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Hosea

Chapter 6
1
Phonetic (Hebrew): leku֙ venashsh֣ubah 'el-yehva֔h kּi֛y h֥u tara֖p veyirepּa'e֑nu ya֖ke veyachebּeshsheֽnu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Come, and let us return to the LORD: for He has torn, and He will heal us; He has smitten, and He will bind us up.

לְכוּ֙ וְנָשׁ֣וּבָה אֶל־יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֛י ה֥וּא טָרָ֖ף וְיִרְפָּאֵ֑נוּ יַ֖ךְ וְיַחְבְּשֵֽׁנוּ׃

2
Phonetic (Hebrew): yechayּe֖nu miyּoma֑yim bּayּom֙ hashshּeliyshshi֔y yeqime֖nu venicheye֥h lepanaֽyv׃
Edified Edition (EDE)After two days will He revive us: in the third day He will raise us up, and we shall live in His sight.

יְחַיֵּ֖נוּ מִיֹּמָ֑יִם בַּיּוֹם֙ הַשְּׁלִישִׁ֔י יְקִמֵ֖נוּ וְנִחְיֶ֥ה לְפָנָֽיו׃

3
Phonetic (Hebrew): venede'a֣h niredּepa֗h lada֨'at֙ 'et-yehva֔h kּeshsha֖char nak֣on mֽotza'֑o veyab֤o kagּe֨shshem֙ la֔nu kּemaleq֖oshsh y֥oreh 'aֽretz׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Then shall we know, if we follow on to know the LORD: His going forth is prepared as the morning; and He shall come to us as the rain, as the latter and former rain to the earth.

וְנֵדְעָ֣ה נִרְדְּפָ֗ה לָדַ֨עַת֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֔ה כְּשַׁ֖חַר נָכ֣וֹן מֽוֹצָא֑וֹ וְיָב֤וֹא כַגֶּ֨שֶׁם֙ לָ֔נוּ כְּמַלְק֖וֹשׁ י֥וֹרֶה אָֽרֶץ׃

4
Phonetic (Hebrew): ma֤h 'eֽ'eshseh-lּeka֙ 'epera֔yim ma֥h 'e'eshseh-lּeka֖ yehuda֑h vechasedּekem֙ kּaֽ'anan-bּo֔qer vekatּa֖l mashshekּi֥ym holeֽke׃
Edified Edition (EDE)O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? for your goodness is as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goes away.

מָ֤ה אֶֽעֱשֶׂה־לְּךָ֙ אֶפְרַ֔יִם מָ֥ה אֶעֱשֶׂה־לְּךָ֖ יְהוּדָ֑ה וְחַסְדְּכֶם֙ כַּֽעֲנַן־בֹּ֔קֶר וְכַטַּ֖ל מַשְׁכִּ֥ים הֹלֵֽךְ׃

5
Phonetic (Hebrew): al-kּe֗n chatza֨betּiy֙ bּanּebiy'i֔ym haragetּi֖ym bּe'imerey-pi֑y umishshepּate֖yka '֥or yetzeֽ'׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Therefore have I hewed them by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of My mouth: and your judgements are as the light that goes forth.

עַל־כֵּ֗ן חָצַ֨בְתִּי֙ בַּנְּבִיאִ֔ים הֲרַגְתִּ֖ים בְּאִמְרֵי־פִ֑י וּמִשְׁפָּטֶ֖יךָ א֥וֹר יֵצֵֽא׃

6
Phonetic (Hebrew): kּi֛y che֥sed chapa֖tzetּiy velo'-za֑bach veda֥'at 'elohi֖ym me'olֽot׃
Edified Edition (EDE)For I desired [1] mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

כִּ֛י חֶ֥סֶד חָפַ֖צְתִּי וְלֹא־זָ֑בַח וְדַ֥עַת אֱלֹהִ֖ים מֵעֹלֽוֹת׃

7
Phonetic (Hebrew): vehe֕mּah kּe'ada֖m 'aber֣u beri֑yt shsha֖m bּa֥gedu biֽy׃
Edified Edition (EDE)But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against Me.

וְהֵ֕מָּה כְּאָדָ֖ם עָבְר֣וּ בְרִ֑ית שָׁ֖ם בָּ֥גְדוּ בִֽי׃

8
Phonetic (Hebrew): gּile'a֕d qireya֖t pּo֣'aley 'a֑ven 'aqubּa֖h midּaֽm׃
Edified Edition (EDE)Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity, and is polluted with blood.

גִּלְעָ֕ד קִרְיַ֖ת פֹּ֣עֲלֵי אָ֑וֶן עֲקֻבָּ֖ה מִדָּֽם׃

9
Phonetic (Hebrew): ukechakּe֨y 'i֜yshsh gּedudi֗ym che֚ber kּoֽhani֔ym dּe֖reke yeratzּechu-shshe֑kemah kּi֥y zimּa֖h 'ashsֽu׃
Edified Edition (EDE)And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

וּכְחַכֵּ֨י אִ֜ישׁ גְּדוּדִ֗ים חֶ֚בֶר כֹּֽהֲנִ֔ים דֶּ֖רֶךְ יְרַצְּחוּ־שֶׁ֑כְמָה כִּ֥י זִמָּ֖ה עָשֽׂוּ׃

10
Phonetic (Hebrew): bּebeyt֙ yishsera'e֔l ra'i֖ytiy sh'ryryh shsha'arֽuriyּa֑h shsha֚m zen֣ut le'epera֔yim nitema֖ yishsera'eֽl׃
Edified Edition (EDE)I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

בְּבֵית֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל רָאִ֖יתִי שעריריה שַׁעֲרֽוּרִיָּ֑ה שָׁ֚ם זְנ֣וּת לְאֶפְרַ֔יִם נִטְמָ֖א יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

11
Phonetic (Hebrew): gּam-yehuda֕h shsha֥t qatzi֖yr la֑ke bּeshshubi֖y shsheb֥ut 'amּiֽy׃p
Edified Edition (EDE)Also, O Judah, he has set an harvest for you, when I returned the captivity of My people.

גַּם־יְהוּדָ֕ה שָׁ֥ת קָצִ֖יר לָ֑ךְ בְּשׁוּבִ֖י שְׁב֥וּת עַמִּֽי׃פ