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\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh’s\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:1 }
“Yahweh” is God’s proper Name, sometimes rendered “LORD” (all caps) in other translations.}
word
that
came
to
Hosea
the
son
of
Beeri,
in
the
days
of
Uzziah,
Jotham,
Ahaz,
and
Hezekiah,
kings
of
Judah,
and
in
the
days
of
Jeroboam
the
son
of
Joash,
king
of
Israel.
\par }{\PP \VS{2}When
Yahweh
spoke
at
first
by
Hosea,
Yahweh
said
to
Hosea, “Go,
take
for
yourself
a
wife
of prostitution
and
children
of unfaithfulness;
for
the
land
commits great
adultery, forsaking
Yahweh.”
\par }{\PP \VS{3}So
he went
and
took
Gomer
the
daughter
of Diblaim;
and she
conceived,
and
bore
him
a
son.
\par }{\PP \VS{4}Yahweh
said
to
him, “Call
his
name
Jezreel,
for
yet
a
little
while,
and
I
will avenge
the
blood
of
Jezreel
on
the
house
of
Jehu,
and
will
cause
the
kingdom
of
the
house
of
Israel
to
cease.
\VS{5}It
will
happen
in
that
day
that
I
will
break
the
bow
of
Israel
in
the
valley
of
Jezreel.”
\par }{\PP \VS{6}She
conceived
again,
and
bore
a
daughter.
\par }{\PP Then
he
said
to
him, “Call
her
name
Lo-Ruhamah,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:6 }
Lo-Ruhamah means “not loved”.}
for
I
will
no
longer
have
mercy
on
the
house
of
Israel,
that
I
should
in
any way
pardon
them.
\VS{7}But
I
will
have
mercy
on
the
house
of
Judah,
and
will
save
them
by
Yahweh
their
God,\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:7 }
The Hebrew word rendered “God” is “אֱלֹהִ֑ים” (Elohim).}
and
will
not
save
them
by
bow,
sword,
battle,
horses,
or
horsemen.”
\par }{\PP \VS{8}Now
when she
had
weaned
Lo-Ruhamah, she
conceived,
and
bore
a
son.
\par }{\PP \VS{9}He
said, “Call
his
name
Lo-Ammi,\FTNT{§}{{\FR 1:9 }
Lo-Ammi means “not my people”.}
for
you
are
not
my
people,
and
I
will
not
be
yours.
\VS{10}Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can’t be measured or counted; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, ‘You are not my people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’
\VS{11}The children of Judah and the children of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint themselves one head, and will go up from the land; for great will be the day of Jezreel.

\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}“Say
to
your brothers, ‘My
people!’\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:1 }
‘Ammi’ in Hebrew}
\par }{\QB and
to
your sisters, ‘My loved
one!’\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:1 }
‘Ruhamah’ in Hebrew}
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Contend
with
your mother!
\par }{\QB Contend,
for
she
is
not
my wife,
\par }{\QB neither am
I
her husband;
\par }{\Q and
let
her
put
away
her prostitution
from
her face,
\par }{\QB and
her adulteries
from
between
her breasts;
\par }{\Q \VS{3}lest
I strip
her naked,
\par }{\QB and make
her bare as
in
the day
that she
was born,
\par }{\Q and make
her like
a wilderness,
\par }{\QB and set
her like
a dry land,
\par }{\QB and kill
her
with thirst.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Indeed,
on
her children
I
will
have
no mercy,
\par }{\QB for
they
are children
of unfaithfulness.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}For
their mother
has played
the prostitute.
\par }{\QB She
who conceived
them
has done shamefully;
\par }{\Q for she said, ‘I
will go
after
my lovers,
\par }{\QB who
give
me
my bread
and
my water,
\par }{\QB my wool
and
my flax,
\par }{\QB my oil
and
my drink.’
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Therefore
behold,\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 2:6 }
“Behold”, from “הִנֵּה”, means look at, take notice, observe, see, or gaze at. It is often used as an interjection.}
I
will hedge
up
your way
with thorns,
\par }{\QB and
I
will build
a wall against
her,
\par }{\QB that
she
can’t
find
her way.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}She
will
follow
after
her
lovers,
\par }{\QB but
she won’t overtake
them;
\par }{\Q and
she
will seek
them,
\par }{\QB but won’t
find
them.
\par }{\Q Then
she
will
say, ‘I
will go
and return
to
my first husband,
\par }{\QB for
then
it
was better
with
me
than
now.’
\par }{\Q \VS{8}For
she
didn’t know
that
I gave
her
the grain,
the new wine,
and
the oil,
\par }{\QB and multiplied
to
her silver
and gold, which
they used
for Baal.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Therefore
I
will
take
back
my grain
in
its
time,
\par }{\QB and
my new wine
in
its season,
\par }{\QB and
will pluck
away
my wool
and
my flax which
should
have covered
her nakedness.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Now
I
will uncover
her lewdness
in
the sight
of
her lovers,
\par }{\QB and
no
one
will
deliver
her
out
of
my
hand.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}I
will
also
cause
all
her celebrations
to cease:
\par }{\QB her
feasts,
her
new moons,
her Sabbaths,
and
all
her solemn
assemblies.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}I
will
lay waste
her vines
and
her fig trees,
\par }{\QB about
which
she
has said, ‘These
are
my wages
that
my
lovers
have
given
me,’
\par }{\QB and
I
will
make
them
a forest,
\par }{\QB and
the animals
of
the field
shall eat
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}I
will visit
on
her
the days
of
the Baals,
\par }{\QB to
which
she burned incense
\par }{\Q when
she decked herself
with
her earrings
and
her jewels,
\par }{\QB and went after
her lovers
\par }{\QB and forgot
me,” says Yahweh.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}“Therefore behold,
I
will allure
her,
\par }{\QB and
bring
her
into
the wilderness,
\par }{\QB and
speak tenderly
to
her.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}I
will give
her vineyards
from
there,
\par }{\QB and
the valley
of Achor
for
a door
of hope;
\par }{\Q and
she
will respond
there
\par }{\QB as
in
the
days
of
her youth,
\par }{\QB and
as
in
the
day
when
she came
up
out
of
the land
of Egypt.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}It
will
be
in
that day,”
says Yahweh,
\par }{\QB “that
you
will call
me ‘my husband,’
\par }{\QB and no longer call
me ‘my master.’
\par }{\Q \VS{17}For
I
will
take
away
the names
of
the Baals
out
of
her mouth,
\par }{\QB and
they
will
no longer
be mentioned
by name.
\par }{\Q \VS{18}In
that
day
I
will
make
a covenant
for
them
with
the
animals
of
the field,
\par }{\QB and
with
the birds
of
the sky,
\par }{\QB and
with
the creeping
things
of
the ground.
\par }{\Q I
will break
the bow,
the sword,
and
the
battle
out
of
the land,
\par }{\QB and
will
make
them
lie
down safely.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}I
will betroth
you
to
me forever.
\par }{\QB Yes,
I
will betroth
you
to
me
in righteousness,
in justice,
in loving kindness,
and
in compassion.
\par }{\Q \VS{20}I
will
even betroth
you
to
me
in faithfulness;
\par }{\QB and
you
shall know Yahweh.
\par }{\Q \VS{21}It
will happen
in that day, that I
will respond,” says Yahweh.
\par }{\QB “I
will respond
to
the heavens,
\par }{\QB and they
will respond
to
the earth;
\par }{\QB \VS{22}and
the earth
will respond
to
the grain,
and
the new wine,
and
the oil;
\par }{\QB and
they
will respond
to Jezreel.
\par }{\Q \VS{23}I
will sow
her
to
me
in
the
earth;
\par }{\QB and
I
will
have
mercy
on
her
who
had
not obtained
mercy;
\par }{\QB and
I
will tell
those
who
were
not
my
people, ‘You
are
my
people;’
\par }{\QB and
they
will say, ‘You
are
My
God!’ ”

\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yahweh
said
to
me, “Go
again,
love
a
woman
loved
by
another,
and
an
adulteress,
even
as
Yahweh
loves
the
children
of
Israel, though
they
turn
to
other
gods,
and
love
cakes
of
raisins.”
\par }{\PP \VS{2}So I
bought her
for myself
for
fifteen pieces
of
silver
and
a homer\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:2 }
1 homer is about 220 liters or 6 bushels}
and
a
half
of
barley.
\VS{3}I
said
to
her, “You
shall
stay
with
me
many
days.
You
shall
not
play
the
prostitute,
and
you
shall
not
be
with
any
other
man.
I
will
also
be
so
toward
you.”
\par }{\PP \VS{4}For
the
children
of
Israel
shall
live
many
days
without
king,
without
prince,
without
sacrifice,
without sacred stone,
and
without
ephod
or
idols.
\VS{5}Afterward
the
children
of
Israel
shall
return
and
seek
Yahweh
their
God,
and
David
their
king,
and
shall
come
with
trembling
to
Yahweh
and
to
his blessings
in
the
last
days.

\par }\Chap{4}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Hear
Yahweh’s
word,
you
children
of
Israel,
\par }{\QB for
Yahweh
has
a
charge
against
the
inhabitants
of
the
land:
\par }{\Q “Indeed
there
is
no
truth,
nor goodness,
\par }{\QB nor
knowledge
of
God
in
the
land.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}There
is cursing,
lying,
murder,
stealing,
and
committing
adultery;
\par }{\QB they
break boundaries,
and
bloodshed causes
bloodshed.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Therefore
the
land
will
mourn,
\par }{\QB and
everyone
who
dwells
in
it
will waste
away,
\par }{\Q with
all
living
things
in
her,
\par }{\QB even
the
animals
of
the
field
and
the
birds
of
the
sky;
\par }{\QB yes,
the
fish
of
the
sea
also
die.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{4}“Yet
let
no
man bring
a charge,
neither
let
any
man
accuse;
\par }{\QB for
your
people
are
like
those
who bring charges
against
a
priest.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}You
will
stumble
in
the
day,
\par }{\QB and
the
prophet
will
also
stumble
with
you
in
the
night;
\par }{\QB and
I
will
destroy
your
mother.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}My
people
are
destroyed
for
lack
of
knowledge.
\par }{\QB Because
you
have
rejected
knowledge,
I
will
also
reject
you,
\par }{\QB that
you
may
be
no
priest
to
me.
\par }{\Q Because
you
have
forgotten
your
God’s
law,
\par }{\QB I
will
also
forget
your
children.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}As
they were
multiplied,
so
they
sinned
against
me.
\par }{\QB I
will
change
their
glory
into
shame.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}They
feed
on
the
sin
of
my
people,
\par }{\QB and
set
their
heart
on
their
iniquity.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}It
will
be
like
people,
like
priest;
\par }{\QB and
I
will
punish
them
for
their
ways,
\par }{\QB and
will
repay
them
for
their
deeds.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}They
will
eat,
and
not
have
enough.
\par }{\QB They
will
play
the
prostitute,
and
will
not
increase;
\par }{\QB because
they
have
abandoned listening
to
Yahweh.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Prostitution,
wine,
and
new
wine
take
away
understanding.
\par }{\QB \VS{12}My
people
consult
with
their
wooden idol,
\par }{\QB and answer
to
a
stick
of
wood.
\par }{\Q Indeed
the
spirit
of prostitution
has
led
them
astray,
\par }{\QB and
they
have been
unfaithful
to
their
God.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}They
sacrifice
on
the
tops
of
the
mountains,
\par }{\QB and
burn
incense
on
the
hills,
under
oaks, poplars,
and terebinths,
\par }{\QB because
its
shade
is
good.
\par }{\Q Therefore
your
daughters
play
the
prostitute,
\par }{\QB and
your
brides
commit
adultery.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}I
will
not
punish
your
daughters
when
they
play
the
prostitute,
\par }{\QB nor
your
brides
when
they
commit
adultery;
\par }{\Q because
the
men
consort
with
prostitutes,
\par }{\QB and
they
sacrifice
with
the shrine
prostitutes;
\par }{\QB so
the
people
without
understanding
will come
to ruin.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{15}“Though
you,
Israel,
play
the
prostitute,
\par }{\QB yet
don’t
let
Judah offend;
\par }{\QB and
don’t
come
to
Gilgal,
\par }{\QB neither
go
up
to Beth Aven,
\par }{\QB nor
swear, ‘As
Yahweh
lives.’
\par }{\Q \VS{16}For
Israel
has behaved extremely
stubbornly,
like
a
stubborn
heifer.
\par }{\QB Then
how
will
Yahweh
feed
them
like
a
lamb
in
a meadow?
\par }{\Q \VS{17}Ephraim
is
joined
to
idols.
\par }{\QB Leave him alone!
\par }{\Q \VS{18}Their
drink has
become sour.
\par }{\QB They
play
the
prostitute
continually.
\par }{\QB Her
rulers
dearly
love
their shameful way.
\par }{\Q \VS{19}The
wind
has
wrapped her
up
in
its
wings;
\par }{\QB and
they shall be
disappointed because
of their
sacrifices.
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{5}{\PP \VerseOne{1}“Listen
to
this,
you
priests!
\par }{\QB Listen,
house
of
Israel,
\par }{\QB and
give
ear,
house
of
the
king!
\par }{\Q For
the
judgment
is
against
you;
\par }{\QB for
you
have
been
a
snare
at
Mizpah,
\par }{\QB and
a
net
spread
on
Tabor.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}The rebels are
deep
in
slaughter,
\par }{\QB but
I
discipline
all
of
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}I
know
Ephraim,
\par }{\QB and
Israel
is
not
hidden
from
me;
\par }{\Q for
now,
Ephraim,
you
have
played
the
prostitute.
\par }{\QB Israel
is
defiled.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Their
deeds
won’t
allow
them
to
turn
to
their
God,
\par }{\QB for
the
spirit
of prostitution
is
within
them,
\par }{\QB and
they
don’t
know
Yahweh.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}The
pride
of
Israel
testifies
to
his
face.
\par }{\QB Therefore
Israel
and
Ephraim
will
stumble
in
their
iniquity.
\par }{\QB Judah
also
will
stumble
with
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}They
will go
with
their
flocks
and
with
their
herds
to
seek
Yahweh,
\par }{\QB but
they
won’t
find
him.
\par }{\QB He
has withdrawn
himself
from
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}They
are unfaithful
to
Yahweh;
\par }{\QB for
they
have
borne
illegitimate
children.
\par }{\QB Now
the
new
moon
will
devour
them
with
their fields.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}“Blow
the cornet
in
Gibeah,
\par }{\QB and
the
trumpet
in
Ramah!
\par }{\QB Sound
a
battle
cry
at Beth Aven,
behind
you,
Benjamin!
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Ephraim
will
become
a
desolation
in
the
day
of
rebuke.
\par }{\QB Among
the
tribes
of
Israel,
I
have
made
known
that
which
will
surely
be.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}The
princes
of
Judah
are
like
those
who remove
a landmark.
\par }{\QB I
will
pour
out
my
wrath
on
them
like
water.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Ephraim
is
oppressed,
\par }{\QB he
is
crushed
in
judgment,
\par }{\QB because
he
is intent
in
his
pursuit
of idols.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Therefore
I
am
to
Ephraim
like
a
moth,
\par }{\QB and
to
the
house
of
Judah
like
rottenness.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{13}“When
Ephraim
saw
his
sickness,
\par }{\QB and
Judah
his
wound,
\par }{\QB then
Ephraim
went
to
Assyria,
\par }{\QB and
sent
to
King
Jareb:
\par }{\Q but
he
is
not
able
to
heal
you,
\par }{\QB neither
will
he
cure
you
of
your
wound.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}For
I
will
be
to
Ephraim
like
a
lion,
\par }{\QB and
like
a
young
lion
to
the
house
of
Judah.
\par }{\Q I
myself
will
tear
in
pieces
and go
away.
\par }{\QB I
will
carry
off,
and
there
will
be
no
one
to
deliver.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}I
will
go
and
return
to
my
place,
\par }{\QB until
they
acknowledge
their offense,
\par }{\QB and
seek
my
face.
\par }{\QB In
their affliction
they
will
seek
me
earnestly.”
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{6}{\PP \VerseOne{1}“Come!
Let’s
return
to
Yahweh;
\par }{\QB for
he
has
torn
us
to
pieces,
\par }{\QB and
he
will
heal
us;
\par }{\Q he
has injured
us,
\par }{\QB and
he
will
bind
up
our
wounds.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}After two
days
he
will
revive
us.
\par }{\QB On
the
third
day
he
will
raise
us
up,
\par }{\QB and
we
will
live
before
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Let’s
acknowledge
Yahweh.
\par }{\QB Let’s
press
on
to
know
Yahweh.
\par }{\Q As
surely
as
the sun rises,
\par }{\QB Yahweh
will appear.
\par }{\Q He
will
come
to
us
like
the
rain,
\par }{\QB like
the
spring
rain
that waters
the
earth.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{4}“Ephraim,
what
shall
I
do
to
you?
\par }{\QB Judah,
what
shall
I
do
to
you?
\par }{\QB For
your
love
is
like
a
morning
cloud,
\par }{\QB and
like
the
dew
that
disappears
early.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Therefore
I
have
cut
them
to
pieces
with
the
prophets;
\par }{\QB I
killed
them
with
the
words
of
my
mouth.
\par }{\QB Your
judgments
are
like
a flash
of
lightning.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}For
I
desire mercy,
and
not
sacrifice;
\par }{\QB and
the
knowledge
of
God
more
than
burnt
offerings.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}But
they,
like
Adam, have
broken
the
covenant.
\par }{\QB They
were unfaithful
to me
there.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Gilead
is
a
city
of those who
work
iniquity;
\par }{\QB it
is stained
with
blood.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}As gangs
of robbers
wait
to ambush
a
man,
\par }{\QB so
the company
of
priests
murder
on
the
path
toward
Shechem,
\par }{\QB committing shameful crimes.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}In
the
house
of
Israel
I
have
seen
a horrible thing.
\par }{\QB There
is
prostitution
in
Ephraim.
\par }{\QB Israel
is
defiled.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}“Also,
Judah,
there
is
a
harvest
appointed
for
you,
\par }{\QB when
I
restore
the
fortunes
of
my
people.

\par }\Chap{7}{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
I
would
heal
Israel,
\par }{\QB then
the
iniquity
of
Ephraim
is
uncovered,
\par }{\QB also
the
wickedness
of
Samaria;
\par }{\QB for
they commit
falsehood,
\par }{\QB and
the
thief
enters
in,
\par }{\QB and
the gang
of
robbers ravages
outside.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}They don’t
consider
in
their
hearts
that
I
remember
all
their
wickedness.
\par }{\QB Now
their
own
deeds
have
engulfed
them.
\par }{\QB They
are
before
my
face.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}They
make
the
king
glad
with
their
wickedness,
\par }{\QB and
the
princes
with
their
lies.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}They are
all
adulterers.
\par }{\QB They are
burning
like
an
oven
that
the
baker
stops stirring,
\par }{\QB from
the
kneading
of
the
dough,
until
it
is leavened.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}On
the
day
of
our
king,
the
princes made themselves
sick
with
the
heat
of
wine.
\par }{\QB He
joined
his
hand
with mockers.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}For
they
have prepared
their
heart
like
an
oven,
\par }{\QB while
they
lie
in
wait.
\par }{\QB Their
anger
smolders
all
night.
\par }{\QB In
the
morning
it
burns
as
a
flaming
fire.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}They
are
all
hot
as
an
oven,
\par }{\QB and
devour
their
judges.
\par }{\Q All
their
kings
have
fallen.
\par }{\QB There
is
no
one
among
them
who
calls
to
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Ephraim mixes
himself among
the
nations.
\par }{\QB Ephraim
is
a pancake
not
turned
over.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}Strangers
have
devoured
his
strength,
\par }{\QB and
he
doesn’t
realize
it.
\par }{\Q Indeed,
gray
hairs
are here
and
there
on
him,
\par }{\QB and
he
doesn’t
realize
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}The
pride
of
Israel
testifies
to
his
face;
\par }{\QB yet
they
haven’t
returned
to
Yahweh
their
God,
\par }{\QB nor
sought
him,
for
all
this.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{11}“Ephraim
is
like
an easily deceived
dove,
without
understanding.
\par }{\QB They
call
to
Egypt.
\par }{\QB They
go
to
Assyria.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}When
they
go,
I
will
spread
my
net
on
them.
\par }{\QB I
will
bring
them
down
like
the
birds
of
the
sky.
\par }{\QB I
will
chastise
them,
as
their
congregation
has heard.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}Woe
to
them!
\par }{\QB For
they
have wandered
from
me.
\par }{\Q Destruction
to
them!
\par }{\QB For
they
have trespassed
against
me.
\par }{\Q Though
I would
redeem
them,
\par }{\QB yet
they
have
spoken
lies
against
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}They
haven’t
cried
to
me
with
their
heart,
\par }{\QB but
they
howl
on
their
beds.
\par }{\Q They assemble
themselves
for
grain
and
new
wine.
\par }{\QB They
turn
away
from
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}Though
I
have
taught
and
strengthened
their
arms,
\par }{\QB yet
they
plot
evil
against
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}They
return,
but
not
to
the Most
High.
\par }{\QB They
are
like
a faulty
bow.
\par }{\QB Their
princes
will
fall
by
the
sword
for
the
rage
of
their
tongue.
\par }{\QB This
will
be
their
derision
in
the
land
of
Egypt.
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{8}{\PP \VerseOne{1}“Put
the
trumpet
to
your
lips!
\par }{\QB Something
like
an
eagle
is
over
Yahweh’s
house,
\par }{\QB because
they
have
broken
my
covenant
\par }{\QB and
rebelled
against
my
law.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}They
cry
to
me, ‘My
God, we,
Israel,
acknowledge
you!’
\par }{\QB \VS{3}Israel
has cast off
that which
is
good.
\par }{\QB The
enemy
will
pursue
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}They
have
set
up kings,
but
not
by
me.
\par }{\QB They
have
made
princes,
and
I
didn’t approve.
\par }{\QB Of
their
silver
and
their
gold
they
have
made
themselves
idols,
\par }{\QB that
they
may
be
cut
off.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}Let
Samaria throw
out
his
calf idol!
\par }{\QB My
anger
burns
against
them!
\par }{\QB How
long
will
it
be
until
they
are capable
of purity?
\par }{\Q \VS{6}For
this
is
even
from
Israel!
\par }{\QB The workman
made
it,
and
it
is
no
God;
\par }{\QB indeed,
the
calf
of
Samaria
shall
be
broken
in
pieces.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}For
they
sow
the
wind,
\par }{\QB and
they
will
reap
the whirlwind.
\par }{\Q He
has
no
standing
grain.
\par }{\QB The stalk
will
yield
no head.
\par }{\QB If
it
does
yield,
strangers
will
swallow
it
up.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Israel
is
swallowed
up.
\par }{\QB Now
they
are
among
the
nations
like
a worthless
thing.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}For
they
have
gone
up
to
Assyria,
\par }{\QB like
a
wild
donkey wandering
alone.
\par }{\QB Ephraim
has
hired
lovers
for himself.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}But
although
they sold
themselves among
the
nations,
\par }{\QB I
will
now
gather
them;
\par }{\QB and
they
begin
to waste away
because
of
the oppression
of
the
king
of mighty ones.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Because
Ephraim
has
multiplied
altars
for
sinning,
\par }{\QB they
became
for
him
altars
for
sinning.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}I
wrote
for
him
the many things
of
my
law,
\par }{\QB but
they were
regarded
as
a
strange thing.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}As
for
the
sacrifices
of
my
offerings,
\par }{\QB they
sacrifice
meat
and
eat
it,
\par }{\QB but
Yahweh
doesn’t
accept
them.
\par }{\Q Now
he
will
remember
their
iniquity,
\par }{\QB and
punish
their
sins.
\par }{\QB They
will
return
to
Egypt.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}For
Israel
has
forgotten
his Maker
and
built
palaces;
\par }{\QB and
Judah
has
multiplied
fortified
cities;
\par }{\QB but
I
will
send
a
fire
on
his
cities,
\par }{\QB and
it
will
devour
its
fortresses.”
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{9}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Don’t
rejoice,
Israel,
to jubilation
like
the
nations;
\par }{\QB for
you
were
unfaithful
to
your
God.
\par }{\QB You
love
the
wages
of
a
prostitute
at
every
grain
threshing
floor.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}The
threshing
floor
and
the
wine
press
won’t
feed
them,
\par }{\QB and
the
new
wine
will
fail her.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}They
won’t
dwell
in
Yahweh’s
land;
\par }{\QB but
Ephraim
will
return
to
Egypt,
\par }{\QB and
they
will
eat
unclean
food
in
Assyria.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}They
won’t
pour
out
wine
offerings
to
Yahweh,
\par }{\QB neither
will
they
be pleasing
to
him.
\par }{\QB Their
sacrifices
will
be
to
them
like
the
bread
of mourners;
\par }{\QB all
who
eat
of
it
will
be polluted;
\par }{\QB for
their
bread
will
be
for
their
appetite.
\par }{\QB It
will
not
come
into
Yahweh’s
house.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}What
will
you
do
in
the
day
of solemn
assembly,
\par }{\QB and
in
the
day
of
the
feast
of
Yahweh?
\par }{\Q \VS{6}For,
behold,
when
they flee
destruction,
\par }{\QB Egypt
will
gather
them up.
\par }{\QB Memphis
will
bury
them.
\par }{\QB Nettles
will
possess
their
pleasant
things
of
silver.
\par }{\QB Thorns
will
be
in
their
tents.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}The
days
of visitation
have
come.
\par }{\QB The
days
of reckoning
have
come.
\par }{\Q Israel
will
consider
the
prophet
to
be
a
fool,
\par }{\QB and
the
man
who
is
inspired
to
be insane,
\par }{\QB because
of
the
abundance
of
your
sins,
\par }{\QB and
because
your
hostility
is
great.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}A
prophet watches
over
Ephraim
with
my
God.
\par }{\QB A fowler’s
snare
is
on
all
of
his
paths,
\par }{\QB and
hostility
in
the
house
of
his
God.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}They
have
deeply
corrupted
themselves,
\par }{\QB as
in
the
days
of
Gibeah.
\par }{\QB He
will
remember
their
iniquity.
\par }{\QB He
will
punish
them
for
their
sins.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}I
found
Israel
like
grapes
in
the
wilderness.
\par }{\QB I
saw
your
fathers
as
the
first ripe
in
the
fig
tree
at
its
first season;
\par }{\QB but
they
came
to
Baal
Peor,
and consecrated
themselves
to
the
shameful
thing,
\par }{\QB and
became
abominable
like
that which
they
loved.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}As
for
Ephraim, their
glory
will
fly away
like
a
bird.
\par }{\QB There
will be no
birth, no one with
child,
and no
conception.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Though
they
bring
up
their
children,
\par }{\QB yet
I
will
bereave
them,
so
that
not
a
man
shall
be
left.
\par }{\QB Indeed,
woe
also
to
them
when
I
depart
from
them!
\par }{\Q \VS{13}I
have
seen
Ephraim,
like
Tyre,
planted
in
a pleasant place;
\par }{\QB but
Ephraim
will
bring
out
his
children
to
the
murderer.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Give
them—Yahweh
what
will
you
give?
\par }{\QB Give
them
a
miscarrying
womb
and
dry
breasts.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{15}“All
their
wickedness
is
in
Gilgal;
\par }{\QB for
there
I
hated
them.
\par }{\QB Because
of
the
wickedness
of
their
deeds,
I
will
drive
them
out
of
my
house!
\par }{\QB I
will
love
them
no
more.
\par }{\QB All
their
princes
are
rebels.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Ephraim
is
struck.
\par }{\QB Their
root
has
dried
up.
\par }{\QB They
will
bear
no
fruit.
\par }{\QB Even
though
they
give
birth,
yet
I
will
kill
the beloved
ones
of
their
womb.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{17}My
God
will cast
them
away,
because
they
didn’t
listen
to
him;
\par }{\QB and
they
will
be
wanderers
among
the
nations.

\par }\Chap{10}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Israel
is
a luxuriant
vine
that produces
his
fruit.
\par }{\QB According
to
the
abundance
of
his
fruit
he
has
multiplied
his
altars.
\par }{\QB As
their
land
has
prospered,
they
have
adorned
their sacred stones.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Their
heart
is
divided.
\par }{\QB Now
they
will
be
found
guilty.
\par }{\QB He
will demolish
their
altars.
\par }{\QB He
will
destroy
their sacred stones.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Surely
now
they
will
say, “We
have
no
king;
for
we
don’t
fear
Yahweh;
\par }{\QB and
the
king,
what
can
he
do
for
us?”
\par }{\Q \VS{4}They
make
promises,
swearing falsely
in
making
covenants.
\par }{\QB Therefore
judgment springs
up
like
poisonous
weeds
in
the
furrows
of
the
field.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}The
inhabitants
of
Samaria
will
be
in terror
for
the calves
of Beth Aven,
\par }{\QB for
its
people
will
mourn
over
it,
\par }{\QB along
with
its
priests
who
rejoiced
over
it,
\par }{\QB for
its
glory,
because
it
has
departed
from
it.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}It
also
will
be
carried
to
Assyria
for
a
present
to
a great
king.
\par }{\QB Ephraim
will
receive
shame,
\par }{\QB and
Israel
will
be
ashamed
of
his own
counsel.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Samaria
and
her
king float away
\par }{\QB like
a twig
on
the
water.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}The
high
places
also
of Aven,
the
sin
of
Israel,
will
be
destroyed.
\par }{\QB The
thorn
and
the
thistle
will
come
up
on
their
altars.
\par }{\QB They
will
tell
the
mountains, “Cover
us!”
and
the
hills, “Fall
on
us!”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{9}“Israel,
you
have
sinned
from
the
days
of
Gibeah.
\par }{\QB There
they
remained.
\par }{\QB The
battle
against
the
children
of iniquity
doesn’t
overtake
them
in
Gibeah.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}When
it
is
my
desire,
I
will
chastise
them;
\par }{\QB and
the
nations
will
be
gathered
against
them
\par }{\QB when
they
are
bound
to
their
two transgressions.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}Ephraim
is
a
trained
heifer
that
loves
to
thresh,
\par }{\QB so
I
will
put
a yoke
on
her beautiful
neck.
\par }{\QB I
will set
a
rider
on
Ephraim.
\par }{\QB Judah
will
plow.
\par }{\QB Jacob
will break
his clods.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Sow
to
yourselves
in
righteousness,
\par }{\QB reap
according
to
kindness.
\par }{\Q Break
up
your fallow ground,
\par }{\QB for
it
is
time
to
seek
Yahweh,
\par }{\QB until
he
comes
and rains
righteousness
on
you.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}You
have
plowed
wickedness.
\par }{\QB You
have reaped
iniquity.
\par }{\QB You
have
eaten
the
fruit
of
lies,
\par }{\QB for
you
trusted
in
your
way,
in
the
multitude
of
your
mighty
men.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Therefore
a
battle roar
will
arise
among
your
people,
\par }{\QB and
all
your
fortresses
will
be
destroyed,
\par }{\QB as
Shalman
destroyed Beth Arbel
in
the
day
of
battle.
\par }{\QB The
mother
was
dashed
in
pieces
with
her
children.
\par }{\Q \VS{15}So
Bethel
will
do
to
you
because
of
your great
wickedness.
\par }{\QB At
daybreak
the
king
of
Israel
will
be
destroyed.
\par }{\BB \par }
\Chap{11}{\PP \VerseOne{1}“When
Israel
was
a
child,
then
I
loved
him,
\par }{\QB and
called
my
son out
of
Egypt.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}They
called
to
them,
so
they
went
from
them.
\par }{\QB They
sacrificed
to
the
Baals,
\par }{\QB and
burned
incense
to
engraved
images.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Yet
I
taught
Ephraim
to walk.
\par }{\QB I
took
them
by
their
arms,
\par }{\QB but
they
didn’t
know
that
I
healed
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}I
drew
them
with
cords
of
a
man,
with ties
of
love;
\par }{\QB and
I
was
to
them
like
those
who
lift
up
the
yoke
on
their necks;
\par }{\QB and
I
bent
down
to
him
and
I
fed
him.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{5}“They
won’t
return
into
the
land
of
Egypt;
\par }{\QB but
the Assyrian
will
be
their
king,
\par }{\QB because
they
refused
to
repent.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}The
sword
will fall
on
their
cities,
\par }{\QB and
will
destroy
the
bars
of
their gates,
\par }{\QB and
will
put
an
end
to
their plans.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}My
people
are determined
to
turn
from
me.
\par }{\QB Though
they
call
to
the Most
High,
\par }{\QB he
certainly
won’t
exalt
them.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{8}“How
can
I
give
you
up,
Ephraim?
\par }{\QB How
can
I
hand
you
over,
Israel?
\par }{\QB How
can
I
make
you
like
Admah?
\par }{\QB How
can
I
make
you
like
Zeboiim?
\par }{\Q My
heart
is
turned
within
me,
\par }{\QB my compassion
is aroused.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}I
will
not execute
the
fierceness
of
my
anger.
\par }{\QB I
will
not
return
to
destroy
Ephraim,
\par }{\QB for
I
am
God,
and
not
man—the
Holy
One
among
you.
\par }{\QB I
will
not
come
in
wrath.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}They
will walk
after
Yahweh,
\par }{\QB who
will
roar
like
a
lion;
\par }{\QB for
he
will
roar,
and
the
children
will
come
trembling
from
the
west.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}They
will
come
trembling
like
a
bird
out
of
Egypt,
\par }{\QB and
like
a
dove
out
of
the
land
of
Assyria;
\par }{\Q and
I
will
settle
them
in
their
houses,”
says
Yahweh.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{12}Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood,
\par }{\QB and the house of Israel with deceit.
\par }{\QB Judah still strays from God,
\par }{\QB and is unfaithful to the Holy One.

\par }\Chap{12}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Ephraim feeds
on wind,
\par }{\QB and chases
the east wind.
\par }{\QB He continually multiplies
lies
and desolation.
\par }{\QB They
make
a covenant
with Assyria,
\par }{\QB and oil
is
carried
into Egypt.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Yahweh
also
has
a controversy
with Judah,
\par }{\QB and
will punish Jacob according
to
his ways;
\par }{\QB according
to
his
deeds
he
will repay
him.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}In
the womb
he
took
his brother
by
the heel,
\par }{\QB and
in
his manhood
he contended
with
God.
\par }{\Q \VS{4}Indeed,
he struggled
with
the angel,
and prevailed;
\par }{\QB he wept,
and made supplication
to
him.
\par }{\QB He found
him
at Bethel,
and there
he spoke
with
us—
\par }{\QB \VS{5}even Yahweh,
the
God
of Armies.
\par }{\QB Yahweh
is
his name
of renown!
\par }{\Q \VS{6}Therefore turn
to
your
God.
\par }{\QB Keep kindness
and justice,
\par }{\QB and wait
continually
for
your
God.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{7}A merchant
has dishonest scales
in
his hand.
\par }{\QB He loves
to defraud.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Ephraim said, “Surely
I
have become rich.
\par }{\QB I
have found myself wealth.
\par }{\QB In all
my wealth
they won’t find
in
me any iniquity
that
is sin.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{9}“But
I am Yahweh
your
God
from
the land
of Egypt.
\par }{\QB I
will
yet again make
you dwell
in tents,
\par }{\QB as
in
the days
of
the solemn feast.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}I
have
also spoken
to
the prophets,
\par }{\QB and
I
have multiplied visions;
\par }{\QB and
by
the ministry
of
the prophets
I
have used parables.
\par }{\Q \VS{11}If Gilead
is wicked,
\par }{\QB surely
they
are worthless.
\par }{\Q In Gilgal
they sacrifice bulls.
\par }{\QB Indeed,
their altars
are
like heaps
in
the furrows
of
the field.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}Jacob fled
into
the
country
of Aram.
\par }{\QB Israel
served
to get
a wife.
\par }{\QB For
a wife
he tended flocks
and herds.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}By
a prophet Yahweh brought
Israel up out
of Egypt,
\par }{\QB and
by
a prophet
he
was
preserved.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}Ephraim
has bitterly provoked anger.
\par }{\QB Therefore
his blood
will
be
left
on
him,
\par }{\QB and
his
Lord\FTNT{*}{{\FR 12:14 }
The word translated “Lord” is “Adonai.”}
will repay
his contempt.

\par }\Chap{13}{\PP \VerseOne{1}When
Ephraim
spoke, there
was
trembling.
\par }{\QB He
exalted
himself
in
Israel,
\par }{\QB but
when
he
became
guilty
through
Baal,
he
died.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Now
they
sin
more
and
more,
\par }{\QB and
have
made
themselves molten
images
of
their
silver,
\par }{\QB even
idols according
to
their own
understanding,
\par }{\QB all
of
them
the
work
of
the
craftsmen.
\par }{\QB They
say
of
them, ‘They
offer
human
sacrifice
and kiss
the
calves.’
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Therefore
they
will
be
like
the
morning
mist,
\par }{\QB like
the
dew
that
passes
away
early,
\par }{\QB like
the
chaff
that
is driven
with
the whirlwind
out
of
the
threshing
floor,
\par }{\QB and
like
the
smoke
out
of
the
chimney.
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{4}“Yet
I
am
Yahweh
your
God
from
the
land
of
Egypt;
\par }{\QB and
you
shall
acknowledge
no
god
but
me,
\par }{\QB and
besides
me
there
is
no
savior.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}I
knew
you
in
the
wilderness,
\par }{\QB in
the
land
of great
drought.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}According
to
their
pasture,
so
were
they
filled;
\par }{\QB they
were
filled,
and
their
heart
was
exalted.
\par }{\QB Therefore
they
have
forgotten
me.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Therefore
I
am
like
a
lion
to
them.
\par }{\QB Like
a
leopard,
I
will lurk
by
the
path.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}I
will
meet
them
like
a
bear
that
is bereaved
of
her cubs,
\par }{\QB and
will
tear
the covering
of
their
heart.
\par }{\QB There
I
will
devour
them
like
a
lioness.
\par }{\QB The
wild
animal
will
tear
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{9}You
are
destroyed,
Israel,
because
you
are against
me,
\par }{\QB against
your
helper.
\par }{\Q \VS{10}Where
is
your
king
now,
that
he
may
save
you
in
all
your
cities?
\par }{\QB And
your
judges,
of
whom
you
said, ‘Give
me
a
king
and princes’?
\par }{\Q \VS{11}I
have
given
you
a
king
in
my
anger,
\par }{\QB and
have
taken
him
away
in
my
wrath.
\par }{\Q \VS{12}The
guilt
of
Ephraim
is
stored
up.
\par }{\QB His
sin
is
stored
up.
\par }{\Q \VS{13}The sorrows
of
a travailing woman
will
come
on
him.
\par }{\QB He
is
an
unwise
son,
\par }{\QB for
when
it
is
time,
he
doesn’t
come
to
the opening
of
the
womb.
\par }{\Q \VS{14}I
will
ransom
them
from
the
power
of
Sheol.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 13:14 }
Sheol is the place of the dead.}
\par }{\QB I
will
redeem
them
from
death!
\par }{\QB Death,
where
are
your plagues?
\par }{\QB Sheol,
where
is
your destruction?
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q “Compassion
will
be
hidden
from
my
eyes.
\par }{\QB \VS{15}Though
he
is fruitful
among
his
brothers,
an
east
wind
will
come,
\par }{\QB the
breath
of
Yahweh
coming
up
from
the
wilderness;
\par }{\QB and
his
spring
will
become
dry,
\par }{\QB and
his
fountain
will
be dried
up.
\par }{\QB He
will
plunder
the
storehouse
of
treasure.
\par }{\Q \VS{16}Samaria will bear her guilt,
\par }{\QB for she has rebelled against her God.
\par }{\QB They will fall by the sword.
\par }{\QB Their infants will be dashed in pieces,
\par }{\QB and their pregnant women will be ripped open.”
\par }{\BB \par }
\PoetryChap{14}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Israel, return
to Yahweh
your
God;
\par }{\QB for
you
have
fallen
because
of
your sin.
\par }{\Q \VS{2}Take words
with
you,
and
return
to
Yahweh.
\par }{\QB Tell
him, “Forgive
all
our
sins,
\par }{\QB and accept
that which
is good;
\par }{\QB so
we offer bulls
as
we vowed
of
our lips.
\par }{\Q \VS{3}Assyria can’t save
us.
\par }{\QB We won’t ride
on horses;
\par }{\QB neither
will
we
say
any more
to
the
work
of
our hands, ‘Our gods!’
\par }{\QB for
in
you
the fatherless finds
mercy.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{4}“I
will heal
their waywardness.
\par }{\QB I
will
love
them freely;
\par }{\QB for
my anger
is turned
away
from
them.
\par }{\Q \VS{5}I
will
be
like
the dew
to Israel.
\par }{\QB He
will blossom
like
the lily,
\par }{\QB and send
down
his roots
like Lebanon.
\par }{\Q \VS{6}His branches
will spread,
\par }{\QB and
his beauty
will
be
like
the olive tree,
\par }{\QB and
his fragrance
like
Lebanon.
\par }{\Q \VS{7}Men
will dwell
in
his shade.
\par }{\QB They
will revive
like
the grain,
\par }{\QB and blossom
like
the vine.
\par }{\QB Their fragrance
will
be
like
the wine
of
Lebanon.
\par }{\Q \VS{8}Ephraim, what
have
I
to do any more
with idols?
\par }{\QB I
answer,
and
will
take care
of
him.
\par }{\QB I am
like
a green cypress tree;
\par }{\QB from
me
your fruit
is found.”
\par }{\BB \par }{\Q \VS{9}Who
is wise,
that
he
may understand these things?
\par }{\QB Who
is prudent,
that
he
may know
them?
\par }{\QB For
the ways
of Yahweh
are right,
\par }{\QB and
the righteous walk
in
them,
\par }{\QB but
the rebellious stumble
in
them.
\par }