickedness <7451> of Samaria <8111>: for they commit <6466>

falsehood <8267>; and the thief <1590> cometh <0935> in, [and]

the troop <1416> of robbers spoileth <6584> without <2351>.

2 And they consider <0559> not in their hearts <3824> [that] I

remember <2142> all <3605> their wickedness <7451>: now their

own doings <4611> have beset <5437> them about <5437>; they are

before <5048> my face <6440>.

3 They make the king <4428> glad <8056> with their wickedness

<7451>, and the princes <8269> with their lies <3585>.

4 They [are] all <3605> adulterers <5003>, as an oven <8574>

heated <1197> by the baker <0644>, [who] ceaseth <7673> from

raising <5872> after he hath kneaded <3888> the dough <1217>,

until <5704> it be leavened <2557>.

5 In the day <3117> of our king <4428> the princes <8269> have

made [him] sick <2470> with bottles <2573> of wine <3196>; he

stretched <4900> out his hand <3027> with scorners <3945>.

6 For they have made ready <7126> their heart <3820> like an

oven <8574>, whiles they lie in wait <0693>: their baker <0644>

sleepeth <3463> all <3605> the night <3915>; in the morning

<1242> it burneth <1197> as a flaming <3852> fire <0784>.

7 They are all <3605> hot <2552> as an oven <8574>, and have

devoured <0398> their judges <8199>; all <3605> their kings

<4428> are fallen <5307>: [there is] none <0369> among them that

calleth <7121> unto me.

8. Ephraim <0669>, he hath mixed <1101> himself <1931> among

the people <5971>; Ephraim <0669> is a cake <5692> not turned

<2015>.

9 Strangers <2114> have devoured <0398> his strength <3581>,

and he knoweth <3045> [it] not: yea <1571>, gray <7872> hairs

are here <2236> and there upon him, yet he knoweth <3045> not.

10 And the pride <1347> of Israel <3478> testifieth <6030> to

his face <6440>: and they do not return <7725> to the LORD

<3068> their God <0430>, nor <3808> seek <1245> him for all

<3605> this <2063>.

11 Ephraim <0669> also is like a silly <6601> dove <3123>

without <0369> heart <3820>: they call <7121> to Egypt <4714>,

they go <1980> to Assyria <0804>.

12 When <0834> they shall go <3212>, I will spread <6566> my

net <7568> upon them; I will bring <3381> them down <3381> as

the fowls <5775> of the heaven <8064>; I will chastise <3256>

them, as their congregation <5712> hath heard <8085>.

13 Woe <0188> unto them! for they have fled <5074> from me:

destruction <7701> unto them! because <3588> they have

transgressed <6586> against me: though I have redeemed <6299>

them, yet they have spoken <1696> lies <3576> against <5921> me.

14 And they have not cried <2199> unto me with their heart,

when <3588> they howled <3213> upon their beds <4904>: they

assemble <1481> themselves for corn <1715> and wine <8492>,

[and] they rebel <5493> against me.

15 Though I have bound <3256> [and] strengthened <2388> their

arms <2220>, yet do they imagine <2803> mischief <7451> against

<0413> me.

16 They return <7725>, [but] not to the most <5920> High <5920>:

they are like a deceitful <7423> bow <7198>: their princes

<8269> shall fall <5307> by the sword <2719> for the rage <2195>

of their tongue <3956>: this <2097> [shall be] their derision

<3932> in the land <0776> of Egypt <4714>.

Hosea 8

1. [Set] the trumpet <7782> to thy mouth <2441>. [He shall

come] as an eagle <5404> against <5921> the house <1004> of the

LORD <3068>, because <3588> they have transgressed <5674> my

covenant <1285>, and trespassed against <5921> my law <8451>.

2 Israel <3478> shall cry <2199> unto me, My God <0430>, we

know <3045> thee.

3 Israel <3478> hath cast <2186> off [the thing that is] good

<2896>: the enemy <0341> shall pursue <7291> him.

4 They have set up kings <4428>, but not by me: they have made

princes <8269>, and I knew <3045> [it] not: of their silver

<3701> and their gold <2091> have they made <6213> them idols

<6091>, that they may be cut <3772> off.

5 Thy calf <5695>, O Samaria <8111>, hath cast <2186> [thee]

off; mine anger <0639> is kindled <2734> against them: how

<0349> long <5704> [will it be] ere <3808> they attain <3201> to

innocency <5356>?

6 For from Israel <3478> [was] it also: the workman <2796> made

<6213> it; therefore it [is] not God <0430>: but the calf <5695>

of Samaria <8111> shall be broken <7616> in pieces.

7 For they have sown <2232> the wind <7307>, and they shall

reap <7114> the whirlwind <5492>: it hath no <0369> stalk <7054>:

the bud <6779> shall yield <6213> no <0369> meal <7058>: if

<0194> so be it yield <6213>, the strangers <2114> shall swallow

<1104> it up.

8. Israel <3478> is swallowed <1104> up: now shall they be

among the Gentiles <1471> as a vessel <3627> wherein [is] no

<0369> pleasure <2656>.

9 For they are gone <5927> up to Assyria <0804>, a wild <6501>

ass <6501> alone <0909> by himself: Ephraim <0669> hath hired

<8566> lovers <0158>.

10 Yea <1571>, though <3588> they have hired <8566> among the

nations <1471>, now <6258> will I gather <6908> them, and they

shall sorrow <2490> a little <4592> for the burden <4853> of the

king <4428> of princes <8269>.

11 Because <3282> Ephraim <0669> hath made many <7235> altars

<4196> to sin <2398>, altars <4196> shall be unto him to sin

<2398>.

12 I have written <3789> to him the great <7239> things of my

law <8451>, [but] they were counted <2803> as a strange <2114>

thing.

13 They sacrifice <2076> flesh <1320> [for] the sacrifices

<2077> of mine offerings <1890>, and eat <0398> [it; but] the

LORD <3068> accepteth <7521> them not; now <6258> will he

remember <2142> their iniquity <5771>, and visit <6485> their

sins <2403>: they shall return <7725> to Egypt <4714>.

14 For Israel <3478> hath forgotten <7911> his Maker <6213>,

and buildeth <1129> temples <1964>; and Judah <3063> hath

multiplied <7235> fenced <1219> cities <5892>: but I will send

<7971> a fire <0784> upon his cities <5892>, and it shall devour

<0398> the palaces <0759> thereof.

Hosea 9

1. Rejoice <8055> not, O Israel <3478>, for joy <1524>, as

[other] people <5971>: for thou hast gone a whoring <2181> from

thy God <0430>, thou hast loved <0157> a reward <0868> upon

every <3605> cornfloor.

2 The floor <1637> and the winepress <3342> shall not feed

<7462> them, and the new <8492> wine <8492> shall fail <3584> in

her.

3 They shall not dwell <3427> in the LORD'S <3068> land <0776>;

but Ephraim <0669> shall return <7725> to Egypt <4714>, and they

shall eat <0398> unclean <2931> [things] in Assyria <0804>.

4 They shall not offer <5258> wine <8492> [offerings] to the

LORD <3068>, neither <3808> shall they be pleasing <6148> unto

him: their sacrifices <2077> [shall be] unto them as the bread

<3899> of mourners <0205>; all <3605> that eat <0398> thereof

shall be polluted <2930>: for their bread <3899> for their soul

<5315> shall not come <0935> into the house <1004> of the LORD

<3068>.

5 What <4100> will ye do <6213> in the solemn <4150> day <3117>,

and in the day <3117> of the feast <2282> of the LORD <3068>?

6 For, lo <2009>, they are gone <1980> because of destruction

<7701>: Egypt <4714> shall gather <6908> them up, Memphis <4644>

shall bury <6912> them: the pleasant <4621> [places] for their

silver <3701>, nettles <7057> shall possess <3423> them: thorns

<2336> [shall be] in their tabernacles <0168>.

7. The days <3117> of visitation <6486> are come <0935>, the

days <3117> of recompence <7966> are come <0935>; Israel <3478>

shall know <3045> [it]: the prophet <5030> [is] a fool <0191>,

the spiritual <7307> man <0376> [is] mad <7696>, for the

multitude <7230> of thine iniquity <5771>, and the great <7227>

hatred <4895>.

8 The watchman <6822> of Ephraim <0669> [was] with my God

<0430>: [but] the prophet <5030> [is] a snare <6341> of a fowler

<3353> in all <3605> his ways <1870>, [and] hatred <4895> in the

house <1004> of his God <0430>.

9 They have deeply <6009> corrupted <7843> [themselves], as in

the days <3117> of Gibeah <1390>: [therefore] he will remember

<2142> their iniquity <5771>, he will visit <6485> their sins

<2403>.

10 I found <4672> Israel <3478> like grapes <6025> in the

wilderness <4057>; I saw <7200> your fathers <1> as the

firstripe <1063> in the fig <8384> tree at her first <7225> time

<7225>: [but] they went <0935> to Baalpeor <1187>, and separated

<5144> themselves unto [that] shame <1322>; and [their]

abominations <8251> were according as they loved <0157>.

11. [As for] Ephraim <0669>, their glory <3519> shall fly

<5774> away like a bird <5775>, from the birth <3205>, and from

the womb <0990>, and from the conception <2032>.

12 Though they bring <1431> up their children <1121>, yet will

I bereave <7921> them, [that there shall] not [be] a man <0120>

[left]: yea <3588>, woe <0188> also <1571> to them when I depart

<5493> from them!

13 Ephraim <0669>, as I saw <7200> Tyrus <6865>, [is] planted

<8362> in a pleasant <5116> place: but Ephraim <0669> shall

bring <3318> forth <3318> his children <1121> to the murderer

<2026>.

14 Give <5414> them, O LORD <3068>: what <4100> wilt thou give

<5414>? give <5414> them a miscarrying <7921> womb <7358> and

dry <6784> breasts <7699>.

15 All <3605> their wickedness <7451> [is] in Gilgal <1537>:

for there <8033> I hated <8130> them: for the wickedness <7455>

of their doings <4611> I will drive <1644> them out of mine

house <1004>, I will love <0160> them no <3808> more <3254>: all

<3605> their princes <8269> [are] revolters <5637>.

16 Ephraim <0669> is smitten <5221>, their root <8328> is dried

<3001> up, they shall bear <6213> no <1077> fruit <6529>: yea

<1571>, though <3588> they bring <3205> forth <3205>, yet will I

slay <4191> [even] the beloved <4261> [fruit] of their womb

<0990>.

17 My God <0430> will cast <3988> them away, because <3588>

they did not hearken <8085> unto him: and they shall be

wanderers <5074> among the nations <1471>.

Hosea 10

1. Israel <3478> [is] an empty <1238> vine <1612>, he bringeth

<7737> forth <7737> fruit <6529> unto himself: according to the

multitude <7230> of his fruit <6529> he hath increased <7235>

the altars <4196>; according to the goodness <2896> of his land

<0776> they have made goodly <2896> images <4676>.

2 Their heart <3820> is divided <2505>; now <6258> shall they

be found faulty <0816>: he shall break <6202> down their altars

<4196>, he shall spoil <7703> their images <4676>.

3 For now <6258> they shall say <0559>, We have no <0369> king

<4428>, because <3588> we feared <3372> not the LORD <3068>;

what <4100> then should a king <4428> do <6213> to us?

4 They have spoken <1696> words <1697>, swearing <0422> falsely

<7723> in making <3772> a covenant <1285>: thus judgment <4941>

springeth <6524> up as hemlock <7219> in the furrows <8525> of

the field <7704>.

5 The inhabitants <7934> of Samaria <8111> shall fear <1481>

because of the calves <5697> of Bethaven <1007>: for the people

<5971> thereof shall mourn <56> over <5921> it, and the priests

<3649> thereof [that] rejoiced <1523> on <5921> it, for the

glory <3519> thereof, because <3588> it is departed <1540> from

it.

6 It shall be also <1571> carried <2986> unto Assyria <0804>

[for] a present <4503> to king <4428> Jareb <3377>: Ephraim

<0669> shall receive <3947> shame <1317>, and Israel <3478>

shall be ashamed <0954> of his own counsel <6098>.

7 [As for] Samaria <8111>, her king <4428> is cut <1820> off as

the foam <7110> upon the water <4325>.

8 The high <1116> places also of Aven <0206>, the sin <2403> of

Israel <3478>, shall be destroyed <8045>: the thorn <6975> and

the thistle <1863> shall come <5927> up on <5921> their altars

<4196>; and they shall say <0559> to the mountains <2022>, Cover

<3680> us; and to the hills <1389>, Fall <5307> on <5921> us.

9. O Israel <3478>, thou hast sinned <2398> from the days

<3117> of Gibeah <1390>: there <8033> they stood <5975>: the

battle <4421> in Gibeah <1390> against <5921> the children

<1121> of iniquity <5932> did not overtake <5381> them.

10 [It is] in my desire <0183> that I should chastise <3256>

them; and the people <5971> shall be gathered <0622> against

<5921> them, when they shall bind <0631> themselves in their two

<8147> furrows <5869>.

11 And Ephraim <0669> [is as] an heifer <5697> [that is] taught

<3925>, [and] loveth <0157> to tread <1758> out [the corn]; but

I passed <5674> over <5674> upon her fair <2898> neck <6676>: I

will make Ephraim <0669> to ride <7392>; Judah <3063> shall plow

<2790>, [and] Jacob <3290> shall break <7702> his clods <7702>.

12 Sow <2232> to yourselves in righteousness <6666>, reap

<7114> in mercy <2617>; break <5214> up your fallow <5215>

ground: for [it is] time <6256> to seek <1875> the LORD <3068>,

till <5704> he come <0935> and rain <3384> righteousness <6664>

upon you.

13 Ye have plowed <2790> wickedness <7562>, ye have reaped

<7114> iniquity <5766>; ye have eaten <0398> the fruit <6529> of

lies <3585>: because <3588> thou didst trust <0982> in thy way

<1870>, in the multitude <7230> of thy mighty <1368> men.

14 Therefore shall a tumult <7588> arise <6965> among thy

people <5971>, and all <3605> thy fortresses <4013> shall be

spoiled <7703>, as Shalman <8020> spoiled <7701> Betharbel

<1009> in the day <3117> of battle <4421>: the mother <0517> was

dashed <7376> in pieces upon [her] children <1121>.

15 So <3602> shall Bethel <1008> do <6213> unto you because

<6440> of your great <7451> wickedness <7451>: in a morning

<7837> shall the king <4428> of Israel <3478> utterly be cut

<1820> off.

Hosea 11

1. When <3588> Israel <3478> [was] a child <5288>, then I loved

<0157> him, and called <7121> my son <1121> out of Egypt <4714>.

2 [As] they called <7121> them, so <3602> they went <1980> from

them: they sacrificed <2076> unto Baalim <1168>, and burned

<6999> incense <6999> to graven <6456> images.

3 I taught <8637> Ephraim <0669> also to go <8637>, taking

<3947> them by their arms <2220>; but they knew <3045> not that

I healed <7495> them.

4 I drew <4900> them with cords <2256> of a man <0120>, with

bands <5688> of love <0160>: and I was to them as they that take

<7311> off <5921> the yoke <5923> on <5921> their jaws <3895>,

and I laid <5186> meat <0398> unto them.

5 He shall not return <7725> into <0413> the land <0776> of

Egypt <4714>, but the Assyrian <0804> shall be his king <4428>,

because <3588> they refused <3985> to return <7725>.

6 And the sword <2719> shall abide <2342> on his cities <5892>,

and shall consume <3615> his branches <0905>, and devour <0398>

[them], because of their own counsels <4156>.

7 And my people <5971> are bent <8511> to backsliding <4878>

from me: though they called <7121> them to the most <5920> High

<5920>, none <3808> at <3162> all <3162> would exalt <7311>

[him].

8. How <0349> shall I give <5414> thee up, Ephraim <0669>?

[how] shall I deliver <5042> thee, Israel <3478>? how <0349>

shall I make <5414> thee as Admah <0126>? [how] shall I set

<7761> thee as Zeboim <6636>? mine heart <3820> is turned <2015>

within me, my repentings <5150> are kindled <3648> together

<3162>.

9 I will not execute <6213> the fierceness <2740> of mine anger

<0639>, I will not return <7725> to destroy <7843> Ephraim

<0669>: for I [am] God <0410>, and not man <0376>; the Holy

<6918> One in the midst <7130> of thee: and I will not enter

<0935> into the city <5892>.

10 They shall walk <3212> after <0310> the LORD <3068>: he

shall roar <7580> like a lion <0738>: when <3588> he shall roar

<7580>, then the children <1121> shall tremble <2729> from the

west <3220>.

11 They shall tremble <2729> as a bird <6833> out of Egypt

<4714>, and as a dove <3123> out of the land <0776> of Assyria

<0804>: and I will place <3427> them in their houses <1004>,

saith <5002> the LORD <3068>.

12 Ephraim <0669> compasseth <5437> me about with lies <3585>,

and the house <1004> of Israel <3478> with deceit <4820>: but

Judah <3063> yet <5750> ruleth <7300> with God <0430>, and is

faithful <0539> with the saints <6918>.

Hosea 12

1. Ephraim <0669> feedeth <7462> on wind <7307>, and followeth

<7291> after the east <6921> wind: he daily increaseth <7235>

lies <3576> and desolation <7701>; and they do make <3772> a

covenant <1285> with the Assyrians <0804>, and oil <8081> is

carried <2986> into Egypt <4714>.

2 The LORD <3068> hath also a controversy <7379> with Judah

<3063>, and will punish <6485> Jacob <3290> according to his

ways <1870>; according to his doings <4611> will he recompense

<7725> him.

3 He took his brother <0251> by the heel <6117> in the womb

<0990>, and by his strength <0202> he had power <8280> with God

<0430>:

4 Yea, he had power <7786> over <0413> the angel <4397>, and

prevailed <3201>: he wept <1058>, and made supplication <2603>

unto him: he found <4672> him [in] Bethel <1008>, and there

<8033> he spake <1696> with us;

5 Even the LORD <3068> God <0430> of hosts <6635>; the LORD

<3068> [is] his memorial <2143>.

6 Therefore turn <7725> thou to thy God <0430>: keep <8104>

mercy <2617> and judgment <4941>, and wait <6960> on thy God

<0430> continually.

7. [He is] a merchant <3667>, the balances <3976> of deceit

<4820> [are] in his hand <3027>: he loveth <0157> to oppress

<6231>.

8 And Ephraim <0669> said <0559>, Yet <0389> I am become <6238>

rich <6238>, I have found <4672> me out substance <0202>: [in]

all <3605> my labours <3018> they shall find <4672> none <3808>

iniquity <5771> in me that [were] sin <2399>.

9 And I [that am] the LORD <3068> thy God <0430> from the land

<0776> of Egypt <4714> will yet <5750> make thee to dwell <3427>

in tabernacles <0168>, as in the days <3117> of the solemn

<4150> feast <4150>.

10 I have also spoken <1696> by the prophets <5030>, and I have

multiplied <7235> visions <2377>, and used similitudes <1819>,

by the ministry <3027> of the prophets <5030>.

11 [Is there] iniquity <0205> [in] Gilead <1568>? surely <0389>

they are vanity <7723>: they sacrifice <2076> bullocks <7794> in

Gilgal <1537>; yea <1571>, their altars <4196> [are] as heaps

<1530> in the furrows <8525> of the fields <7704>.

12 And Jacob <3290> fled <1272> into the country <7704> of

Syria <0758>, and Israel <3478> served <5647> for a wife <0802>,

and for a wife <0802> he kept <8104> [sheep].

13 And by a prophet <5030> the LORD <3068> brought <5927>

Israel <3478> out of Egypt <4714>, and by a prophet <5030> was

he preserved <8104>.

14 Ephraim <0669> provoked [him] to anger <3707> most <8563>

bitterly <8563>: therefore shall he leave <5203> his blood

<1818> upon him, and his reproach <2781> shall his Lord <0113>

return <7725> unto him.

Hosea 13

1. When Ephraim <0669> spake <1696> trembling <7578>, he

exalted <5375> himself <1931> in Israel <3478>; but when he

offended <0816> in Baal <1168>, he died <4191>.

2 And now <6258> they sin <2398> more and more, and have made

<6213> them molten <4541> images of their silver <3701>, [and]

idols <6091> according to their own understanding <8394>, all

<3605> of it the work <4639> of the craftsmen <2796>: they say

<0559> of them, Let the men <0120> that sacrifice <2076> kiss

<5401> the calves <5697>.

3 Therefore <3651> they shall be as the morning <1242> cloud

<6051>, and as the early <7925> dew <2919> that passeth <1980>

away, as the chaff <4671> [that] is driven <5590> with the

whirlwind <5590> out of the floor <1637>, and as the smoke

<6227> out of the chimney <0699>.

4 Yet I [am] the LORD <3068> thy God <0430> from the land

<0776> of Egypt <4714>, and thou shalt know <3045> no <3808> god

<0430> but me: for [there is] no <0369> saviour <3467> beside

<1115> me.

5. I did know <3045> thee in the wilderness <4057>, in the land

<0776> of great <8514> drought <8514>.

6 According to their pasture <4830>, so were they filled <7646>;

they were filled <7646>, and their heart <3820> was exalted

<7311>; therefore have they forgotten <7911> me.

7 Therefore I will be unto them as a lion <7826>: as a leopard

<5246> by the way <1870> will I observe <7789> [them]:

8 I will meet <6298> them as a bear <1677> [that is] bereaved

<7909> [of her whelps], and will rend <7167> the caul <5458> of

their heart <3820>, and there <8033> will I devour <0398> them

like a lion <3833>: the wild <7704> beast <2416> shall tear

<1234> them.

9. O Israel <3478>, thou hast destroyed <7843> thyself; but in

me [is] thine help <5828>.

10 I will <0165> be thy king <4428>: where <0645> [is any

other] that may save <3467> thee in all <3605> thy cities

<5892>? and thy judges <8199> of whom <0834> thou saidst <0559>,

Give <5414> me a king <4428> and princes <8269>?

11 I gave <5414> thee a king <4428> in mine anger <0639>, and

took <3947> [him] away in my wrath <5678>.

12 The iniquity <5771> of Ephraim <0669> [is] bound <6887> up;

his sin <2403> [is] hid <6845>.

13 The sorrows <2256> of a travailing <3205> woman shall come

<0935> upon him: he [is] an unwise son <1121>; for he should not

stay <5975> long in [the place of] the breaking <4866> forth

<4866> of children <1121>.

14 I will ransom <6299> them from the power <3027> of the grave

<7585>; I will redeem <1350> them from death <4194>: O death

<4194>, I will <0165> be thy plagues <1698>; O grave <7585>, I

will <0165> be thy destruction <6987>: repentance <5164> shall

be hid <5641> from mine eyes <5869>.

15 Though <3588> he be fruitful <6500> among <0996> [his]

brethren <0251>, an east <6921> wind shall come <0935>, the wind

<7307> of the LORD <3068> shall come <5927> up from the

wilderness <4057>, and his spring <4726> shall become dry <0954>,

and his fountain <4599> shall be dried <2717> up: he shall

spoil <8154> the treasure <0214> of all <3605> pleasant <2532>

vessels <3627>.

16 Samaria <8111> shall become <0816> desolate <0816>; for she

hath rebelled <4784> against her God <0430>: they shall fall

<5307> by the sword <2719>: their infants <5768> shall be dashed

<7376> in pieces, and their women with child <2030> shall be

ripped <1234> up.

Hosea 14

1. O Israel <3478>, return <7725> unto the LORD <3068> thy God

<0430>; for thou hast fallen <3782> by thine iniquity <5771>.

2 Take <3947> with you words <1697>, and turn <7725> to the

LORD <3068>: say <0559> unto him, Take <5375> away all <3605>

iniquity <5771>, and receive <3947> [us] graciously <2896>: so

will we render <7999> the calves <6499> of our lips <8193>.

3 Asshur <0804> shall not save <3467> us; we will not ride

<7392> upon horses <5483>: neither <3808> will we say <0559> any

more <5750> to the work <4639> of our hands <3027>, [Ye are] our

gods <0430>: for in thee the fatherless <3490> findeth mercy

<7355>.

4. I will heal <7495> their backsliding <4878>, I will love

<0157> them freely <5071>: for mine anger <0639> is turned

<7725> away from him.

5 I will be as the dew <2919> unto Israel <3478>: he shall grow

<6524> as the lily <7799>, and cast <5221> forth <5221> his

roots <8328> as Lebanon <3844>.

6 His branches <3127> shall spread <3212>, and his beauty

<1935> shall be as the olive <2132> tree, and his smell <7381>

as Lebanon <3844>.

7 They that dwell <3427> under his shadow <6738> shall return

<7725>; they shall revive <2421> [as] the corn <1715>, and grow

<6524> as the vine <1612>: the scent <2143> thereof [shall be]

as the wine <8492> of Lebanon <3844>.

8. Ephraim <0669> [shall say], What <4100> have I to do any

more <5750> with idols <6091>? I have heard <6030> [him], and

observed <7789> him: I [am] like a green <7488> fir <1265> tree.

From me is thy fruit <6529> found <4672>.

9 Who <4310> [is] wise <2450>, and he shall understand <0995>

these <0428> [things]? prudent <0995>, and he shall know <3045>

them? for the ways <1870> of the LORD <3068> [are] right <3477>,

and the just <6662> shall walk <3212> in them: but the

transgressors <6586> shall fall <3872> therein.