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\BibleBook{Hosea}

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\BibleMainTitle{Hosea }

\BibleSectionHeading{Introduction }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Introduction }
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\chapterNumber{1}The|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}’s message|strong="H1697" to|strong="H3478" Hosea|strong="H1954" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Beeri|strong="H0882" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" reigns|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" Kings|strong="H4428" Uzziah|strong="H5818", Jotham|strong="H3147", Ahaz|strong="H0271", and|strong="H1121" Hezekiah|strong="H2396" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063" and|strong="H1121" during|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" reign|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" King|strong="H4428" Jeroboam|strong="H3379", son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Joash|strong="H3101" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3068" adultery|strong="H5003" of|strong="H1121" Hosea’s wife|strong="H0802" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H3068" adultery|strong="H5003" of|strong="H1121" Hosea’s wife|strong="H0802" }
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\verseNumber{2}When|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} began|strong="H8462" to|strong="H1696" speak|strong="H1696" through|strong="H3212" Hosea|strong="H1954", he|strong="H3588" said|strong="H1696" to|strong="H1696" him|strong="H3947": 
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“Go|strong="H3212" marry|strong="H3947" an|strong="H3947" unfaithful|strong="H2181" woman|strong="H0802" 
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who|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" bear|strong="H3212" you|strong="H3588" children|strong="H3206" by|strong="H3068" her|strong="H3947" adultery|strong="H2181", 
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for|strong="H3588" like|strong="H3212" an|strong="H3947" adulterous|strong="H2181" wife|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" is|strong="H3068" unfaithful|strong="H2181" to|strong="H1696" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}.” 
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\verseNumber{3}So|strong="H3947" he|strong="H1121" married|strong="H3947" Gomer|strong="H1586", the|strong="H3947" daughter|strong="H1323" of|strong="H1121" Dibliam, and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" conceived|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" bore|strong="H3205" him|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3947" son|strong="H1121", 
\verseNumber{4}the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} said|strong="H7121": 
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“Call|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" ‘Jezreel|strong="H3157",’ for|strong="H3588" in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3588" little|strong="H4592" while|strong="H5750" 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" the|strong="H5921" dynasty|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Jehu|strong="H3058" 
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for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H5921" blood|strong="H1818" shed|strong="H1818" at|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" valley|strong="H6010" of|strong="H1004" Jezreel|strong="H3157", 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" cause|strong="H7121" the|strong="H5921" kingdom|strong="H4468" of|strong="H1004" Israel|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" cease|strong="H7673". 
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\verseNumber{5}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" break|strong="H7665" Israel’s|strong="H3478" bows|strong="H7198" and|strong="H3478" arrows|strong="H7198" 
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in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3117" valley|strong="H6010" of|strong="H3117" Jezreel|strong="H3157".” 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" conceived|strong="H2029" again|strong="H5750" and|strong="H3478" bore|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3588" daughter|strong="H1323", the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} said|strong="H7121" to|strong="H3478" Hosea|strong="H7121": 
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“Call|strong="H7121" her|strong="H5375" Lo-Ruhamah|strong="H3819" – ‘No-Compassion’ 
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for|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H5750" have|strong="H7355" compassion|strong="H7355" on|strong="H7355" Israel|strong="H3478", 
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certainly|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3808" spare|strong="H5375" them|strong="H7121". 
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\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H3808" on|strong="H3068" Judah|strong="H3063" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H7355" compassion|strong="H7355", 
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I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" deliver|strong="H3467" them|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", 
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but|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" deliver|strong="H3467" them|strong="H3068" by|strong="H3068" bow|strong="H7198" nor|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3068" sword|strong="H2719", 
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nor|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3068" battle|strong="H4421" nor|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3068" horses|strong="H5483" nor|strong="H3808" by|strong="H3068" horsemen|strong="H6571".” 
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\verseNumber{8}After|strong="H0310" she|strong="H1931" had|strong="H3205" weaned|strong="H1580" No-Compassion, and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H1121" she|strong="H1931" conceived|strong="H2029" and|strong="H1121" bore|strong="H3205" a|strong="H3205" son|strong="H1121", he|strong="H1121" said|strong="H0559": 
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\verseNumber{9}“Call|strong="H7121" him|strong="H7121" Lo-Ammi|strong="H3818" – ‘Not-My-People’ 
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for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", Israel|strong="H5971", are|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" my|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971", 
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and|strong="H5971" I|strong="H3588" indeed|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" your|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808".” 
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\verseNumber{10}Yet|strong="H5750" the|strong="H3605" number|strong="H4557" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" Israelites|strong="H3478" 
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will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" as|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" sand|strong="H2344" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220", 
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which|strong="H0834" cannot|strong="H3808" be|strong="H1961" measured|strong="H4058" or|strong="H0176" counted|strong="H2803", 
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and|strong="H3967" where|strong="H0834" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H0834" told|strong="H5046", “You|strong="H0859" are|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3808" my|strong="H8104" people|strong="H5971",” 
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they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" called|strong="H7121", “children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3605" living|strong="H2416" God|strong="H0430".” 
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\verseNumber{11}The|strong="H3605" Judeans|strong="H3064" and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" Israelites|strong="H3478" 
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will|strong="H3068" join|strong="H2266" together|strong="H3162" again|strong="H7725", 
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will|strong="H3068" appoint|strong="H6485" for|strong="H3588" themselves|strong="H0905" one|strong="H0259" leader|strong="H5387", 
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will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H0413" their|strong="H3605" own|strong="H1961" land|strong="H0776". 
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Great|strong="H1419" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" Jezreel|strong="H3157"! 
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\chapterNumber{2}So|strong="H1961" call|strong="H7121" your|strong="H1961" brothers|strong="H1121", My|strong="H1961" People|strong="H5971", 
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and|strong="H1121" your|strong="H1961" sisters|strong="H0269", Compassion|strong="H7355". 
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\verseNumber{2}Accuse|strong="H7760", accuse|strong="H7760" your|strong="H7760" mother|strong="H0517": 
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for|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3117" not|strong="H3588" my|strong="H7760" wife|strong="H0802", 
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and|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3588" be|strong="H1121" her|strong="H7760" husband|strong="H0376". 
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Let|strong="H7760" her|strong="H7760" put|strong="H7760" her|strong="H7760" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1121" infidelity out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H1121" her|strong="H7760" sight|strong="H5869", 
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and|strong="H1121" her|strong="H7760" lovers|strong="H0157" from|strong="H4480" between|strong="H4480" her|strong="H7760" breasts|strong="H7699", 
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\verseNumber{3}else|strong="H5750" I|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" strip|strong="H6584" her|strong="H3605" bare|strong="H3205", 
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expose|strong="H1540" her|strong="H3605" as|strong="H5971" she|strong="H1931" was|strong="H5971" on|strong="H7355" the|strong="H5971" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H5971" her|strong="H3605" birth|strong="H3205", 
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make|strong="H6213" her|strong="H3605" like|strong="H5971" the|strong="H5971" wilderness|strong="H4057", 
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let|strong="H7971" her|strong="H3605" become|strong="H1961" like|strong="H5971" a|strong="H5971" parched|strong="H7039" land|strong="H0776", 
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and|strong="H5971" let|strong="H7971" her|strong="H3605" die|strong="H4191" of|strong="H5971" thirst|strong="H6772". 
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\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H6440" on|strong="H6440" her|strong="H5493" children|strong="H1121" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" have|strong="H3588" no|strong="H3808" pity|strong="H2347", 
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since|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H6440" children|strong="H1121" of|strong="H6440" adultery|strong="H5005", 
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\verseNumber{5}for|strong="H3117" their|strong="H7760" mother|strong="H0517" has|strong="H3117" become|strong="H3205" a|strong="H7760" prostitute|strong="H2181", 
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she|strong="H1931" who|strong="H3205" conceived|strong="H2029" them|strong="H7760" has|strong="H3117" behaved|strong="H7737" shamefully|strong="H0954". 
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She|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3117" said|strong="H0559", 
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“I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" go|strong="H1980" after|strong="H3117" my|strong="H7760" lovers|strong="H0157" 
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who|strong="H3205" gave|strong="H3205" me|strong="H7760" my|strong="H7760" bread|strong="H3899" and|strong="H3117" my|strong="H7760" water|strong="H4325", 
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my|strong="H7760" wool|strong="H6785", my|strong="H7760" flax|strong="H6593", my|strong="H7760" oil|strong="H8081", and|strong="H3117" my|strong="H7760" drink|strong="H8354".” 
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\verseNumber{6}That|strong="H3588" is|strong="H1121" why|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H1961" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H1121" hedge|strong="H7753" up|strong="H1121" her|strong="H3588" ways|strong="H1870" with|strong="H1121" thorns|strong="H6975", 
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and|strong="H1121" build|strong="H1129" a|strong="H3588" wall|strong="H2346" about|strong="H5439" her|strong="H3588", 
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so|strong="H3808" that|strong="H3588" she|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" find|strong="H7355" her|strong="H3588" paths|strong="H0734". 
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\verseNumber{7}She|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" pursue|strong="H3212" her|strong="H5414" lovers|strong="H0157", 
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but|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" not|strong="H5414" overtake|strong="H5381" them|strong="H5414". 
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She|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" seek|strong="H1245" them|strong="H5414", 
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but|strong="H3588" not|strong="H5414" find|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414". 
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In|strong="H3212" time|strong="H6256" she|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" say|strong="H0559", 
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“I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" go|strong="H3212" back|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" my|strong="H5414" first|strong="H7223" husband|strong="H0376", 
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I|strong="H3588" was|strong="H4325" better|strong="H2896" off|strong="H5414" then|strong="H5414" than|strong="H3588" now|strong="H3588".” 
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\verseNumber{8}She|strong="H3651" herself|strong="H5315" did|strong="H3651" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" 
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that|strong="H3651" it|strong="H3651" was|strong="H1870" I|strong="H2005" who|strong="H4672" gave|strong="H5414" her|strong="H4672" 
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the|strong="H1870" grain|strong="H1715", the|strong="H1870" sweet|strong="H5207" wine|strong="H3196", and|strong="H1870" the|strong="H1870" oil|strong="H8081", 
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who|strong="H4672" lavished|strong="H7235" on|strong="H1870" her|strong="H4672" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H1870" gold|strong="H2091" – 
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that|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" used|strong="H6213" in|strong="H4672" worshipping|strong="H7812" Baal|strong="H1168"! 
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\verseNumber{9}So|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" take|strong="H7725" back|strong="H7725" my|strong="H1245" grain|strong="H1715" at|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" harvest|strong="H7105", 
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and|strong="H7725" my|strong="H1245" sweet|strong="H2896" wine|strong="H3196" in|strong="H3212" its|strong="H7725" season|strong="H6256". 
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I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3808" withdraw|strong="H7725" my|strong="H1245" wool|strong="H6785" and|strong="H7725" my|strong="H1245" flax|strong="H6593", 
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given|strong="H5414" to|strong="H7725" cover|strong="H3680" her|strong="H4672" nakedness|strong="H6172"; 
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\verseNumber{10}and|strong="H3701" so|strong="H6213" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5414" strip|strong="H6584" her|strong="H5414" naked|strong="H6174" before|strong="H3808" her|strong="H5414" lovers|strong="H0157", 
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and|strong="H3701" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3808" shall|strong="H3808" deliver|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" out|strong="H5414" of|strong="H6213" my|strong="H5414" hand|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H7725" end|strong="H7093" all|strong="H5337" her|strong="H3947" celebrations|strong="H4885", 
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her|strong="H3947" yearly|strong="H3117" feasts|strong="H4150", her|strong="H3947" new|strong="H8492" moons|strong="H2320", and|strong="H7725" her|strong="H3947" sabbaths|strong="H7676", 
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all|strong="H5337" her|strong="H3947" festivals|strong="H4150". 
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\verseNumber{12}I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H5869" lay|strong="H1540" waste|strong="H2723" her|strong="H1540" vines|strong="H1612" and|strong="H3027" her|strong="H1540" fig|strong="H8384" trees|strong="H6086", 
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of|strong="H3027" which|strong="H5869" she|strong="H3808" says|strong="H0559", “These|strong="H0428" are|strong="H5869" my|strong="H5337" wages|strong="H7939" 
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which|strong="H5869" my|strong="H5337" lovers|strong="H0157" have|strong="H5869" given|strong="H3027" me|strong="H5337".” 
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I|strong="H6258" will|strong="H5869" make|strong="H3027" them|strong="H3027" a|strong="H3808" thicket|strong="H1347", 
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and|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H0929" will|strong="H5869" eat|strong="H0398" them|strong="H3027". 
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\verseNumber{13}In|strong="H2320" this|strong="H3605" way|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3605" will|strong="H7673" punish|strong="H6485" her|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" days|strong="H2282" of|strong="H2282" the|strong="H3605" Baals|strong="H1168", 
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in|strong="H2320" which|strong="H2282" she|strong="H2320" made|strong="H3605" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H4150" them|strong="H5414", 
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and|strong="H4150" decked|strong="H5710" herself|strong="H5315" with|strong="H4150" earrings|strong="H5141" and|strong="H4150" jewels|strong="H3627", 
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and|strong="H4150" went|strong="H1980" after|strong="H0310" her|strong="H3605" lovers|strong="H0157", 
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but|strong="H3605" forgot|strong="H7911" me|strong="H3605", 
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– declares|strong="H5002" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{14}So|strong="H5414" I|strong="H5414" am|strong="H1961" going|strong="H1980" to|strong="H5414" court|strong="H2691" her|strong="H5414", 
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bring|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414" into|strong="H5414" the|strong="H5414" wilderness|strong="H4057", 
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and|strong="H7704" speak|strong="H1696" tenderly|strong="H3820" to|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" give|strong="H5414" her|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" there|strong="H1992" her|strong="H5921" vineyards|strong="H3754", 
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and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" valley|strong="H6010" of|strong="H3068" Achor|strong="H5911" as|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" door|strong="H6607" of|strong="H3068" hope|strong="H3176". 
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There|strong="H1992" she|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" respond|strong="H6030" as|strong="H3117" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5002" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" her|strong="H5921" youth|strong="H5271", 
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as|strong="H3117" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5002" days|strong="H3117" when|strong="H3117" she|strong="H5921" came|strong="H3068" up|strong="H5921" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5002" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
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\verseNumber{16}At|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3651" time|strong="H3820", declares|strong="H5002" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}, 
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you|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3820" call|strong="H7121" me|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" husband|strong="H0376", 
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and|strong="H3212" will|strong="H3820" no|strong="H1696" more|strong="H3651" call|strong="H7121" me|strong="H5921" your|strong="H5921" master|strong="H0113". 
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\verseNumber{17}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H4714" remove|strong="H5493" the|strong="H5414" name|strong="H8034" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5414" Baals|strong="H1168" from|strong="H5927" her|strong="H5414" mouth|strong="H6310", 
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their|strong="H5414" names|strong="H8034" never|strong="H3808" again|strong="H6030" uttered|strong="H5414". 
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\verseNumber{18}On|strong="H3117" that|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H7121" for|strong="H7121" them|strong="H7121" a|strong="H1961" covenant|strong="H1285" 
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with|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H1961", 
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the|strong="H5002" birds|strong="H5775" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" sky|strong="H8064", 
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and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" creatures|strong="H2416" that|strong="H3117" crawl on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5002" earth|strong="H0776". 
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I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" break|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" bow|strong="H7198" and|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" sword|strong="H2719", 
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banish|strong="H5080" battle|strong="H3117" from|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5002" land|strong="H0776", 
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and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H7121" them|strong="H7121" lie|strong="H1961" down|strong="H7121" in|strong="H3068" safety|strong="H0983". 
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\verseNumber{19}I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" take|strong="H5493" you|strong="H3808" for|strong="H8034" my|strong="H2142" wife|strong="H0802" forever|strong="H5769", 
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I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" take|strong="H5493" you|strong="H3808" for|strong="H8034" my|strong="H2142" wife|strong="H0802" in|strong="H5493" righteousness|strong="H6666", 
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in|strong="H5493" justice|strong="H4941", in|strong="H5493" kindness|strong="H2617", and|strong="H6310" in|strong="H5493" mercy|strong="H2617". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{20}I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H2719" take|strong="H7901" you|strong="H3117" for|strong="H3117" my|strong="H4480" wife|strong="H2416" in|strong="H3117" faithfulness|strong="H0530", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" will|strong="H2719" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
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\verseNumber{21}On|strong="H4941" that|strong="H5769" day|strong="H3117" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H6664" answer|strong="H6030" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
– declares|strong="H5002" the|strong="H4941" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H2617"\+w*}, 
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I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H6664" answer|strong="H6030" the|strong="H4941" empty|strong="H7387" skies|strong="H7834", 
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and|strong="H4941" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H6664" answer|strong="H6030" the|strong="H4941" dry|strong="H3004" earth|strong="H0776". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{22}The|strong="H3068" earth|strong="H0776" will|strong="H3068" answer|strong="H3045" with|strong="H3068" grain|strong="H1715", 
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and|strong="H3068" new|strong="H2319" wine|strong="H3196" and|strong="H3068" oil|strong="H8081", 
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and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" answer|strong="H3045" Jezreel|strong="H3157", 
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\verseNumber{23}and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" plant|strong="H5193" her|strong="H1931" in|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5002" land|strong="H8064". 
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I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H1961" compassion|strong="H7355" to|strong="H3068" No-Compassion, 
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I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3068" Not-My-People, “You|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1931",” 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3068" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" say|strong="H0559", “You|strong="H3117" are|strong="H3117" my|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068".” 
\BibleParagraphStyleP
\chapterNumber{3}Then|strong="H6437" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H3478" me|strong="H3212", “Go|strong="H3212" again|strong="H5750", show|strong="H7200" love|strong="H0157" to|strong="H3478" this|strong="H3068" woman|strong="H0802", who|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" loved|strong="H0157" by|strong="H3068" another|strong="H7453", who|strong="H3068" commits|strong="H5003" adultery|strong="H5003". Love|strong="H0157" her|strong="H3212" as|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} loves|strong="H0157" the|strong="H3068" Israelites|strong="H3478", though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" turn|strong="H6437" to|strong="H3478" other|strong="H5750" gods|strong="H0430", and|strong="H1121" love|strong="H0157" the|strong="H3068" raisin|strong="H0809" cakes|strong="H2471" offered|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" idols|strong="H1544". 
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\verseNumber{2}So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H0589" redeemed|strong="H1350" her|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3701" fifteen|strong="H2568" pieces|strong="H5409" of|strong="H3701" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" a|strong="H3701" homer|strong="H2563" and|strong="H3701" a|strong="H3701" lethek of|strong="H3701" barley|strong="H8184". 
\verseNumber{3}And|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" told|strong="H5046" her|strong="H1571", “You|strong="H3117" must|strong="H1571" live|strong="H3427" with|strong="H3427" me|strong="H1961" for|strong="H3427" many|strong="H7227" days|strong="H3117" and|strong="H3117" you|strong="H3117" must|strong="H1571" not|strong="H3808" sleep|strong="H8142" around|strong="H5439" or|strong="H3808" marry|strong="H1961" another|strong="H1571". And|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1961" do|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3117" same|strong="H1931" for|strong="H3427" you|strong="H3117". 
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\verseNumber{4}And|strong="H1121" like|strong="H3478" this|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" Israelites|strong="H3478" will|strong="H4428" live|strong="H3427" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" long|strong="H3117" time|strong="H3117" without|strong="H3427" king|strong="H4428" and|strong="H1121" without|strong="H3427" prince|strong="H8269", without|strong="H3427" sacrifice|strong="H2077" and|strong="H1121" without|strong="H3427" pillar|strong="H4676", without|strong="H3427" ephod|strong="H0646" and|strong="H1121" without|strong="H3427" teraphim|strong="H8655". 
\verseNumber{5}Yet|strong="H3068" afterward|strong="H0310" the|strong="H3068" Israelites|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725", and|strong="H1121" seek|strong="H1245" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" Davidic king|strong="H4428", and|strong="H1121" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3068" days|strong="H3117" to|strong="H7725" come|strong="H7725" they|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3068" turn|strong="H7725" with|strong="H3068" awe|strong="H6342" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} and|strong="H1121" his|strong="H3068" goodness|strong="H2898". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The Lord’s case against Israel }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The Lord’s case against Israel }
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\chapterNumber{4}Hear|strong="H8085" the|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}’s message|strong="H1697", Israelites|strong="H3478", 
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for|strong="H3588" the|strong="H8085" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} has|strong="H3068" brought|strong="H3478" charges|strong="H4931" against|strong="H5973" the|strong="H8085" inhabitants|strong="H3427" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H8085" land|strong="H0776", 
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for|strong="H3588" there|strong="H3427" is|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3478" fidelity|strong="H2617", nor|strong="H1121" true|strong="H3068" love|strong="H2617", 
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nor|strong="H1121" knowledge|strong="H1847" of|strong="H1121" God|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H8085" land|strong="H0776", 
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\verseNumber{2}but|strong="H3588" cursing|strong="H7045", lying|strong="H3584", and|strong="H1818" murder|strong="H7523", 
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stealing|strong="H1589", committing|strong="H5003" adultery|strong="H5003", and|strong="H1818" deeds|strong="H4611" of|strong="H1818" violence|strong="H6555", 
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and|strong="H1818" acts|strong="H1697" of|strong="H1818" bloodshed|strong="H1818" quickly|strong="H4116" follow|strong="H0310" each|strong="H0376" other|strong="H0312". 
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\verseNumber{3}Therefore|strong="H3651" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H7704" mourns|strong="H0056", 
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all|strong="H3605" its|strong="H3605" inhabitants|strong="H3427" languish|strong="H0535", 
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the|strong="H3605" wild|strong="H7704" animals|strong="H2416" and|strong="H8064" the|strong="H3605" birds|strong="H5775" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" skies|strong="H5921", 
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even|strong="H1571" the|strong="H3605" fish|strong="H1709" of|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3605" sea|strong="H3220" are|strong="H8064" dying|strong="H0006". 
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\verseNumber{4}Yet|strong="H3198" let|strong="H7971" no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H0259" bring|strong="H0935" charges|strong="H4931", 
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let|strong="H7971" none|strong="H0369" accuse|strong="H7378", 
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for|strong="H7378" your|strong="H7378" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" like|strong="H5971" those|strong="H1992", 
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who|strong="H5971" bring|strong="H0935" charges|strong="H4931" against|strong="H7378" a|strong="H3198" priest|strong="H3548"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.4  }Heb. uncertain.}. 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{5}You|strong="H3117" stumble|strong="H3782" by|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117", 
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and|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" prophet|strong="H5030" stumbles|strong="H3782" with|strong="H5973" you|strong="H3117" by|strong="H3117" night|strong="H3915", 
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and|strong="H3117" I|strong="H3117" will|strong="H1571" destroy|strong="H1820" your|strong="H1571" mother|strong="H0517". 
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\verseNumber{6}My|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" being|strong="H5971" destroyed|strong="H1820" for|strong="H3588" lack|strong="H1097" of|strong="H1121" knowledge|strong="H1847"; 
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because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" rejected|strong="H3988" knowledge|strong="H1847" 
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I|strong="H3588" reject|strong="H3988" you|strong="H3588" from|strong="H1121" being|strong="H5971" priest|strong="H3547" to|strong="H1121" me|strong="H7911". 
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Since|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" forgotten|strong="H7911" the|strong="H3588" teaching|strong="H8451" of|strong="H1121" your|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430", 
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I|strong="H3588" also|strong="H1571" will|strong="H5971" forget|strong="H7911" your|strong="H3588" children|strong="H1121". 
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\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H3651" more|strong="H7235" priests|strong="H3548" there|strong="H8033" are|strong="H3117", the|strong="H3651" more|strong="H7235" they|strong="H3651" sin|strong="H2398" against|strong="H2398" me|strong="H7235". 
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I|strong="H3651" will|strong="H2398" change|strong="H4171" their|strong="H4171" dignity|strong="H7613" to|strong="H3519" dishonor|strong="H7036". 
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\verseNumber{8}They|strong="H5971" feed|strong="H7462" on|strong="H5375" the|strong="H5375" sin|strong="H2403" offerings|strong="H2403" of|strong="H5971" my|strong="H5375" people|strong="H5971", 
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so|strong="H5375" they|strong="H5971" hunger|strong="H5315" after|strong="H5315" their|strong="H5375" guilt|strong="H5771". 
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\verseNumber{9}Thus|strong="H1961" it|strong="H5921" comes|strong="H1961" to|strong="H7725" be|strong="H1961", like|strong="H1961" people|strong="H5971", like|strong="H1961" priest|strong="H3548": 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" visit|strong="H6485" upon|strong="H5921" each|strong="H5971" punishment|strong="H6485" for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H7725" ways|strong="H1870", 
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and|strong="H7725" their|strong="H7725" deeds|strong="H4611" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" repay|strong="H7725" them|strong="H5921". 
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\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" and|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" be|strong="H3808" satisfied|strong="H7646", 
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they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" sleep|strong="H8142" around|strong="H5439" but|strong="H3588" stay|strong="H3427" childless|strong="H6185", 
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because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" abandoned|strong="H5800" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} 
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to|strong="H3068" give|strong="H8104" themselves|strong="H0905" to|strong="H3068" 
\verseNumber{11}prostitution|strong="H2184". 
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Old|strong="H2184" and|strong="H3196" new|strong="H8492" wine|strong="H3196" take|strong="H3947" away|strong="H3947" the|strong="H3947" understanding|strong="H3820". 
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\verseNumber{12}My|strong="H5046" own|strong="H5971" people|strong="H5971" ask|strong="H7592" counsel|strong="H7592" of|strong="H7307" a|strong="H3588" piece|strong="H6595" of|strong="H7307" wood|strong="H6086"! 
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A|strong="H3588" stick|strong="H6086" gives|strong="H5414" them|strong="H8582" advice|strong="H6098"! 
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For|strong="H3588" a|strong="H3588" spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H7307" prostitution|strong="H2184" has|strong="H3588" led|strong="H8582" them|strong="H8582" astray|strong="H8582", 
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they|strong="H3588" commit|strong="H2181" adultery|strong="H2181" against|strong="H7307" their|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430". 
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\verseNumber{13}On|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" heights|strong="H4791" of|strong="H1323" the|strong="H5921" mountains|strong="H2022" they|strong="H3588" sacrifice|strong="H2076", 
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and|strong="H7218" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" hills|strong="H1389" they|strong="H3588" burn|strong="H6999" incense|strong="H6999" 
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under|strong="H8478" oaks|strong="H0437" and|strong="H7218" poplars|strong="H3839" and|strong="H7218" terebinths, 
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for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5921" shade|strong="H6738" is|strong="H2896" so|strong="H3651" pleasant|strong="H2896". 
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Therefore|strong="H3651" your|strong="H5921" daughters|strong="H1323" become|strong="H2181" cult|strong="H6945" prostitutes|strong="H2181", 
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and|strong="H7218" your|strong="H5921" daughters-in-law|strong="H3618" commit|strong="H5003" adultery|strong="H5003". 
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\verseNumber{14}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" punish|strong="H6485" your|strong="H5921" daughters|strong="H1323" for|strong="H3588" committing|strong="H5003" prostitution|strong="H2184", 
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nor|strong="H3808" your|strong="H5921" daughters-in-law|strong="H3618" for|strong="H3588" adultery|strong="H5003". 
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Your|strong="H5921" men|strong="H5971" visit|strong="H6485" prostitutes|strong="H2181", 
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sacrifice|strong="H2076" with|strong="H5973" cult|strong="H6945" prostitutes|strong="H2181". 
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So|strong="H3808" a|strong="H3588" people|strong="H5971" without|strong="H3808" understanding|strong="H8394" come|strong="H5971" to|strong="H5921" ruin|strong="H2723"! 
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\verseNumber{15}Though|strong="H3588" you|strong="H5927" commit|strong="H2181" adultery|strong="H2181", Israel|strong="H3478", 
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let|strong="H7971" not|strong="H5927" Judah|strong="H3063" become|strong="H2181" guilty|strong="H0816". 
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Do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5927" go|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Gilgal|strong="H1537", 
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do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H5927" go|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H3478" Beth-aven|strong="H1007", 
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nor|strong="H3808" swear|strong="H7650" an|strong="H7650" oath|strong="H7650", “As|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} lives|strong="H2416".” 
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\verseNumber{16}Like|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3588" willful heifer|strong="H6510", 
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Israel|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3068" stubborn|strong="H5637". 
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Can|strong="H4310" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} now|strong="H6258" feed|strong="H7462" them|strong="H7462" 
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as|strong="H3068" he|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3068" a|strong="H3588" lamb|strong="H3532" in|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3588" broad|strong="H4800" pasture|strong="H7462"? 
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\verseNumber{17}Ephraim|strong="H0669" is|strong="H2266" wedded to|strong="H2266" idols|strong="H6091". 
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Leave|strong="H3240" them|strong="H3240" alone|strong="H3240"! 
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\verseNumber{18}When|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5493" drinking|strong="H8354" is|strong="H4043" over|strong="H5921" 
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they|strong="H4043" sleep|strong="H8142" with|strong="H2181" the|strong="H5493" cult|strong="H6945" prostitutes|strong="H2181", 
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their|strong="H5493" rulers|strong="H4043" love|strong="H0157" shameful|strong="H1322" ways|strong="H1870".\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.18  }Heb. uncertain.} 
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\verseNumber{19}A|strong="H7307" windstorm|strong="H8178" will|strong="H7307" wrap|strong="H3664" them|strong="H7307" in|strong="H2077" its|strong="H3605" wings|strong="H3671" 
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and|strong="H2077" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H7307" be|strong="H7307" ashamed|strong="H0954" of|strong="H7307" their|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2077"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{4.19  }LXX: altars.}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{The guilt of priests and princes }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The guilt of priests and princes }
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\chapterNumber{5}Hear|strong="H8085" this|strong="H2063", priests|strong="H3548"! 
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Attend|strong="H7181", Israelites|strong="H3478"! 
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Listen|strong="H8085", royal|strong="H4428" family|strong="H1004"! 
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For|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" is|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" judgment|strong="H4941": 
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a|strong="H1961" snare|strong="H6341" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" at|strong="H5921" Mizpeh|strong="H4709", 
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and|strong="H3478" a|strong="H1961" net|strong="H7568" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H6566" on|strong="H5921" Tabor|strong="H8396", 
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\verseNumber{2}the|strong="H3605" rebels|strong="H4784" are|strong="H7846" deep|strong="H6009" in|strong="H3605" slaughter|strong="H7819", 
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but|strong="H3605" I|strong="H3605" will|strong="H4148" discipline|strong="H4148" all|strong="H3605". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{3}I|strong="H3588" know|strong="H3045" Ephraim|strong="H0669", 
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Israel|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" hidden|strong="H3582" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H4480", 
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for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588", Ephraim|strong="H0669", have|strong="H3045" committed|strong="H3478" prostitution|strong="H2184" 
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and|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" defiled|strong="H2930". 
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\verseNumber{4}Their|strong="H3068" deeds|strong="H4611" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" permit|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" their|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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For|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" spirit|strong="H7307" of|strong="H3068" prostitution|strong="H2184" is|strong="H3068" within|strong="H7130" them|strong="H5414", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{5}Israel’s|strong="H3478" arrogance|strong="H1347" testifies|strong="H6030" against|strong="H5973" them|strong="H6440", 
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Israel|strong="H3478", even|strong="H1571" Ephraim|strong="H0669", stumble|strong="H3782" in|strong="H3478" their|strong="H6440" sin|strong="H5771", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063" also|strong="H1571" stumbles|strong="H3782" with|strong="H5973" them|strong="H6440". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{6}With|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" sheep|strong="H6629" and|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" cattle|strong="H1241" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" go|strong="H3212" to|strong="H3212" seek|strong="H1245" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
but|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" him|strong="H4672", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
he|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" withdrawn|strong="H2502" from|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1992", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{7}for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" been|strong="H6258" untrue to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}, 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
their|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" are|strong="H1121" strangers|strong="H2114". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Their|strong="H3068" new|strong="H2320" moon|strong="H2320" festivals|strong="H4150" will|strong="H3068" soon|strong="H6258" destroy|strong="H7843" them|strong="H3205" and|strong="H1121" their|strong="H3068" fields|strong="H7704". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{8}Blow|strong="H8628" the|strong="H8628" trumpet|strong="H7782" in|strong="H7782" Gibeah|strong="H1390", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
the|strong="H8628" clarion in|strong="H7782" Ramah|strong="H7414"! 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Raise|strong="H7321" the|strong="H8628" alarm|strong="H7321" in|strong="H7782" Beth-aven|strong="H1007": 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
we|strong="H0587" are|strong="H3117" with|strong="H8628" you|strong="H0859", Benjamin|strong="H1144"!\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.8  }LXX: make Benjamin tremble} 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{9}Ephraim|strong="H0669" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" desolation|strong="H8047" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3117" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" punishment|strong="H8433", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
concerning|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3117" tribes|strong="H7626" of|strong="H3117" Israel|strong="H3478" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
I|strong="H3117" make|strong="H3045" known|strong="H3045" what|strong="H3045" is|strong="H3117" certain|strong="H3045". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{10}The|strong="H5921" princes|strong="H8269" of|strong="H8269" Israel|strong="H3478" have|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
like|strong="H1961" thieves|strong="H1590" who|strong="H3063" move|strong="H5253" boundary|strong="H1366" stones|strong="H0068". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
On|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" pour|strong="H8210" out|strong="H8210" my|strong="H5921" wrath|strong="H5678" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" flood|strong="H4325". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{11}Ephraim|strong="H0669" will|strong="H4941" be|strong="H3588" oppressed|strong="H6231", crushed|strong="H7533" by|strong="H1980" judgment|strong="H4941", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H4941" determined|strong="H2974" to|strong="H1980" go|strong="H1980" after|strong="H3588" vanity|strong="H1892"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{5.11  }So LXX. Heb. uncertain. }. 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{12}So|strong="H3651" I|strong="H1004" am|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1004" a|strong="H3063" moth|strong="H6211" to|strong="H1004" Ephraim|strong="H0669", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
like|strong="H1004" rottenness|strong="H7538" to|strong="H1004" the|strong="H1004" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{13}For|strong="H7971" when|strong="H7200" Ephraim|strong="H0669" saw|strong="H7200" their|strong="H7200" sickness|strong="H2483" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3063" Israel|strong="H3478" their|strong="H7200" wound|strong="H4205", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Ephraim|strong="H0669" turned|strong="H2015" to|strong="H3201" Assyria|strong="H0804", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
to|strong="H3201" its|strong="H7495" patron king|strong="H4428". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
But|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1931" cannot|strong="H3808" heal|strong="H7495" you|strong="H7971" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
nor|strong="H3808" relieve|strong="H7725" you|strong="H7971" of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H7200" wound|strong="H4205". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{14}For|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" myself|strong="H0589" will|strong="H1004" be|strong="H1004" like|strong="H1004" a|strong="H3588" lion|strong="H3715" to|strong="H3212" Ephraim|strong="H0669", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
like|strong="H1004" a|strong="H3588" young|strong="H3715" lion|strong="H3715" to|strong="H3212" the|strong="H3588" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" Judah|strong="H3063". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
I|strong="H3588", yes|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588", will|strong="H1004" rend|strong="H7167" and|strong="H3063" go|strong="H3212" my|strong="H5375" way|strong="H3212", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" carry|strong="H5375" off|strong="H5375" and|strong="H3063" none|strong="H0369" will|strong="H1004" rescue|strong="H5337". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H3588" lack|strong="H2637" of|strong="H1004" repentance|strong="H5164" and|strong="H3063" reform|strong="H3190" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H3588" lack|strong="H2637" of|strong="H1004" repentance|strong="H5164" and|strong="H3063" reform|strong="H3190" }
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{15}I|strong="H5704" will|strong="H5704" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" my|strong="H1245" place|strong="H4725", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
until|strong="H5704" in|strong="H3212" remorse|strong="H5221" they|strong="H1992" seek|strong="H1245" my|strong="H1245" presence|strong="H6440". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
When|strong="H5704" they|strong="H1992" are|strong="H1992" in|strong="H3212" distress|strong="H6862" they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H5704" quickly|strong="H4116" seek|strong="H1245" me|strong="H6440", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\chapterNumber{6}saying|strong="H0559", “Come|strong="H3212" let|strong="H3212" us|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}, 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
for|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3068" torn|strong="H2963" us|strong="H7725" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" heal|strong="H7495" us|strong="H7725", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3068" injured|strong="H8295" us|strong="H7725" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" bandage|strong="H2280" our|strong="H3068" wounds|strong="H5221", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{2}he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" revive|strong="H2421" in|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" couple|strong="H6776" of|strong="H3117" days|strong="H3117", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6440" third|strong="H7992" day|strong="H3117" he|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" raise|strong="H6965" us|strong="H6440" up|strong="H6965" again|strong="H6965", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
to|strong="H6440" live|strong="H2421" in|strong="H3117" his|strong="H6440" presence|strong="H6440". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{3}Let|strong="H7971" us|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045", let|strong="H7971" us|strong="H3045" eagerly|strong="H6960" seek|strong="H1245" to|strong="H3068" know|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
His|strong="H3068" coming|strong="H0935" is|strong="H3068" as|strong="H3068" sure|strong="H3045" as|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" sunrise|strong="H4217". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
He|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3045" to|strong="H3068" us|strong="H3045" like|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" winter|strong="H2779" rain|strong="H1653", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
as|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" spring|strong="H4456" rain|strong="H1653" that|strong="H3045" waters|strong="H4325" the|strong="H3068" earth|strong="H0776".” 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{4}What|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H4100" make|strong="H6213" of|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213", Ephraim|strong="H0669"! 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
What|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4100" I|strong="H4100" make|strong="H6213" of|strong="H6213" you|strong="H6213", Judah|strong="H3063"! 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Your|strong="H6213" love|strong="H2617" is|strong="H2617" like|strong="H1980" a|strong="H6213" morning|strong="H1242" cloud|strong="H6051", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
like|strong="H1980" the|strong="H6213" dew|strong="H2919" which|strong="H4100" early|strong="H7925" goes|strong="H1980" away|strong="H1980". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{5}That|strong="H3651" is|strong="H3651" why|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5030" hewn|strong="H2672" them|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" prophets|strong="H5030", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
I|strong="H5921" have|strong="H5030" slain|strong="H2026" them|strong="H5921" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" words|strong="H6310" of|strong="H6310" my|strong="H5921" mouth|strong="H6310". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
My|strong="H5921" judgment|strong="H4941" is|strong="H3651" like|strong="H3651" the|strong="H5921" light|strong="H0216" that|strong="H3651" goes|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{6}for|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" is|strong="H2617" love|strong="H2617" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" delight|strong="H2654" in|strong="H2654" and|strong="H5930" not|strong="H3808" sacrifice|strong="H2077", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H5930" knowledge|strong="H1847" of|strong="H2077" God|strong="H3808" and|strong="H5930" not|strong="H3808" burnt|strong="H5930" offerings|strong="H5930". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{7}But|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" after|strong="H1992" the|strong="H5674" manner|strong="H4941" of|strong="H1285" men|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1992" transgressed|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5674" covenant|strong="H1285", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
there|strong="H8033" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1992" played|strong="H2181" me|strong="H5674" false|strong="H8267". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{8}Gilead|strong="H1568" is|strong="H1818" a|strong="H6466" city|strong="H7151" of|strong="H1818" evildoers|strong="H6466", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
tracked|strong="H6121" with|strong="H6121" bloody|strong="H1818" footprints|strong="H6119", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{9}and|strong="H3548" as|strong="H6213" bandits|strong="H1416" lie|strong="H7901" in|strong="H6213" wait|strong="H2442" for|strong="H3588" a|strong="H6213" man|strong="H0376", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
so|strong="H6213" a|strong="H6213" band|strong="H1416" of|strong="H1870" priests|strong="H3548" murder|strong="H7523" on|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3588" way|strong="H1870" to|strong="H6213" Shechem|strong="H7927". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
How|strong="H3588" terrible|strong="H6213" is|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3588" evil|strong="H6213" they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213"! 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{10}In|strong="H3478" Bethel|strong="H1008" I|strong="H7200" have|strong="H3478" seen|strong="H7200" a|strong="H7200" horrible|strong="H8186" thing|strong="H8186". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
There|strong="H8033" Ephraim|strong="H0669" plays|strong="H2181" the|strong="H7200" prostitute|strong="H2181", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Israel|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" defiled|strong="H2930". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{11}Judah|strong="H3063" for|strong="H5971" you|strong="H7725" also|strong="H1571" a|strong="H7725" harvest|strong="H7105" is|strong="H1571" set|strong="H7896". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
When|strong="H7725" I|strong="H1571" would|strong="H5971" restore|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" fortunes|strong="H7622" of|strong="H5971" my|strong="H7725" people|strong="H5971", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\chapterNumber{7}when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" would|strong="H3478" heal|strong="H7495" Israel|strong="H3478", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
then|strong="H3588" Ephrain’s guilt|strong="H5771" is|strong="H3478" revealed|strong="H1540", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3478" Samaria’s|strong="H8111" crimes|strong="H7451" are|strong="H3478" seen|strong="H7200", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
how|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" practise|strong="H6213" fraud|strong="H1892" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3588" thief|strong="H1590" enters|strong="H0935" in|strong="H3478", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
while|strong="H3588" outside|strong="H2351" bandits|strong="H1416" plunder|strong="H0962". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{2}But|strong="H1961" it|strong="H6440" never|strong="H1077" crosses their|strong="H3605" minds|strong="H3824" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
that|strong="H3605" I|strong="H6258" remember|strong="H2142" their|strong="H3605" wickedness|strong="H7451". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Now|strong="H6258" their|strong="H3605" misdeeds surround|strong="H5437" them|strong="H6440", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
they|strong="H3605" are|strong="H1961" always|strong="H3605" before|strong="H6440" my|strong="H3605" face|strong="H6440". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{3}Their|strong="H7451" wickedness|strong="H7451" amuses the|strong="H8055" king|strong="H4428", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H4428" their|strong="H7451" lying|strong="H3585" gladdens the|strong="H8055" princes|strong="H8269", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{4}since|strong="H5704" they|strong="H5704" are|strong="H3117" all|strong="H3605" of|strong="H3605" them|strong="H5704" adulterers|strong="H5003". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Their|strong="H3605" desire|strong="H8378" to|strong="H5704" do|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
burns|strong="H1197" like|strong="H3644" an|strong="H7673" oven|strong="H8574" heated|strong="H1197" by|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" baker|strong="H0644", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
so|strong="H3644" hot|strong="H2552" that|strong="H3605" he|strong="H5704" need|strong="H4270" not|strong="H5704" stir|strong="H5782" the|strong="H3605" fire|strong="H0784", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
from|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3605" kneading|strong="H3888" of|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" dough|strong="H1217", until|strong="H5704" it|strong="H5704" rises|strong="H6965". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{5}On|strong="H3117" our|strong="H3027" king’s|strong="H4428" festival|strong="H2282" day|strong="H3117", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
the|strong="H3117" princes|strong="H8269" are|strong="H3117" flushed|strong="H2560" with|strong="H3117" fever|strong="H6920" from|strong="H3027" wine|strong="H3196". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
He|strong="H3117" stretched|strong="H3027" forth|strong="H3318" his|strong="H3027" hand|strong="H3027" with|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" contemptuous\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.5  }Heb. uncertain}, 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{6}for|strong="H3588" like|strong="H1197" an|strong="H7126" oven|strong="H8574" their|strong="H3605" heart|strong="H3820" burns|strong="H1197" with|strong="H1197" treachery|strong="H4820", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
all|strong="H3605" night|strong="H3915" their|strong="H3605" anger|strong="H0639" smolders|strong="H3463", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
in|strong="H3820" the|strong="H3605" morning|strong="H1242" it|strong="H1931" blazes|strong="H3857" into|strong="H3915" a|strong="H3588" flame|strong="H3852" of|strong="H3820" fire|strong="H0784". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{7}All|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" them|strong="H7121" glow|strong="H2830" like|strong="H5307" an|strong="H7121" oven|strong="H8574", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
they|strong="H3605" devour|strong="H0398" their|strong="H3605" rulers|strong="H8199". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
All|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" kings|strong="H4428" have|strong="H3605" fallen|strong="H5307". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
There|strong="H3605" is|strong="H3605" none|strong="H3605" among|strong="H8199" them|strong="H7121" who|strong="H3605" calls|strong="H7121" to|strong="H4428" me|strong="H7121". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Evidence|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" nation’s iniquity|strong="H5771" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Evidence|strong="H5612" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H3605" nation’s iniquity|strong="H5771" }
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{8}Ephraim|strong="H0669" – he|strong="H1931" lets|strong="H7971" himself|strong="H1931" be|strong="H1961" mixed|strong="H1101" among|strong="H5971" the|strong="H1961" peoples|strong="H5971", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Ephraim|strong="H0669" – he|strong="H1931" has|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" cake|strong="H5692" unturned. 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{9}Strangers|strong="H2114" have|strong="H3045" devoured|strong="H0398" his|strong="H3045" strength|strong="H3581", but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1931" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" it|strong="H1931". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
His|strong="H3045" hair|strong="H7872" is|strong="H1931" sprinkled|strong="H2236" with|strong="H3045" grey, but|strong="H3808" he|strong="H1931" does|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" notice|strong="H3045". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{10}Israel’s|strong="H3478" arrogance|strong="H1347" testifies|strong="H6030" against|strong="H6440" them|strong="H7725" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
yet|strong="H3068" they|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} their|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3068", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3478" in|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3605" this|strong="H2063" they|strong="H3068" do|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" seek|strong="H1245" him|strong="H6440". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{11}Ephraim|strong="H0669" is|strong="H3820" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" simple|strong="H6601", silly|strong="H6601" dove|strong="H3123": 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
to|strong="H1980" Egypt|strong="H4714" they|strong="H7121" call|strong="H7121", after|strong="H1961" Assyria|strong="H0804" they|strong="H7121" go|strong="H1980", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{12}wherever|strong="H5921" they|strong="H5921" turn|strong="H7725" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H8064" spread|strong="H6566" my|strong="H5921" net|strong="H7568" over|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
like|strong="H3381" birds|strong="H5775" of|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" sky|strong="H8064" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H8064" bring|strong="H3381" them|strong="H5921" down|strong="H3381", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H8064" catch|strong="H3920" them|strong="H5921" when|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" hear|strong="H8088" them|strong="H5921" gathering|strong="H4723". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{13}Woe|strong="H1945" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1992", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1696" strayed|strong="H5074" from|strong="H4480" me|strong="H5921"! 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Destruction|strong="H7701" to|strong="H1696" them|strong="H1992", for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H1696" been|strong="H6586" untrue to|strong="H1696" me|strong="H5921". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Although|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1696" I|strong="H3588" who|strong="H1992" redeemed|strong="H6299" them|strong="H1992", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
they|strong="H1992" speak|strong="H1696" lies|strong="H3577" about|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{14}They|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" never|strong="H3808" cried|strong="H2199" to|strong="H5921" me|strong="H5921" with|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" hearts|strong="H3820", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3820" always|strong="H3605" wailing|strong="H3213" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" beds|strong="H4904". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
They|strong="H3588" gather|strong="H1481" to|strong="H5921" beg|strong="H7592" for|strong="H3588" corn|strong="H1715" and|strong="H1715" new|strong="H8492" wine|strong="H8492", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" me|strong="H5921". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{15}Although|strong="H2220" it|strong="H2803" was|strong="H7451" I|strong="H0589" who|strong="H0834" trained|strong="H3256" and|strong="H2388" strengthened|strong="H2388" their|strong="H2388" arms|strong="H2220", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
concerning|strong="H5921" me|strong="H2388" they|strong="H7451" plan|strong="H2803" only|strong="H0389" evil|strong="H7451". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{16}They|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H7725" away|strong="H7725" from|strong="H7725" the|strong="H7725" Most|strong="H6944" High|strong="H5920"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{7.16  }Heb. uncertain.}. 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
They|strong="H3808" have|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" bow|strong="H7198" that|strong="H5307" swerves. 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Their|strong="H7725" princes|strong="H8269" will|strong="H1961" fall|strong="H5307" by|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7725" sword|strong="H2719", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H8269" the|strong="H7725" insolence|strong="H2195" of|strong="H8269" their|strong="H7725" tongues|strong="H3956". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
The|strong="H7725" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H8269" Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H1961" mock|strong="H3932" them|strong="H7725". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\chapterNumber{8}Put|strong="H3068" the|strong="H5921" horn|strong="H7782" to|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" mouth|strong="H2441"! 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
An|strong="H3068" eagle|strong="H5404" swoops|strong="H1675" down|strong="H5921" upon|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5921" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{8.1  }Heb. uncertain} 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
because|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3068" have|strong="H3068" transgressed|strong="H6586" my|strong="H3068" covenant|strong="H1285", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
trespassed|strong="H6586" against|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3068" law|strong="H8451". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{2}To|strong="H3478" me|strong="H3045" they|strong="H3478" continually|strong="H8548" cry|strong="H2199", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
“My|strong="H3045" God|strong="H0430", we|strong="H0587" Israel|strong="H3478", we|strong="H0587" know|strong="H3045" you|strong="H3045"!” 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{3}But|strong="H7291" Israel|strong="H3478" has|strong="H3478" spurned|strong="H5006" that|strong="H3478" which|strong="H3478" is|strong="H2896" good|strong="H2896", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
so|strong="H3651" let|strong="H7971" the|strong="H7291" foe|strong="H6862" pursue|strong="H7291" him|strong="H7291". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The|strong="H7291" Lord’s|strong="H3068" rejection|strong="H5007" of|strong="H2896" Israel’s|strong="H3478" rulers|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3478" idols|strong="H1544" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The|strong="H7291" Lord’s|strong="H3068" rejection|strong="H5007" of|strong="H2896" Israel’s|strong="H3478" rulers|strong="H8269" and|strong="H3478" idols|strong="H1544" }
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H1992" themselves|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3045" made|strong="H6213" kings|strong="H4427" 
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but|strong="H3808" without|strong="H3808" my|strong="H3045" consent|strong="H0014". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
They|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3045" made|strong="H6213" princes|strong="H8323" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
but|strong="H3808" without|strong="H3808" my|strong="H3045" knowledge|strong="H3045". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Out|strong="H4480" of|strong="H4480" their|strong="H1992" silver|strong="H3701" and|strong="H3701" gold|strong="H2091", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3045" made|strong="H6213" idols|strong="H6091" to|strong="H6213" their|strong="H1992" destruction|strong="H7667"! 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{5}Your|strong="H3808" calf|strong="H5695" idol|strong="H6459", O|strong="H4970" Samaria|strong="H8111", is|strong="H3808" distasteful. 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
My|strong="H5704" anger|strong="H0639" is|strong="H3808" kindled|strong="H2734" against|strong="H2734" them|strong="H5704". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
How|strong="H4970" long|strong="H5704" will|strong="H3808" they|strong="H3808" escape|strong="H4422" punishment|strong="H5771"? 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{6}Israel|strong="H3478" made|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" thing|strong="H3588": 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
a|strong="H1961" workman|strong="H2796" made|strong="H6213" it|strong="H1931". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
It|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" not|strong="H3808" a|strong="H1961" god|strong="H3808"! 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Samaria’s|strong="H8111" calf|strong="H5695" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" mere|strong="H1892" splinters|strong="H7111". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{7}They|strong="H3588" sow|strong="H2232" the|strong="H3588" wind|strong="H7307" and|strong="H6213" will|strong="H7307" reap|strong="H7114" the|strong="H3588" whirlwind|strong="H5492". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
A|strong="H6213" shoot|strong="H3384" which|strong="H7307" has|strong="H3588" no|strong="H6213" stalk|strong="H7054", yields|strong="H6213" no|strong="H6213" fruit|strong="H6529" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
If|strong="H3588" it|strong="H3588" should|strong="H3588" yield|strong="H6213", strangers|strong="H2114" would|strong="H6213" devour|strong="H0398" it|strong="H3588". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{8}Israel|strong="H3478" is|strong="H3478" devoured|strong="H1104". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Already|strong="H6258" it|strong="H1961" lies|strong="H1961" discarded|strong="H3988" among|strong="H3478" the|strong="H1961" nations|strong="H1471" 
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like|strong="H1961" a|strong="H1961" worthless|strong="H1100" pot|strong="H3627". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{9}For|strong="H3588" by|strong="H5927" themselves|strong="H1992" they|strong="H1992" have|strong="H3588" gone|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" to|strong="H5927" Assyria|strong="H0804" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
like|strong="H5927" a|strong="H3588" wild|strong="H6501" donkey|strong="H6501" which|strong="H1992" wanders|strong="H5074" by|strong="H5927" itself|strong="H0905". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Ephraim|strong="H0669" pays|strong="H7999" for|strong="H3588" love|strong="H0157" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{10}but|strong="H3588" even|strong="H1571" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" sell|strong="H4376" themselves|strong="H6908" among|strong="H8432" the|strong="H3588" nations|strong="H1471", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1471" round|strong="H1471" them|strong="H2490" up|strong="H6908". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Soon|strong="H4592" the|strong="H3588" kings|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" princes|strong="H8269" will|strong="H1471" writhe|strong="H2342" under|strong="H8478" the|strong="H3588" burden|strong="H4853" of|strong="H4428" tribute|strong="H4853"! 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{11}For|strong="H3588" as|strong="H1961" many|strong="H7235" altars|strong="H4196" as|strong="H1961" Ephraim|strong="H0669" has|strong="H1961" erected|strong="H6965", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
they|strong="H3588" are|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H7235" altars|strong="H4196" for|strong="H3588" sinning|strong="H2398", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{12}were|strong="H3644" I|strong="H3644" to|strong="H2803" write|strong="H3789" for|strong="H2803" him|strong="H3644" ever|strong="H5769" so|strong="H3644" many|strong="H7227" instructions|strong="H8451", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
they|strong="H3644" would|strong="H2114" be|strong="H2114" regarded|strong="H2803" as|strong="H2803" from|strong="H4480" a|strong="H3644" stranger|strong="H2114". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H3068" people|strong="H1320" love|strong="H0157" sacrifice|strong="H2077", and|strong="H3068" so|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" offer|strong="H2076" sacrifices|strong="H2077", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
meat|strong="H1320", and|strong="H3068" so|strong="H3808" they|strong="H1992" eat|strong="H0398" it|strong="H7725", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
although|strong="H3808" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} is|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pleased|strong="H7521" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1992", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
so|strong="H3808" now|strong="H6258" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" remember|strong="H2142" their|strong="H3068" guilt|strong="H5771", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3068" punish|strong="H6485" their|strong="H3068" sins|strong="H2403". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Back|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714" with|strong="H3068" them|strong="H1992"! 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{14}For|strong="H6213" Israel|strong="H3478" forgot|strong="H7911" his|strong="H7971" Maker|strong="H6213" and|strong="H3063" built|strong="H1129" palaces|strong="H1964", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063" multiplied|strong="H7235" fortified|strong="H1219" cities|strong="H5892". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
But|strong="H7911" I|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" send|strong="H7971" fire|strong="H0784" upon|strong="H6213" her|strong="H7971" cities|strong="H5892", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3063" it|strong="H6213" will|strong="H3478" devour|strong="H0398" her|strong="H7971" strongholds|strong="H4679". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The horrors of the coming exile }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The horrors of the coming exile }
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\chapterNumber{9}Rejoice|strong="H8055" not|strong="H3588" too|strong="H5921" loudly|strong="H6963", Israel|strong="H3478", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
like|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3605" nations|strong="H5971", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" commited adultery|strong="H2181", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
being|strong="H5971" untrue to|strong="H3478" your|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H5971" loved|strong="H0157" a|strong="H3588" prostitute’s wages|strong="H7939" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
on|strong="H5921" every|strong="H3605" threshing|strong="H1637" floor|strong="H1637". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{2}Threshing|strong="H1637" floor|strong="H1637" and|strong="H8492" wine|strong="H8492" vat|strong="H3342" won’t|strong="H3808" feed|strong="H7462" them|strong="H7462", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
the|strong="H3808" new|strong="H8492" wine|strong="H8492" will|strong="H3808" fail|strong="H3584" them|strong="H7462". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{3}They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" stay|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3427" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}’s land|strong="H0776", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
but|strong="H3808" Ephraim|strong="H0669" will|strong="H3068" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3427" Assyria|strong="H0804" they|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" eat|strong="H0398" what|strong="H4100" is|strong="H3068" unclean|strong="H2931". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{4}They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" pour|strong="H5258" out|strong="H5258" libations|strong="H5262" of|strong="H1004" wine|strong="H3196" to|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}, 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
nor|strong="H3808" please|strong="H6148" him|strong="H2930" with|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" sacrifices|strong="H2077". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Their|strong="H3605" bread|strong="H3899" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" like|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" bread|strong="H3899" of|strong="H1004" mourners|strong="H0057": 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
all|strong="H3605" who|strong="H3605" eat|strong="H3899" it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" defile|strong="H2930" themselves|strong="H5315". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
For|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" bread|strong="H3899" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" only|strong="H3588" for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H3605" hunger|strong="H5315", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
it|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" come|strong="H0935" into|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}’s temple|strong="H1004". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{5}What|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3117" do|strong="H6213" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" festival|strong="H2282"? 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Or|strong="H3117" on|strong="H3117" the|strong="H6213" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3068" the|strong="H6213" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}’s feast|strong="H2282"? 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{6}Even|strong="H3588" if|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" flee|strong="H5127" from|strong="H1980" destruction|strong="H7701", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Egypt|strong="H4714" will|strong="H4714" gather|strong="H6908" them|strong="H3423", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Memphis|strong="H4644" will|strong="H4714" bury|strong="H6912" them|strong="H3423". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Nettles|strong="H7057" will|strong="H4714" take|strong="H3423" possession|strong="H3423" of|strong="H3423" their|strong="H3588" treasure|strong="H0214" of|strong="H3423" silver|strong="H3701", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
thorns|strong="H2336" will|strong="H4714" push|strong="H5055" into|strong="H1980" their|strong="H3588" tents|strong="H0168". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{7}The|strong="H5921" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" punishment|strong="H5771" are|strong="H3117" come|strong="H3478", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
the|strong="H5921" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" recompense|strong="H7966" are|strong="H3117" at|strong="H5921" hand|strong="H3027", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
as|strong="H3117" soon|strong="H3512" the|strong="H5921" Israelites|strong="H3478" will|strong="H3478" know|strong="H3045"! 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
“The|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" is|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3117" fool|strong="H3684", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
the|strong="H5921" inspired|strong="H7307" man|strong="H7696" is|strong="H3117" raving mad|strong="H7696"!” 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3117" because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H3117" the|strong="H5921" greatness|strong="H7230" of|strong="H3117" your|strong="H5921" iniquity|strong="H5771" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" greatness|strong="H7230" of|strong="H3117" your|strong="H5921" hatred|strong="H4895". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{8}Ephraim|strong="H0669" acts|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3605" spy|strong="H7270" with|strong="H5973" my|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
a|strong="H5921" prophet|strong="H5030" finds|strong="H4672" the|strong="H3605" snares|strong="H6341" of|strong="H1004" a|strong="H5921" fowler|strong="H3352" are|strong="H5030" in|strong="H5921" all|strong="H3605" his|strong="H3605" ways|strong="H1870". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1004" his|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430" they|strong="H5921" lay|strong="H7901" hostile|strong="H7489" plots|strong="H4284", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{9}they|strong="H3117" commit|strong="H6485" crimes|strong="H6588" as|strong="H3117" in|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3117" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3117" Gibeah|strong="H1390", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
God|strong="H0430" will|strong="H3117" remember|strong="H2142" their|strong="H2142" iniquity|strong="H5771". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
He|strong="H3117" will|strong="H3117" punish|strong="H6485" their|strong="H2142" sin|strong="H2403". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Israel’s|strong="H3478" corruption|strong="H7845" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Israel’s|strong="H3478" corruption|strong="H7845" }
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H7200" found|strong="H4672" Israel|strong="H3478" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
like|strong="H1961" finding|strong="H4672" grapes|strong="H6025" in|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7200" wilderness|strong="H4057". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
I|strong="H7200" saw|strong="H7200" your|strong="H7200" ancestors|strong="H0001" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
like|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" were|strong="H3478" the|strong="H7200" first|strong="H7225" fruit|strong="H1063" on|strong="H7200" a|strong="H1961" fig|strong="H8384" tree|strong="H8384", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
but|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" soon|strong="H3512" as|strong="H1961" they|strong="H1992" came|strong="H1961" to|strong="H3478" Baal-peor|strong="H1187", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
they|strong="H1992" consecrated|strong="H6942" themselves|strong="H1992" to|strong="H3478" shamefulness, 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3478" became|strong="H1961" as|strong="H1961" abominable|strong="H8251" as|strong="H1961" the|strong="H7200" object|strong="H8047" of|strong="H4057" their|strong="H1992" love|strong="H0157". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{11}Ephraim|strong="H0669" – like|strong="H5774" a|strong="H3205" bird|strong="H5775" his|strong="H3205" glory|strong="H3519" flies|strong="H5774" away|strong="H5774". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
There|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3519" be|strong="H3519" no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3205" birth|strong="H3205", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3205" motherhood, 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
no|strong="H3808" more|strong="H3205" conception|strong="H2032". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{12}Even|strong="H1571" though|strong="H3588" they|strong="H1992" bring|strong="H1431" up|strong="H1431" their|strong="H1992" children|strong="H1121", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1571" bereave|strong="H7921" them|strong="H1992" until|strong="H3588" not|strong="H3588" one|strong="H1121" is|strong="H1571" left|strong="H5493". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Woe|strong="H1945" to|strong="H1121" them|strong="H1992" when|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" turn|strong="H5493" away|strong="H5493" from|strong="H5493" them|strong="H1992"! 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{13}Ephraim|strong="H0669" – planted|strong="H8362" like|strong="H3318" Tyre|strong="H6865" in|strong="H1121" a|strong="H7200" meadow|strong="H5116"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{9.13  }Heb. uncertain. LXX: as I have seen, his sons are destined to be a prey}, 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
But|strong="H7200" Ephraim|strong="H0669" too|strong="H4480" must|strong="H1121" lead|strong="H3318" forth|strong="H3318" their|strong="H7200" children|strong="H1121" to|strong="H3318" slaughter|strong="H2026". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{14}Give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414", \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} – what|strong="H4100" will|strong="H3068" you|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414"? 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Give|strong="H5414" them|strong="H5414" a|strong="H5414" miscarrying|strong="H7921" womb|strong="H7358" and|strong="H3068" shrivelled up|strong="H5414" breasts|strong="H7699"! 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{15}All|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" began|strong="H2490" in|strong="H5921" Gilgal|strong="H1537", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
there|strong="H8033" I|strong="H3588" learned|strong="H3925" to|strong="H5921" hate|strong="H8130" them|strong="H5921". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H1004" the|strong="H3605" evil|strong="H7451" of|strong="H1004" their|strong="H3605" deeds|strong="H4611" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" drive|strong="H1644" them|strong="H5921" out|strong="H1644" of|strong="H1004" my|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1004" no|strong="H3808" longer|strong="H3254" love|strong="H0157" them|strong="H5921", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
for|strong="H3588" all|strong="H3605" their|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" are|strong="H1004" rebels|strong="H5637". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{16}Ephraim|strong="H0669" is|strong="H1571" blighted, 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
their|strong="H3588" root|strong="H8328" withered|strong="H3001". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
If|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" bear|strong="H3205" children|strong="H3205", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1571" slay|strong="H4191" the|strong="H3588" darlings of|strong="H3205" their|strong="H3588" womb|strong="H7358", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{17}My|strong="H8085" God|strong="H3808" will|strong="H1961" reject|strong="H3988" them|strong="H1961" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
because|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H1961" not|strong="H3808" listened|strong="H8085" to|strong="H1961" him|strong="H8085", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H8085" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H1961" become|strong="H1961" wanderers|strong="H5074" among|strong="H3808" the|strong="H8085" nations|strong="H1471". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\chapterNumber{10}A|strong="H3478" luxuriant|strong="H1238" vine|strong="H1612" is|strong="H2896" Israel|strong="H3478". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
He|strong="H3478" bore|strong="H3205" fruit|strong="H6529" lavishly. 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
In|strong="H3478" proportion|strong="H6310" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3190" increase|strong="H7235" of|strong="H4196" his|strong="H3478" fruit|strong="H6529" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
he|strong="H3478" increased|strong="H7235" altars|strong="H4196" to|strong="H3478" idols|strong="H1544". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
In|strong="H3478" proportion|strong="H6310" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3190" beauty|strong="H3308" of|strong="H4196" his|strong="H3478" land|strong="H0776" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
he|strong="H3478" made|strong="H7235" beautiful|strong="H2896" the|strong="H3190" sacred|strong="H6944" pillars|strong="H4676". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{2}Their|strong="H7703" heart|strong="H3820" is|strong="H1931" false|strong="H8267", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
now|strong="H6258" they|strong="H1931" must|strong="H4191" be|strong="H3820" punished|strong="H6485". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
God|strong="H0430" himself|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3820" break|strong="H6202" the|strong="H6258" necks|strong="H6677" of|strong="H4196" their|strong="H7703" altars|strong="H4196", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3820" destroy|strong="H7703" their|strong="H7703" sacred|strong="H6944" pillars|strong="H4676". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{3}Yes|strong="H3588", soon|strong="H6258" they|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3808" saying|strong="H0559", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
“We|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3808" king|strong="H4428", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
for|strong="H3588" we|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3068" not|strong="H3808" revered|strong="H3372" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}, 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3068" a|strong="H6213" king|strong="H4428", what|strong="H4100" could|strong="H4100" he|strong="H3588" do|strong="H6213" for|strong="H3588" us|strong="H6213" anyway?” 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{4}Speaking|strong="H1696" words|strong="H1697", perjuring themselves|strong="H5921", making|strong="H3772" agreements, 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H4941" litigation springs|strong="H4599" up|strong="H5921" like|strong="H1697" a|strong="H3772" poisonous|strong="H7219" weed in|strong="H5921" a|strong="H3772" plowed|strong="H2790" field|strong="H7704". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{5}The|strong="H5921" inhabitants|strong="H7934" of|strong="H4480" Samaria|strong="H8111" will|strong="H5971" tremble|strong="H7264" with|strong="H5921" fear|strong="H1481" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
for|strong="H3588" their|strong="H5921" calf|strong="H5697" of|strong="H4480" Beth-aven|strong="H1007". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Its|strong="H5921" people|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" mourn|strong="H5921" over|strong="H5921" it|strong="H5921", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H5971" so|strong="H4480" will|strong="H5971" its|strong="H5921" priests|strong="H3649", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
who|strong="H5971" had|strong="H3588" rejoiced|strong="H1523" for|strong="H3588" its|strong="H5921" glory|strong="H3519", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
now|strong="H3588" departed|strong="H1540" from|strong="H4480" it|strong="H5921". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{6}It|strong="H3947" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H3478" carried|strong="H2986" off|strong="H4428" to|strong="H3478" Assyria|strong="H0804" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
as|strong="H1571" a|strong="H3947" present|strong="H4503" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H3947" patron king|strong="H4428". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Disgrace|strong="H3639" will|strong="H4428" Ephraim|strong="H0669" bear|strong="H5375" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H3478" ashamed|strong="H0954" of|strong="H4428" its|strong="H3947" idol|strong="H3478". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{7}As|strong="H6440" for|strong="H5921" Samaria|strong="H8111", her|strong="H5921" king|strong="H4428" will|strong="H4428" disappear|strong="H0622", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
like|strong="H5921" foam|strong="H7110" on|strong="H5921" the|strong="H6440" face|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" waters|strong="H4325". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{8}And|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" high|strong="H1116" places|strong="H1116" of|strong="H2022" Aven|strong="H0206" will|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" destroyed|strong="H8045", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
the|strong="H5921" shrines|strong="H1354" of|strong="H2022" Israel’s|strong="H3478" sin|strong="H2403", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
thorns|strong="H6975" and|strong="H3478" thistles|strong="H1863" will|strong="H3478" grow|strong="H5927" on|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" altars|strong="H4196", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3478" they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" say|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" mountains|strong="H2022", “Cover|strong="H3680" us|strong="H5921",” 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" the|strong="H5921" hills|strong="H1389", “Fall|strong="H5307" upon|strong="H5921" us|strong="H5921".” 

\BibleSectionHeading{What|strong="H5927" a|strong="H5927" nation|strong="H1471" sows|strong="H2232", it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" reap|strong="H7114" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{What|strong="H5927" a|strong="H5927" nation|strong="H1471" sows|strong="H2232", it|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3478" reap|strong="H7114" }
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{9}From|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" time|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" Gibeah|strong="H1390", Israel|strong="H3478" has|strong="H3478" sinned|strong="H2398". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
There|strong="H8033" they|strong="H3117" took|strong="H5975" their|strong="H5921" stand|strong="H5975". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Will|strong="H3478" not|strong="H3808" war|strong="H4421" overtake|strong="H5381" them|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" Gibeah|strong="H1390" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
because|strong="H5921" of|strong="H1121" the|strong="H5921" wicked|strong="H7563"? 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{10}When|strong="H5921" I|strong="H5921" please|strong="H4994", I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H5971" punish|strong="H3256" them|strong="H5921". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Nations|strong="H5971" will|strong="H5971" gather|strong="H6908" against|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
to|strong="H5921" chain|strong="H7242" them|strong="H5921" for|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" double|strong="H8147" crimes|strong="H6588". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{11}Ephraim|strong="H0669" indeed|strong="H2790" was|strong="H3063" a|strong="H5921" trained|strong="H3925" heifer|strong="H5697" that|strong="H3063" loved|strong="H0157" to|strong="H5921" thresh|strong="H1758" grain|strong="H1715", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3063" I|strong="H5921" myself|strong="H0589" laid|strong="H5674" a|strong="H5921" yoke|strong="H5923" upon|strong="H5921" his|strong="H5921" fair|strong="H2898" neck|strong="H6676"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.11  }Heb. uncertain.}, 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
I|strong="H5921" made|strong="H5674" Ephraim|strong="H0669" draw|strong="H7579" and|strong="H3063" Judah|strong="H3063" must|strong="H4191" plow|strong="H2790", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Jacob|strong="H3290" must|strong="H4191" turn|strong="H5674" the|strong="H5921" soil|strong="H0127" for|strong="H5921" himself|strong="H5315". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{12}Sow|strong="H2232" for|strong="H5704" yourselves|strong="H3068" righteousness|strong="H6666", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
reap|strong="H7114" the|strong="H3068" fruits|strong="H1061" of|strong="H3068" love|strong="H2617". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Break|strong="H5214" up|strong="H5704" your|strong="H3068" fallow|strong="H5215" ground|strong="H5215", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
for|strong="H5704" it|strong="H5704" is|strong="H3068" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H5704" seek|strong="H1875" the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}, 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
so|strong="H3384" righteousness|strong="H6666" may|strong="H3068" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H5704" you|strong="H5704"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.12  }Heb. uncertain}. 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{13}But|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" plowed|strong="H2790" wickedness|strong="H7562", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
iniquity|strong="H5766" have|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" reaped|strong="H7114". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
You|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" eaten|strong="H0398" the|strong="H3588" fruit|strong="H6529" of|strong="H1870" lies|strong="H3585". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Because|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" trusted|strong="H0982" in|strong="H1870" your|strong="H3588" own|strong="H1961" path|strong="H1870"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{10.13  }LXX: chariots}, 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
in|strong="H1870" the|strong="H3588" multitude|strong="H7230" of|strong="H1870" your|strong="H3588" warriors|strong="H1368", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{14}the|strong="H3605" alarm|strong="H8643" of|strong="H1121" war|strong="H4421" will|strong="H5971" sound|strong="H6963" in|strong="H5921" your|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H4013" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H1121" all|strong="H3605" your|strong="H3605" fortresses|strong="H4013" will|strong="H5971" be|strong="H1121" ruined|strong="H7703", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
as|strong="H3117" Shalman|strong="H8020" laid|strong="H7760" in|strong="H5921" ruins|strong="H2723" Beth-arbel|strong="H1009" in|strong="H5921" the|strong="H3605" day|strong="H3117" of|strong="H1121" battle|strong="H4421", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
when|strong="H3117" mothers|strong="H0517" were|strong="H5971" dashed|strong="H7376" to|strong="H5921" pieces|strong="H7376" over|strong="H5921" their|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{15}Thus|strong="H3602" will|strong="H4428" I|strong="H6440" do|strong="H6213" to|strong="H3478" you|strong="H6440", Bethel|strong="H1008", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
because|strong="H6440" of|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" enormity of|strong="H4428" your|strong="H6440" wickedness|strong="H7451". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
When|strong="H6213" dawn|strong="H7837" breaks|strong="H7665", so|strong="H6213" will|strong="H4428" the|strong="H6440" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H4428" Israel|strong="H3478" be|strong="H3478" broken|strong="H7665". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The Lord’s love for his faithless people }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The Lord’s love for his faithless people }
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\chapterNumber{11}When|strong="H3588" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" young|strong="H5288", then|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" began|strong="H3478" to|strong="H3478" love|strong="H0157" him|strong="H7121", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H1121" out|strong="H3318" of|strong="H1121" Egypt|strong="H4714" I|strong="H3588" called|strong="H7121" my|strong="H3588" son|strong="H1121". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H6440" more|strong="H3651" I|strong="H3651" called|strong="H7121" them|strong="H6440", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
the|strong="H6440" further|strong="H5750" they|strong="H3651" went|strong="H1980" away|strong="H1980" from|strong="H6440" me|strong="H6440". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
They|strong="H3651" kept|strong="H8104" sacrificing|strong="H2076" to|strong="H1980" Baals|strong="H1168" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H1980" making|strong="H6213" offerings|strong="H8002" to|strong="H1980" idols|strong="H6456". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{3}Yet|strong="H3588" it|strong="H5921" was|strong="H3808" I|strong="H3588" who|strong="H3588" taught|strong="H3045" Ephraim|strong="H0669" to|strong="H5921" walk|strong="H1980", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
taking|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5921" up|strong="H5921" in|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3947" arms|strong="H2220", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
but|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" did|strong="H3808" not|strong="H3808" know|strong="H3045" that|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" healed|strong="H7495" them|strong="H5921". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{4}With|strong="H5921" humane cords|strong="H5688" I|strong="H5921" ever|strong="H5769" drew|strong="H4900" them|strong="H5921", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
with|strong="H5921" bands|strong="H5688" of|strong="H5921" love|strong="H0157". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
I|strong="H5921" was|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5921" as|strong="H1961" one|strong="H1961" who|strong="H0834" lifts|strong="H7311" up|strong="H7311" the|strong="H5921" yoke|strong="H5923" from|strong="H5921" off|strong="H5921" their|strong="H5921" jaws|strong="H3895", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H4900" bending|strong="H7817" toward|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", I|strong="H5921" gave|strong="H7311" them|strong="H5921" food|strong="H3899" to|strong="H1961" eat|strong="H0398". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{5}No|strong="H3808"! They|strong="H3588" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4428" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Assyria|strong="H0804" will|strong="H4428" be|strong="H3808" their|strong="H7725" king|strong="H4428", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
for|strong="H3588" they|strong="H3588" have|strong="H4714" refused|strong="H3985" to|strong="H7725" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{6}Therefore|strong="H4156" the|strong="H3615" swords|strong="H2719" will|strong="H2719" whirl|strong="H2342" in|strong="H5892" their|strong="H3615" cities|strong="H5892", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
will|strong="H2719" devour|strong="H0398" in|strong="H5892" their|strong="H3615" fortresses|strong="H0759"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{11.6  }Heb. uncertain}. 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{7}For|strong="H7121" my|strong="H7311" people|strong="H5971" are|strong="H5971" bent|strong="H8511" in|strong="H7121" rebellion|strong="H4805" against|strong="H5921" me|strong="H7121", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
even|strong="H3808" if|strong="H0518" they|strong="H3808" call|strong="H7121" on|strong="H7121" the|strong="H7121" Most|strong="H6944" High|strong="H7311" he|strong="H3808" will|strong="H5971" not|strong="H3808" raise|strong="H7311" them|strong="H7121"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{11.7  }Heb. uncertain.}. 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{8}How|strong="H4100" can|strong="H4310" I|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414", Ephraim|strong="H0669"! 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" over|strong="H5921", Israel|strong="H3478"! 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
How|strong="H4100" am|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5414" to|strong="H3478" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" up|strong="H5414" as|strong="H5414" Admah|strong="H0126"! 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Make|strong="H7760" you|strong="H5414" like|strong="H3478" Zeboim|strong="H6636"! 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
My|strong="H5414" heart|strong="H3820" asserts|strong="H0559" itself|strong="H0905", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
my|strong="H5414" sympathies are|strong="H3478" all|strong="H3162" aglow. 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5892" not|strong="H3808" carry|strong="H6213" into|strong="H7725" effect|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" fierceness|strong="H2740" of|strong="H5892" my|strong="H7725" anger|strong="H2740", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5892" not|strong="H3808" turn|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" destroy|strong="H7843" Ephraim|strong="H0669", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
for|strong="H3588" God|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" I|strong="H3588", and|strong="H7725" not|strong="H3808" man|strong="H0376", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
holy|strong="H6918" in|strong="H6213" the|strong="H3588" midst|strong="H7130" of|strong="H5892" you|strong="H3588", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
therefore|strong="H3588" I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H5892" not|strong="H3808" consume|strong="H0398". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{10}They|strong="H3588" will|strong="H3068" follow|strong="H3212" after|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Like|strong="H1121" a|strong="H3588" lion|strong="H0738" he|strong="H1931" will|strong="H3068" roar|strong="H7580", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H1121" when|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" roars|strong="H7580" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
his|strong="H3068" children|strong="H1121" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H3212" trembling|strong="H2729" from|strong="H1121" the|strong="H3588" west|strong="H3220". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{11}They|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H2729" trembling|strong="H2729" like|strong="H1004" the|strong="H5002" birds|strong="H6833" from|strong="H5921" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
like|strong="H1004" doves|strong="H3123" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5002" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H1004" Assyria|strong="H0804". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
And|strong="H3068" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3068" bring|strong="H0935" them|strong="H5921" back|strong="H1004" to|strong="H3068" their|strong="H3068" houses|strong="H1004", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
– declares|strong="H5002" the|strong="H5002" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}. 

\BibleSectionHeading{Israel’s|strong="H3478" faithlessness|strong="H4878" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5002" first|strong="H7223" }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Israel’s|strong="H3478" faithlessness|strong="H4878" from|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5002" first|strong="H7223" }
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{12}Ephraim|strong="H0669" has|strong="H3068" encompassed|strong="H0661" me|strong="H0413" with|strong="H5973" falsehood|strong="H8267", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3967" the|strong="H3605" house|strong="H1004" of|strong="H1121" Israel|strong="H3478" with|strong="H5973" deceit|strong="H4820". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
But|strong="H3588" Judah|strong="H3063" still|strong="H5750" wanders|strong="H5074" with|strong="H5973" God|strong="H0430" 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
faithful|strong="H0539" to|strong="H0413" the|strong="H3605" Holy|strong="H6944" One|strong="H0259"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{11.12  }Heb. uncertain. Or “Judah is still restless against God”}. 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\chapterNumber{12}Ephraim|strong="H0669" herds|strong="H1241" the|strong="H5437" wind|strong="H7307" and|strong="H3063" hunts|strong="H6679" the|strong="H5437" sirocco. 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
All|strong="H5437" day|strong="H3117" long|strong="H5750" they|strong="H3478" heap|strong="H1530" up|strong="H5927" falsehood|strong="H8267" and|strong="H3063" fraud|strong="H1892", 
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make|strong="H5437" a|strong="H3478" treaty|strong="H1285" with|strong="H5973" Assyria|strong="H0804", 
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and|strong="H3063" sends|strong="H7971" tribute|strong="H4503" of|strong="H1004" olive|strong="H2132" oil|strong="H8081" to|strong="H3478" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{2}The|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} has|strong="H3117" a|strong="H3772" charge|strong="H4931" to|strong="H3117" bring|strong="H2986" against|strong="H5973" Israel|strong="H3478", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
to|strong="H3117" punish|strong="H6485" Jacob|strong="H3290" for|strong="H4714" his|strong="H3605" acts|strong="H1697", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
according|strong="H5921" to|strong="H3117" his|strong="H3605" deeds|strong="H4714" will|strong="H4714" he|strong="H3117" requite|strong="H5414" him|strong="H5973", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{3}In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" womb|strong="H7358" he|strong="H3068" supplanted|strong="H6117" his|strong="H3068" brother|strong="H0251", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
in|strong="H5921" manhood|strong="H0979" he|strong="H3068" wrestled|strong="H0079" with|strong="H5973" God|strong="H3068", 
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\verseNumber{4}He|strong="H0834" wrestled|strong="H8280" with|strong="H8280" the|strong="H3605" angel|strong="H4397" and|strong="H3967" prevailed|strong="H1396", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
he|strong="H0834" wept|strong="H1058" and|strong="H3967" sought|strong="H1245" his|strong="H6117" blessing|strong="H1293". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
At|strong="H3427" Bethel|strong="H1008" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} found|strong="H4672" him|strong="H5414", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3967" there|strong="H8033" he|strong="H0834" spoke|strong="H1696" with|strong="H8280" us|strong="H5414". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{5}And|strong="H8033" the|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} is|strong="H8033" the|strong="H1696" God|strong="H1008" of|strong="H4397" hosts|strong="H6635", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
the|strong="H1696" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} is|strong="H8033" his|strong="H4672" name|strong="H8034"! 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{6}So|strong="H3651" now|strong="H6258", by|strong="H3068" the|strong="H3068" help|strong="H5826" of|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", return|strong="H7725". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Keep|strong="H8104" true|strong="H3068" love|strong="H0157" and|strong="H3068" justice|strong="H4941". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Trust|strong="H0982" in|strong="H3068" your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068" without|strong="H3808" ceasing|strong="H2308". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{7}A|strong="H7725" merchant|strong="H7402" uses|strong="H5647" false|strong="H8267" scales|strong="H3976": 
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They|strong="H1992" love|strong="H2617" to|strong="H7725" defraud|strong="H6231". 
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\verseNumber{8}Ephraim|strong="H0669" says|strong="H0559", “Yes|strong="H3588", I|strong="H3027" have|strong="H3027" become|strong="H3027" rich|strong="H6223", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
I|strong="H3027" have|strong="H3027" secured|strong="H2388" wealth|strong="H2428" for|strong="H3027" myself|strong="H0589". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
But|strong="H3588" despite|strong="H5921" my|strong="H3027" gains|strong="H8551" 
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no|strong="H3808" one|strong="H3027" will|strong="H3027" find|strong="H4672" a|strong="H3027" crime|strong="H2154" I|strong="H3027" can|strong="H4310" be|strong="H3027" convicted of|strong="H3027"!” 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{9}I|strong="H3808" am|strong="H1961" the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} your|strong="H3605" God|strong="H3808", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
ever|strong="H3808" since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3605" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H3605" Egypt|strong="H4714". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
I|strong="H3808" will|strong="H3808" make|strong="H6213" you|strong="H3605" again|strong="H7725" dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H4672" tents|strong="H0168", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
as|strong="H3605" in|strong="H4672" days|strong="H3117" of|strong="H3605" old|strong="H1121". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H3117" spoke|strong="H1696" continually|strong="H3117" by|strong="H3117" the|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030". 
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It|strong="H3117" was|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3117" who|strong="H3068" multiplied|strong="H7235" visions|strong="H2376", 
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and|strong="H3068" spoke|strong="H1696" in|strong="H3427" parables|strong="H4912" through|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3068" prophets|strong="H5030". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{11}In|strong="H5921" Gilead|strong="H1568" is|strong="H3027" iniquity|strong="H5771", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
they|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3027" come|strong="H0935" to|strong="H1696" nothing|strong="H3808". 
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In|strong="H5921" Gilgal|strong="H1537" they|strong="H5921" sacrifice|strong="H2077" bulls|strong="H6499", 
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so|strong="H1696" their|strong="H5921" altars|strong="H4196" will|strong="H3027" be|strong="H3027" as|strong="H1696" stone|strong="H0068" heaps|strong="H6194", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
among|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" furrows|strong="H8525" of|strong="H3027" the|strong="H5921" field|strong="H7704". 
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\verseNumber{12}And|strong="H4196" Jacob|strong="H3290" fled|strong="H5127" to|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5921" territory|strong="H7704" of|strong="H7704" Aram|strong="H0758", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H4196" Israel|strong="H3478" worked|strong="H2388" to|strong="H1961" earn a|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802": 
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for|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1961" wife|strong="H0802" he|strong="H5921" herded sheep|strong="H6629". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H5647" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} brought|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H3478" Egypt|strong="H4714" by|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" prophet|strong="H5030", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3478" by|strong="H3478" a|strong="H3478" prophet|strong="H5030" Israel|strong="H3478" was|strong="H3478" guarded|strong="H8104". 
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\verseNumber{14}Ephraim|strong="H0669" has|strong="H3068" given|strong="H5414" bitter|strong="H4751" provocation|strong="H3708". 
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His|strong="H8104" Lord|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" leave|strong="H5927" upon|strong="H5927" him|strong="H5927" his|strong="H8104" guilt|strong="H0817" of|strong="H3068" bloodshed|strong="H1818", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
and|strong="H3478" for|strong="H3068" his|strong="H8104" contempt|strong="H0937" he|strong="H3068" will|strong="H3068" repay|strong="H7999" him|strong="H5927". 

\BibleSectionHeading{The Lord’s final destruction of the guilty nation }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{The Lord’s final destruction of the guilty nation }
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\chapterNumber{13}When|strong="H1696" Ephraim|strong="H0669" used|strong="H6213" to|strong="H1696" speak|strong="H1696" there|strong="H8033" was|strong="H3478" trembling|strong="H7578"; 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
a|strong="H5375" prince|strong="H5387" was|strong="H3478" he|strong="H1931" in|strong="H3478" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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But|strong="H1696" he|strong="H1931" incurred|strong="H0816" guilt|strong="H0817" through|strong="H1696" Baal|strong="H1168" and|strong="H3478" died|strong="H4191". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{2}And|strong="H3701" now|strong="H6258" they|strong="H1992" go|strong="H3254" on|strong="H6213" sinning|strong="H2398". 
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They|strong="H1992" make|strong="H6213" for|strong="H6213" themselves|strong="H1992" molten|strong="H4541" gods|strong="H0430" – 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
idols|strong="H6091" of|strong="H4639" silver|strong="H3701", skillfully|strong="H8394" made|strong="H6213", 
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wholly|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H4639" of|strong="H4639" smiths|strong="H4525". 
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Yet|strong="H3254" to|strong="H6213" such|strong="H6213" they|strong="H1992" sacrifice|strong="H2076"! 
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And|strong="H3701" they|strong="H1992" who|strong="H3605" sacrifice|strong="H2076" kiss|strong="H5401" calf|strong="H5695" idols|strong="H6091"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13.2  }Heb. uncertain}! 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{3}Therefore|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" shall|strong="H6051" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" morning|strong="H1242" mist|strong="H6051", 
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like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" dew|strong="H2919" that|strong="H3651" early|strong="H7925" disappears|strong="H1980", 
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like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" chaff|strong="H4671" which|strong="H2919" blows|strong="H4112" away|strong="H1980" from|strong="H1980" the|strong="H1961" threshing|strong="H1637" floor|strong="H1637", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" smoke|strong="H6227" from|strong="H1980" the|strong="H1961" window|strong="H2474". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{4}Yet|strong="H3068" it|strong="H3045" was|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3045", the|strong="H3068" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
ever|strong="H3808" since|strong="H3588" the|strong="H3068" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H3068" Egypt|strong="H4714", 
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you|strong="H3045" know|strong="H3045" no|strong="H3808" other|strong="H1115" god|strong="H3068" but|strong="H3808" me|strong="H3467", 
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nor|strong="H3808" has|strong="H3068" there|strong="H3045" been|strong="H3808" any|strong="H3808" savior|strong="H3467" except|strong="H2108" me|strong="H3467". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{5}It|strong="H3045" was|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3045" who|strong="H3045" shepherded|strong="H7462" you|strong="H3045" in|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3045" wilderness|strong="H4057", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
in|strong="H3045" the|strong="H3045" land|strong="H0776" of|strong="H4057" burning|strong="H2740" heat|strong="H2527". 
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\verseNumber{6}When|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3651" were|strong="H5921" pastured|strong="H7462" 
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they|strong="H3651" became|strong="H7311" full|strong="H7646", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
when|strong="H5921" they|strong="H3651" were|strong="H5921" full|strong="H7646" 
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their|strong="H5921" hearts|strong="H3820" became|strong="H7311" proud|strong="H7311". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Therefore|strong="H3651" they|strong="H3651" forgot|strong="H7911" me|strong="H5921"! 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{7}So|strong="H1961" now|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" to|strong="H1961" them|strong="H5921" like|strong="H3644" a|strong="H1961" lion|strong="H7826", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
like|strong="H3644" a|strong="H1961" leopard|strong="H5246" will|strong="H1961" I|strong="H5921" lay|strong="H1961" in|strong="H5921" wait|strong="H7789" by|strong="H5921" the|strong="H5921" path|strong="H1870". 
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\verseNumber{8}I|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3820" fall|strong="H5307" upon|strong="H5921" them|strong="H6298" like|strong="H3820" a|strong="H8033" bear|strong="H1677" robbed|strong="H7909" of|strong="H7704" her|strong="H7167" cubs|strong="H7909", 
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I|strong="H8033" will|strong="H3820" tear|strong="H7167" open|strong="H1234" their|strong="H7167" chests|strong="H5458", 
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like|strong="H3820" a|strong="H8033" lion|strong="H3833" will|strong="H3820" devour|strong="H0398" them|strong="H6298", 
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and|strong="H8033" like|strong="H3820" a|strong="H8033" wild|strong="H7704" beast|strong="H2416" will|strong="H3820" tear|strong="H7167" them|strong="H6298" in|strong="H8033" pieces|strong="H1234". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{9}You|strong="H3588" are|strong="H3478" destroyed|strong="H7843", Israel|strong="H3478", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
by|strong="H3478" me|strong="H3588", your|strong="H3588" only|strong="H3588" helper|strong="H5828". 
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\verseNumber{10}I|strong="H5414" want|strong="H4270" to|strong="H5414" rule|strong="H4428" you|strong="H5414"! 
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Where|strong="H0834" are|strong="H5892" your|strong="H3605" princes|strong="H8269" in|strong="H4428" your|strong="H3605" cities|strong="H5892", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
those|strong="H3605" of|strong="H4428" whom|strong="H0834" you|strong="H5414" demanded|strong="H7592", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
“Give|strong="H5414" me|strong="H5414" kings|strong="H4428" and|strong="H4428" princes|strong="H8269".” 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
\verseNumber{11}I|strong="H5414" give|strong="H5414" you|strong="H5414" kings|strong="H4428" in|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5414" anger|strong="H5678", 
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and|strong="H4428" take|strong="H3947" them|strong="H5414" away|strong="H3947" in|strong="H4428" my|strong="H5414" wrath|strong="H5678". 
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\verseNumber{12}Ephrahn’s iniquity|strong="H5771" is|strong="H5771" gathered|strong="H6960" up|strong="H6845", 
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his|strong="H6845" sin|strong="H2403" is|strong="H5771" laid|strong="H7760" by|strong="H5771" in|strong="H2403" store|strong="H6845". 
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\verseNumber{13}The|strong="H3588" pangs|strong="H2256" of|strong="H1121" childbirth|strong="H3205" come|strong="H3205" upon|strong="H5975" him|strong="H3205", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
but|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" an|strong="H3588" unwise|strong="H2450" child|strong="H1121". 
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For|strong="H3588" this|strong="H1931" is|strong="H1931" no|strong="H3808" time|strong="H6256" to|strong="H6256" refuse|strong="H3808" to|strong="H6256" leave|strong="H5800" the|strong="H3588" womb|strong="H4866"! 
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\verseNumber{14}Should|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3027" deliver|strong="H6299" them|strong="H3027" from|strong="H3027" the|strong="H3027" power|strong="H3027" of|strong="H3027" Sheol|strong="H7585"? 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Should|strong="H3068" I|strong="H3027" redeem|strong="H1350" them|strong="H3027" from|strong="H3027" death|strong="H4194"? 
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Death|strong="H4194", where|strong="H3027" are|strong="H5869" your|strong="H5641" plagues|strong="H1698"? 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
Sheol|strong="H7585", where|strong="H3027" is|strong="H3027" your|strong="H5641" pestilence|strong="H1698"? 
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Compassion|strong="H5164" is|strong="H3027" forever|strong="H5769" hidden|strong="H5641" from|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5641" eyes|strong="H5869". 
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\verseNumber{15}Though|strong="H3588" he|strong="H1931" is|strong="H3068" flourishing|strong="H7487" among|strong="H6500" his|strong="H3605" brothers|strong="H0251"\BibleFootnote{+ \BibleFootnoteAnchor{13.15  }Or: in the midst of the reeds}, 
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there|strong="H5927" will|strong="H3068" come|strong="H5927" an|strong="H3588" east|strong="H6921" wind|strong="H7307", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
the|strong="H3605" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}’s wind|strong="H7307", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
coming|strong="H5927" up|strong="H5927" from|strong="H5927" the|strong="H3605" wilderness|strong="H4057". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
His|strong="H3605" fountain|strong="H4726" will|strong="H3068" dry|strong="H2717" up|strong="H5927", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
his|strong="H3605" spring|strong="H4599" shall|strong="H3068" be|strong="H3068" parched|strong="H2717". 
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The|strong="H3605" wind|strong="H7307" will|strong="H3068" strip|strong="H6584" the|strong="H3605" treasury|strong="H0214", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" precious|strong="H2532" things|strong="H3605". 
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\verseNumber{16}Samaria|strong="H8111" will|strong="H3068" bear|strong="H5375" her|strong="H3605" guilt|strong="H0817", 
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for|strong="H3588" she|strong="H1931" has|strong="H3068" rebelled|strong="H4784" against|strong="H5921" her|strong="H3605" God|strong="H0430". 
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They|strong="H1992" will|strong="H3068" fall|strong="H5307" by|strong="H0801" the|strong="H3605" sword|strong="H2719", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
their|strong="H3605" children|strong="H1121" dashed|strong="H7376" to|strong="H0413" pieces|strong="H5409", 
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their|strong="H3605" pregnant|strong="H2030" women|strong="H0802" ripped|strong="H1234" open|strong="H6605". 

\BibleSectionHeading{Words of exhortation and promise }

\addcontentsline{toc}{toc}{Words of exhortation and promise }
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\chapterNumber{14}Return|strong="H7725", Israel|strong="H3478", to|strong="H5307" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} your|strong="H3588" God|strong="H0430", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
for|strong="H3588" you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H3588" stumbled|strong="H3782" in|strong="H5307" your|strong="H3588" iniquity|strong="H5771". 
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\verseNumber{2}Take|strong="H7725" words|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" repentance|strong="H5164" with|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3588", 
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and|strong="H3478" return|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" the|strong="H3588" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} your|strong="H3068" God|strong="H3068". 
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Say|strong="H7725" to|strong="H5704" him|strong="H7725": 
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Wholly|strong="H4390" pardon|strong="H5545" our|strong="H3068" iniquity|strong="H5771", 
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accept|strong="H7521" that|strong="H3588" which|strong="H3068" is|strong="H3068" good|strong="H2896", 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
instead|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" sacrificing|strong="H2076" bulls|strong="H6499", 
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we|strong="H3588" offer|strong="H7126" our|strong="H3068" praise|strong="H3588". 
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\verseNumber{3}Assyria|strong="H0804" will|strong="H3068" not|strong="H7725" save|strong="H3467" us|strong="H7725", 
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nor|strong="H2896" Egyptian|strong="H4713" warhorses|strong="H5483", 
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and|strong="H3068" we|strong="H3605" will|strong="H3068" no|strong="H3605" more|strong="H7725" call|strong="H7725" 
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the|strong="H3605" work|strong="H1697" of|strong="H3068" our|strong="H3068" hands|strong="H3027" our|strong="H3068" gods|strong="H0430". 
\BibleParagraphStyleQ
For|strong="H3068" in|strong="H3068" you|strong="H3605" orphan|strong="H3490" Israel|strong="H3478" finds|strong="H4672" mercy|strong="H3068". 
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\verseNumber{4}“I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3027" heal|strong="H7495" their|strong="H5921" apostasy|strong="H4878", 
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I|strong="H5921" will|strong="H3027" love|strong="H7355" them|strong="H5921" freely|strong="H5071", 
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now|strong="H5921" that|strong="H3027" my|strong="H5921" anger|strong="H0639" is|strong="H3027" turned|strong="H2015" away|strong="H5750" from|strong="H5921" them|strong="H5921", 
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\verseNumber{5}I|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7725" be|strong="H7725" as|strong="H3588" dew|strong="H2919" to|strong="H7725" Israel|strong="H3478". 
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He|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7725" blossom|strong="H6525" like|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" lily|strong="H7799", 
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he|strong="H3588" will|strong="H7725" plant|strong="H5193" his|strong="H7725" roots|strong="H8328" like|strong="H7725" the|strong="H3588" cedars|strong="H0730" of|strong="H4480" Lebanon|strong="H3844", 
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\verseNumber{6}his|strong="H5221" saplings will|strong="H1961" spread|strong="H6566" out|strong="H6524", 
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his|strong="H5221" beauty|strong="H3308" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" that|strong="H3478" of|strong="H5221" the|strong="H5221" olive|strong="H2132" tree|strong="H6086", 
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his|strong="H5221" fragrance|strong="H7381" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H5221" cedars|strong="H0730" of|strong="H5221" Lebanon|strong="H3844". 
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\verseNumber{7}People|strong="H5971" will|strong="H1961" return|strong="H7725" and|strong="H3212" dwell|strong="H3427" in|strong="H3212" my|strong="H1961" shade|strong="H6738", 
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they|strong="H1992" will|strong="H1961" bring|strong="H3212" life|strong="H5315" to|strong="H3212" new|strong="H2319" grain|strong="H1715". 
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They|strong="H1992" shall|strong="H2132" sprout|strong="H6779" like|strong="H1961" the|strong="H1961" vine|strong="H1612", 
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and|strong="H3212" their|strong="H1961" renown|strong="H8034" will|strong="H1961" be|strong="H1961" like|strong="H1961" that|strong="H1961" of|strong="H7381" the|strong="H1961" wine|strong="H3196" of|strong="H7381" Lebanon|strong="H3844". 
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\verseNumber{8}Ephraim|strong="H0669" – what|strong="H4100" have|strong="H1612" I|strong="H6738" to|strong="H7725" do|strong="H1612" with|strong="H3427" idols|strong="H1544"! 
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It|strong="H7725" is|strong="H1715" I|strong="H6738" the|strong="H7725" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*} who|strong="H3427" respond|strong="H7725" to|strong="H7725" him|strong="H7725" and|strong="H7725" look|strong="H7200" after|strong="H0310" him|strong="H7725". 
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I|strong="H6738" am|strong="H1961" like|strong="H7725" an|strong="H2421" evergreen cypress|strong="H1265", 
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from|strong="H7725" me|strong="H7725" is|strong="H1715" your|strong="H7725" fruit|strong="H6529" found|strong="H4672". 
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\verseNumber{9}Whoever|strong="H3605" is|strong="H4100" wise|strong="H2450", 
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let|strong="H7971" him|strong="H4672" discern|strong="H0995" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697", 
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prudent|strong="H6175", let|strong="H7971" him|strong="H4672" perceive|strong="H7789" them|strong="H4672"; 
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For|strong="H4480" the|strong="H4480" \BibleCharacterStyleND{\+w Lord|strong="H3068"\+w*}’s ways|strong="H1870" are|strong="H4100" straight|strong="H3474", 
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and|strong="H6030" the|strong="H4480" righteous|strong="H6662" walk|strong="H1980" in|strong="H4672" them|strong="H4672", 
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but|strong="H6030" the|strong="H4480" wicked|strong="H7563" stumble|strong="H3782" in|strong="H4672" them|strong="H4672". 
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