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    <book number='28' name='Hosea' abbreviation='Hos' testament='old'>
        <chapter number='1'>
            <verse number='1'>The <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>came</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs><strongs hebrew='1954'>Hosea</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='882'>Beeri</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5818'>Uzziah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3147'>Jotham</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='271'>Ahaz</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3169'>Hezekiah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3379'>Jeroboam</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3101'>Joash</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>The <strongs hebrew='8462'>beginning</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1696'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='1954'>Hosea</strongs>. And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='1954'>Hosea</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3947'>take</strongs>unto thee a <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2183'>whoredoms</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3206'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2183'>whoredoms</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>hath committed great <strongs hebrew='2181 2181'>whoredom</strongs>, <em>departing</em> <strongs hebrew='4480 310'>from</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>So he <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3947'>took</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='1586'>Gomer</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1691'>Diblaim</strongs>; which <strongs hebrew='2029'>conceived</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3205'>bore</strongs>him a <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, <strongs hebrew='7121'>Call</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><strongs hebrew='3157'>Jezreel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4592'>little</strongs><em>while</em> , and I will <strongs hebrew='6485'>avenge</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3157'>Jezreel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3058'>Jehu</strongs>, and will cause to <strongs hebrew='7673'>cease</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4468'>kingdom</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, that I will <strongs hebrew='7665'>break</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7198'>bow</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6010'>valley</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3157'>Jezreel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And she <strongs hebrew='2029'>conceived</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>again</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3205'>bore</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughter</strongs>. And <em>God</em> <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto him, <strongs hebrew='7121'>Call</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><strongs hebrew='3819'>Lo</strongs>-ruhamah: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750 3254'>more</strongs>have mercy <strongs hebrew='7355'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>I will utterly take them <strongs hebrew='5375 5375'>away</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>But I will have mercy <strongs hebrew='7355'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='3467'>save</strongs>them by the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3467'>save</strongs>them by <strongs hebrew='7198'>bow</strongs>, nor by <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>, nor by <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>, by <strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>, nor by <strongs hebrew='6571'>horsemen</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>Now when she had <strongs hebrew='1580'>weaned</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3819'>Lo</strongs>-ruhamah, she <strongs hebrew='2029'>conceived</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3205'>bore</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><em>God</em> , <strongs hebrew='7121'>Call</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs><strongs hebrew='3818'>Lo</strongs>-ammi: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>ye</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>your <em>God</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='10'>Yet the <strongs hebrew='4557'>number</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='2344'>sand</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>which</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>cannot</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='4058'>measured</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='5608'>numbered</strongs>; and it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>, <em>that</em> in the <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>where</strongs>it was <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto them, <strongs hebrew='859'>Ye</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <em>there</em> it shall be <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>unto them, <em>Ye</em> <em>are</em> the <strongs hebrew='1121'>sons</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2416'>living</strongs><strongs hebrew='410'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>Then shall the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>be gathered <strongs hebrew='6908 3162'>together</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>appoint</strongs>themselves <strongs hebrew='259'>one</strongs><strongs hebrew='7218'>head</strongs>, and they shall come <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1419'>great</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3157'>Jezreel</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='2'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='559'>Say</strongs>ye unto your <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5971'>Ammi</strongs>; and to your <strongs hebrew='269'>sisters</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7355'>Ruhamah</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='7378'>Plead</strongs>with your <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7378'>plead</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>she</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs><em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='376'>husband</strongs>: let her therefore put <strongs hebrew='5493'>away</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='2183'>whoredoms</strongs>out of her <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>sight</strongs>, and her <strongs hebrew='5005'>adulteries</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 996'>between</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='7699'>breasts</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='6435'>Lest</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='6584'>strip</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='6174'>naked</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3322'>set</strongs>her as in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>that she was <strongs hebrew='3205'>born</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7760'>make</strongs>her as a <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7896'>set</strongs>her like a <strongs hebrew='6723'>dry</strongs><strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='4191'>slay</strongs>her with <strongs hebrew='6772'>thirst</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>And I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>have mercy <strongs hebrew='7355'>upon</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><em>be</em> the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2183'>whoredoms</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>hath played the <strongs hebrew='2181'>harlot</strongs>: she that <strongs hebrew='2029'>conceived</strongs>them hath done <strongs hebrew='954'>shamefully</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>she <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='157'>lovers</strongs>, that <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs><em>me</em> my <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>, my <strongs hebrew='6785'>wool</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='6593'>flax</strongs>, mine <strongs hebrew='8081'>oil</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='8250'>drink</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, I will hedge <strongs hebrew='7753'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='5518'>thorns</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1443'>make</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1447'>wall</strongs>, that she shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='5410'>paths</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And she shall follow <strongs hebrew='7291'>after</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>her <strongs hebrew='157'>lovers</strongs>, but she shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5381'>overtake</strongs>them; and she shall <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>them, but shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><em>them</em> : then shall she <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='7223'>first</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>husband</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='227'>then</strongs><em>was</em> <em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>better</strongs>with me than <strongs hebrew='4480 6258'>now</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>For <strongs hebrew='1931'>she</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1715'>corn</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8492'>wine</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3323'>oil</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7235'>multiplied</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>, <em>which</em> they <strongs hebrew='6213'>prepared</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, and take <strongs hebrew='3947'>away</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1715'>corn</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>thereof, and my <strongs hebrew='8492'>wine</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4150'>season</strongs>thereof, and will <strongs hebrew='5337'>recover</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6785'>wool</strongs>and my <strongs hebrew='6593'>flax</strongs><em>given</em> to <strongs hebrew='3680'>cover</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>her <strongs hebrew='6172'>nakedness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='1540'>discover</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>her <strongs hebrew='5040'>lewdness</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='5869'>sight</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='157'>lovers</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808 376'>none</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5337'>deliver</strongs>her out of mine <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>hand</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>I will also cause <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='4885'>mirth</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7673'>cease</strongs>, her feast <strongs hebrew='2282'>days</strongs>, her new <strongs hebrew='2320'>moons</strongs>, and her <strongs hebrew='7676'>sabbaths</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>her solemn <strongs hebrew='4150'>feasts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And I will <strongs hebrew='8074'>destroy</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='1612'>vines</strongs>and her fig <strongs hebrew='8384'>trees</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>whereof</strongs>she hath <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1992'>These</strongs><em>are</em> my <strongs hebrew='866'>rewards</strongs><strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='157'>lovers</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='5414'>given</strongs>me: and I will <strongs hebrew='7760'>make</strongs>them a <strongs hebrew='3293'>forest</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='2416'>beasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And I will <strongs hebrew='6485'>visit</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baalim</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>wherein</strongs>she burned <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>to them, and she <strongs hebrew='5710'>decked</strongs>herself with her <strongs hebrew='5141'>earrings</strongs>and her <strongs hebrew='2484'>jewels</strongs>, and she <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='157'>lovers</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7911'>forgot</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>behold</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='6601'>allure</strongs>her, and <strongs hebrew='1980'>bring</strongs>her into the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1696'>speak</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 3820'>comfortably</strongs>unto her. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>And I will <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>her <strongs hebrew='3754'>vineyards</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 8033'>thence</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6010'>valley</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5911'>Achor</strongs>for a <strongs hebrew='6607'>door</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8615'>hope</strongs>: and she shall <strongs hebrew='6030'>sing</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>, as in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of her <strongs hebrew='5271'>youth</strongs>, and as in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>when she came <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>And it shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>at <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <em>that</em> thou shalt <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='376'>Ishi</strongs>; and shalt <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs>me <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs><strongs hebrew='1180'>Baali</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>For I will take <strongs hebrew='5493'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8034'>names</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baalim</strongs>out of her <strongs hebrew='4480 6310'>mouth</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='2142'>remembered</strongs>by their <strongs hebrew='8034'>name</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>And in <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='3772'>make</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>for them <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2416'>beasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5775'>fowls</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>, and <em>with</em> the creeping <strongs hebrew='7431'>things</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='127'>ground</strongs>: and I will <strongs hebrew='7665'>break</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7198'>bow</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>out <strongs hebrew='4480'>of</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>, and will make them to lie <strongs hebrew='7901'>down</strongs><strongs hebrew='983'>safely</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>And I will <strongs hebrew='781'>betroth</strongs>thee unto me <strongs hebrew='5769'>forever</strongs>; yea, I will <strongs hebrew='781'>betroth</strongs>thee unto me in <strongs hebrew='6664'>righteousness</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='2617'>lovingkindness</strongs>, and in <strongs hebrew='7356'>mercies</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='20'>I will even <strongs hebrew='781'>betroth</strongs>thee unto me in <strongs hebrew='530'>faithfulness</strongs>: and thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='21'>And it shall come to <strongs hebrew='1961'>pass</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1931'>that</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='6030'>hear</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='6030'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heavens</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6030'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>; </verse>
            <verse number='22'>And the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6030'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1715'>corn</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8492'>wine</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='3323'>oil</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6030'>hear</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3157'>Jezreel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='23'>And I will <strongs hebrew='2232'>sow</strongs>her unto me in the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>; and I will have mercy <strongs hebrew='7355'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>her that had <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>obtained <strongs hebrew='7355'>mercy</strongs>; and I will <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>to <em>them</em> <em>which</em> <em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='859'>Thou</strongs><em>art</em> my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='1931'>they</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, <em>Thou</em> <em>art</em> my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='3'>
            <verse number='1'>Then <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me, <strongs hebrew='1980'>Go</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='157'>love</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='802'>woman</strongs><strongs hebrew='157'>beloved</strongs>of <em>her</em> <strongs hebrew='7453'>friend</strongs>, yet an <strongs hebrew='5003'>adulteress</strongs>, according to the <strongs hebrew='160'>love</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>toward <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1992'>who</strongs><strongs hebrew='6437'>look</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='312'>other</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='157'>love</strongs><strongs hebrew='809'>flagons</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6025'>wine</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>So I <strongs hebrew='3739'>bought</strongs>her to me for <strongs hebrew='2568 6240'>fifteen</strongs><em>pieces</em> of <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, and <em>for</em> a <strongs hebrew='2563'>homer</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8184'>barley</strongs>, and a half <strongs hebrew='3963'>homer</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8184'>barley</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='3'>And I <strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>her, Thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3427'>abide</strongs>for me <strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>; thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>play the <strongs hebrew='2181'>harlot</strongs>, and thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>for <em>another</em> <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>: so <em>will</em> <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='413'>for</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3427'>abide</strongs><strongs hebrew='7227'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>without</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='369'>without</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='8269'>prince</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='369'>without</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifice</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='369'>without</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='4676'>image</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='369'>without</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='646'>ephod</strongs>, and <em>without</em> <strongs hebrew='8655'>teraphim</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='310'>Afterward</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1732'>David</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>; and shall <strongs hebrew='6342 413'>fear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>and his <strongs hebrew='2898'>goodness</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='319'>latter</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='4'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1697'>word</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, ye <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath a <strongs hebrew='7379'>controversy</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3427'>inhabitants</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs><em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='571'>truth</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='369'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='2617'>mercy</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='369'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>By <strongs hebrew='422'>swearing</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3584'>lying</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7523'>killing</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1589'>stealing</strongs>, and committing <strongs hebrew='5003'>adultery</strongs>, they break <strongs hebrew='6555'>out</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs><strongs hebrew='5060'>toucheth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>Therefore</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs><strongs hebrew='56'>mourn</strongs>, and every <strongs hebrew='3605'>one</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwelleth</strongs>therein shall <strongs hebrew='535'>languish</strongs>, with the <strongs hebrew='2416'>beasts</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>, and with the <strongs hebrew='5775'>fowls</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>; yea, the <strongs hebrew='1709'>fishes</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3220'>sea</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>shall be taken <strongs hebrew='622'>away</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='389'>Yet</strongs>let <strongs hebrew='408'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><strongs hebrew='7378'>strive</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='408'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='3198'>reprove</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>another</strongs>: for thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><em>are</em> as they that <strongs hebrew='7378'>strive</strongs>with the <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Therefore shalt thou <strongs hebrew='3782'>fall</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3782'>fall</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>thee in the <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>, and I will <strongs hebrew='1820'>destroy</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>My <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='1820'>destroyed</strongs>for <strongs hebrew='4480 1097'>lack</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>hast <strongs hebrew='3988'>rejected</strongs><strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>, I will also <strongs hebrew='3988'>reject</strongs>thee, that thou shalt be no <strongs hebrew='4480 3547'>priest</strongs>to me: seeing thou hast <strongs hebrew='7911'>forgotten</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>of thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='7911'>forget</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>As they were <strongs hebrew='7231'>increased</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>against me: <em>therefore</em> will I <strongs hebrew='4171'>change</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3519'>glory</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='7036'>shame</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>They eat <strongs hebrew='398'>up</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='5375'>set</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5315'>heart</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>on</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And there shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>, like <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, like <strongs hebrew='3548'>priest</strongs>: and I will <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>punish</strongs>them for their <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7725'>reward</strongs>them their <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>For they shall <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='7646'>enough</strongs>: they shall commit <strongs hebrew='2181'>whoredom</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6555'>increase</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they have left <strongs hebrew='5800'>off</strongs>to take <strongs hebrew='8104'>heed</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='2184'>Whoredom</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>and new <strongs hebrew='8492'>wine</strongs>take <strongs hebrew='3947'>away</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>My <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>ask <strongs hebrew='7592'>counsel</strongs>at their <strongs hebrew='6086'>stocks</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='4731'>staff</strongs><strongs hebrew='5046'>declareth</strongs>unto them: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2183'>whoredoms</strongs>hath caused <em>them</em> to <strongs hebrew='8582'>err</strongs>, and they have gone a <strongs hebrew='2181'>whoring</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 8478'>under</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>They <strongs hebrew='2076'>sacrifice</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7218'>tops</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>, and burn <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1389'>hills</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='8478'>under</strongs><strongs hebrew='437'>oaks</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3839'>poplars</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='424'>elms</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6738'>shadow</strongs>thereof <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>therefore</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs>shall commit <strongs hebrew='2181'>whoredom</strongs>, and your <strongs hebrew='3618'>spouses</strongs>shall commit <strongs hebrew='5003'>adultery</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>punish</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1323'>daughters</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>they commit <strongs hebrew='2181'>whoredom</strongs>, nor your <strongs hebrew='3618'>spouses</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>they commit <strongs hebrew='5003'>adultery</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>themselves</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='6504'>separated</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='2181'>whores</strongs>, and they <strongs hebrew='2076'>sacrifice</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='6948'>harlots</strongs>: therefore the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs><em>that</em> doth <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3832'>fall</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='518'>Though</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, play the <strongs hebrew='2181'>harlot</strongs>, <em>yet</em> let <strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='816'>offend</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>ye unto <strongs hebrew='1537'>Gilgal</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='408'>neither</strongs>go ye <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1007'>Beth</strongs>-aven, <strongs hebrew='408'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='7650'>swear</strongs>, The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>liveth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>slideth <strongs hebrew='5637'>back</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='5637'>backsliding</strongs><strongs hebrew='6510'>heifer</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='7462'>feed</strongs>them as a <strongs hebrew='3532'>lamb</strongs>in a large <strongs hebrew='4800'>place</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2266'>joined</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6091'>idols</strongs>: let him <strongs hebrew='5117'>alone</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='18'>Their <strongs hebrew='5435'>drink</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5493'>sour</strongs>: they have committed whoredom <strongs hebrew='2181 2181'>continually</strongs>: her <strongs hebrew='4043'>rulers</strongs><em>with</em> <strongs hebrew='7036'>shame</strongs>do <strongs hebrew='157'>love</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3051'>Give</strongs>ye. </verse>
            <verse number='19'>The <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>hath bound her <strongs hebrew='6887 *853'>up</strongs>in her <strongs hebrew='3671'>wings</strongs>, and they shall be <strongs hebrew='954'>ashamed</strongs>because of their <strongs hebrew='4480 2077'>sacrifices</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='5'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='8085'>Hear</strongs>ye <strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='7181'>hearken</strongs>, ye <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; and give ye <strongs hebrew='238'>ear</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs><em>is</em> toward you, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>ye have <strongs hebrew='1961'>been</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='6341'>snare</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='4709'>Mizpah</strongs>, and a <strongs hebrew='7568'>net</strongs><strongs hebrew='6566'>spread</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='8396'>Tabor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And the <strongs hebrew='7846'>revolters</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='6009'>profound</strongs>to make <strongs hebrew='7819'>slaughter</strongs>, though <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>have</em> <em>been</em> a <strongs hebrew='4148'>rebuker</strongs>of them <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3582'>hid</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>me: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>, thou committest <strongs hebrew='2181'>whoredom</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2930'>defiled</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>They will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5414'>frame</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7725'>turn</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7307'>spirit</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='2183'>whoredoms</strongs><em>is</em> in the <strongs hebrew='7130'>midst</strongs>of them, and they have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>And the <strongs hebrew='1347'>pride</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>doth <strongs hebrew='6030'>testify</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>: therefore shall <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs><strongs hebrew='3782'>fall</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3782'>fall</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>They shall <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>with their <strongs hebrew='6629'>flocks</strongs>and with their <strongs hebrew='1241'>herds</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; but they shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><em>him</em> ; he hath <strongs hebrew='2502'>withdrawn</strongs>himself <strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>They have dealt <strongs hebrew='898'>treacherously</strongs>against the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='3205'>begotten</strongs><strongs hebrew='2114'>strange</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>shall a <strongs hebrew='2320'>month</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='2506'>portions</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='8628'>Blow</strongs>ye the <strongs hebrew='7782'>cornet</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1390'>Gibeah</strongs>, <em>and</em> the <strongs hebrew='2689'>trumpet</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='7414'>Ramah</strongs>: cry <strongs hebrew='7321'>aloud</strongs><em>at</em> <strongs hebrew='1007'>Beth</strongs>-aven, <strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>thee, O <strongs hebrew='1144'>Benjamin</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='8047'>desolate</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8433'>rebuke</strongs>: among the <strongs hebrew='7626'>tribes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>have I made <strongs hebrew='3045'>known</strongs>that which shall surely <strongs hebrew='539'>be</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>The <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs>like them that <strongs hebrew='5253'>remove</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1366'>bound</strongs>: <em>therefore</em> I will pour <strongs hebrew='8210'>out</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='5678'>wrath</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them like <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6231'>oppressed</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='7533'>broken</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='2974'>willingly</strongs><strongs hebrew='1980'>walked</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6673'>commandment</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>Therefore <em>will</em> <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>be</em> unto <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='6211'>moth</strongs>, and to the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='7538'>rottenness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>When <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs><strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='2483'>sickness</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><em>saw</em> <strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='4205'>wound</strongs>, then <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='804'>Assyrian</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7971'>sent</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='3377'>Jareb</strongs>: yet <strongs hebrew='3201'>could</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7495'>heal</strongs>you, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='1455 4480'>cure</strongs>you of your <strongs hebrew='4205'>wound</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>will</em> <em>be</em> unto <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='7826'>lion</strongs>, and as a young <strongs hebrew='3715'>lion</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>, <em>even</em> <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>, will <strongs hebrew='2963'>tear</strongs>and go <strongs hebrew='1980'>away</strongs>; I will take <strongs hebrew='5375'>away</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5337'>rescue</strongs><em>him</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='15'>I will <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='4725'>place</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704 834'>till</strongs>they acknowledge their <strongs hebrew='816'>offense</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>: in their <strongs hebrew='6862'>affliction</strongs>they will seek me <strongs hebrew='7836'>early</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='6'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='1980'>Come</strongs>, and let us <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='2963'>torn</strongs>, and he will <strongs hebrew='7495'>heal</strongs>us; he hath <strongs hebrew='5221'>smitten</strongs>, and he will bind us <strongs hebrew='2280'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>After two <strongs hebrew='4480 3117'>days</strongs>will he <strongs hebrew='2421'>revive</strongs>us: in the <strongs hebrew='7992'>third</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>he will raise us <strongs hebrew='6965'>up</strongs>, and we shall <strongs hebrew='2421'>live</strongs>in his <strongs hebrew='6440'>sight</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>Then shall we <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>, <em>if</em> we follow <strongs hebrew='7291'>on</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: his going <strongs hebrew='4161'>forth</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='3559'>prepared</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='7837'>morning</strongs>; and he shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>unto us as the <strongs hebrew='1653'>rain</strongs>, as the <strongs hebrew='4456'>latter</strongs><em>and</em> former <strongs hebrew='3138'>rain</strongs>unto the <strongs hebrew='776'>earth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>O <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>shall I <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>unto thee? O <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>shall I <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>unto thee? for your <strongs hebrew='2617'>goodness</strongs><em>is</em> as a <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs><strongs hebrew='6051'>cloud</strongs>, and as the <strongs hebrew='7925'>early</strongs><strongs hebrew='2919'>dew</strongs>it goeth <strongs hebrew='1980'>away</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>Therefore</strongs>have I <strongs hebrew='2672'>hewed</strongs><em>them</em> by the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>; I have <strongs hebrew='2026'>slain</strongs>them by the <strongs hebrew='561'>words</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='6310'>mouth</strongs>: and thy <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgments</strongs><em>are</em> <em>as</em> the <strongs hebrew='216'>light</strongs><em>that</em> goeth <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='2654'>desired</strongs><strongs hebrew='2617'>mercy</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifice</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='1847'>knowledge</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>more than burnt <strongs hebrew='4480 5930'>offerings</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>But <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='5674'>transgressed</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>have they dealt <strongs hebrew='898'>treacherously</strongs>against me. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='1568'>Gilead</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='7151'>city</strongs>of them that <strongs hebrew='6466'>work</strongs><strongs hebrew='205'>iniquity</strongs>, <em>and</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6121'>polluted</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='4480 1818'>blood</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And as troops of <strongs hebrew='1416'>robbers</strongs><strongs hebrew='2442'>wait</strongs>for a <strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>, <em>so</em> the <strongs hebrew='2267'>company</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3548'>priests</strongs><strongs hebrew='7523'>murder</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>by <strongs hebrew='7926'>consent</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='6213'>commit</strongs><strongs hebrew='2154'>lewdness</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>I have <strongs hebrew='7200'>seen</strongs>a horrible <strongs hebrew='8186'>thing</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs><em>is</em> the <strongs hebrew='2184'>whoredom</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2930'>defiled</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Also</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, he hath <strongs hebrew='7896'>set</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7105'>harvest</strongs>for thee, when I <strongs hebrew='7725'>returned</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7622'>captivity</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='7'>
            <verse number='1'>When I would have <strongs hebrew='7495'>healed</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, then the <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='1540'>discovered</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='6466'>commit</strongs><strongs hebrew='8267'>falsehood</strongs>; and the <strongs hebrew='1590'>thief</strongs>cometh <strongs hebrew='935'>in</strongs>, <em>and</em> the troop of <strongs hebrew='1416'>robbers</strongs><strongs hebrew='6584'>spoileth</strongs><strongs hebrew='2351'>without</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And they <strongs hebrew='559'>consider</strongs><strongs hebrew='1077'>not</strongs>in their <strongs hebrew='3824'>hearts</strongs><em>that</em> I <strongs hebrew='2142'>remember</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>their own <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>have beset them <strongs hebrew='5437'>about</strongs>; they <strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs><strongs hebrew='5048'>before</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>They make the king <strongs hebrew='8055 4428'>glad</strongs>with their <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>with their <strongs hebrew='3585'>lies</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>They <em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='5003'>adulterers</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3644'>as</strongs>an <strongs hebrew='8574'>oven</strongs><strongs hebrew='1197'>heated</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='644'>baker</strongs>, <em>who</em> <strongs hebrew='7673'>ceaseth</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 5782'>raising</strongs>after he hath <strongs hebrew='4480 3888'>kneaded</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1217'>dough</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>until</strongs>it be <strongs hebrew='2556'>leavened</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>In the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>have made <em>him</em> <strongs hebrew='2470'>sick</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='2534'>bottles</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4480 3196'>wine</strongs>; he stretched <strongs hebrew='4900'>out</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='3945'>scorners</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>they have made <strongs hebrew='7126'>ready</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>like an <strongs hebrew='8574'>oven</strongs>, while they lie in <strongs hebrew='693'>wait</strongs>: their <strongs hebrew='644'>baker</strongs><strongs hebrew='3463'>sleepeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3915'>night</strongs>; in the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs><strongs hebrew='1197'>burneth</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='3852'>flaming</strongs><strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>They are all <strongs hebrew='2552 3605'>hot</strongs>as an <strongs hebrew='8574'>oven</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='398'>devoured</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='8199'>judges</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4428'>kings</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='5307'>fallen</strongs>: <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>none</strongs>among them that <strongs hebrew='7121'>calleth</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>hath mixed <strongs hebrew='1101'>himself</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='5692'>cake</strongs><strongs hebrew='1097'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2015'>turned</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='2114'>Strangers</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='398'>devoured</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='3581'>strength</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1571'>yea</strongs>, gray <strongs hebrew='7872'>hairs</strongs>are here and <strongs hebrew='2236'>there</strongs>upon him, yet <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='3045'>knoweth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>And the <strongs hebrew='1347'>pride</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='6030'>testifieth</strongs>to his <strongs hebrew='6440'>face</strongs>: and they do <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>nor</strongs><strongs hebrew='1245'>seek</strongs>him for <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2063'>this</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>also <strongs hebrew='1961'>is</strongs>like a <strongs hebrew='6601'>silly</strongs><strongs hebrew='3123'>dove</strongs><strongs hebrew='369'>without</strongs><strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>: they <strongs hebrew='7121'>call</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, they <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='804'>Assyria</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='834'>When</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='1980'>go</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='6566'>spread</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='7568'>net</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>them; I will bring them <strongs hebrew='3381'>down</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='5775'>fowls</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='8064'>heaven</strongs>; I will <strongs hebrew='3256'>chastise</strongs>them, as their <strongs hebrew='5712'>congregation</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='8088'>heard</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='188'>Woe</strongs>unto them! <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='5074'>fled</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>me: <strongs hebrew='7701'>destruction</strongs>unto them! <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='6586'>transgressed</strongs>against me: though <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='6299'>redeemed</strongs>them, yet <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='3577'>lies</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>And they have <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='2199'>cried</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>me with their <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3213'>howled</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4904'>beds</strongs>: they assemble <strongs hebrew='1481'>themselves</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1715'>corn</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8492'>wine</strongs>, <em>and</em> they <strongs hebrew='5493'>rebel</strongs>against me. </verse>
            <verse number='15'>Though <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='3256'>bound</strongs><em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='2388'>strengthened</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='2220'>arms</strongs>, yet do they <strongs hebrew='2803'>imagine</strongs><strongs hebrew='7451'>mischief</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>against</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='16'>They <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>, <em>but</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>to the most <strongs hebrew='5920'>High</strongs>: they <strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs>like a <strongs hebrew='7423'>deceitful</strongs><strongs hebrew='7198'>bow</strongs>: their <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='4480 2195'>rage</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='3956'>tongue</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='2097'>this</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> their <strongs hebrew='3933'>derision</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='8'>
            <verse number='1'><em>Set</em> the <strongs hebrew='7782'>trumpet</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='2441'>mouth</strongs>. <em>He</em> <em>shall</em> <em>come</em> as an <strongs hebrew='5404'>eagle</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3282'>because</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='5674'>transgressed</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6586'>trespassed</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='2199'>cry</strongs>unto me, My <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, we <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>thee. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>hath cast <strongs hebrew='2186'>off</strongs><em>the</em> <em>thing</em> <em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2896'>good</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='341'>enemy</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7291'>pursue</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='4'><strongs hebrew='1992'>They</strongs>have set up <strongs hebrew='4427'>kings</strongs>, but <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>by</strongs>me: they have made <strongs hebrew='8323'>princes</strongs>, and I <strongs hebrew='3045'>knew</strongs><em>it</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>: of their <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>and their <strongs hebrew='2091'>gold</strongs>have they <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='6091'>idols</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4616'>that</strongs>they may be cut <strongs hebrew='3772'>off</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Thy <strongs hebrew='5695'>calf</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>, hath cast <em>thee</em> <strongs hebrew='2186'>off</strongs>; mine <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2734'>kindled</strongs>against them: how <strongs hebrew='5704 4970'>long</strongs><em>will</em> <em>it</em> <em>be</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>ere</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3201'>attain</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='5356'>innocency</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>from <strongs hebrew='4480 3478'>Israel</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs>also: the <strongs hebrew='2796'>workman</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>it</strongs>; therefore it <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5695'>calf</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>broken in <strongs hebrew='7616'>pieces</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='2232'>sown</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='7114'>reap</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5492'>whirlwind</strongs>: it hath <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='7054'>stalk</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='6780'>bud</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6213'>yield</strongs><strongs hebrew='1097'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='7058'>meal</strongs>: if so <strongs hebrew='194'>be</strongs>it <strongs hebrew='6213'>yield</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='2114'>strangers</strongs>shall swallow it <strongs hebrew='1104'>up</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>is swallowed <strongs hebrew='1104'>up</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>shall they <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='1471'>Gentiles</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='3627'>vessel</strongs>wherein <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='2656'>pleasure</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>are gone <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='804'>Assyria</strongs>, a wild <strongs hebrew='6501'>ass</strongs><strongs hebrew='909'>alone</strongs>by himself: <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='8566'>hired</strongs><strongs hebrew='158'>lovers</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><strongs hebrew='1571'>Yea</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>though</strongs>they have <strongs hebrew='8566'>hired</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='6908'>gather</strongs>them, and they shall <strongs hebrew='2490'>sorrow</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='4592'>little</strongs>for the <strongs hebrew='4480 4853'>burden</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Because</strongs><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>hath made <strongs hebrew='7235'>many</strongs><strongs hebrew='4196'>altars</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='2398'>sin</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4196'>altars</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>unto him to <strongs hebrew='2398'>sin</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>I have <strongs hebrew='3789'>written</strongs>to him the great <strongs hebrew='7230'>things</strongs>of my <strongs hebrew='8451'>law</strongs>, <em>but</em> they were <strongs hebrew='2803'>counted</strongs><strongs hebrew='3644'>as</strongs>a strange <strongs hebrew='2114'>thing</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>They <strongs hebrew='2076'>sacrifice</strongs><strongs hebrew='1320'>flesh</strongs><em>for</em> the <strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifices</strongs>of mine <strongs hebrew='1890'>offerings</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><em>it;</em> <em>but</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='7521'>accepteth</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>will he <strongs hebrew='2142'>remember</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6485'>visit</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>For <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7911'>forgotten</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>his <strongs hebrew='6213'>Maker</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='1129'>buildeth</strongs><strongs hebrew='1964'>temples</strongs>; and <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>hath <strongs hebrew='7235'>multiplied</strongs><strongs hebrew='1219'>fenced</strongs><strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>: but I will <strongs hebrew='7971'>send</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='784'>fire</strongs>upon his <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>, and it shall <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='759'>palaces</strongs>thereof. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='9'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='8055'>Rejoice</strongs><strongs hebrew='408'>not</strongs>, O <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='413'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='1524'>joy</strongs>, as <em>other</em> <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>thou hast gone a <strongs hebrew='2181'>whoring</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 5921'>from</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>, thou hast <strongs hebrew='157'>loved</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='868'>reward</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>every</strongs><strongs hebrew='1715'>corn</strongs><strongs hebrew='1637'>floor</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>The <strongs hebrew='1637'>floor</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='3342'>winepress</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7462'>feed</strongs>them, and the new <strongs hebrew='8492'>wine</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3584'>fail</strongs>in her. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>They shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>'s <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>; but <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, and they shall <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs><strongs hebrew='2931'>unclean</strongs><em>things</em> in <strongs hebrew='804'>Assyria</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>They shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5258'>offer</strongs><strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs><em>offerings</em> to the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>shall they be <strongs hebrew='6149'>pleasing</strongs>unto him: their <strongs hebrew='2077'>sacrifices</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> unto them as the <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='205'>mourners</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='398'>eat</strongs>thereof shall be <strongs hebrew='2930'>polluted</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3899'>bread</strongs>for their <strongs hebrew='5315'>soul</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs>come <strongs hebrew='935'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>will ye <strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4150'>solemn</strongs><strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>, and in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2282'>feast</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='6'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='2009'>lo</strongs>, they are <strongs hebrew='1980'>gone</strongs>because of <strongs hebrew='4480 7701'>destruction</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>shall gather them <strongs hebrew='6908'>up</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='4644'>Memphis</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='6912'>bury</strongs>them: the <strongs hebrew='4261'>pleasant</strongs><em>places</em> for their <strongs hebrew='3701'>silver</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7057'>nettles</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3423'>possess</strongs>them: <strongs hebrew='2336'>thorns</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>be</em> in their <strongs hebrew='168'>tabernacles</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>The <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6486'>visitation</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='7966'>recompense</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><em>it</em> : the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='191'>fool</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='7307'>spiritual</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7696'>mad</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7230'>multitude</strongs>of thine <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='7227'>great</strongs><strongs hebrew='4895'>hatred</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>The <strongs hebrew='6822'>watchman</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs><em>was</em> <strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: <em>but</em> the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs><em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='6341'>snare</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='3352'>fowler</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='4895'>hatred</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>They have <strongs hebrew='6009'>deeply</strongs><strongs hebrew='7843'>corrupted</strongs><em>themselves</em> , as in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1390'>Gibeah</strongs>: <em>therefore</em> he will <strongs hebrew='2142'>remember</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>, he will <strongs hebrew='6485'>visit</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='2403'>sins</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>I <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>like <strongs hebrew='6025'>grapes</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>; I <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs>your <strongs hebrew='1'>fathers</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='1063'>firstripe</strongs>in the fig <strongs hebrew='8384'>tree</strongs>at her first <strongs hebrew='7225'>time</strongs>: <em>but</em> <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>went</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1187'>Baal</strongs>-peor, and separated <strongs hebrew='5144'>themselves</strongs>unto <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='1322'>shame</strongs>; and <em>their</em> <strongs hebrew='8251'>abominations</strongs><strongs hebrew='1961'>were</strongs>according as they <strongs hebrew='157'>loved</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><em>As</em> <em>for</em> <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>, their <strongs hebrew='3519'>glory</strongs>shall fly <strongs hebrew='5774'>away</strongs>like a <strongs hebrew='5775'>bird</strongs>, from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3205'>birth</strongs>, and from the <strongs hebrew='4480 990'>womb</strongs>, and from the <strongs hebrew='4480 2032'>conception</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='3588 518'>Though</strongs>they bring <strongs hebrew='1431'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>, yet will I <strongs hebrew='7921'>bereave</strongs>them, <em>that</em> <em>there</em> <em>shall</em> not <em>be</em> a <strongs hebrew='4480 120'>man</strongs><em>left</em> : <strongs hebrew='3588'>yea</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='188'>woe</strongs><strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs>to them when I <strongs hebrew='5493'>depart</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>them! </verse>
            <verse number='13'><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='834'>as</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='7200'>saw</strongs><strongs hebrew='6865'>Tyrus</strongs>, <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='8362'>planted</strongs>in a pleasant <strongs hebrew='5116'>place</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>shall bring <strongs hebrew='3318'>forth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2026'>murderer</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='5414'>Give</strongs>them, O <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>wilt thou <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='5414'>give</strongs>them a <strongs hebrew='7921'>miscarrying</strongs><strongs hebrew='7358'>womb</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='6784'>dry</strongs><strongs hebrew='7699'>breasts</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='3605'>All</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='7451'>wickedness</strongs><em>is</em> in <strongs hebrew='1537'>Gilgal</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='8130'>hated</strongs>them: <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='7455'>wickedness</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>I will drive them <strongs hebrew='1644'>out</strongs>of mine <strongs hebrew='4480 1004'>house</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='157'>love</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3254'>more</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='5637'>revolters</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='5221'>smitten</strongs>, their <strongs hebrew='8328'>root</strongs>is dried <strongs hebrew='3001'>up</strongs>, they shall <strongs hebrew='6213'>bear</strongs><strongs hebrew='1077'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1571'>yea</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>though</strongs>they bring <strongs hebrew='3205'>forth</strongs>, yet will I <strongs hebrew='4191'>slay</strongs><em>even</em> the <strongs hebrew='4261'>beloved</strongs><em>fruit</em> of their <strongs hebrew='990'>womb</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='17'>My <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>will cast them <strongs hebrew='3988'>away</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they did <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='8085'>hearken</strongs>unto him: and they shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs><strongs hebrew='5074'>wanderers</strongs>among the <strongs hebrew='1471'>nations</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='10'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><em>is</em> an <strongs hebrew='1238'>empty</strongs><strongs hebrew='1612'>vine</strongs>, he bringeth <strongs hebrew='7737'>forth</strongs><strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>unto himself: according to the <strongs hebrew='7230'>multitude</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>he hath <strongs hebrew='7235'>increased</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4196'>altars</strongs>; according to the <strongs hebrew='2896'>goodness</strongs>of his <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>they have made <strongs hebrew='3190'>goodly</strongs><strongs hebrew='4676'>images</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>Their <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2505'>divided</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>shall they be found <strongs hebrew='816'>faulty</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>shall break <strongs hebrew='6202'>down</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4196'>altars</strongs>, he shall <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoil</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4676'>images</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3588'>For</strongs><strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>, We have <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>we <strongs hebrew='3372'>feared</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='4100'>what</strongs>then should a <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>to us? </verse>
            <verse number='4'>They have <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='422'>swearing</strongs><strongs hebrew='7723'>falsely</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='3772'>making</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs>: thus <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>springeth <strongs hebrew='6524'>up</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='7219'>hemlock</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8525'>furrows</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7704'>field</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>The <strongs hebrew='7934'>inhabitants</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1481'>fear</strongs>because of the <strongs hebrew='5697'>calves</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1007'>Beth</strongs>-aven: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>thereof shall <strongs hebrew='56'>mourn</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>over</strongs>it, and the <strongs hebrew='3649'>priests</strongs>thereof <em>that</em> <strongs hebrew='1523'>rejoiced</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>it, <strongs hebrew='5921'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3519'>glory</strongs>thereof, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>it is <strongs hebrew='1540'>departed</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>it. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>It shall be <strongs hebrew='1571'>also</strongs><strongs hebrew='2986'>carried</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='804'>Assyria</strongs><em>for</em> a <strongs hebrew='4503'>present</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs><strongs hebrew='3377'>Jareb</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3947'>receive</strongs><strongs hebrew='1317'>shame</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='954'>ashamed</strongs>of his own <strongs hebrew='4480 6098'>counsel</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><em>As</em> <em>for</em> <strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>, her <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>is cut <strongs hebrew='1820'>off</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='7110'>foam</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921 6440'>upon</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4325'>water</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>The high <strongs hebrew='1116'>places</strongs>also of <strongs hebrew='206'>Aven</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, shall be <strongs hebrew='8045'>destroyed</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='6975'>thorn</strongs>and the <strongs hebrew='1863'>thistle</strongs>shall come <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4196'>altars</strongs>; and they shall <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='2022'>mountains</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3680'>Cover</strongs>us; and to the <strongs hebrew='1389'>hills</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5307'>Fall</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>us. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>O <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, thou hast <strongs hebrew='2398'>sinned</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3117'>days</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1390'>Gibeah</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='5975'>stood</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1390'>Gibeah</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='5932'>iniquity</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5381'>overtake</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='10'><em>It</em> <em>is</em> in my <strongs hebrew='185'>desire</strongs>that I should <strongs hebrew='3256'>chastise</strongs>them; and the <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='622'>gathered</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>against</strongs>them, when they shall <strongs hebrew='631'>bind</strongs>themselves in their <strongs hebrew='8147'>two</strongs><strongs hebrew='5869'>furrows</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>And <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs><em>is</em> <em>as</em> a <strongs hebrew='5697'>heifer</strongs><em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='3925'>taught</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='157'>loveth</strongs>to tread <strongs hebrew='1758'>out</strongs><em>the</em> <em>corn</em> ; but <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>passed <strongs hebrew='5674'>over</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>her <strongs hebrew='2898'>fair</strongs><strongs hebrew='6677'>neck</strongs>: I will make <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7392'>ride</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='2790'>plow</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>shall break his <strongs hebrew='7702'>clods</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='2232'>Sow</strongs>to yourselves in <strongs hebrew='6666'>righteousness</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7114'>reap</strongs><strongs hebrew='6310'>in</strongs><strongs hebrew='2617'>mercy</strongs>; break <strongs hebrew='5214'>up</strongs>your fallow <strongs hebrew='5215'>ground</strongs>: for <em>it</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6256'>time</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='1875'>seek</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5704'>till</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='3384'>rain</strongs><strongs hebrew='6664'>righteousness</strongs>upon you. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>Ye have <strongs hebrew='2790'>plowed</strongs><strongs hebrew='7562'>wickedness</strongs>, ye have <strongs hebrew='7114'>reaped</strongs><strongs hebrew='5766'>iniquity</strongs>; ye have <strongs hebrew='398'>eaten</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3585'>lies</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>thou didst <strongs hebrew='982'>trust</strongs>in thy <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='7230'>multitude</strongs>of thy mighty <strongs hebrew='1368'>men</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>Therefore shall a <strongs hebrew='7588'>tumult</strongs><strongs hebrew='6965'>arise</strongs>among thy <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4013'>fortresses</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='7703'>spoiled</strongs>, as <strongs hebrew='8020'>Shalman</strongs><strongs hebrew='7701'>spoiled</strongs><strongs hebrew='1009'>Beth</strongs>-arbel in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>day</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4421'>battle</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='517'>mother</strongs>was dashed in <strongs hebrew='7376'>pieces</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><em>her</em> <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='3602'>So</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1008'>Bethel</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>do</strongs>unto you <strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>because</strongs>of your great <strongs hebrew='7451 7451'>wickedness</strongs>: in a <strongs hebrew='7837'>morning</strongs>shall the <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>utterly be cut <strongs hebrew='1820 1820'>off</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='11'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='3588'>When</strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><em>was</em> a <strongs hebrew='5288'>child</strongs>, then I <strongs hebrew='157'>loved</strongs>him, and <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 4714'>Egypt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><em>As</em> they <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>them, <strongs hebrew='3651'>so</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='1980'>went</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480 6440'>from</strongs>them: they <strongs hebrew='2076'>sacrificed</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baalim</strongs>, and burned <strongs hebrew='6999'>incense</strongs>to graven <strongs hebrew='6456'>images</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>taught Ephraim also to <strongs hebrew='8637 669'>go</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3947'>taking</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='2220'>arms</strongs>; but they <strongs hebrew='3045'>knew</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3588'>that</strongs>I <strongs hebrew='7495'>healed</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>I <strongs hebrew='4900'>drew</strongs>them with <strongs hebrew='2256'>cords</strongs>of a <strongs hebrew='120'>man</strongs>, with <strongs hebrew='5688'>bands</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='160'>love</strongs>: and I <strongs hebrew='1961'>was</strongs>to them as they that take <strongs hebrew='7311'>off</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5923'>yoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>on</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='3895'>jaws</strongs>, and I <strongs hebrew='5186'>laid</strongs><strongs hebrew='398'>meat</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>He shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>into</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, but the <strongs hebrew='804'>Assyrian</strongs>shall be his <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3588'>because</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='3985'>refused</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>And the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='2342'>abide</strongs>on his <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>, and shall <strongs hebrew='3615'>consume</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='905'>branches</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs><em>them</em> , because of their own <strongs hebrew='4480 4156'>counsels</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>And my <strongs hebrew='5971'>people</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='8511'>bent</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='4878'>backsliding</strongs>from me: though they <strongs hebrew='7121'>called</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the most <strongs hebrew='5920'>High</strongs>, none at <strongs hebrew='3808 3162'>all</strongs>would <strongs hebrew='7311'>exalt</strongs><em>him</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='349'>How</strongs>shall I give thee <strongs hebrew='5414'>up</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>? <em>how</em> shall I <strongs hebrew='4042'>deliver</strongs>thee, <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='349'>how</strongs>shall I <strongs hebrew='5414'>make</strongs>thee as <strongs hebrew='126'>Admah</strongs>? <em>how</em> shall I <strongs hebrew='7760'>set</strongs>thee as <strongs hebrew='6636'>Zeboim</strongs>? mine <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2015'>turned</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>within</strongs>me, my <strongs hebrew='5150'>repentings</strongs>are <strongs hebrew='3648'>kindled</strongs><strongs hebrew='3162'>together</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='6213'>execute</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='2740'>fierceness</strongs>of mine <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroy</strongs><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs><strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>am</em> <strongs hebrew='410'>God</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='376'>man</strongs>; the Holy <strongs hebrew='6918'>One</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='7130'>midst</strongs>of thee: and I will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='935'>enter</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='5892'>city</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>They shall <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs><strongs hebrew='310'>after</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: he shall <strongs hebrew='7580'>roar</strongs>like a <strongs hebrew='738'>lion</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>when</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7580'>roar</strongs>, then the <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='2729'>tremble</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3220'>west</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'>They shall <strongs hebrew='2729'>tremble</strongs>as a <strongs hebrew='6833'>bird</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 4714'>Egypt</strongs>, and as a <strongs hebrew='3123'>dove</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='804'>Assyria</strongs>: and I will <strongs hebrew='3427'>place</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='1004'>houses</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5002'>saith</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>compasseth me <strongs hebrew='5437'>about</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='3585'>lies</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='1004'>house</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='4820'>deceit</strongs>: but <strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs><strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs><strongs hebrew='7300'>ruleth</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='410'>God</strongs>, and is <strongs hebrew='539'>faithful</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6918'>saints</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='12'>
            <verse number='1'><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs><strongs hebrew='7462'>feedeth</strongs>on <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>, and followeth <strongs hebrew='7291'>after</strongs>the east <strongs hebrew='6921'>wind</strongs>: he <strongs hebrew='3605 3117'>daily</strongs><strongs hebrew='7235'>increaseth</strongs><strongs hebrew='3577'>lies</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='7701'>desolation</strongs>; and they do <strongs hebrew='3772'>make</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='1285'>covenant</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='804'>Assyrians</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8081'>oil</strongs>is <strongs hebrew='2986'>carried</strongs>into <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>The <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>hath also a <strongs hebrew='7379'>controversy</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='3063'>Judah</strongs>, and will <strongs hebrew='6485 5921'>punish</strongs><strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs>according to his <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>; according to his <strongs hebrew='4611'>doings</strongs>will he <strongs hebrew='7725'>recompense</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='3'>He took his brother by the <strongs hebrew='6117 *853 251'>heel</strongs>in the <strongs hebrew='990'>womb</strongs>, and by his <strongs hebrew='202'>strength</strongs>he had <strongs hebrew='8280'>power</strongs><strongs hebrew='854'>with</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Yea, he had <strongs hebrew='8280'>power</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>over</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='4397'>angel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3201'>prevailed</strongs>: he <strongs hebrew='1058'>wept</strongs>, and made <strongs hebrew='2603'>supplication</strongs>unto him: he <strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>him <em>in</em> <strongs hebrew='1008'>Bethel</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>us; </verse>
            <verse number='5'>Even the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='6635'>hosts</strongs>; the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>is</em> his <strongs hebrew='2143'>memorial</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>Therefore <strongs hebrew='7725'>turn</strongs><strongs hebrew='859'>thou</strongs>to thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='8104'>keep</strongs><strongs hebrew='2617'>mercy</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='4941'>judgment</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6960'>wait</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>on</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs><strongs hebrew='8548'>continually</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'><em>He</em> <em>is</em> a <strongs hebrew='3667'>merchant</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='3976'>balances</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4820'>deceit</strongs><em>are</em> in his <strongs hebrew='3027'>hand</strongs>: he <strongs hebrew='157'>loveth</strongs>to <strongs hebrew='6231'>oppress</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'>And <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>said</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='389'>Yet</strongs>I am become <strongs hebrew='6238'>rich</strongs>, I have found me <strongs hebrew='4672'>out</strongs><strongs hebrew='202'>substance</strongs>: <em>in</em> <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>my <strongs hebrew='3018'>labors</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='4672'>find</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>none</strongs><strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>in me <strongs hebrew='834'>that</strongs><em>were</em> <strongs hebrew='2399'>sin</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>And <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>that</em> <em>am</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>will <strongs hebrew='5750'>yet</strongs>make thee to <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='168'>tabernacles</strongs>, as in the <strongs hebrew='3117'>days</strongs>of the solemn <strongs hebrew='4150'>feast</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>I have also <strongs hebrew='1696'>spoken</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='7235'>multiplied</strongs><strongs hebrew='2377'>visions</strongs>, and used <strongs hebrew='1819'>similitudes</strongs>, by the <strongs hebrew='3027'>ministry</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophets</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='11'><em>Is</em> <em>there</em> <strongs hebrew='205'>iniquity</strongs><em>in</em> <strongs hebrew='1568'>Gilead</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='389'>surely</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='1961'>are</strongs><strongs hebrew='7723'>vanity</strongs>: they <strongs hebrew='2076'>sacrifice</strongs><strongs hebrew='7794'>bullocks</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1537'>Gilgal</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='1571'>yea</strongs>, their <strongs hebrew='4196'>altars</strongs><em>are</em> as <strongs hebrew='1530'>heaps</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>in</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='8525'>furrows</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7704'>fields</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>And <strongs hebrew='3290'>Jacob</strongs><strongs hebrew='1272'>fled</strongs>into the <strongs hebrew='7704'>country</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='758'>Syria</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs><strongs hebrew='5647'>served</strongs>for a <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>, and for a <strongs hebrew='802'>wife</strongs>he <strongs hebrew='8104'>kept</strongs><em>sheep</em> . </verse>
            <verse number='13'>And by a <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><strongs hebrew='5927'>brought</strongs><strongs hebrew='*853'></strongs><strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>out of <strongs hebrew='4480 4714'>Egypt</strongs>, and by a <strongs hebrew='5030'>prophet</strongs>was he <strongs hebrew='8104'>preserved</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs>provoked <em>him</em> to <strongs hebrew='3707'>anger</strongs>most <strongs hebrew='8563'>bitterly</strongs>: therefore shall he <strongs hebrew='5203'>leave</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='1818'>blood</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs>him, and his <strongs hebrew='2781'>reproach</strongs>shall his <strongs hebrew='113'>Lord</strongs><strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>unto him. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='13'>
            <verse number='1'>When <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs><strongs hebrew='1696'>spoke</strongs><strongs hebrew='7578'>trembling</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><strongs hebrew='5375'>exalted</strongs>himself in <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>; but when he <strongs hebrew='816'>offended</strongs>in <strongs hebrew='1168'>Baal</strongs>, he <strongs hebrew='4191'>died</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'>And <strongs hebrew='6258'>now</strongs>they <strongs hebrew='2398'>sin</strongs>more and <strongs hebrew='3254'>more</strongs>, and have <strongs hebrew='6213'>made</strongs>them molten <strongs hebrew='4541'>images</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='4480 3701'>silver</strongs>, <em>and</em> <strongs hebrew='6091'>idols</strongs>according to their own <strongs hebrew='8394'>understanding</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>of it the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='2796'>craftsmen</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1992'>they</strongs><strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>of them, Let the <strongs hebrew='120'>men</strongs>that <strongs hebrew='2076'>sacrifice</strongs><strongs hebrew='5401'>kiss</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5695'>calves</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='3651'>Therefore</strongs>they shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='1242'>morning</strongs><strongs hebrew='6051'>cloud</strongs>, and as the <strongs hebrew='7925'>early</strongs><strongs hebrew='2919'>dew</strongs>that passeth <strongs hebrew='1980'>away</strongs>, as the <strongs hebrew='4671'>chaff</strongs><em>that</em> is driven with the <strongs hebrew='5590'>whirlwind</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 1637'>floor</strongs>, and as the <strongs hebrew='6227'>smoke</strongs>out of the <strongs hebrew='4480 699'>chimney</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>Yet <strongs hebrew='595'>I</strongs><em>am</em> the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 776'>land</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='4714'>Egypt</strongs>, and thou shalt <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs><strongs hebrew='3808'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='430'>god</strongs><strongs hebrew='2108'>but</strongs>me: for <em>there</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='369'>no</strongs><strongs hebrew='3467'>savior</strongs><strongs hebrew='1115'>beside</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='5'><strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>did <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>thee in the <strongs hebrew='4057'>wilderness</strongs>, in the <strongs hebrew='776'>land</strongs>of great <strongs hebrew='8514'>drought</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>According to their <strongs hebrew='4830'>pasture</strongs>, so were they <strongs hebrew='7646'>filled</strongs>; they were <strongs hebrew='7646'>filled</strongs>, and their <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>was <strongs hebrew='7311'>exalted</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='5921 3651'>therefore</strongs>have they <strongs hebrew='7911'>forgotten</strongs>me. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>Therefore I will <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>unto them <strongs hebrew='3644'>as</strongs>a <strongs hebrew='7826'>lion</strongs>: as a <strongs hebrew='5246'>leopard</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>by</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>way</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='7789'>observe</strongs><em>them</em> : </verse>
            <verse number='8'>I will <strongs hebrew='6298'>meet</strongs>them as a <strongs hebrew='1677'>bear</strongs><em>that</em> <em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='7909'>bereaved</strongs><em>of</em> <em>her</em> <em>whelps</em> , and will <strongs hebrew='7167'>rend</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='5458'>caul</strongs>of their <strongs hebrew='3820'>heart</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='8033'>there</strongs>will I <strongs hebrew='398'>devour</strongs>them like a <strongs hebrew='3833'>lion</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='7704'>wild</strongs><strongs hebrew='2416'>beast</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1234'>tear</strongs>them. </verse>
            <verse number='9'>O <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, thou hast <strongs hebrew='7843'>destroyed</strongs>thyself; <strongs hebrew='3588'>but</strongs>in me <em>is</em> thine <strongs hebrew='5828'>help</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='10'>I will <strongs hebrew='165'>be</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='645'>where</strongs><em>is</em> <em>any</em> <em>other</em> that may <strongs hebrew='3467'>save</strongs>thee in <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='5892'>cities</strongs>? and thy <strongs hebrew='8199'>judges</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='834'>whom</strongs>thou <strongs hebrew='559'>saidst</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='5414'>Give</strongs>me a <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>and <strongs hebrew='8269'>princes</strongs>? </verse>
            <verse number='11'>I <strongs hebrew='5414'>gave</strongs>thee a <strongs hebrew='4428'>king</strongs>in mine <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>, and took <em>him</em> <strongs hebrew='3947'>away</strongs>in my <strongs hebrew='5678'>wrath</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='12'>The <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs><em>is</em> bound <strongs hebrew='6887'>up</strongs>; his <strongs hebrew='2403'>sin</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='6845'>hid</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='13'>The <strongs hebrew='2256'>sorrows</strongs>of a travailing <strongs hebrew='3205'>woman</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>upon him: <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs><em>is</em> an <strongs hebrew='3808 2450'>unwise</strongs><strongs hebrew='1121'>son</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>he should <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='5975'>stay</strongs><strongs hebrew='6256'>long</strongs>in <em>the</em> <em>place</em> <em>of</em> the breaking <strongs hebrew='4866'>forth</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='1121'>children</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='14'>I will <strongs hebrew='6299'>ransom</strongs>them from the <strongs hebrew='4480 3027'>power</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='7585'>grave</strongs>; I will <strongs hebrew='1350'>redeem</strongs>them from <strongs hebrew='4480 4194'>death</strongs>: O <strongs hebrew='4194'>death</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='165'>be</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='1698'>plagues</strongs>; O <strongs hebrew='7585'>grave</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='165'>be</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='6987'>destruction</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='5164'>repentance</strongs>shall be <strongs hebrew='5641'>hid</strongs>from mine <strongs hebrew='4480 5869'>eyes</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='15'><strongs hebrew='3588'>Though</strongs><strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>be <strongs hebrew='6500'>fruitful</strongs><strongs hebrew='996'>among</strongs><em>his</em> <strongs hebrew='251'>brethren</strongs>, an east <strongs hebrew='6921'>wind</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='935'>come</strongs>, the <strongs hebrew='7307'>wind</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>shall come <strongs hebrew='5927'>up</strongs>from the <strongs hebrew='4480 4057'>wilderness</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='4726'>spring</strongs>shall become <strongs hebrew='954'>dry</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='4599'>fountain</strongs>shall be dried <strongs hebrew='2717'>up</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='1931'>he</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='8154'>spoil</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='214'>treasure</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='2532'>pleasant</strongs><strongs hebrew='3627'>vessels</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='16'><strongs hebrew='8111'>Samaria</strongs>shall become <strongs hebrew='816'>desolate</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>she hath <strongs hebrew='4784'>rebelled</strongs>against her <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>: they shall <strongs hebrew='5307'>fall</strongs>by the <strongs hebrew='2719'>sword</strongs>: their <strongs hebrew='5768'>infants</strongs>shall be dashed in <strongs hebrew='7376'>pieces</strongs>, and their women with <strongs hebrew='2030'>child</strongs>shall be ripped <strongs hebrew='1234'>up</strongs>. </verse>
        </chapter>
        <chapter number='14'>
            <verse number='1'>O <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>, <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs><strongs hebrew='5704'>unto</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>thy <strongs hebrew='430'>God</strongs>; <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>thou hast <strongs hebrew='3782'>fallen</strongs>by thine <strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='2'><strongs hebrew='3947'>Take</strongs><strongs hebrew='5973'>with</strongs>you <strongs hebrew='1697'>words</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='7725'>turn</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>to</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs><strongs hebrew='413'>unto</strongs>him, Take <strongs hebrew='5375'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='3605'>all</strongs><strongs hebrew='5771'>iniquity</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='3947'>receive</strongs><em>us</em> <strongs hebrew='2895'>graciously</strongs>: so will we <strongs hebrew='7999'>render</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='6499'>calves</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='8193'>lips</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='3'><strongs hebrew='804'>Asshur</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='3467'>save</strongs>us; we will <strongs hebrew='3808'>not</strongs><strongs hebrew='7392'>ride</strongs><strongs hebrew='5921'>upon</strongs><strongs hebrew='5483'>horses</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3808'>neither</strongs>will we <strongs hebrew='559'>say</strongs>any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>to the <strongs hebrew='4639'>work</strongs>of our <strongs hebrew='3027'>hands</strongs>, <em>Ye</em> <em>are</em> our <strongs hebrew='430'>gods</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='834'>for</strongs>in thee the <strongs hebrew='3490'>fatherless</strongs>findeth <strongs hebrew='7355'>mercy</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='4'>I will <strongs hebrew='7495'>heal</strongs>their <strongs hebrew='4878'>backsliding</strongs>, I will <strongs hebrew='157'>love</strongs>them <strongs hebrew='5071'>freely</strongs>: <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>mine <strongs hebrew='639'>anger</strongs>is turned <strongs hebrew='7725'>away</strongs><strongs hebrew='4480'>from</strongs>him. </verse>
            <verse number='5'>I will <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='2919'>dew</strongs>unto <strongs hebrew='3478'>Israel</strongs>: he shall <strongs hebrew='6524'>grow</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='7799'>lily</strongs>, and cast <strongs hebrew='5221'>forth</strongs>his <strongs hebrew='8328'>roots</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='3844'>Lebanon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='6'>His <strongs hebrew='3127'>branches</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1980'>spread</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='1935'>beauty</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1961'>be</strongs>as the olive <strongs hebrew='2132'>tree</strongs>, and his <strongs hebrew='7381'>smell</strongs>as <strongs hebrew='3844'>Lebanon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='7'>They that <strongs hebrew='3427'>dwell</strongs>under his <strongs hebrew='6738'>shadow</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='7725'>return</strongs>; they shall <strongs hebrew='2421'>revive</strongs><em>as</em> the <strongs hebrew='1715'>corn</strongs>, and <strongs hebrew='6524'>grow</strongs>as the <strongs hebrew='1612'>vine</strongs>: the <strongs hebrew='2143'>scent</strongs>thereof <em>shall</em> <em>be</em> as the <strongs hebrew='3196'>wine</strongs>of <strongs hebrew='3844'>Lebanon</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='8'><strongs hebrew='669'>Ephraim</strongs><em>shall</em> <em>say</em> , <strongs hebrew='4100'>What</strongs>have I to do any <strongs hebrew='5750'>more</strongs>with <strongs hebrew='6091'>idols</strongs>? <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs>have <strongs hebrew='6030'>heard</strongs><em>him</em> , and <strongs hebrew='7789'>observed</strongs>him: <strongs hebrew='589'>I</strongs><em>am</em> like a <strongs hebrew='7488'>green</strongs>fir <strongs hebrew='1265'>tree</strongs>. <strongs hebrew='4480'>From</strongs>me is thy <strongs hebrew='6529'>fruit</strongs><strongs hebrew='4672'>found</strongs>. </verse>
            <verse number='9'><strongs hebrew='4310'>Who</strongs><em>is</em> <strongs hebrew='2450'>wise</strongs>, and he shall <strongs hebrew='995'>understand</strongs><strongs hebrew='428'>these</strongs><em>things</em> ? <strongs hebrew='995'>prudent</strongs>, and he shall <strongs hebrew='3045'>know</strongs>them? <strongs hebrew='3588'>for</strongs>the <strongs hebrew='1870'>ways</strongs>of the <strongs hebrew='3068'>LORD</strongs><em>are</em> <strongs hebrew='3477'>right</strongs>, and the <strongs hebrew='6662'>just</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='1980'>walk</strongs>in them: but the <strongs hebrew='6586'>transgressors</strongs>shall <strongs hebrew='3782'>fall</strongs>therein. </verse>
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