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Hosea 6:4--7:16

6:4

O Ephraim
<0669>_,

what shall I do
<06213> (8799)

unto thee? O Judah
<03063>_,

what shall I do
<06213> (8799)

unto thee? for your goodness
<02617>

[is] as a morning
<01242>

cloud
<06051>_,

and as the early
<07925> (8688)

dew
<02919>

it goeth away
<01980> (8802)_.

{goodness: or, mercy, or, kindness}

6:5

Therefore have I hewed
<02672> (8804)

[them] by the prophets
<05030>_;

I have slain
<02026> (8804)

them by the words
<0561>

of my mouth
<06310>_:

and thy judgments
<04941>

[are as] the light
<0216>

[that] goeth forth
<03318> (8799)_.

{and...: or, that thy judgments might be, etc}

6:6

For I desired
<02654> (8804)

mercy
<02617>_,

and not sacrifice
<02077>_;

and the knowledge
<01847>

of God
<0430>

more than burnt offerings
<05930>_.

6:7

But they like men
<0120>

have transgressed
<05674> (8804)

the covenant
<01285>_:

there have they dealt treacherously
<0898> (8804)

against me. {men: or, Adam}

6:8

Gilead
<01568>

[is] a city
<07151>

of them that work
<06466> (8802)

iniquity
<0205>_,

[and is] polluted
<06121>

with blood
<01818>_.

{polluted: or, cunning for}

6:9

And as troops
<01416>

of robbers wait
<02442> (8763)

for a man
<0376>_,

[so] the company
<02267>

of priests
<03548>

murder
<07523> (8762)

in the way
<01870>

by consent
<07926> (8677) <07927>_:

for they commit
<06213> (8804)

lewdness
<02154>_.

{by...: Heb. with one shoulder, or, to Shechem} {lewdness: or, enormity}

6:10

I have seen
<07200> (8804)

an horrible thing
<08186>

in the house
<01004>

of Israel
<03478>_:

there [is] the whoredom
<02184>

of Ephraim
<0669>_,

Israel
<03478>

is defiled
<02930> (8738)_.

6:11

Also, O Judah
<03063>_,

he hath set
<07896> (8804)

an harvest
<07105>

for thee, when I returned
<07725> (8800)

the captivity
<07622>

of my people
<05971>_.

7:1

When I would have healed
<07495> (8800)

Israel
<03478>_,

then the iniquity
<05771>

of Ephraim
<0669>

was discovered
<01540> (8738)_,

and the wickedness
<07451>

of Samaria
<08111>_:

for they commit
<06466> (8804)

falsehood
<08267>_;

and the thief
<01590>

cometh in
<0935> (8799)_,

[and] the troop
<01416>

of robbers spoileth
<06584> (8804)

without
<02351>_.

{wickedness: Heb. evils} {spoileth: Heb. strippeth}

7:2

And they consider
<0559> (8799)

not in their hearts
<03824>

[that] I remember
<02142> (8804)

all their wickedness
<07451>_:

now their own doings
<04611>

have beset them about
<05437> (8804)_;

they are before my face
<06440>_.

{consider...: Heb. say not to}

7:3

They make the king
<04428>

glad
<08055> (8762)

with their wickedness
<07451>_,

and the princes
<08269>

with their lies
<03585>_.

7:4

They [are] all adulterers
<05003> (8764)_,

as an oven
<08574>

heated
<01197> (8802)

by the baker
<0644> (8802)_,

[who] ceaseth
<07673> (8799)

from raising
<05782> (8800)

after he hath kneaded
<03888> (8800)

the dough
<01217>_,

until it be leavened
<02556> (8800)_.

{who...: or, the raiser will cease} {raising: or, waking}

7:5

In the day
<03117>

of our king
<04428>

the princes
<08269>

have made [him] sick
<02470> (8689)

with bottles
<02534>

of wine
<03196>_;

he stretched out
<04900> (8804)

his hand
<03027>

with scorners
<03945> (8802)_.

{bottles...: or, heat through wine}

7:6

For they have made ready
<07126> (8765)

their heart
<03820>

like an oven
<08574>_,

whiles they lie in wait
<0693> (8800)_:

their baker
<0644> (8802)

sleepeth
<03463>

all the night
<03915>_;

in the morning
<01242>

it burneth
<01197> (8802)

as a flaming
<03852>

fire
<0784>_.

{made...: or, applied}

7:7

They are all hot
<02552> (8735)

as an oven
<08574>_,

and have devoured
<0398> (8804)

their judges
<08199> (8802)_;

all their kings
<04428>

are fallen
<05307> (8804)_:

[there is] none among them that calleth
<07121> (8802)

unto me.

7:8

Ephraim
<0669>_,

he hath mixed
<01101> (8704)

himself among the people
<05971>_;

Ephraim
<0669>

is a cake
<05692>

not turned
<02015> (8803)_.

7:9

Strangers
<02114> (8801)

have devoured
<0398> (8804)

his strength
<03581>_,

and he knoweth
<03045> (8804)

[it] not: yea, gray hairs
<07872>

are here and there
<02236> (8804)

upon him, yet he knoweth
<03045> (8804)

not. {here...: Heb. sprinkled}

7:10

And the pride
<01347>

of Israel
<03478>

testifieth
<06030> (8804)

to his face
<06440>_:

and they do not return
<07725> (8804)

to the LORD
<03068>

their God
<0430>_,

nor seek
<01245> (8765)

him for all this.

7:11

Ephraim
<0669>

also is like a silly
<06601> (8802)

dove
<03123>

without heart
<03820>_:

they call
<07121> (8804)

to Egypt
<04714>_,

they go
<01980> (8804)

to Assyria
<0804>_.

7:12

When they shall go
<03212> (8799)_,

I will spread
<06566> (8799)

my net
<07568>

upon them; I will bring them down
<03381> (8686)

as the fowls
<05775>

of the heaven
<08064>_;

I will chastise
<03256> (8686)

them, as their congregation
<05712>

hath heard
<08088>_.

7:13

Woe
<0188>

unto them! for they have fled
<05074> (8804)

from me: destruction
<07701>

unto them! because they have transgressed
<06586> (8804)

against me: though I have redeemed
<06299> (8799)

them, yet they have spoken
<01696> (8765)

lies
<03577>

against me. {destruction: Heb. spoil}

7:14

And they have not cried
<02199> (8804)

unto me with their heart
<03820>_,

when they howled
<03213> (8686)

upon their beds
<04904>_:

they assemble
<01481> (8709)

themselves for corn
<01715>

and wine
<08492>_,

[and] they rebel
<05493> (8799)

against me.

7:15

Though I have bound
<03256> (8765)

[and] strengthened
<02388> (8765)

their arms
<02220>_,

yet do they imagine
<02803> (8762)

mischief
<07451>

against me. {have...: or, chastened}

7:16

They return
<07725> (8799)_,

[but] not to the most High
<05920>_:

they are like a deceitful
<07423>

bow
<07198>_:

their princes
<08269>

shall fall
<05307> (8799)

by the sword
<02719>

for the rage
<02195>

of their tongue
<03956>_:

this
<02097>

[shall be] their derision
<03933>

in the land
<0776>

of Egypt
<04714>_.