Category: First Blood Covenant (Tanakh)

1 The word of יהוה that came unto N55Hoshea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziyahu, Yotam, Achaz, and Hezekiah (Chizqiyahu), kings of Judah (Yehudah), and in the days of Jeroboam (Yarovam) the son of Yoash, king of Yisrael. 2 The beginning of the word of יהוה by Hoshea. And יהוה said to…

1 Yisrael is an empty vine, he bringeth forth fruit unto himself; according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the altars; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly images. 2 Their heart is divided; now shall they be found faulty. He shall break down their altars, he shall…

1 “When Yisrael was a child (young nation), I loved him, and called My son out of Egypt (Mitsrayim). 2 As they called them, so they went from them; they sacrificed unto Baals (Baalim), and burned incense to graven images. 3 I taught Efrayim also to go, taking them by their arms; but they knew…

1 Efrayim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind; he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt (Mitsrayim). 2 יהוה hath also a controversy with Judah (Yehudah), and will punish Jacob (Yaaqov) according to his ways; according to his doings…

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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.…

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…