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\chapterNumber{1}The word|strong="H1697" of the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} that came unto Hosea|strong="H1954", the son|strong="H1121" of Beeri|strong="H0882", in the days|strong="H3117" of Uzziah|strong="H5818", Jotham|strong="H3147", Ahaz|strong="H0271", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} Hezekiah|strong="H3169", kings|strong="H4428" of Judah|strong="H3063", and in the days|strong="H3117" of Jeroboam|strong="H3379" the son|strong="H1121" of Joash|strong="H3101", king|strong="H4428" of Israel|strong="H3478". 
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\verseNumber{2}The beginning|strong="H8462" of the word|strong="H1696" of the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} by Hosea|strong="H1954". And the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to Hosea|strong="H1954", Go|strong="H3212", take|strong="H3947" unto thee a wife|strong="H0802" of whoredoms|strong="H2183" and children|strong="H3206" of whoredoms|strong="H2183": for the land|strong="H0776" hath committed great|strong="H2181" whoredom|strong="H2181", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{departing} from|strong="H0310" the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{3}So he went|strong="H3212" and took|strong="H3947" Gomer|strong="H1586" the daughter|strong="H1323" of Diblaim|strong="H1691"; which conceived|strong="H2029", and bare|strong="H3205" him a son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{4}And the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" unto him, Call|strong="H7121" his name|strong="H8034" Jezreel|strong="H3157"; for yet a little|strong="H4592" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{while}, and I will avenge|strong="H6485" the blood|strong="H1818" of Jezreel|strong="H3157" upon the house|strong="H1004" of Jehu|strong="H3058", and will cause to cease|strong="H7673" the kingdom|strong="H4468" of the house|strong="H1004" of Israel|strong="H3478".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.4  }avenge: Heb. visit} 
\verseNumber{5}And it shall come to pass at that day|strong="H3117", that I will break|strong="H7665" the bow|strong="H7198" of Israel|strong="H3478" in the valley|strong="H6010" of Jezreel|strong="H3157". 
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\verseNumber{6}¶ And she conceived again|strong="H2029", and bare|strong="H3205" a daughter|strong="H1323". And \BibleCharacterStyleADD{God} said|strong="H0559" unto him, Call|strong="H7121" her name|strong="H8034" Lo-ruhamah|strong="H3819": for I will no more|strong="H3254" have mercy|strong="H7355" upon the house|strong="H1004" of Israel|strong="H3478"; but I will utterly|strong="H5375" take them away|strong="H5375".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.6  }Lo-ruhamah: that is, Not having obtained mercy}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.6  no…: Heb. not add any more to}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.6  but…: or, that I should altogether pardon them} 
\verseNumber{7}But I will have mercy|strong="H7355" upon the house|strong="H1004" of Judah|strong="H3063", and will save|strong="H3467" them by the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} their God|strong="H0430", and will not save|strong="H3467" them by bow|strong="H7198", nor by sword|strong="H2719", nor by battle|strong="H4421", by horses|strong="H5483", nor by horsemen|strong="H6571". 
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\verseNumber{8}¶ Now when she had weaned|strong="H1580" Lo-ruhamah|strong="H3819", she conceived|strong="H2029", and bare|strong="H3205" a son|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{9}Then said|strong="H0559" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{God}, Call|strong="H7121" his name|strong="H8034" Lo-ammi|strong="H3818": for ye \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} not my people|strong="H5971", and I will not be your \BibleCharacterStyleADD{God}.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.9  }Lo-ammi: that is, Not my people} 
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\verseNumber{10}¶ Yet the number|strong="H4557" of the children|strong="H1121" of Israel|strong="H3478" shall be as the sand|strong="H2344" of the sea|strong="H3220", which cannot be measured|strong="H4058" nor numbered|strong="H5608"; and it shall come to pass, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} in the place|strong="H4725" where it was said|strong="H0559" unto them, Ye \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} not my people|strong="H5971", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there} it shall be said|strong="H0559" unto them, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Ye are} the sons|strong="H1121" of the living|strong="H2416" God|strong="H0410".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{1.10  }in…: or, instead of that} 
\verseNumber{11}Then shall the children|strong="H1121" of Judah|strong="H3063" and the children|strong="H1121" of Israel|strong="H3478" be gathered|strong="H6908" together|strong="H3162", and appoint|strong="H7760" themselves one|strong="H0259" head|strong="H7218", and they shall come up|strong="H5927" out of the land|strong="H0776": for great|strong="H1419" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{shall be} the day|strong="H3117" of Jezreel|strong="H3157". 
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\chapterNumber{2}Say|strong="H0559" ye unto your brethren|strong="H0251", Ammi|strong="H5971"; and to your sisters|strong="H0269", Ru-hamah|strong="H7355". \BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.1  }Ammi: that is, My people}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.1  Ru-hamah: that is, Having obtained mercy} 
\verseNumber{2}Plead|strong="H7378" with your mother|strong="H0517", plead|strong="H7378": for she \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} not my wife|strong="H0802", neither \BibleCharacterStyleADD{am} I her husband|strong="H0376": let her therefore put away|strong="H5493" her whoredoms|strong="H2183" out of her sight|strong="H6440", and her adulteries|strong="H5005" from between her breasts|strong="H7699"; 
\verseNumber{3}Lest I strip|strong="H6584" her naked|strong="H6174", and set|strong="H3322" her as in the day|strong="H3117" that she was born|strong="H3205", and make|strong="H7760" her as a wilderness|strong="H4057", and set|strong="H7896" her like a dry|strong="H6723" land|strong="H0776", and slay|strong="H4191" her with thirst|strong="H6772". 
\verseNumber{4}And I will not have mercy|strong="H7355" upon her children|strong="H1121"; for they \BibleCharacterStyleADD{be} the children|strong="H1121" of whoredoms|strong="H2183". 
\verseNumber{5}For their mother|strong="H0517" hath played the harlot|strong="H2181": she that conceived|strong="H2029" them hath done shamefully|strong="H3001": for she said|strong="H0559", I will go|strong="H3212" after|strong="H0310" my lovers|strong="H0157", that give|strong="H5414" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{me} my bread|strong="H3899" and my water|strong="H4325", my wool|strong="H6785" and my flax|strong="H6593", mine oil|strong="H8081" and my drink|strong="H8250".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.5  }drink: Heb. drinks} 
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\verseNumber{6}¶ Therefore, behold, I will hedge|strong="H7753" up thy way|strong="H1870" with thorns|strong="H5518", and make|strong="H1443" a wall|strong="H1447", that she shall not find|strong="H4672" her paths|strong="H5410".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.6  }make…: Heb. wall a wall} 
\verseNumber{7}And she shall follow|strong="H7291" after her lovers|strong="H0157", but she shall not overtake|strong="H5381" them; and she shall seek|strong="H1245" them, but shall not find|strong="H4672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{them:} then shall she say|strong="H0559", I will go|strong="H3212" and return|strong="H7725" to my first|strong="H7223" husband|strong="H0376"; for then \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was it} better|strong="H2896" with me than now|strong="H6258". 
\verseNumber{8}For she did not know|strong="H3045" that I gave|strong="H5414" her corn|strong="H1715", and wine|strong="H8492", and oil|strong="H3323", and multiplied|strong="H7235" her silver|strong="H3701" and gold|strong="H2091", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{which} they prepared|strong="H6213" for Baal|strong="H1168".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.8  }wine: Heb. new wine}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.8  which…: or, wherewith they made Baal} 
\verseNumber{9}Therefore will I return|strong="H7725", and take away|strong="H3947" my corn|strong="H1715" in the time|strong="H6256" thereof, and my wine|strong="H8492" in the season|strong="H4150" thereof, and will recover|strong="H5337" my wool|strong="H6785" and my flax|strong="H6593" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{given} to cover|strong="H3680" her nakedness|strong="H6172".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.9  }recover: or, take away} 
\verseNumber{10}And now will I discover|strong="H1540" her lewdness|strong="H5040" in the sight|strong="H5869" of her lovers|strong="H0157", and none|strong="H0376" shall deliver|strong="H5337" her out of mine hand|strong="H3027".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.10  }lewdness: Heb. folly, or, villany} 
\verseNumber{11}I will also cause all her mirth|strong="H4885" to cease|strong="H7673", her feast days|strong="H2282", her new moons|strong="H2320", and her sabbaths|strong="H7676", and all her solemn feasts|strong="H4150". 
\verseNumber{12}And I will destroy|strong="H8074" her vines|strong="H1612" and her fig trees|strong="H8384", whereof she hath said|strong="H0559", These \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} my rewards|strong="H0866" that my lovers|strong="H0157" have given|strong="H5414" me: and I will make|strong="H7760" them a forest|strong="H3293", and the beasts|strong="H2416" of the field|strong="H7704" shall eat|strong="H0398" them.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.12  }destroy: Heb. make desolate} 
\verseNumber{13}And I will visit|strong="H6485" upon her the days|strong="H3117" of Baalim|strong="H1168", wherein she burned incense|strong="H6999" to them, and she decked|strong="H5710" herself with her earrings|strong="H5141" and her jewels|strong="H2484", and she went|strong="H3212" after|strong="H0310" her lovers|strong="H0157", and forgat|strong="H7911" me, saith|strong="H5002" the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{14}¶ Therefore, behold, I will allure|strong="H6601" her, and bring|strong="H3212" her into the wilderness|strong="H4057", and speak|strong="H1696" comfortably|strong="H3820" unto her.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.14  }comfortably: or, friendly: Heb. to her heart} 
\verseNumber{15}And I will give|strong="H5414" her her vineyards|strong="H3754" from thence, and the valley|strong="H6010" of Achor|strong="H5911" for a door|strong="H6607" of hope|strong="H8615": and she shall sing|strong="H6030" there, as in the days|strong="H3117" of her youth|strong="H5271", and as in the day|strong="H3117" when she came up|strong="H5927" out of the land|strong="H0776" of Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{16}And it shall be at that day|strong="H3117", saith|strong="H5002" the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} thou shalt call|strong="H7121" me Ishi|strong="H0376"; and shalt call|strong="H7121" me no more Baali|strong="H1180".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.16  }Ishi: that is, My husband}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{2.16  Baali: that is, My lord} 
\verseNumber{17}For I will take away|strong="H5493" the names|strong="H8034" of Baalim|strong="H1168" out of her mouth|strong="H6310", and they shall no more be remembered|strong="H2142" by their name|strong="H8034". 
\verseNumber{18}And in that day|strong="H3117" will I make|strong="H3772" a covenant|strong="H1285" for them with the beasts|strong="H2416" of the field|strong="H7704", and with the fowls|strong="H5775" of heaven|strong="H8064", and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{with} the creeping things|strong="H7431" of the ground|strong="H0127": and I will break|strong="H7665" the bow|strong="H7198" and the sword|strong="H2719" and the battle|strong="H4421" out of the earth|strong="H0776", and will make them to lie down|strong="H7901" safely|strong="H0983". 
\verseNumber{19}And I will betroth|strong="H0781" thee unto me for ever|strong="H5769"; yea, I will betroth|strong="H0781" thee unto me in righteousness|strong="H6664", and in judgment|strong="H4941", and in lovingkindness|strong="H2617", and in mercies|strong="H7356". 
\verseNumber{20}I will even betroth|strong="H0781" thee unto me in faithfulness|strong="H0530": and thou shalt know|strong="H3045" the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{21}And it shall come to pass in that day|strong="H3117", I will hear|strong="H6030", saith|strong="H5002" the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}, I will hear|strong="H6030" the heavens|strong="H8064", and they shall hear|strong="H6030" the earth|strong="H0776"; 
\verseNumber{22}And the earth|strong="H0776" shall hear|strong="H6030" the corn|strong="H1715", and the wine|strong="H8492", and the oil|strong="H3323"; and they shall hear|strong="H6030" Jezreel|strong="H3157". 
\verseNumber{23}And I will sow|strong="H2232" her unto me in the earth|strong="H0776"; and I will have mercy|strong="H7355" upon her that had not obtained mercy|strong="H7355"; and I will say|strong="H0559" to \BibleCharacterStyleADD{them which were} not my people|strong="H5971", Thou \BibleCharacterStyleADD{art} my people|strong="H5971"; and they shall say|strong="H0559", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Thou art} my God|strong="H0430". 
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\chapterNumber{3}Then said|strong="H0559" the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} unto me, Go|strong="H3212" yet, love|strong="H0157" a woman|strong="H0802" beloved|strong="H0157" of \BibleCharacterStyleADD{her} friend|strong="H7453", yet an adulteress|strong="H5003", according to the love|strong="H0160" of the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} toward the children|strong="H1121" of Israel|strong="H3478", who look|strong="H6437" to other|strong="H0312" gods|strong="H0430", and love|strong="H0157" flagons|strong="H0809" of wine|strong="H6025".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.1  }of wine: Heb. of grapes} 
\verseNumber{2}So I bought|strong="H3739" her to me for fifteen|strong="H6240" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{pieces} of silver|strong="H3701", and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{for} an homer|strong="H2563" of barley|strong="H8184", and an half homer|strong="H3963" of barley|strong="H8184":\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.2  }half…: Heb. lethech} 
\verseNumber{3}And I said|strong="H0559" unto her, Thou shalt abide|strong="H3427" for me many|strong="H7227" days|strong="H3117"; thou shalt not play the harlot|strong="H2181", and thou shalt not be|strong="H1961" for \BibleCharacterStyleADD{another} man|strong="H0376": so \BibleCharacterStyleADD{will} I also \BibleCharacterStyleADD{be} for thee. 
\verseNumber{4}For the children|strong="H1121" of Israel|strong="H3478" shall abide|strong="H3427" many|strong="H7227" days|strong="H3117" without a king|strong="H4428", and without a prince|strong="H8269", and without a sacrifice|strong="H2077", and without an image|strong="H4676", and without an ephod|strong="H0646", and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{without} teraphim|strong="H8655":\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{3.4  }image: Heb. a standing, or, statue, or, pillar} 
\verseNumber{5}Afterward|strong="H0310" shall the children|strong="H1121" of Israel|strong="H3478" return|strong="H7725", and seek|strong="H1245" the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} their God|strong="H0430", and David|strong="H1732" their king|strong="H4428"; and shall fear|strong="H6342" the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} and his goodness|strong="H2898" in the latter|strong="H0319" days|strong="H3117". 
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\chapterNumber{4}Hear|strong="H8085" the word|strong="H1697" of the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}, ye children|strong="H1121" of Israel|strong="H3478": for the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} hath a controversy|strong="H7379" with the inhabitants|strong="H3427" of the land|strong="H0776", because \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there is} no truth|strong="H0571", nor mercy|strong="H2617", nor knowledge|strong="H1847" of God|strong="H0430" in the land|strong="H0776". 
\verseNumber{2}By swearing|strong="H0422", and lying|strong="H3584", and killing|strong="H7523", and stealing|strong="H1589", and committing adultery|strong="H5003", they break out|strong="H6555", and blood|strong="H1818" toucheth|strong="H5060" blood|strong="H1818".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.2  }blood: Heb. bloods} 
\verseNumber{3}Therefore shall the land|strong="H0776" mourn|strong="H0056", and every one that dwelleth|strong="H3427" therein shall languish|strong="H0535", with the beasts|strong="H2416" of the field|strong="H7704", and with the fowls|strong="H5775" of heaven|strong="H8064"; yea, the fishes|strong="H1709" of the sea|strong="H3220" also shall be taken away|strong="H0622". 
\verseNumber{4}Yet let no man|strong="H0376" strive|strong="H7378", nor reprove|strong="H3198" another|strong="H0376": for thy people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} as they that strive|strong="H7378" with the priest|strong="H3548". 
\verseNumber{5}Therefore shalt thou fall|strong="H3782" in the day|strong="H3117", and the prophet|strong="H5030" also shall fall|strong="H3782" with thee in the night|strong="H3915", and I will destroy|strong="H1820" thy mother|strong="H0517".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.5  }destroy: Heb. cut off} 
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\verseNumber{6}¶ My people|strong="H5971" are destroyed|strong="H1820" for lack of knowledge|strong="H1847": because thou hast rejected|strong="H3988" knowledge|strong="H1847", I will also reject|strong="H3988" thee, that thou shalt be no priest|strong="H3547" to me: seeing thou hast forgotten|strong="H7911" the law|strong="H8451" of thy God|strong="H0430", I will also forget|strong="H7911" thy children|strong="H1121".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.6  }destroyed: Heb. cut off} 
\verseNumber{7}As they were increased|strong="H7230", so they sinned|strong="H2398" against me: \BibleCharacterStyleADD{therefore} will I change|strong="H4171" their glory|strong="H3519" into shame|strong="H7036". 
\verseNumber{8}They eat up|strong="H0398" the sin|strong="H2403" of my people|strong="H5971", and they set|strong="H5375" their heart|strong="H5315" on their iniquity|strong="H5771".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.8  }set…: Heb. lift up their soul to} 
\verseNumber{9}And there shall be, like people|strong="H5971", like priest|strong="H3548": and I will punish|strong="H6485" them for their ways|strong="H1870", and reward|strong="H7725" them their doings|strong="H4611".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.9  }punish: Heb. visit upon}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.9  reward: Heb. cause to return} 
\verseNumber{10}For they shall eat|strong="H0398", and not have enough|strong="H7646": they shall commit whoredom|strong="H2181", and shall not increase|strong="H6555": because they have left off|strong="H5800" to take heed|strong="H8104" to the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{11}Whoredom|strong="H2184" and wine|strong="H3196" and new wine|strong="H8492" take away|strong="H3947" the heart|strong="H3820". 
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\verseNumber{12}¶ My people|strong="H5971" ask|strong="H7592" counsel at their stocks|strong="H6086", and their staff|strong="H4731" declareth|strong="H5046" unto them: for the spirit|strong="H7307" of whoredoms|strong="H2183" hath caused \BibleCharacterStyleADD{them} to err|strong="H8582", and they have gone a whoring|strong="H2181" from under their God|strong="H0430". 
\verseNumber{13}They sacrifice|strong="H2076" upon the tops|strong="H7218" of the mountains|strong="H2022", and burn incense|strong="H6999" upon the hills|strong="H1389", under oaks|strong="H0437" and poplars|strong="H3839" and elms|strong="H0424", because the shadow|strong="H6738" thereof \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} good|strong="H2896": therefore your daughters|strong="H1323" shall commit whoredom|strong="H2181", and your spouses|strong="H3618" shall commit adultery|strong="H5003". 
\verseNumber{14}I will not punish|strong="H6485" your daughters|strong="H1323" when they commit whoredom|strong="H2181", nor your spouses|strong="H3618" when they commit adultery|strong="H5003": for themselves are separated|strong="H6504" with whores|strong="H2181", and they sacrifice|strong="H2076" with harlots|strong="H6948": therefore the people|strong="H5971" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} doth not understand|strong="H0995" shall fall|strong="H3832".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.14  }I will not: or, Shall I not}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.14  fall: or, be punished} 
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\verseNumber{15}¶ Though thou, Israel|strong="H3478", play the harlot|strong="H2181", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{yet} let not Judah|strong="H3063" offend|strong="H0816"; and come|strong="H0935" not ye unto Gilgal|strong="H1537", neither go ye up|strong="H5927" to Beth-aven|strong="H1007", nor swear|strong="H7650", The \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} liveth|strong="H2416". 
\verseNumber{16}For Israel|strong="H3478" slideth back|strong="H5637" as a backsliding|strong="H5637" heifer|strong="H6510": now the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} will feed|strong="H7462" them as a lamb|strong="H3532" in a large place|strong="H4800". 
\verseNumber{17}Ephraim|strong="H0669" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} joined|strong="H2266" to idols|strong="H6091": let him alone|strong="H3240". 
\verseNumber{18}Their drink|strong="H5435" is sour|strong="H5493": they have committed whoredom|strong="H2181" continually|strong="H2181": her rulers|strong="H4043" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{with} shame|strong="H7036" do love|strong="H0157", Give|strong="H3051" ye.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.18  }sour: Heb. gone}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.18  rulers: Heb. shields} 
\verseNumber{19}The wind|strong="H7307" hath bound her up|strong="H6887" in her wings|strong="H3671", and they shall be ashamed|strong="H0954" because of their sacrifices|strong="H2077". 
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\chapterNumber{5}Hear|strong="H8085" ye this, O priests|strong="H3548"; and hearken|strong="H7181", ye house|strong="H1004" of Israel|strong="H3478"; and give ye ear|strong="H0238", O house|strong="H1004" of the king|strong="H4428"; for judgment|strong="H4941" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} toward you, because ye have been a snare|strong="H6341" on Mizpah|strong="H4709", and a net|strong="H7568" spread|strong="H6566" upon Tabor|strong="H8396". 
\verseNumber{2}And the revolters|strong="H7846" are profound|strong="H6009" to make slaughter|strong="H7819", though I \BibleCharacterStyleADD{have been} a rebuker|strong="H4148" of them all.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.2  }though: or, and}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.2  a rebuker: Heb. a correction} 
\verseNumber{3}I know|strong="H3045" Ephraim|strong="H0669", and Israel|strong="H3478" is not hid|strong="H3582" from me: for now, O Ephraim|strong="H0669", thou committest whoredom|strong="H2181", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} Israel|strong="H3478" is defiled|strong="H2930". 
\verseNumber{4}They will not frame|strong="H5414" their doings|strong="H4611" to turn|strong="H7725" unto their God|strong="H0430": for the spirit|strong="H7307" of whoredoms|strong="H2183" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} in the midst|strong="H7130" of them, and they have not known|strong="H3045" the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.4  }They will…: or, Their doings will not suffer them}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.4  frame: Heb. give} 
\verseNumber{5}And the pride|strong="H1347" of Israel|strong="H3478" doth testify|strong="H6030" to his face|strong="H6440": therefore shall Israel|strong="H3478" and Ephraim|strong="H0669" fall|strong="H3782" in their iniquity|strong="H5771"; Judah|strong="H3063" also shall fall|strong="H3782" with them. 
\verseNumber{6}They shall go|strong="H3212" with their flocks|strong="H6629" and with their herds|strong="H1241" to seek|strong="H1245" the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}; but they shall not find|strong="H4672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{him;} he hath withdrawn|strong="H2502" himself from them. 
\verseNumber{7}They have dealt treacherously|strong="H0898" against the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}: for they have begotten|strong="H3205" strange|strong="H2114" children|strong="H1121": now shall a month|strong="H2320" devour|strong="H0398" them with their portions|strong="H2506". 
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\verseNumber{8}Blow|strong="H8628" ye the cornet|strong="H7782" in Gibeah|strong="H1390", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} the trumpet|strong="H2689" in Ramah|strong="H7414": cry aloud|strong="H7321" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{at} Beth-aven|strong="H1007", after|strong="H0310" thee, O Benjamin|strong="H1144". 
\verseNumber{9}Ephraim|strong="H0669" shall be desolate|strong="H8047" in the day|strong="H3117" of rebuke|strong="H8433": among the tribes|strong="H7626" of Israel|strong="H3478" have I made known|strong="H3045" that which shall surely be|strong="H0539". 
\verseNumber{10}The princes|strong="H8269" of Judah|strong="H3063" were like them that remove|strong="H5253" the bound|strong="H1366": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{therefore} I will pour out|strong="H8210" my wrath|strong="H5678" upon them like water|strong="H4325". 
\verseNumber{11}Ephraim|strong="H0669" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} oppressed|strong="H6231" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} broken|strong="H7533" in judgment|strong="H4941", because he willingly|strong="H2974" walked|strong="H1980" after|strong="H0310" the commandment|strong="H6673". 
\verseNumber{12}Therefore \BibleCharacterStyleADD{will} I \BibleCharacterStyleADD{be} unto Ephraim|strong="H0669" as a moth|strong="H6211", and to the house|strong="H1004" of Judah|strong="H3063" as rottenness|strong="H7538".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.12  }rottenness: or, a worm} 
\verseNumber{13}When Ephraim|strong="H0669" saw|strong="H7200" his sickness|strong="H2483", and Judah|strong="H3063" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{saw} his wound|strong="H4205", then went|strong="H3212" Ephraim|strong="H0669" to the Assyrian|strong="H0804", and sent|strong="H7971" to king|strong="H4428" Jareb|strong="H3377": yet could|strong="H3201" he not heal|strong="H7495" you, nor cure|strong="H1455" you of your wound|strong="H4205".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.13  }king Jareb: or, the king of Jareb: or, the king that should plead} 
\verseNumber{14}For I \BibleCharacterStyleADD{will be} unto Ephraim|strong="H0669" as a lion|strong="H7826", and as a young lion|strong="H3715" to the house|strong="H1004" of Judah|strong="H3063": I, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{even} I, will tear|strong="H2963" and go away|strong="H3212"; I will take away|strong="H5375", and none shall rescue|strong="H5337" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{him}. 
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\verseNumber{15}¶ I will go|strong="H3212" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} return|strong="H7725" to my place|strong="H4725", till they acknowledge their offence|strong="H0816", and seek|strong="H1245" my face|strong="H6440": in their affliction|strong="H6862" they will seek me early|strong="H7836".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.15  }acknowledge…: Heb. be guilty} 
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\chapterNumber{6}Come|strong="H3212", and let us return|strong="H7725" unto the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}: for he hath torn|strong="H2963", and he will heal|strong="H7495" us; he hath smitten|strong="H5221", and he will bind us up|strong="H2280". 
\verseNumber{2}After two days|strong="H3117" will he revive|strong="H2421" us: in the third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117" he will raise us up|strong="H6965", and we shall live|strong="H2421" in his sight|strong="H6440". 
\verseNumber{3}Then shall we know|strong="H3045", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{if} we follow|strong="H7291" on to know|strong="H3045" the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}: his going forth|strong="H4161" is prepared|strong="H3559" as the morning|strong="H7837"; and he shall come|strong="H0935" unto us as the rain|strong="H1653", as the latter|strong="H4456" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} former rain|strong="H3384" unto the earth|strong="H0776". 
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\verseNumber{4}¶ O Ephraim|strong="H0669", what shall I do|strong="H6213" unto thee? O Judah|strong="H3063", what shall I do|strong="H6213" unto thee? for your goodness|strong="H2617" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} as a morning|strong="H1242" cloud|strong="H6051", and as the early|strong="H7925" dew|strong="H2919" it goeth away|strong="H1980".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.4  }goodness: or, mercy, or, kindness} 
\verseNumber{5}Therefore have I hewed|strong="H2672" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{them} by the prophets|strong="H5030"; I have slain|strong="H2026" them by the words|strong="H0561" of my mouth|strong="H6310": and thy judgments|strong="H4941" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are as} the light|strong="H0216" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} goeth forth|strong="H3318".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.5  }and…: or, that thy judgments might be, etc} 
\verseNumber{6}For I desired|strong="H2654" mercy|strong="H2617", and not sacrifice|strong="H2077"; and the knowledge|strong="H1847" of God|strong="H0430" more than burnt offerings|strong="H5930". 
\verseNumber{7}But they like men|strong="H0120" have transgressed|strong="H5674" the covenant|strong="H1285": there have they dealt treacherously|strong="H0898" against me.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.7  }men: or, Adam} 
\verseNumber{8}Gilead|strong="H1568" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} a city|strong="H7151" of them that work|strong="H6466" iniquity|strong="H0205", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and is} polluted|strong="H6121" with blood|strong="H1818".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.8  }polluted: or, cunning for} 
\verseNumber{9}And as troops|strong="H1416" of robbers wait|strong="H2442" for a man|strong="H0376", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{so} the company|strong="H2267" of priests|strong="H3548" murder|strong="H7523" in the way|strong="H1870" by consent|strong="H7926": for they commit|strong="H6213" lewdness|strong="H2154".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.9  }by…: Heb. with one shoulder, or, to Shechem}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{6.9  lewdness: or, enormity} 
\verseNumber{10}I have seen|strong="H7200" an horrible thing|strong="H8186" in the house|strong="H1004" of Israel|strong="H3478": there \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} the whoredom|strong="H2184" of Ephraim|strong="H0669", Israel|strong="H3478" is defiled|strong="H2930". 
\verseNumber{11}Also, O Judah|strong="H3063", he hath set|strong="H7896" an harvest|strong="H7105" for thee, when I returned|strong="H7725" the captivity|strong="H7622" of my people|strong="H5971". 
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\chapterNumber{7}When I would have healed|strong="H7495" Israel|strong="H3478", then the iniquity|strong="H5771" of Ephraim|strong="H0669" was discovered|strong="H1540", and the wickedness|strong="H7451" of Samaria|strong="H8111": for they commit|strong="H6466" falsehood|strong="H8267"; and the thief|strong="H1590" cometh in|strong="H0935", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} the troop|strong="H1416" of robbers spoileth|strong="H6584" without|strong="H2351".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.1  }wickedness: Heb. evils}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.1  spoileth: Heb. strippeth} 
\verseNumber{2}And they consider|strong="H0559" not in their hearts|strong="H3824" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} I remember|strong="H2142" all their wickedness|strong="H7451": now their own doings|strong="H4611" have beset them about|strong="H5437"; they are before my face|strong="H6440".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.2  }consider…: Heb. say not to} 
\verseNumber{3}They make the king|strong="H4428" glad|strong="H8055" with their wickedness|strong="H7451", and the princes|strong="H8269" with their lies|strong="H3585". 
\verseNumber{4}They \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} all adulterers|strong="H5003", as an oven|strong="H8574" heated|strong="H1197" by the baker|strong="H0644", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{who} ceaseth|strong="H7673" from raising|strong="H5782" after he hath kneaded|strong="H3888" the dough|strong="H1217", until it be leavened|strong="H2556".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.4  }who…: or, the raiser will cease}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.4  raising: or, waking} 
\verseNumber{5}In the day|strong="H3117" of our king|strong="H4428" the princes|strong="H8269" have made \BibleCharacterStyleADD{him} sick|strong="H2470" with bottles|strong="H2534" of wine|strong="H3196"; he stretched out|strong="H4900" his hand|strong="H3027" with scorners|strong="H3945".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.5  }bottles…: or, heat through wine} 
\verseNumber{6}For they have made ready|strong="H7126" their heart|strong="H3820" like an oven|strong="H8574", whiles they lie in wait|strong="H0693": their baker|strong="H0644" sleepeth|strong="H3463" all the night|strong="H3915"; in the morning|strong="H1242" it burneth|strong="H1197" as a flaming|strong="H3852" fire|strong="H0784".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.6  }made…: or, applied} 
\verseNumber{7}They are all hot|strong="H2552" as an oven|strong="H8574", and have devoured|strong="H0398" their judges|strong="H8199"; all their kings|strong="H4428" are fallen|strong="H5307": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there is} none among them that calleth|strong="H7121" unto me. 
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\verseNumber{8}Ephraim|strong="H0669", he hath mixed|strong="H1101" himself among the people|strong="H5971"; Ephraim|strong="H0669" is a cake|strong="H5692" not turned|strong="H2015". 
\verseNumber{9}Strangers|strong="H2114" have devoured|strong="H0398" his strength|strong="H3581", and he knoweth|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it} not: yea, gray hairs|strong="H7872" are here and there|strong="H2236" upon him, yet he knoweth|strong="H3045" not.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.9  }here…: Heb. sprinkled} 
\verseNumber{10}And the pride|strong="H1347" of Israel|strong="H3478" testifieth|strong="H6030" to his face|strong="H6440": and they do not return|strong="H7725" to the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} their God|strong="H0430", nor seek|strong="H1245" him for all this. 
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\verseNumber{11}¶ Ephraim|strong="H0669" also is like a silly|strong="H6601" dove|strong="H3123" without heart|strong="H3820": they call|strong="H7121" to Egypt|strong="H4714", they go|strong="H1980" to Assyria|strong="H0804". 
\verseNumber{12}When they shall go|strong="H3212", I will spread|strong="H6566" my net|strong="H7568" upon them; I will bring them down|strong="H3381" as the fowls|strong="H5775" of the heaven|strong="H8064"; I will chastise|strong="H3256" them, as their congregation|strong="H5712" hath heard|strong="H8088". 
\verseNumber{13}Woe|strong="H0188" unto them! for they have fled|strong="H5074" from me: destruction|strong="H7701" unto them! because they have transgressed|strong="H6586" against me: though I have redeemed|strong="H6299" them, yet they have spoken|strong="H1696" lies|strong="H3577" against me.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.13  }destruction: Heb. spoil} 
\verseNumber{14}And they have not cried|strong="H2199" unto me with their heart|strong="H3820", when they howled|strong="H3213" upon their beds|strong="H4904": they assemble|strong="H1481" themselves for corn|strong="H1715" and wine|strong="H8492", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} they rebel|strong="H5493" against me. 
\verseNumber{15}Though I have bound|strong="H3256" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} strengthened|strong="H2388" their arms|strong="H2220", yet do they imagine|strong="H2803" mischief|strong="H7451" against me.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.15  }have…: or, chastened} 
\verseNumber{16}They return|strong="H7725", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{but} not to the most High|strong="H5920": they are like a deceitful|strong="H7423" bow|strong="H7198": their princes|strong="H8269" shall fall|strong="H5307" by the sword|strong="H2719" for the rage|strong="H2195" of their tongue|strong="H3956": this|strong="H2097" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{shall be} their derision|strong="H3933" in the land|strong="H0776" of Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\chapterNumber{8}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Set} the trumpet|strong="H7782" to thy mouth|strong="H2441". \BibleCharacterStyleADD{He shall come} as an eagle|strong="H5404" against the house|strong="H1004" of the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}, because they have transgressed|strong="H5674" my covenant|strong="H1285", and trespassed|strong="H6586" against my law|strong="H8451".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.1  }thy: Heb. the roof of thy} 
\verseNumber{2}Israel|strong="H3478" shall cry|strong="H2199" unto me, My God|strong="H0430", we know|strong="H3045" thee. 
\verseNumber{3}Israel|strong="H3478" hath cast off|strong="H2186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{the thing that is} good|strong="H2896": the enemy|strong="H0341" shall pursue|strong="H7291" him. 
\verseNumber{4}They have set up kings|strong="H4427", but not by me: they have made princes|strong="H7786", and I knew|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it} not: of their silver|strong="H3701" and their gold|strong="H2091" have they made|strong="H6213" them idols|strong="H6091", that they may be cut off|strong="H3772". 
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\verseNumber{5}¶ Thy calf|strong="H5695", O Samaria|strong="H8111", hath cast|strong="H2186" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{thee} off; mine anger|strong="H0639" is kindled|strong="H2734" against them: how long \BibleCharacterStyleADD{will it be} ere|strong="H3808" they attain|strong="H3201" to innocency|strong="H5356"? 
\verseNumber{6}For from Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} it also: the workman|strong="H2796" made|strong="H6213" it; therefore it \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} not God|strong="H0430": but the calf|strong="H5695" of Samaria|strong="H8111" shall be broken in pieces|strong="H7616". 
\verseNumber{7}For they have sown|strong="H2232" the wind|strong="H7307", and they shall reap|strong="H7114" the whirlwind|strong="H5492": it hath no stalk|strong="H7054": the bud|strong="H6780" shall yield|strong="H6213" no meal|strong="H7058": if|strong="H0194" so be it yield|strong="H6213", the strangers|strong="H2114" shall swallow it up|strong="H1104".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.7  }stalk: or, standing corn} 
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\verseNumber{8}Israel|strong="H3478" is swallowed up|strong="H1104": now shall they be among the Gentiles|strong="H1471" as a vessel|strong="H3627" wherein \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} no pleasure|strong="H2656". 
\verseNumber{9}For they are gone up|strong="H5927" to Assyria|strong="H0804", a wild ass|strong="H6501" alone|strong="H0909" by himself: Ephraim|strong="H0669" hath hired|strong="H8566" lovers|strong="H0158".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.9  }lovers: Heb. loves} 
\verseNumber{10}Yea, though they have hired|strong="H8566" among the nations|strong="H1471", now will I gather|strong="H6908" them, and they shall sorrow|strong="H2490" a little|strong="H4592" for the burden|strong="H4853" of the king|strong="H4428" of princes|strong="H8269".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.10  }sorrow: or, begin}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.10  a…: or, in a little while} 
\verseNumber{11}Because Ephraim|strong="H0669" hath made many|strong="H7235" altars|strong="H4196" to sin|strong="H2398", altars|strong="H4196" shall be unto him to sin|strong="H2398". 
\verseNumber{12}I have written|strong="H3789" to him the great things|strong="H7230" of my law|strong="H8451", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{but} they were counted|strong="H2803" as a strange thing|strong="H2114". 
\verseNumber{13}They sacrifice|strong="H2076" flesh|strong="H1320" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{for} the sacrifices|strong="H2077" of mine offerings|strong="H1890", and eat|strong="H0398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it; but} the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} accepteth|strong="H7521" them not; now will he remember|strong="H2142" their iniquity|strong="H5771", and visit|strong="H6485" their sins|strong="H2403": they shall return|strong="H7725" to Egypt|strong="H4714".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.13  }They sacrifice…: or, In the sacrifices of mine offerings they, etc} 
\verseNumber{14}For Israel|strong="H3478" hath forgotten|strong="H7911" his Maker|strong="H6213", and buildeth|strong="H1129" temples|strong="H1964"; and Judah|strong="H3063" hath multiplied|strong="H7235" fenced|strong="H1219" cities|strong="H5892": but I will send|strong="H7971" a fire|strong="H0784" upon his cities|strong="H5892", and it shall devour|strong="H0398" the palaces|strong="H0759" thereof. 
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\chapterNumber{9}Rejoice|strong="H8055" not, O Israel|strong="H3478", for joy|strong="H1524", as \BibleCharacterStyleADD{other} people|strong="H5971": for thou hast gone a whoring|strong="H2181" from thy God|strong="H0430", thou hast loved|strong="H0157" a reward|strong="H0868" upon every cornfloor|strong="H1637".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.1  }upon: or, in, etc} 
\verseNumber{2}The floor|strong="H1637" and the winepress|strong="H3342" shall not feed|strong="H7462" them, and the new wine|strong="H8492" shall fail|strong="H3584" in her.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.2  }winepress: or, winefat} 
\verseNumber{3}They shall not dwell|strong="H3427" in the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD’s|strong="H3068"\+w*} land|strong="H0776"; but Ephraim|strong="H0669" shall return|strong="H7725" to Egypt|strong="H4714", and they shall eat|strong="H0398" unclean|strong="H2931" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{things} in Assyria|strong="H0804". 
\verseNumber{4}They shall not offer|strong="H5258" wine|strong="H3196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{offerings} to the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}, neither shall they be pleasing|strong="H6149" unto him: their sacrifices|strong="H2077" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{shall be} unto them as the bread|strong="H3899" of mourners|strong="H0205"; all that eat|strong="H0398" thereof shall be polluted|strong="H2930": for their bread|strong="H3899" for their soul|strong="H5315" shall not come|strong="H0935" into the house|strong="H1004" of the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{5}What will ye do|strong="H6213" in the solemn|strong="H4150" day|strong="H3117", and in the day|strong="H3117" of the feast|strong="H2282" of the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}? 
\verseNumber{6}For, lo, they are gone|strong="H1980" because of destruction|strong="H7701": Egypt|strong="H4714" shall gather them up|strong="H6908", Memphis|strong="H4644" shall bury|strong="H6912" them: the pleasant|strong="H4261" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{places} for their silver|strong="H3701", nettles|strong="H7057" shall possess|strong="H3423" them: thorns|strong="H2336" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{shall be} in their tabernacles|strong="H0168".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.6  }destruction: Heb. spoil}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.6  the…: or, their silver shall be desired, the nettle, etc.: Heb. the desire} 
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\verseNumber{7}The days|strong="H3117" of visitation|strong="H6486" are come|strong="H0935", the days|strong="H3117" of recompence|strong="H7966" are come|strong="H0935"; Israel|strong="H3478" shall know|strong="H3045" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it:} the prophet|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} a fool|strong="H0191", the spiritual|strong="H7307" man|strong="H0376" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} mad|strong="H7696", for the multitude|strong="H7230" of thine iniquity|strong="H5771", and the great|strong="H7227" hatred|strong="H4895".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.7  }spiritual…: Heb. man of the spirit} 
\verseNumber{8}The watchman|strong="H6822" of Ephraim|strong="H0669" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} with my God|strong="H0430": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{but} the prophet|strong="H5030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} a snare|strong="H6341" of a fowler|strong="H3352" in all his ways|strong="H1870", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} hatred|strong="H4895" in the house|strong="H1004" of his God|strong="H0430".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.8  }in the: or, against the} 
\verseNumber{9}They have deeply|strong="H6009" corrupted|strong="H7843" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{themselves}, as in the days|strong="H3117" of Gibeah|strong="H1390": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{therefore} he will remember|strong="H2142" their iniquity|strong="H5771", he will visit|strong="H6485" their sins|strong="H2403". 
\verseNumber{10}I found|strong="H4672" Israel|strong="H3478" like grapes|strong="H6025" in the wilderness|strong="H4057"; I saw|strong="H7200" your fathers|strong="H0001" as the firstripe|strong="H1063" in the fig tree|strong="H8384" at her first time|strong="H7225": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{but} they went|strong="H0935" to Baal-peor|strong="H1187", and separated|strong="H5144" themselves unto \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} shame|strong="H1322"; and \BibleCharacterStyleADD{their} abominations|strong="H8251" were according as they loved|strong="H0157". 
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\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{As for} Ephraim|strong="H0669", their glory|strong="H3519" shall fly away|strong="H5774" like a bird|strong="H5775", from the birth|strong="H3205", and from the womb|strong="H0990", and from the conception|strong="H2032". 
\verseNumber{12}Though they bring up|strong="H1431" their children|strong="H1121", yet will I bereave|strong="H7921" them, \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that there shall} not \BibleCharacterStyleADD{be} a man|strong="H0120" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{left:} yea, woe|strong="H0188" also to them when I depart|strong="H5493" from them! 
\verseNumber{13}Ephraim|strong="H0669", as I saw|strong="H7200" Tyrus|strong="H6865", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} planted|strong="H8362" in a pleasant place|strong="H5116": but Ephraim|strong="H0669" shall bring forth|strong="H3318" his children|strong="H1121" to the murderer|strong="H2026". 
\verseNumber{14}Give|strong="H5414" them, O \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}: what wilt thou give|strong="H5414"? give|strong="H5414" them a miscarrying|strong="H7921" womb|strong="H7358" and dry|strong="H6784" breasts|strong="H7699".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.14  }miscarrying: Heb. that casteth the fruit} 
\verseNumber{15}All their wickedness|strong="H7451" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} in Gilgal|strong="H1537": for there I hated|strong="H8130" them: for the wickedness|strong="H7455" of their doings|strong="H4611" I will drive them out|strong="H1644" of mine house|strong="H1004", I will love|strong="H0160" them no more|strong="H3254": all their princes|strong="H8269" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} revolters|strong="H5637". 
\verseNumber{16}Ephraim|strong="H0669" is smitten|strong="H5221", their root|strong="H8328" is dried up|strong="H3001", they shall bear|strong="H6213" no fruit|strong="H6529": yea, though they bring forth|strong="H3205", yet will I slay|strong="H4191" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{even} the beloved|strong="H4261" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{fruit} of their womb|strong="H0990".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.16  }the…: Heb. the desires} 
\verseNumber{17}My God|strong="H0430" will cast them away|strong="H3988", because they did not hearken|strong="H8085" unto him: and they shall be wanderers|strong="H5074" among the nations|strong="H1471". 
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\chapterNumber{10}Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} an empty|strong="H1238" vine|strong="H1612", he bringeth forth|strong="H7737" fruit|strong="H6529" unto himself: according to the multitude|strong="H7230" of his fruit|strong="H6529" he hath increased|strong="H7235" the altars|strong="H4196"; according to the goodness|strong="H2896" of his land|strong="H0776" they have made goodly|strong="H2895" images|strong="H4676".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.1  }an…: or, a vine emptying the fruit which it giveth}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.1  images: Heb. statues, or, standing images} 
\verseNumber{2}Their heart|strong="H3820" is divided|strong="H2505"; now shall they be found faulty|strong="H0816": he shall break down|strong="H6202" their altars|strong="H4196", he shall spoil|strong="H7703" their images|strong="H4676".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.2  }Their heart…: or, He hath divided their heart}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.2  break…: Heb. behead}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.2  images: Heb. statues, or, standing images} 
\verseNumber{3}For now they shall say|strong="H0559", We have no king|strong="H4428", because we feared|strong="H3372" not the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}; what then should a king|strong="H4428" do|strong="H6213" to us? 
\verseNumber{4}They have spoken|strong="H1696" words|strong="H1697", swearing|strong="H0422" falsely|strong="H7723" in making|strong="H3772" a covenant|strong="H1285": thus judgment|strong="H4941" springeth up|strong="H6524" as hemlock|strong="H7219" in the furrows|strong="H8525" of the field|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{5}The inhabitants|strong="H7934" of Samaria|strong="H8111" shall fear|strong="H1481" because of the calves|strong="H5697" of Beth-aven|strong="H1007": for the people|strong="H5971" thereof shall mourn|strong="H0056" over it, and the priests|strong="H3649" thereof \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} rejoiced|strong="H1523" on it, for the glory|strong="H3519" thereof, because it is departed|strong="H1540" from it.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.5  }the priests…: or, Chemarim} 
\verseNumber{6}It shall be also carried|strong="H2986" unto Assyria|strong="H0804" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{for} a present|strong="H4503" to king|strong="H4428" Jareb|strong="H3377": Ephraim|strong="H0669" shall receive|strong="H3947" shame|strong="H1317", and Israel|strong="H3478" shall be ashamed|strong="H0954" of his own counsel|strong="H6098". 
\verseNumber{7}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{As for} Samaria|strong="H8111", her king|strong="H4428" is cut off|strong="H1820" as the foam|strong="H7110" upon|strong="H6440" the water|strong="H4325".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.7  }the water: Heb. the face of the water} 
\verseNumber{8}The high places|strong="H1116" also of Aven|strong="H0206", the sin|strong="H2403" of Israel|strong="H3478", shall be destroyed|strong="H8045": the thorn|strong="H6975" and the thistle|strong="H1863" shall come up|strong="H5927" on their altars|strong="H4196"; and they shall say|strong="H0559" to the mountains|strong="H2022", Cover|strong="H3680" us; and to the hills|strong="H1389", Fall|strong="H5307" on us. 
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\verseNumber{9}O Israel|strong="H3478", thou hast sinned|strong="H2398" from the days|strong="H3117" of Gibeah|strong="H1390": there they stood|strong="H5975": the battle|strong="H4421" in Gibeah|strong="H1390" against the children|strong="H1121" of iniquity|strong="H5932" did not overtake|strong="H5381" them. 
\verseNumber{10}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{It is} in my desire|strong="H0185" that I should chastise|strong="H3256" them; and the people|strong="H5971" shall be gathered|strong="H0622" against them, when they shall bind|strong="H0631" themselves in their two|strong="H8147" furrows|strong="H5869".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.10  }when…: or, when I shall bind them for their two transgressions, or, in their two habitations} 
\verseNumber{11}And Ephraim|strong="H0669" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is as} an heifer|strong="H5697" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that is} taught|strong="H3925", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} loveth|strong="H0157" to tread out|strong="H1758" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{the corn;} but I passed over|strong="H5674" upon her fair|strong="H2898" neck|strong="H6677": I will make Ephraim|strong="H0669" to ride|strong="H7392"; Judah|strong="H3063" shall plow|strong="H2790", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} Jacob|strong="H3290" shall break his clods|strong="H7702".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.11  }her…: Heb. the beauty of her neck} 
\verseNumber{12}Sow|strong="H2232" to yourselves in righteousness|strong="H6666", reap|strong="H7114" in|strong="H6310" mercy|strong="H2617"; break up|strong="H5214" your fallow ground|strong="H5215": for \BibleCharacterStyleADD{it is} time|strong="H6256" to seek|strong="H1875" the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}, till he come|strong="H0935" and rain|strong="H3384" righteousness|strong="H6664" upon you. 
\verseNumber{13}Ye have plowed|strong="H2790" wickedness|strong="H7562", ye have reaped|strong="H7114" iniquity|strong="H5766"; ye have eaten|strong="H0398" the fruit|strong="H6529" of lies|strong="H3585": because thou didst trust|strong="H0982" in thy way|strong="H1870", in the multitude|strong="H7230" of thy mighty men|strong="H1368". 
\verseNumber{14}Therefore shall a tumult|strong="H7588" arise|strong="H6965" among thy people|strong="H5971", and all thy fortresses|strong="H4013" shall be spoiled|strong="H7703", as Shalman|strong="H8020" spoiled|strong="H7701" Beth-arbel|strong="H1009" in the day|strong="H3117" of battle|strong="H4421": the mother|strong="H0517" was dashed in pieces|strong="H7376" upon \BibleCharacterStyleADD{her} children|strong="H1121". 
\verseNumber{15}So|strong="H3602" shall Beth-el|strong="H1008" do|strong="H6213" unto you because|strong="H6440" of your great|strong="H7451" wickedness|strong="H7451": in a morning|strong="H7837" shall the king|strong="H4428" of Israel|strong="H3478" utterly|strong="H1820" be cut off|strong="H1820".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.15  }your…: Heb. the evil of your evil} 
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\chapterNumber{11}When Israel|strong="H3478" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{was} a child|strong="H5288", then I loved|strong="H0157" him, and called|strong="H7121" my son|strong="H1121" out of Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{2}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{As} they called|strong="H7121" them, so they went|strong="H1980" from them|strong="H6440": they sacrificed|strong="H2076" unto Baalim|strong="H1168", and burned incense|strong="H6999" to graven images|strong="H6456". 
\verseNumber{3}I taught|strong="H8637" Ephraim|strong="H0669" also to go|strong="H8637", taking|strong="H3947" them by their arms|strong="H2220"; but they knew|strong="H3045" not that I healed|strong="H7495" them. 
\verseNumber{4}I drew|strong="H4900" them with cords|strong="H2256" of a man|strong="H0120", with bands|strong="H5688" of love|strong="H0160": and I was to them as they that take off|strong="H7311" the yoke|strong="H5923" on their jaws|strong="H3895", and I laid|strong="H5186" meat|strong="H0398" unto them.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{11.4  }take off: Heb. lift up} 
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\verseNumber{5}¶ He shall not return|strong="H7725" into the land|strong="H0776" of Egypt|strong="H4714", but the Assyrian|strong="H0804" shall be his king|strong="H4428", because they refused|strong="H3985" to return|strong="H7725". 
\verseNumber{6}And the sword|strong="H2719" shall abide|strong="H2342" on his cities|strong="H5892", and shall consume|strong="H3615" his branches|strong="H0905", and devour|strong="H0398" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{them}, because of their own counsels|strong="H4156". 
\verseNumber{7}And my people|strong="H5971" are bent|strong="H8511" to backsliding|strong="H4878" from me: though they called|strong="H7121" them to the most High|strong="H5920", none at all|strong="H3162" would exalt|strong="H7311" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{him}.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{11.7  }none…: Heb. together they exalted not} 
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\verseNumber{8}How shall I give thee up|strong="H5414", Ephraim|strong="H0669"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{how} shall I deliver|strong="H4042" thee, Israel|strong="H3478"? how shall I make|strong="H5414" thee as Admah|strong="H0126"? \BibleCharacterStyleADD{how} shall I set|strong="H7760" thee as Zeboim|strong="H6636"? mine heart|strong="H3820" is turned|strong="H2015" within me, my repentings|strong="H5150" are kindled|strong="H3648" together|strong="H3162". 
\verseNumber{9}I will not execute|strong="H6213" the fierceness|strong="H2740" of mine anger|strong="H0639", I will not return|strong="H7725" to destroy|strong="H7843" Ephraim|strong="H0669": for I \BibleCharacterStyleADD{am} God|strong="H0410", and not man|strong="H0376"; the Holy One|strong="H6918" in the midst|strong="H7130" of thee: and I will not enter|strong="H0935" into the city|strong="H5892". 
\verseNumber{10}They shall walk|strong="H3212" after|strong="H0310" the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}: he shall roar|strong="H7580" like a lion|strong="H0738": when he shall roar|strong="H7580", then the children|strong="H1121" shall tremble|strong="H2729" from the west|strong="H3220". 
\verseNumber{11}They shall tremble|strong="H2729" as a bird|strong="H6833" out of Egypt|strong="H4714", and as a dove|strong="H3123" out of the land|strong="H0776" of Assyria|strong="H0804": and I will place|strong="H3427" them in their houses|strong="H1004", saith|strong="H5002" the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\verseNumber{12}Ephraim|strong="H0669" compasseth|strong="H5437" me about with lies|strong="H3585", and the house|strong="H1004" of Israel|strong="H3478" with deceit|strong="H4820": but Judah|strong="H3063" yet ruleth|strong="H7300" with God|strong="H0410", and is faithful|strong="H0539" with the saints|strong="H6918".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{11.12  }saints: or, most holy} 
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\chapterNumber{12}Ephraim|strong="H0669" feedeth|strong="H7462" on wind|strong="H7307", and followeth|strong="H7291" after the east wind|strong="H6921": he daily|strong="H3117" increaseth|strong="H7235" lies|strong="H3577" and desolation|strong="H7701"; and they do make|strong="H3772" a covenant|strong="H1285" with the Assyrians|strong="H0804", and oil|strong="H8081" is carried|strong="H2986" into Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\verseNumber{2}The \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} hath also a controversy|strong="H7379" with Judah|strong="H3063", and will punish|strong="H6485" Jacob|strong="H3290" according to his ways|strong="H1870"; according to his doings|strong="H4611" will he recompense|strong="H7725" him.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12.2  }punish: Heb. visit upon} 
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\verseNumber{3}¶ He took his brother|strong="H0251" by the heel|strong="H6117" in the womb|strong="H0990", and by his strength|strong="H0202" he had power|strong="H8280" with God|strong="H0430":\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12.3  }had…: Heb. was a prince, or, behaved himself princely} 
\verseNumber{4}Yea, he had power|strong="H7786" over the angel|strong="H4397", and prevailed|strong="H3201": he wept|strong="H1058", and made supplication|strong="H2603" unto him: he found|strong="H4672" him \BibleCharacterStyleADD{in} Beth-el|strong="H1008", and there he spake|strong="H1696" with us; 
\verseNumber{5}Even the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} God|strong="H0430" of hosts|strong="H6635"; the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} his memorial|strong="H2143". 
\verseNumber{6}Therefore turn|strong="H7725" thou to thy God|strong="H0430": keep|strong="H8104" mercy|strong="H2617" and judgment|strong="H4941", and wait|strong="H6960" on thy God|strong="H0430" continually|strong="H8548". 
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\verseNumber{7}¶ \BibleCharacterStyleADD{He is} a merchant|strong="H3667", the balances|strong="H3976" of deceit|strong="H4820" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} in his hand|strong="H3027": he loveth|strong="H0157" to oppress|strong="H6231".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12.7  }a merchant: or, Canaan}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12.7  oppress: or, deceive} 
\verseNumber{8}And Ephraim|strong="H0669" said|strong="H0559", Yet I am become rich|strong="H6238", I have found me out|strong="H4672" substance|strong="H0202": \BibleCharacterStyleADD{in} all my labours|strong="H3018" they shall find|strong="H4672" none iniquity|strong="H5771" in me that \BibleCharacterStyleADD{were} sin|strong="H2399".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12.8  }in all…: or, all my labours suffice me not: he shall have punishment of iniquity in whom is sin}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12.8  that: Heb. which} 
\verseNumber{9}And I \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that am} the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} thy God|strong="H0430" from the land|strong="H0776" of Egypt|strong="H4714" will yet make thee to dwell|strong="H3427" in tabernacles|strong="H0168", as in the days|strong="H3117" of the solemn feast|strong="H4150". 
\verseNumber{10}I have also spoken|strong="H1696" by the prophets|strong="H5030", and I have multiplied|strong="H7235" visions|strong="H2377", and used similitudes|strong="H1819", by the ministry|strong="H3027" of the prophets|strong="H5030".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12.10  }ministry: Heb. hand} 
\verseNumber{11}\BibleCharacterStyleADD{Is there} iniquity|strong="H0205" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{in} Gilead|strong="H1568"? surely they are vanity|strong="H7723": they sacrifice|strong="H2076" bullocks|strong="H7794" in Gilgal|strong="H1537"; yea, their altars|strong="H4196" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} as heaps|strong="H1530" in the furrows|strong="H8525" of the fields|strong="H7704". 
\verseNumber{12}And Jacob|strong="H3290" fled|strong="H1272" into the country|strong="H7704" of Syria|strong="H0758", and Israel|strong="H3478" served|strong="H5647" for a wife|strong="H0802", and for a wife|strong="H0802" he kept|strong="H8104" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{sheep}. 
\verseNumber{13}And by a prophet|strong="H5030" the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} brought|strong="H5927" Israel|strong="H3478" out of Egypt|strong="H4714", and by a prophet|strong="H5030" was he preserved|strong="H8104". 
\verseNumber{14}Ephraim|strong="H0669" provoked \BibleCharacterStyleADD{him} to anger|strong="H3707" most bitterly|strong="H8563": therefore shall he leave|strong="H5203" his blood|strong="H1818" upon him, and his reproach|strong="H2781" shall his Lord|strong="H0113" return|strong="H7725" unto him.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12.14  }most…: Heb. with bitternesses}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{12.14  blood: Heb. bloods} 
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\chapterNumber{13}When Ephraim|strong="H0669" spake|strong="H1696" trembling|strong="H7578", he exalted|strong="H5375" himself in Israel|strong="H3478"; but when he offended|strong="H0816" in Baal|strong="H1168", he died|strong="H4191". 
\verseNumber{2}And now they sin|strong="H2398" more and more|strong="H3254", and have made|strong="H6213" them molten images|strong="H4541" of their silver|strong="H3701", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{and} idols|strong="H6091" according to their own understanding|strong="H8394", all of it the work|strong="H4639" of the craftsmen|strong="H2796": they say|strong="H0559" of them, Let the men|strong="H0120" that sacrifice|strong="H2076" kiss|strong="H5401" the calves|strong="H5695".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13.2  }they sin…: Heb. they add to sin}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13.2  the men…: or, the sacrificers of men} 
\verseNumber{3}Therefore they shall be as the morning|strong="H1242" cloud|strong="H6051", and as the early|strong="H7925" dew|strong="H2919" that passeth away|strong="H1980", as the chaff|strong="H4671" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that} is driven with the whirlwind|strong="H5590" out of the floor|strong="H1637", and as the smoke|strong="H6227" out of the chimney|strong="H0699". 
\verseNumber{4}Yet I \BibleCharacterStyleADD{am} the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} thy God|strong="H0430" from the land|strong="H0776" of Egypt|strong="H4714", and thou shalt know|strong="H3045" no god|strong="H0430" but me|strong="H2108": for \BibleCharacterStyleADD{there is} no saviour|strong="H3467" beside me|strong="H1115". 
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\verseNumber{5}¶ I did know|strong="H3045" thee in the wilderness|strong="H4057", in the land|strong="H0776" of great drought|strong="H8514".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13.5  }great…: Heb. droughts} 
\verseNumber{6}According to their pasture|strong="H4830", so were they filled|strong="H7646"; they were filled|strong="H7646", and their heart|strong="H3820" was exalted|strong="H7311"; therefore have they forgotten|strong="H7911" me. 
\verseNumber{7}Therefore I will be unto them as a lion|strong="H7826": as a leopard|strong="H5246" by the way|strong="H1870" will I observe|strong="H7789" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{them:} 
\verseNumber{8}I will meet|strong="H6298" them as a bear|strong="H1677" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{that is} bereaved|strong="H7909" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{of her whelps}, and will rend|strong="H7167" the caul|strong="H5458" of their heart|strong="H3820", and there will I devour|strong="H0398" them like a lion|strong="H3833": the wild|strong="H7704" beast|strong="H2416" shall tear|strong="H1234" them.\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13.8  }wild…: Heb. beast of the field} 
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\verseNumber{9}¶ O Israel|strong="H3478", thou hast destroyed|strong="H7843" thyself; but in me \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} thine help|strong="H5828".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13.9  }is…: Heb. in thy help} 
\verseNumber{10}I will|strong="H0165" be thy king|strong="H4428": where|strong="H0645" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is any other} that may save|strong="H3467" thee in all thy cities|strong="H5892"? and thy judges|strong="H8199" of whom thou saidst|strong="H0559", Give|strong="H5414" me a king|strong="H4428" and princes|strong="H8269"?\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13.10  }I will…: rather, Where is thy king?} 
\verseNumber{11}I gave|strong="H5414" thee a king|strong="H4428" in mine anger|strong="H0639", and took|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{him} away in my wrath|strong="H5678". 
\verseNumber{12}The iniquity|strong="H5771" of Ephraim|strong="H0669" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} bound up|strong="H6887"; his sin|strong="H2403" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} hid|strong="H6845". 
\verseNumber{13}The sorrows|strong="H2256" of a travailing woman|strong="H3205" shall come|strong="H0935" upon him: he \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} an unwise|strong="H2450" son|strong="H1121"; for he should not stay|strong="H5975" long|strong="H6256" in \BibleCharacterStyleADD{the place of} the breaking forth|strong="H4866" of children|strong="H1121".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13.13  }long: Heb. a time} 
\verseNumber{14}I will ransom|strong="H6299" them from the power|strong="H3027" of the grave|strong="H7585"; I will redeem|strong="H1350" them from death|strong="H4194": O death|strong="H4194", I will|strong="H0165" be thy plagues|strong="H1698"; O grave|strong="H7585", I will|strong="H0165" be thy destruction|strong="H6987": repentance|strong="H5164" shall be hid|strong="H5641" from mine eyes|strong="H5869".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13.14  }power: Heb. hand} 
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\verseNumber{15}¶ Though he be fruitful|strong="H6500" among \BibleCharacterStyleADD{his} brethren|strong="H0251", an east wind|strong="H6921" shall come|strong="H0935", the wind|strong="H7307" of the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} shall come up|strong="H5927" from the wilderness|strong="H4057", and his spring|strong="H4726" shall become dry|strong="H0954", and his fountain|strong="H4599" shall be dried up|strong="H2717": he shall spoil|strong="H8154" the treasure|strong="H0214" of all pleasant|strong="H2532" vessels|strong="H3627".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13.15  }pleasant…: Heb. vessels of desire} 
\verseNumber{16}Samaria|strong="H8111" shall become desolate|strong="H0816"; for she hath rebelled|strong="H4784" against her God|strong="H0430": they shall fall|strong="H5307" by the sword|strong="H2719": their infants|strong="H5768" shall be dashed in pieces|strong="H7376", and their women with child|strong="H2030" shall be ripped up|strong="H1234". 
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\chapterNumber{14}O Israel|strong="H3478", return|strong="H7725" unto the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} thy God|strong="H0430"; for thou hast fallen|strong="H3782" by thine iniquity|strong="H5771". 
\verseNumber{2}Take|strong="H3947" with you words|strong="H1697", and turn|strong="H7725" to the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*}: say|strong="H0559" unto him, Take away|strong="H5375" all iniquity|strong="H5771", and receive|strong="H3947" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{us} graciously|strong="H2896": so will we render|strong="H7999" the calves|strong="H6499" of our lips|strong="H8193".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14.2  }receive…: or, give good} 
\verseNumber{3}Asshur|strong="H0804" shall not save|strong="H3467" us; we will not ride|strong="H7392" upon horses|strong="H5483": neither will we say|strong="H0559" any more to the work|strong="H4639" of our hands|strong="H3027", \BibleCharacterStyleADD{Ye are} our gods|strong="H0430": for in thee the fatherless|strong="H3490" findeth mercy|strong="H7355". 
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\verseNumber{4}¶ I will heal|strong="H7495" their backsliding|strong="H4878", I will love|strong="H0157" them freely|strong="H5071": for mine anger|strong="H0639" is turned away|strong="H7725" from him. 
\verseNumber{5}I will be as the dew|strong="H2919" unto Israel|strong="H3478": he shall grow|strong="H6524" as the lily|strong="H7799", and cast forth|strong="H5221" his roots|strong="H8328" as Lebanon|strong="H3844".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14.5  }grow: or, blossom}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14.5  cast…: Heb. strike} 
\verseNumber{6}His branches|strong="H3127" shall spread|strong="H3212", and his beauty|strong="H1935" shall be as the olive tree|strong="H2132", and his smell|strong="H7381" as Lebanon|strong="H3844".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14.6  }spread: Heb. go} 
\verseNumber{7}They that dwell|strong="H3427" under his shadow|strong="H6738" shall return|strong="H7725"; they shall revive|strong="H2421" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{as} the corn|strong="H1715", and grow|strong="H6524" as the vine|strong="H1612": the scent|strong="H2143" thereof \BibleCharacterStyleADD{shall be} as the wine|strong="H3196" of Lebanon|strong="H3844".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14.7  }grow: or, blossom}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{14.7  scent: or, memorial} 
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\verseNumber{8}Ephraim|strong="H0669" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{shall say}, What have I to do any more with idols|strong="H6091"? I have heard|strong="H6030" \BibleCharacterStyleADD{him}, and observed|strong="H7789" him: I \BibleCharacterStyleADD{am} like a green|strong="H7488" fir tree|strong="H1265". From me is thy fruit|strong="H6529" found|strong="H4672". 
\verseNumber{9}Who \BibleCharacterStyleADD{is} wise|strong="H2450", and he shall understand|strong="H0995" these \BibleCharacterStyleADD{things}? prudent|strong="H0995", and he shall know|strong="H3045" them? for the ways|strong="H1870" of the \BibleCharacterStyleND{ \+w LORD|strong="H3068"\+w*} \BibleCharacterStyleADD{are} right|strong="H3477", and the just|strong="H6662" shall walk|strong="H3212" in them: but the transgressors|strong="H6586" shall fall|strong="H3782" therein. 
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