| 1:1 |
The word of theJehovah Lord that came unto Hosea the son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah Jotham Ahaz and Hezekiah kings of Judah and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash king of Israel |
| 1:2 |
TheWhen beginningJehovah ofspake theat word of the Lordfirst by Hosea AndJehovah the Lord said tounto Hosea Go take unto thee a wife of whoredomswhoredom and children of whoredoms:whoredom; for the land hathdoth committedcommit great whoredom departing from theJehovah Lord |
| 1:3 |
So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; whichand she conceived and bare him a son |
| 1:4 |
And theJehovah Lord said unto him Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease |
| 1:6 |
And she conceived again and bare a daughter And GodJehovah said unto him Call her name Loruhamah:Lo ruhamah; for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; butthat I willshould utterlyin takeany wise pardon them away |
| 1:7 |
But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah and will save them by theJehovah Lord their God and will not save them by bow nor by sword nor by battle by horses nor by horsemen |
| 1:8 |
Now when she had weaned LoruhamahLo ruhamah she conceived and bare a son |
| 1:9 |
ThenAnd Jehovah said God Call his name Loammi:Lo ammi; for ye are not my people and I will not be your God |
| 1:10 |
Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that in the place where it was said unto them Ye are not my people there it shall be said unto them Ye are the sons of the living God |
| 1:11 |
ThenAnd shall the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together and they shall appoint themselves one head and they shall comego up outfrom of the land:; for great shall be the day of Jezreel |
| 2:2 |
PleadContend with your mother plead:contend; for she is not my wife neither am I her husband:; and let her therefore put away her whoredoms outfrom of her sightface and her adulteries from between her breasts; |
| 2:3 |
Lestlest I strip her naked and set her as in the day that she was born and make her as a wilderness and set her like a dry land and slay her with thirst |
| 2:4 |
AndYea Iupon her children will notI have no mercy upon her children; for they beare the children of whoredomswhoredom; |
| 2:5 |
Forfor their mother hath played the harlot:; she that conceived them hath done shamefully:; for she said I will go after my lovers that give me my bread and my water my wool and my flax mine oil and my drink |
| 2:6 |
Therefore behold I will hedge up thy way with thorns and makeI will build a wall against her that she shall not find her paths |
| 2:8 |
For she did not know that I gave her cornthe grain and the new wine and the oil and multiplied unto her silver and gold which they preparedused for Baal |
| 2:9 |
Therefore will I return and take awayback my corngrain in the time thereof and my new wine in the season thereof and will recoverpluck away my wool and my flax givenwhich toshould coverhave covered her nakedness |
| 2:10 |
And now will I discoveruncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers and none shall deliver her out of minemy hand |
| 2:11 |
I will also cause all her mirth to cease her feastfeasts days her new moons and her sabbaths and all her solemn feastsassemblies |
| 2:12 |
And I will destroylay waste her vines and her fig trees whereof she hath said These are my rewardshire that my lovers have given me:; and I will make them a forest and the beasts of the field shall eat them |
| 2:13 |
And I will visit upon her the days of the Baalim whereinunto which she burned incense towhen them and she decked herself with her earringsear rings and her jewels and she went after her lovers and forgat me saith the LordJehovah |
| 2:15 |
And I will give her her vineyards from thence and the valley of Achor for a door of hope:; and she shall singmake answer there as in the days of her youth and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt |
| 2:16 |
And it shall be at that day saith theJehovah Lord that thou shalt call me Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali |
| 2:17 |
For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth and they shall no more be rememberedmentioned by their name |
| 2:18 |
And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field and with the fowlsbirds of heaventhe heavens and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the earthland and will make them to lie down safely |
| 2:19 |
And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness and in judgmentjustice and in lovingkindness and in mercies |
| 2:20 |
I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness:; and thou shalt know the LordJehovah |
| 2:21 |
And it shall come to pass in that day I will hearanswer saith theJehovah Lord I will hearanswer the heavens and they shall hearanswer the earth; |
| 2:22 |
Andand the earth shall hearanswer the corngrain and the new wine and the oil; and they shall hearanswer Jezreel |
| 2:23 |
And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them whichthat were not my people Thou art my people; and they shall say Thou art my God |
| 3:1 |
ThenAnd Jehovah said the Lord unto me Go yetagain love a woman beloved of her friend yetand an adulteress accordingeven toas theJehovah loveloveth of the Lord toward the children of Israel whothough lookthey toturn unto other gods and love flagonscakes of wineraisins |
| 3:2 |
So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver and fora an homer of barley and ana half homer of barley:; |
| 3:3 |
Andand I said unto her Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot and thou shalt not be forany anothermans manwife: so will I also be fortoward thee |
| 3:4 |
For the children of Israel shall abide many days without a king and without a prince and without a sacrifice and without anpillar image and without an ephod andor without teraphim: |
| 3:5 |
Afterwardafterward shall the children of Israel return and seek theJehovah Lord their God and David their king; and shall come with fear theunto LordJehovah and to his goodness in the latter days |
| 4:1 |
Hear the word of theJehovah Lord ye children of Israel:; for theJehovah Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land because there is no truth nor mercygoodness nor knowledge of God in the land |
| 4:2 |
ByThere is nought but swearing and lyingbreaking faith and killing and stealing and committing adultery; they break out and blood toucheth blood |
| 4:3 |
Therefore shall the land mourn and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish with the beasts of the field and with the fowlsbirds of heaventhe heavens; yea the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away |
| 4:4 |
Yet let no man strive norneither let any man reprove; another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest |
| 4:5 |
ThereforeAnd thou shalt thoustumble fall in the day and the prophet also shall fallstumble with thee in the night; and I will destroy thy mother |
| 4:6 |
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge I will also reject thee that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God I also will also forget thy children |
| 4:7 |
As they were increasedmultiplied so they sinned against me: thereforeI will I change their glory into shame |
| 4:8 |
They eatfeed upon the sin of my people and they set their heart on their iniquity |
| 4:9 |
And thereit shall be like people like priest:; and I will punish them for their ways and rewardwill requite them their doings |
| 4:10 |
ForAnd they shall eat and not have enough:; they shall commitplay whoredomthe harlot and shall not increase:; because they have left off totaking take heed to the LordJehovah |
| 4:11 |
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heartunderstanding |
| 4:12 |
My people ask counsel at their stocksstock and their staff declareth unto them:; for the spirit of whoredomswhoredom hath caused them to err and they have goneplayed athe whoringharlot departing from under their God |
| 4:13 |
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains and burn incense upon the hills under oaks and poplars and elmsterebinths because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shallplay committhe whoredomharlot and your spousesbrides shall commit adultery |
| 4:14 |
I will not punish your daughters when they commitplay whoredomthe harlot nor your spousesbrides when they commit adultery:; for the men themselves arego separatedapart with whoresharlots and they sacrifice with harlots:the thereforeprostitutes; and the people that doth not understand shall fallbe overthrown |
| 4:15 |
Though thou Israel play the harlot yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal neither go ye up to BethavenBeth aven nor swear TheAs LordJehovah liveth |
| 4:16 |
For Israel slidethhath backbehaved ashimself stubbornly like a backslidingstubborn heifer: now thewill LordJehovah will feed them as a lamb in a large place |
| 4:17 |
Ephraim is joined to idols:; let him alone |
| 4:18 |
Their drink is become sour:; they haveplay committedthe whoredomharlot continually:; her rulers withdearly shame do love Giveshame ye |
| 4:19 |
The wind hath boundwrapped her up in herits wings; and they shall be ashamedput to shame because of their sacrifices |
| 5:1 |
Hear ye this O ye priests; and hearken yeO house of Israel; and give ye ear O house of the king; for judgmentunto isyou towardpertaineth youthe becausejudgment; for ye have been a snare onat Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor |
| 5:2 |
And the revolters are profoundgone todeep makein making slaughter; thoughbut I haveam been a rebuker of them all |
| 5:3 |
I know Ephraim and Israel is not hid from me:; for now O Ephraim thou committesthast whoredomplayed andthe harlot Israel is defiled |
| 5:4 |
TheyTheir doings will not framesuffer theirthem doings to turn unto their God:; for the spirit of whoredomswhoredom is inwithin the midst of them and they haveknow not knownJehovah the Lord |
| 5:5 |
And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fallshall stumble in their iniquity:; Judah also shall fallstumble with them |
| 5:6 |
They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LordJehovah; but they shall not find him;: he hath withdrawn himself from them |
| 5:7 |
They have dealt treacherously against theJehovah; Lord: for they have begottenborne strange children: now shall athe monthnew moon devour them with their portionsfields |
| 5:8 |
Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah and the trumpet in Ramah: crysound aloudan alarm at BethavenBeth afteraven; behind thee O Benjamin |
| 5:9 |
Ephraim shall bebecome desolatea desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be |
| 5:10 |
The princes of Judah wereare like them that remove the boundlandmark: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water |
| 5:11 |
Ephraim is oppressed andhe brokenis crushed in judgment; because he willinglywas walkedcontent to walk after themans commandmentcommand |
| 5:12 |
Therefore willam I be unto Ephraim as a moth and to the house of Judah as rottenness |
| 5:13 |
When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah saw his wound then went Ephraim to theAssyria Assyrian and sent to king Jareb: yetbut could he is not able to heal you norneither will he cure you of your wound |
| 5:14 |
For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I even I will tear and go away; I will takecarry awayoff and nonethere shall rescuebe himnone to deliver |
| 5:15 |
I will go and return to my place till they acknowledge their offence and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earlyearnestly |
| 6:1 |
Come and let us return unto theJehovah; Lord: for he hath torn and he will heal us; he hath smitten and he will bind us up |
| 6:2 |
After two days will he revive us: inon the third day he will raise us up and we shall live inbefore hishim sight |
| 6:3 |
ThenAnd shalllet weus know iflet weus follow on to know the LordJehovah: his going forth is preparedsure as the morning; and he shallwill come unto us as the rain as the latter andrain formerthat rainwatereth unto the earth |
| 6:4 |
O Ephraim what shall I do unto thee O Judah what shall I do unto thee for your goodness is as a morning cloud and as the early dew itthat goeth early away |
| 6:6 |
For I desireddesire mercygoodness and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings |
| 6:7 |
But they like menAdam have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me |
| 6:8 |
Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity; andit is pollutedstained with blood |
| 6:9 |
And as troops of robbers wait for a man so the company of priests murder in the way bytoward consent:Shechem; foryea they commithave committed lewdness |
| 6:10 |
In the house of Israel I have seen ana horrible thing in the house of Israel: there whoredom is thefound whoredomin of Ephraim Israel is defiled |
| 6:11 |
Also O Judah hethere hathis seta an harvest appointed for thee when I returnedbring back the captivity of my people |
| 7:1 |
When I would haveheal healed Israel then is the iniquity of Ephraim wasuncovered discovered and the wickedness of Samaria:; for they commit falsehood; and the thief comethentereth in and the troop of robbers spoilethravageth without |
| 7:2 |
And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness: now have their own doings have beset them about; they are before my face |
| 7:4 |
They are all adulterers; they are as an oven heated by the baker; whohe ceaseth fromto raisingstir afterthe hefire hathfrom kneadedthe kneading of the dough until it be leavened |
| 7:5 |
InOn the day of our king the princes have made himthemselves sick with bottlesthe heat of wine; he stretched out his hand with scornersscoffers |
| 7:6 |
For they have made ready their heart like an oven whileswhile they lie in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth as a flaming fire |
| 7:7 |
They are all hot as an oven and havedevour devoured their judges; all their kings are fallen: there is none among them that calleth unto me |
| 7:8 |
Ephraim he hathmixeth mixed himself among the peoplepeoples; Ephraim is a cake not turned |
| 7:9 |
Strangers have devoured his strength and he knoweth it not: yea gray hairs are here and there upon him yetand he knoweth it not |
| 7:10 |
And the pride of Israel testifiethdoth testify to his face: andyet they dohave not returnreturned tounto theJehovah Lord their God nor seeksought him for all this |
| 7:11 |
And Ephraim also is like a silly dove without heartunderstanding: they call tounto Egypt they go to Assyria |
| 7:12 |
When they shall go I will spread my net upon them; I will bring them down as the fowlsbirds of the heavenheavens; I will chastise them as their congregation hath heard |
| 7:13 |
Woe unto them for they have fledwandered from me:; destruction unto them becausefor they have transgressedtrespassed against me: though I havewould redeemedredeem them yet they have spoken lies against me |
| 7:14 |
And they have not cried unto me with their heart whenbut they howledhowl upon their beds: they assemble themselves for corngrain and new wine; and they rebel against me |
| 7:15 |
Though I have boundtaught and strengthened their arms yet do they imaginedevise mischief against me |
| 7:16 |
They return but not to thehim mostthat High:is on high; they are like a deceitful bow:; their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue: this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt |
| 8:1 |
Set the trumpet to thy mouth HeAs shallan comeeagle ashe ancometh eagle against the house of theJehovah Lord because they have transgressed my covenant and trespassed against my law |
| 8:2 |
IsraelThey shall cry unto me My God we Israel know thee |
| 8:3 |
Israel hath cast off thethat thingwhich that is good: the enemy shall pursue him |
| 8:4 |
They have set up kings but not by me:; they have made princes and I knew it not: of their silver and their gold have they made them idols that they may be cut off |
| 8:5 |
ThyHe calfhath Ocast Samariaoff haththy castcalf theeO offSamaria; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency |
| 8:6 |
For from Israel wasis iteven also:this; the workman made it; thereforeand it is notno God:; butyea the calf of Samaria shall be broken in pieces |
| 8:7 |
For they havesow sown the wind and they shall reap the whirlwind: ithe hath no stalkstanding grain; the budblade shall yield no meal:; if so be it yield the strangers shall swallow it up |
| 8:8 |
Israel is swallowed up: now shallare they be among the Gentilesnations as a vessel wherein isnone nodelighteth pleasure |
| 8:9 |
For they are gone up to Assyria like a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers |
| 8:10 |
Yea though they havehire hired among the nations now will I gather them; and they shallbegin sorrowto abe littlediminished forby reason of the burden of the king of princes |
| 8:11 |
Because Ephraim hath mademultiplied many altars tofor sinsinning altars shallhave bebeen unto him tofor sinsinning |
| 8:12 |
I havewrote writtenfor to him the greatten thousand things of my law; but they wereare counted as a strange thing |
| 8:13 |
TheyAs sacrifice flesh for the sacrifices of mine offerings they sacrifice flesh and eat it; but theJehovah Lord accepteth them not;: now will he remember their iniquity and visit their sins:; they shall return to Egypt |
| 8:14 |
For Israel hath forgotten his Maker and buildethbuilded templespalaces; and Judah hath multiplied fencedfortified cities: but I will send a fire upon his cities and it shall devour the palacescastles thereof |
| 9:1 |
Rejoice not O Israel for joy aslike otherthe people:peoples; for thou hast goneplayed athe whoringharlot departing from thy God; thou hast loved ahire reward upon every cornfloorgrain floor |
| 9:2 |
The threshing floor and the winepress shall not feed them and the new wine shall fail inher her |
| 9:3 |
They shall not dwell in theJehovahs Lords land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt and they shall eat unclean thingsfood in Assyria |
| 9:4 |
They shall not offerpour out wine offerings to theJehovah Lord neither shall they be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be polluted:; for their bread shall be for their soulappetite; it shall not come into the house of theJehovah Lord |
| 9:5 |
What will ye do in the day of solemn dayassembly and in the day of the feast of theJehovah Lord |
| 9:6 |
For lo they are gone becauseaway offrom destruction:; yet Egypt shall gather them up Memphis shall bury them:; thetheir pleasant placesthings forof their silver nettles shall possess them:; thorns shall be in their tabernaclestents |
| 9:7 |
The days of visitation are come the days of recompencerecompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool the spiritual man that hath the spirit is mad for the multitudeabundance of thine iniquity and because the enmity is great hatred |
| 9:8 |
TheEphraim watchmanwas ofa Ephraimwatchman was with my God: butas for the prophet is a fowlers snare ofis a fowler in all his ways and hatredenmity in the house of his God |
| 9:9 |
They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity he will visit their sins |
| 9:10 |
I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripefirst ripe in the fig tree at herits first timeseason: but they wentcame to BaalpeorBaal peor and separatedconsecrated themselves unto thatthe shame;shameful thing and theirbecame abominationsabominable werelike accordingthat aswhich they loved |
| 9:11 |
As for Ephraim their glory shall fly away like a bird: fromthere theshall be no birth and fromnone thewith wombchild and fromno theconception conception |
| 9:12 |
Though they bring up their children yet will I bereave them so that there shall not be a man shall be left: yea woe also to them when I depart from them |
| 9:13 |
Ephraim like as I sawhave Tyrusseen Tyre is planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forthout his children to the murdererslayer |
| 9:14 |
Give them O Lord: Jehovah—what wilt thou give give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts |
| 9:15 |
All their wickedness is in Gilgal:; for there I hated them: forbecause of the wickedness of their doings I will drive them out of minemy house; I will love them no more:; all their princes are revolters |
| 9:16 |
Ephraim is smitten their root is dried up they shall bear no fruit: yea though they bring forth yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their womb |
| 9:17 |
My God will cast them away because they did not hearken unto him:; and they shall be wanderers among the nations |
| 10:1 |
Israel is ana emptyluxuriant vine hethat bringethputteth forth his fruit unto himself: according to the multitudeabundance of his fruit he hath increasedmultiplied thehis altars; according to the goodness of histheir land they have made goodly imagespillars |
| 10:2 |
Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faultyguilty: he shallwill breaksmite down their altars he shallwill spoildestroy their imagespillars |
| 10:3 |
ForSurely now shall they shall say We have no king; becausefor we fearedfear not Jehovah; and the Lord;king what thencan shouldhe a king do tofor us |
| 10:4 |
They havespeak spokenvain words swearing falsely in making a covenantcovenants: thustherefore judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field |
| 10:5 |
The inhabitants of Samaria shall fearbe becausein ofterror for the calves of Bethaven:Beth aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it and the priests thereof that rejoiced onover it for the glory thereof because it is departed from it |
| 10:6 |
It also shall be also carried unto Assyria for a present to king Jareb: Ephraim shall receive shame and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel |
| 10:7 |
As for Samaria her king is cut off as the foam upon the water |
| 10:9 |
O Israel thou hast sinned from the days of Gibeah: there they stood:; the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity diddoth not overtake them in Gibeah |
| 10:10 |
ItWhen it is in my desire that I shouldwill chastise them; and the peoplepeoples shall be gathered against them when they shallare bindbound themselvesto in their two furrowstransgressions |
| 10:11 |
And Ephraim is asa an heifer that is taught andthat loveth to tread out the corngrain; but I have passed over upon her fair neck: I will makeset Ephraima torider rideon Ephraim; Judah shall plow and Jacob shall break his clods |
| 10:12 |
Sow to yourselves in righteousness reap inaccording mercyto kindness; break up your fallow ground:; for it is time to seek theJehovah Lord till he come and rain righteousness upon you |
| 10:13 |
Ye have plowed wickedness ye have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the fruit of lies:; becausefor thou didst trust in thy way in the multitude of thy mighty men |
| 10:14 |
Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people and all thy fortresses shall be spoileddestroyed as Shalman spoileddestroyed BetharbelBeth arbel in the day of battle: the mother was dashed in pieces uponwith her children |
| 10:15 |
So shall BethelBeth el do unto you because of your great wickedness: inat adaybreak morning shall the king of Israel be utterly be cut off |
| 11:2 |
AsThe theymore the prophets called them sothe more they went from them: they sacrificed unto the Baalim and burned incense to graven images |
| 11:3 |
Yet I taught Ephraim also to gowalk; takingI took them byon theirmy arms; but they knew not that I healed them |
| 11:4 |
I drew them with cords of a man with bands of love:; and I was to them as they that takelift offup the yoke on their jaws; and I laid meatfood untobefore them |
| 11:5 |
HeThey shall not return into the land of Egypt; andbut the Assyrian shall be histheir king because they refused to return to me |
| 11:6 |
And the sword shall abidefall onupon histheir cities and shall consume histheir branchesbars and devour them because of their own counsels |
| 11:7 |
And my people are bent toon backsliding from me: though they calledcall them to thehim mostthat Highis on high none at all wouldwill exalt him |
| 11:8 |
How shall I give thee up Ephraim how shall I delivercast thee off Israel how shall I make thee as Admah how shall I set thee as ZeboimZeboiim minemy heart is turned within me my repentingscompassions are kindled together |
| 11:9 |
I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger I will not return to destroy Ephraim: for I am God and not man; the Holy One in the midst of thee:; and I will not entercome intoin thewrath city |
| 11:10 |
They shall walk after theJehovah Lord:who hewill shall roar like a lion:; whenfor he shallwill roar thenand the children shall tremblecome trembling from the west |
| 11:11 |
They shall tremblecome trembling as a bird out of Egypt and as a dove out of the land of Assyria:; and I will placemake them to dwell in their houses saith the LordJehovah |
| 11:12 |
Ephraim compasseth me about with liesfalsehood and the house of Israel with deceit:; but Judah yet ruleth with God and is faithful with the saintsHoly One |
| 12:1 |
Ephraim feedeth on wind and followeth after the east wind: he dailycontinually increasethmultiplieth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with theAssyria Assyrians and oil is carried into Egypt |
| 12:2 |
TheJehovah Lord hath also a controversy with Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him |
| 12:3 |
HeIn the womb he took his brother by the heel; in the womb and byin his strengthmanhood he had power with God: |
| 12:4 |
Yeayea he had power over the angel and prevailed:; he wept and made supplication unto him: he found him inat BethelBeth el and there he spake with us; |
| 12:5 |
Eveneven Jehovah the Lord God of hosts; theJehovah Lord is his memorial name |
| 12:6 |
Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercykindness and judgmentjustice and wait onfor thy God continually |
| 12:7 |
He is a merchanttrafficker the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress |
| 12:8 |
And Ephraim said YetSurely I am become rich I have found me out substancewealth: in all my labourslabors they shall find none iniquity in me no iniquity that were sin |
| 12:9 |
AndBut I that am theJehovah Lord thy God from the land of Egypt; I will yet again make thee to dwell in tabernaclestents as in the days of the solemn feast |
| 12:10 |
I have also spoken byunto the prophets and I have multiplied visions; and used similitudes by the ministry of the prophets have I used similitudes |
| 12:11 |
Is thereGilead iniquity inthey Gileadare surelyaltogether theyfalse; arein vanity:Gilgal they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fieldsfield |
| 12:12 |
And Jacob fled into the countryfield of SyriaAram and Israel served for a wife and for a wife he kept sheep |
| 12:13 |
And by a prophet theJehovah Lord brought Israel up out of Egypt and by a prophet was he preserved |
| 12:14 |
Ephraim hath provoked him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood be left upon him and his reproach shall his Lord return unto him |
| 13:1 |
When Ephraim spake there was trembling; he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal he died |
| 13:2 |
And now they sin more and more and have made them molten images of their silver andeven idols according to their own understanding all of itthem the work of the craftsmen: they say of them Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves |
| 13:3 |
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud and as the early dew that passeth early away as the chaff that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor and as the smoke out of the chimney |
| 13:4 |
Yet I am theJehovah Lord thy God from the land of Egypt; and thou shalt know no god but me: forand besides me there is no saviour beside me |
| 13:6 |
According to their pasture so were they filled; they were filled and their heart was exalted;: therefore have they forgotten me |
| 13:7 |
Therefore am I will be unto them as a lion:; as a leopard will I watch by the way; will I observe them: |
| 13:8 |
I will meet them as a bear that is bereaved of her whelps and will rend the caul of their heart; and there will I devour them like a lion:lioness; the wild beast shall tear them |
| 13:9 |
It is thy destruction O Israel that thou hastart destroyedagainst thyself; but in me isagainst thinethy help |
| 13:10 |
IWhere willnow beis thy king: wherethat ishe any other that may save thee in all thy cities and thy judges of whom thou saidst Give me a king and princes |
| 13:11 |
I gavehave given thee a king in mine anger and tookhave taken him away in my wrath |
| 13:12 |
The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hidlaid up in store |
| 13:13 |
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he is an unwise son; for it is time he should not staytarry long in the place of the breaking forth of children |
| 13:14 |
I will ransom them from the power of the graveSheol; I will redeem them from death: O death Iwhere willare be thy plagues; O graveSheol Iwhere willis be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes |
| 13:15 |
Though he be fruitful among his brethren an east wind shall come the windbreath of theJehovah Lordcoming shall come up from the wilderness; and his spring shall become dry and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall make spoil of the treasure of all pleasantgoodly vessels |
| 13:16 |
Samaria shall becomebear desolateher guilt; for she hath rebelled against her God: they shall fall by the sword:; their infants shall be dashed in pieces and their women with child shall be ripped up |
| 14:1 |
O israelIsrael return unto theJehovah Lord thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity |
| 14:2 |
Take with you words and turnreturn tounto the LordJehovah: say unto him Take away all iniquity and receiveaccept usthat graciouslywhich is good: so will we render as bullocks the calvesoffering of our lips |
| 14:3 |
AsshurAssyria shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses:; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands Ye are our gods:; for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy |
| 14:4 |
I will heal their backsliding I will love them freely:; for mine anger is turned away from him |
| 14:5 |
I will be as the dew unto Israel:; he shall growblossom as the lily and cast forth his roots as Lebanon |
| 14:7 |
They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corngrain and growblossom as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon |
| 14:8 |
Ephraim shall say What have I to do any more with idols I have heardanswered him and observedwill regard him: I am like a green fir tree; Fromfrom me is thy fruit found |
| 14:9 |
Who is wise andthat he shallmay understand these things prudent andthat he shallmay know them for the ways of theJehovah Lord are right and the just shall walk in them:; but the transgressors shall fall therein |