1 Rejoice not, O Yisrael, for joy, as other people, for you have gone a whoring from your God (Elohim). You have loved a reward upon every cornfloor. 2 The floor and the winepress shall not feed them, and the new wine shall fail in her. 3 They shall not dwell in יהוה’s land; but …
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Hosea 8
1 “Set the shofar to your mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of יהוה, because they have transgressed My covenant, and trespassed against My Torah. 2 Yisrael shall cry unto Me, ‘My God (Elohim), we know You!’ 3 Yisrael hath cast off the thing that is good; the enemy shall pursue …
Hosea 7
1 “When I would have healed Yisrael, then the iniquity of Efrayim was uncovered, and the wickedness of Samaria (Shomeron); for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth outside. 2 And they consider not in their hearts that I remember all their wickedness; now their own doings have …
Hosea 6
1 ‘Come, and let us return unto יהוה; for He hath torn, and He will heal us; He hath smitten, and He will bind us up. 2 After two days will He revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight. 3 Then shall we know, …
Hosea 5
1 “Hear you this, O priests (kohanim); and hearken, you house of Yisrael; and give you ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because you have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. 2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a …
Hosea 4
1 Hear the word of יהוה, you children of Yisrael, for יהוה hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God (Elohim) in the land. 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. …
Hosea 3
1 Then said יהוה unto me, “Go yet, love a woman beloved of her friend, yet an adulteress, according to the love of יהוה toward the children of Yisrael, who look to other gods (elohim), and love flagons of wine.” 2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and for a …
Hosea 2
1 Say you unto your brethren, ‘My people (Ammi)’; and to your sisters, ‘Mercy is shown (Ruhamah)’. 2 Contend with your mother, contend; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; let her therefore put away her whoredoms out of her sight, and her adulteries from between her breasts; 3 Lest I …
Hosea 14
1 O Yisrael, return unto יהוה your God (Elohim); for you have fallen by your iniquity. 2 Take with you words, and turn to יהוה; say unto Him, “Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously; so will we render the calves of our lips. 3 Asshur (Assyria) shall not save us; we will not …
Hosea 13
1 When Efrayim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Yisrael; but when he offended in the Baal, he died. 2 And now they sin more and more, and have made them molten images of their silver, and idols according to their own understanding, all of it the work of the craftsmen; they say of them, …