Hosea:1:2-2

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ylt @Hosea:1:2 @The commencement of Jehovah 's speaking by Hosea . And Jehovah saith unto Hosea , 'Go , take to thee a woman of whoredoms , and children of whoredoms , for utterly go a-whoring doth the land from after Jehovah .' ylt @Hosea:1:3 @And he goeth and taketh Gomer daughter of Diblaim , and she conceiveth and beareth to him a son ; ylt @Hosea:1:4 @and Jehovah saith unto him , 'Call his name Jezreel , for yet a little , and I have charged the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu , and have caused to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel ; ylt @Hosea:1:5 @and it hath come to pass in that day that I have broken the bow of Israel , in the valley of Jezreel .' ylt @Hosea:1:6 @And she conceiveth again , and beareth a daughter , and He saith to him , 'Call her name Lo-Ruhamah , for I add no more to pity the house of Israel , for I do utterly take them away ; ylt @Hosea:1:7 @and the house of Judah I pity , and have saved them by Jehovah their God , and do not save them by bow , and by sword , and by battle , by horses , and by horsemen .' ylt @Hosea:1:8 @And she weaneth Lo-Ruhamah , and conceiveth , and beareth a son ; ylt @Hosea:1:9 @and He saith , 'Call his name Lo-Ammi , for ye [are ] not My people , and I am not for you ; ylt @Hosea:1:10 @and the number of the sons of Israel hath been as the sand of the sea , that is not measured nor numbered , and it hath come to pass in the place where it is said to them , Ye [are ] not My people , it is said to them , Sons of the Living God ; ylt @Hosea:1:11 @and gathered have been the sons of Judah and the sons of Israel together , and they have appointed to themselves one head , and have gone up from the land , for great [is ] the day of Jezreel . ylt @Hosea:10:1 @'An empty vine [is ] Israel , Fruit he maketh like to himself , According to the abundance of his fruit , He hath multiplied for the altars , According to the goodness of his land , They have made goodly standing-pillars . ylt @Hosea:10:2 @Their heart hath been divided , now they are guilty , He doth break down their altars , He doth destroy their standing-pillars . ylt @Hosea:10:3 @For now they say : We have no king , Because we have not feared Jehovah , And the king -- what doth he for us ? ylt @Hosea:10:4 @They have spoken words , To swear falsehood in making a covenant , And flourished as a poisonous herb hath judgment , on the furrows of a field . ylt @Hosea:10:5 @For the calves of Beth-Aven fear do inhabitants of Samaria , Surely mourned on account of it hath its people , And its priests on account of it leap about , Because of its honour , for it hath removed from it , ylt @Hosea:10:6 @Also it to Asshur is carried , a present to a warlike king , Shame doth Ephraim receive , And ashamed is Israel of its own counsel . ylt @Hosea:10:7 @Cut off is Samaria ! Its king [is ] as a chip on the face of the waters . ylt @Hosea:10:8 @And destroyed have been high places of Aven , the sin of Israel . Thorn and bramble go up on their altars , And they have said to hills , Cover us , And to heights , Fall upon us . ylt @Hosea:10:9 @From the days of Gibeah thou hast sinned , O Israel , There they have stood , Not overtake them in Gibeah doth battle , Because of sons of perverseness . ylt @Hosea:10:10 @When I desire , then I do bind them , And gathered against them have peoples , When they bind themselves to their two iniquities . ylt @Hosea:10:11 @And Ephraim [is ] a trained heifer -- loving to thresh , And I -- I have passed over on the goodness of its neck , I cause [one ] to ride Ephraim , Plough doth Judah , harrow for him doth Jacob . ylt @Hosea:10:12 @Sow for yourselves in righteousness , Reap according to loving-kindness , Till for yourselves tillage of knowledge , To seek Jehovah , Till he come and shew righteousness to you . ylt @Hosea:10:13 @Ye have ploughed wickedness , Perversity ye have reaped , Ye have eaten the fruit of lying , For thou hast trusted in thy way , In the abundance of thy might . ylt @Hosea:10:14 @And rise doth a tumult among thy people , And all thy fortresses are spoiled , As the spoiling of Shalman of Beth-Arbel , In a day of battle , Mother against sons dashed in pieces . ylt @Hosea:10:15 @Thus hath Beth-El done to you , Because of the evil of your wickedness , In the dawn cut off utterly is a king of Israel ! ylt @Hosea:11:1 @Because Israel [is ] a youth , and I love him , Out of Egypt I have called for My Son . ylt @Hosea:11:2 @They have called to them rightly , They have gone from before them , To lords they do sacrifice , And to graven images they make perfume . ylt @Hosea:11:3 @And I have caused Ephraim to go on foot , Taking them by their arms , And they have not known that I strengthened them . ylt @Hosea:11:4 @With cords of man I do draw them , With thick cords of love , And I am to them as a raiser up of a yoke on their jaws , And I incline unto him -- I feed [him ]. ylt @Hosea:11:5 @He turneth not back unto the land of Egypt , And Asshur -- he [is ] his king , For they have refused to return . ylt @Hosea:11:6 @Grievous hath been the sword in his cities , And it hath ended his bars , and consumed -- from their own counsels . ylt @Hosea:11:7 @And My people are hanging in suspense , about My returning , And unto the Most High they do call , Together they exalt not . ylt @Hosea:11:8 @How do I give thee up , O Ephraim ? Do I deliver thee up , O Israel ? How do I make thee as Admah ? Do I set thee as Zeboim ? Turned in Me is My heart , kindled together have been My repentings . ylt @Hosea:11:9 @I do not the fierceness of My anger , I turn not back to destroy Ephraim , For God I [am ], and not a man . In thy midst the Holy One , and I enter not in enmity , ylt @Hosea:11:10 @After Jehovah they go -- as a lion He roareth , When He doth roar , then tremble do the sons from the west . ylt @Hosea:11:11 @They tremble as a sparrow out of Egypt , And as a dove out of the land of Asshur , And I have caused them to dwell in their own houses , An affirmation of Jehovah . ylt @Hosea:11:12 @Compassed Me with feigning hath Ephraim , And with deceit the house of Israel . And Judah again is ruling with God , And with the Holy Ones [is ] faithful ! ylt @Hosea:12:1 @Ephraim is enjoying wind , And is pursuing an east wind , All the day lying and spoiling he multiplieth , And a covenant with Asshur they make , And oil to Egypt is carried . ylt @Hosea:12:2 @And a controversy hath Jehovah with Judah , To lay a charge on Jacob according to his ways , According to his doings He returneth to him . ylt @Hosea:12:3 @In the womb he took his brother by the heel , And by his strength he was a prince with God , ylt @Hosea:12:4 @Yea , he is a prince unto the Messenger , And he overcometh [by ] weeping , And he maketh supplication to Him , At Bethel He doth find him , And there He doth speak with us , ylt @Hosea:12:5 @Even Jehovah , God of the Hosts , Jehovah [is ] His memorial . ylt @Hosea:12:6 @And thou , through thy God , dost turn , Kindness and judgment keep thou , And wait on thy God continually . ylt @Hosea:12:7 @Canaan ! in his hand [are ] balances of deceit ! To oppress he hath loved . ylt @Hosea:12:8 @And Ephraim saith : 'Surely I have become rich , I have found wealth for myself , All my labours -- they find not against me iniquity that [is ] sin .' ylt @Hosea:12:9 @And I -- Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt , Again do I turn thee back into tents , As in the days of the appointed time . ylt @Hosea:12:10 @And I have spoken unto the prophets , And I have multiplied vision , And by the hand of the prophets I use similes . ylt @Hosea:12:11 @Surely Gilead [is ] iniquity , Only , vanity they have been , In Gilead bullocks they have sacrificed , Also their altars [are ] as heaps , on the furrows of a field . ylt @Hosea:12:12 @And Jacob doth flee to the country of Aram , And Israel doth serve for a wife , Yea , for a wife he hath kept watch . ylt @Hosea:12:13 @And by a prophet hath Jehovah brought up Israel out of Egypt , And by a prophet it hath been watched . ylt @Hosea:12:14 @Ephraim hath provoked most bitterly , And his blood on himself he leaveth , And his reproach turn back to him doth his Lord ! ylt @Hosea:13:1 @When Ephraim speaketh tremblingly , He hath been lifted up in Israel , When he becometh guilty in Baal he dieth . ylt @Hosea:13:2 @And now do they add to sin , And make to them a molten image of their silver , By their own understanding -- idols , A work of artizans -- all of it , Of them they say , who [are ] sacrificers among men , 'The calves let them kiss .' ylt @Hosea:13:3 @Therefore they are as a cloud of the morning , And as dew , rising early , going away , As chaff tossed about out of a floor , And as smoke out of a window . ylt @Hosea:13:4 @And I [am ] Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt , And a God besides Me thou dost not know , And a Saviour -- there is none save Me . ylt @Hosea:13:5 @I -- I have known thee in a wilderness , In a land of droughts . ylt @Hosea:13:6 @According to their feedings they are satiated , They have been satiated , And their heart is lifted up , Therefore they have forgotten Me , ylt @Hosea:13:7 @And I am to them as a lion , As a leopard by the way I look out . ylt @Hosea:13:8 @I do meet them as a bereaved bear , And I rend the enclosure of their heart . ylt @Hosea:13:9 @And I consume them there as a lioness , A beast of the field doth rend them . ylt @Hosea:13:10 @Thou hast destroyed thyself , O Israel , But in Me [is ] thy help , Where [is ] thy king now -- And he doth save thee in all thy cities ? And thy judges of whom thou didst say , 'Give to me a king and heads ?' ylt @Hosea:13:11 @I give to thee a king in Mine anger , And I take away in My wrath . ylt @Hosea:13:12 @Bound up [is ] the iniquity of Ephraim , Hidden [is ] his sin , ylt @Hosea:13:13 @Pangs of a travailing woman come to him , He [is ] a son not wise , For he remaineth not the time for the breaking forth of sons . ylt @Hosea:13:14 @From the hand of Sheol I do ransom them , From death I redeem them , Where [is ] thy plague , O death ? Where thy destruction , O Sheol ? Repentance is hid from Mine eyes . ylt @Hosea:13:15 @Though he among brethren produceth fruit , Come in doth an east wind , a wind of Jehovah , From a wilderness it is coming up , And it drieth up his fountain , And become dry doth his spring , It -- it spoileth a treasure -- every desirable vessel . ylt @Hosea:13:16 @Become desolate doth Samaria , Because she hath rebelled against her God , By sword they do fall , Their sucklings are dashed in pieces , And its pregnant ones are ripped up ! ylt @Hosea:14:1 @Turn back , O Israel , unto Jehovah thy God , For thou hast stumbled by thine iniquity . ylt @Hosea:14:2 @Take with you words , and turn to Jehovah , Say ye unto Him : 'Take away all iniquity , and give good , And we do render the fruit of our lips . ylt @Hosea:14:3 @Asshur doth not save us , on a horse we ride not , Nor do we say any more , Our God , to the work of our hands , For in Thee find mercy doth the fatherless .' ylt @Hosea:14:4 @I heal their backsliding , I love them freely , For turned back hath Mine anger from him . ylt @Hosea:14:5 @I am as dew to Israel , he flourisheth as a lily , And he striketh forth his roots as Lebanon . ylt @Hosea:14:6 @Go on do his sucklings , And his beauty is as an olive , And he hath fragrance as Lebanon . ylt @Hosea:14:7 @Return do the dwellers under his shadow , They revive [as ] corn , and flourish as a vine , His memorial [is ] as wine of Lebanon . ylt @Hosea:14:8 @O Ephraim , what to Me any more with idols ? I -- I afflicted , and I cause him to sing : 'I [am ] as a green fir-tree ,' From Me is thy fruit found . ylt @Hosea:14:9 @Who [is ] wise , and doth understand these ? Prudent , and knoweth them ? For upright are the ways of Jehovah , And the righteous go on in them , And the transgressors stumble therein !

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