\NormalFont\ShortTitle{HOSHEA}

{\MT Hoshea

\par }{\IS Introduction

\par }{\IP In this book, a preacher (Hosea) is victimized by the sin of adultery, one torment of which is the fact that adultery throws into question the paternity of the children (Hos 2:4 [2:6]), even as G-d is made a cuckold by devotion to false religion, and the legitimacy as His children of such wayward religious adherents is thereby made questionable.



\par }\ChapOne{1}{\PP \VerseOne{1}The Devar
{\ND{Hashem}} that came unto Hoshea, ben Be'eri, in the yamim of Uziyah, Yotam, Achaz, and Yechizkiyah, melachim of Yehudah, and in the yamim of Yarov'am ben Yoash, Melech Yisroel.


\par }{\PP \VS{2}The beginning of the Devar
{\ND{Hashem}} by Hoshea: And
{\ND{Hashem}} said to Hoshea: Go, take unto thee an eshet zenunim
{\ADD{(wife of whoredoms)}} and yeladim of zenunim; for ha'aretz hath committed great whoredom, by departing from
{\ND{Hashem}}.

\VS{3}So he went and took Gomer bat Divlayim; which conceived, and bore him ben.


\par }{\PP \VS{4}And
{\ND{Hashem}} said unto him: Call shmo Yizre'el
{\ADD{(G-d will sow)}}; for yet a little while, and I will visit vengeance upon Bais Yehu for the demei Yizre'el
{\ADD{(massacre at Yizre'el)}}, and will cause to cease\FTNT{*}{{\FR 1:4 }{\FT{722 BCE}}} Mamlechut Bais Yisroel.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 1:4 }{\FT{See
}}{\XT{1Kgs 21; 2Kgs 9}}}

\VS{5}And it shall come to pass on Yom Hahu, that I will break the keshet Yisroel
{\ADD{(bow of Israel)}}, in the Emek Yizre'el
{\ADD{(Jezreel Valley)}}.


\par }{\PP \VS{6}And she conceived again, and bore a bat. And G-d said unto him, Call her shem Lo-ruchamah
{\ADD{(not pitied)}}; for I will no more have pity upon Bais Yisroel; since I have been utterly betrayed by them.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 1:6 }{\XT{1K 2:10}}}

\VS{7}But I will have mercy upon the Bais Yehudah, and will save them by
{\ND{Hashem}} Eloheihem, and will not save them by keshet, nor by cherev, nor by milchamah, by susim, nor by parashim.


\par }{\PP \VS{8}Now when she had weaned Lo-ruchamah, she conceived, and bore ben.

\VS{9}Then said G-d, Call shmo
{\ADD{(his name)}} Lo-ammi; for ye are lo ammi
{\ADD{(not My people)}}, and to you
{\ADD{(pl)}} not eh'h'yeh
{\ADD{(I AM: which is ALEFH HEH YOD HEH 1 common sg form of YOD HEH VAV HEH — HASHEM; i.e., to you I am not
{\ND{Hashem}}).}}




\par }\Chap{2}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Yet the number of the Bnei Yisroel shall be as the sand of the yam
{\ADD{(sea)}}, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are lo ammi
{\ADD{(not My people)}}, there it shall be said unto them, Ye are the Bnei El Chai.

\VS{2}Then shall the Bnei Yehudah and the Bnei Yisroel be gathered together, and appoint for them Rosh Echad,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 2:2 }{\FT{Moshiach; see
}}{\XT{Isa 11; Hos 3:5}}} and they shall come up out of ha'aretz; for gadol shall be the Yom Yizre'el
{\ADD{(Day of Jezreel)}}.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 2:2 }{\FT{G-d will sow}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{3}Say ye unto your achim, Ami
{\ADD{(My people)}}; and to your achayot, Ruchamah
{\ADD{(Pitied)}}.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}Plead with immechem
{\ADD{(your mother)}}, plead;

\par }{\Q for she is not my isha
{\ADD{(wife)}},

\par }{\Q neither am I her ish
{\ADD{(husband)}};

\par }{\Q let her therefore put away her zenunim
{\ADD{(whoredoms)}} out of her sight,

\par }{\Q and her na'afufim
{\ADD{(adulteries)}} from between her breasts;


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Lest I strip her naked,

\par }{\Q and set her as bare as the day she was born,

\par }{\Q and make her as a midbar,

\par }{\Q and turn her like an eretz tziyyah
{\ADD{(parched land)}},

\par }{\Q and kill her with tzamah
{\ADD{(thirst)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}And I will not have mercy upon her banim;

\par }{\Q for they are the bnei zenunim.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}For their em hath played the zonah
{\ADD{(prostitute)}};

\par }{\Q she that conceived them hath done shamefully;

\par }{\Q for she said: I will go after my lovers,

\par }{\Q that give me my lechem and my mayim,

\par }{\Q my wool and my flax, mine shemen
{\ADD{(oil)}} and my shikkui
{\ADD{(drink)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Therefore, hinei, I will hedge up thy path with thorns,

\par }{\Q and wall in her wall,

\par }{\Q that she shall not find her netivah
{\ADD{(way)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}And she shall chase after her lovers,

\par }{\Q but she shall not overtake them;

\par }{\Q and she shall seek them, but shall not find them;

\par }{\Q then shall she say:

\par }{\Q I will go and return to my ish harishon
{\ADD{(first husband)}};

\par }{\Q for then was it better with me than now.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}For she did not have da'as that I gave her

\par }{\Q dagan
{\ADD{(grain)}}, and tirosh
{\ADD{(new wine)}}, and yitzhar
{\ADD{(oil)}},

\par }{\Q and multiplied her kesef and zahav,

\par }{\Q which they prepared for Ba'al.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Therefore will I return, and take away

\par }{\Q My dagan in the season thereof,

\par }{\Q and My tirosh in the season thereof,

\par }{\Q and will take back My wool and My flax

\par }{\Q given to cover her nakedness.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}And now will I expose her navlut
{\ADD{(lewdness)}}

\par }{\Q in the sight of her lovers,

\par }{\Q and none shall deliver her out of Mine hand.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}I will also cause all her masos
{\ADD{(exultation, joy)}} to cease,

\par }{\Q her Chag
{\ADD{(feast)}}, her Chodesh
{\ADD{(New Moons)}}, and her Shabbatot,

\par }{\Q and all her Mo'adim
{\ADD{(appointed feasts)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}And I will destroy her gefanim
{\ADD{(vines)}} and her te'enim
{\ADD{(fig trees)}},

\par }{\Q whereof she hath said: These are my etnan
{\ADD{(harlotʼs wages)}}

\par }{\Q that my lovers have given me;

\par }{\Q and I will make them a forest,

\par }{\Q and the wild beasts of the sadeh shall devour them.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}And I will visit upon her

\par }{\Q the yamim of Ba'alim,

\par }{\Q wherein she burned incense to them,

\par }{\Q and she decked herself with her ring and her jewelry,

\par }{\Q and she went after her lovers,

\par }{\Q and forgot Me,

\par }{\QR saith
{\ND{Hashem}}.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{16}Therefore, hinei, I will allure her,

\par }{\Q and bring her into the midbar,

\par }{\Q and speak to her lev.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}And there I will give her her kramim
{\ADD{(vineyards)}},

\par }{\Q and the Emek Achor
{\ADD{(Valley of Trouble)}} I will make a petach tikvah
{\ADD{(door of hope)}};

\par }{\Q and she shall sing there, as in the yamim of her youth,

\par }{\Q and as in the yom when she came up out of Eretz Mitzrayim.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\PP \VS{18}And it shall be in Yom Hahu, saith
{\ND{Hashem}}, that thou shalt call Me Ishi
{\ADD{(my Husband)}}; and shalt call Me no more Ba'ali.

\VS{19}For I will take away the shemot
{\ADD{(names)}} of Ba'alim out of her mouth, and they shall be remembered by their names no more.

\VS{20}And in Yom Hahu will I make a brit
{\ADD{(covenant)}} for them with the beasts of the sadeh and with the fowls of Shomayim, and with the creeping things of the adamah; and I will abolish the keshet and the cherev and the milchamah from ha'aretz, and will make them to lie down in betach
{\ADD{(safety)}}.

\VS{21}And I will betroth thee unto Me l'olam; yea, I will betroth thee unto Me in tzedek, and in mishpat, and in chesed, and in rachamim.

\VS{22}I will even betroth thee unto Me in emunah
{\ADD{(faithfulness, fidelity)}}: then thou shalt know
{\ND{Hashem}}.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{23}And it shall come to pass in Yom Hahu,

\par }{\Q I will answer, saith
{\ND{Hashem}},

\par }{\Q I will answer HaShomayim
{\ADD{(the heavens)}},

\par }{\Q and they shall answer Ha'Aretz;


\par }{\Q \VS{24}And Ha'Aretz shall answer with dagan,

\par }{\Q and tirosh, and yitzhar;

\par }{\Q and they shall answer Yizre'el
{\ADD{(G-d will sow)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{25}And I will sow her for Myself in ha'aretz;

\par }{\Q and I will have rachamim upon lo ruchamah;

\par }{\Q and I will say to them which were lo ammi: Thou art ami
{\ADD{(My people)}};

\par }{\Q and they shall say: Thou art Elohai
{\ADD{(my G-d)}}.




\par }\Chap{3}{\PP \VerseOne{1}Then said
{\ND{Hashem}} unto me, Go again, love an isha
{\ADD{(woman, wife)}} beloved of her re'a
{\ADD{(friend, companion)}}, yet a noefet
{\ADD{(adulteress)}}, just like the ahavat
{\ND{Hashem}} toward the Bnei Yisroel, who look to elohim acharim, and love heathen religion raisin cakes.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 3:1 }{\FT{}}{\XT{Jer 44:19}}}


\par }{\PP \VS{2}So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of kesef, and for a chomer and a half of se'orim;\FTNT{†}{{\FR 3:2 }{\FT{}}{\XT{1K 1:18-19}}}

\VS{3}And I said unto her, Thou shalt abide with me yamim rabbim and shalt not play the zonah, and thou shalt not be for another ish; and thus will I also towards thee. 1

\VS{4}For the Bnei Yisroel shall abide yamim rabbim without a melech, and without a sar, and without a zevach, and without a matzevah
{\ADD{(stone pillar, monument)}} and without an ephod
{\ADD{(sacred vest used for consulting a deity)}}, and without teraphim
{\ADD{(household idols)}};

\VS{5}Afterward shall the Bnei Yisroel return, and seek
{\ND{Hashem}} Eloheihem, and Dovid their melech;\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 3:5 }{\FT{i.e., Moshiach}}} and shall fear
{\ND{Hashem}} and His goodness in the acharit hayamim
{\ADD{(last days)}}.




\par }\PoetryChap{4}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Hear the Devar
{\ND{Hashem}}, ye Bnei Yisroel:

\par }{\Q for
{\ND{Hashem}} hath a controversy with the yoshvei ha'aretz,

\par }{\Q because there is no emes, nor chesed,

\par }{\Q nor da'as Elohim in ha'aretz.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4:1 }{\FT{See
}}{\XT{11:7-9; 1K 1:18-19}}}


\par }{\Q \VS{2}By aloh
{\ADD{(false swearing, perjury)}}, and kachash
{\ADD{(lying)}}, and ratzo'ach
{\ADD{(murder)}},

\par }{\Q and ganov
{\ADD{(stealing)}}, and na'of
{\ADD{(committing adultery)}} they break away,

\par }{\Q and damim b'damim they follow
{\ADD{(bloodshed follows bloodshed)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Therefore shall ha'aretz mourn,

\par }{\Q and every one that dwelleth therein shall waste away languishing,

\par }{\Q with the wild beasts of the sadeh, and with the fowls of Shomayim;

\par }{\Q yea, the dagim of the yam also shall disappear.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}Yet let no ish bring a point of contention,

\par }{\Q nor reprove another;

\par }{\Q for thy people are as they

\par }{\Q that strive with the kohen.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Therefore shalt thou stumble and fall in the yom,

\par }{\Q and the navi also shall stumble and fall with thee in the lailah,

\par }{\Q and I will destroy thy em.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Ami are destroyed for lack of da'as
{\ADD{(knowledge)}};

\par }{\Q because thou hast rejected da'as,

\par }{\Q I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no kohen to Me;

\par }{\Q seeing thou hast forgotten the torat Eloheicha,

\par }{\Q I will also forget thy banim.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}The more they increased, the more they sinned against Me;

\par }{\Q therefore will I change their kavod into kalon
{\ADD{(ignominy, shame)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}They\FTNT{†}{{\FR 4:8 }{\FT{i.e., the kohanim}}} feed on the chattat
{\ADD{(sin)}} of Ami,

\par }{\Q and they relish their avon
{\ADD{(iniquity)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}And there shall be, like Am
{\ADD{(People)}}, like kohen;

\par }{\Q and I will visit them with punishment for their ways,

\par }{\Q and repay them for their doings.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}For they shall eat, and not have enough;

\par }{\Q they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase;

\par }{\Q because they have abandoned being shomer to heed
{\ND{Hashem}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Zenut
{\ADD{(prostitution, whoredom)}} and yayin and tirosh

\par }{\Q take away the lev
{\ADD{(understanding)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Ami
{\ADD{(My people)}} consult a piece of wood,

\par }{\Q and their staff declareth unto them;

\par }{\Q for the ruach zenunim hath caused them to err,

\par }{\Q and they have played the zonah, forsaking Eloheihem.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains,

\par }{\Q and burn incense upon the hills,

\par }{\Q under oak and poplar and terebinth,

\par }{\Q because the shade thereof is tov;

\par }{\Q therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom,

\par }{\Q and your daughters-in-law shall commit ni'uf
{\ADD{(adultery)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}I will not visit punishment upon your daughters when they commit whoredom,

\par }{\Q nor your daughters-in-law when they commit ni'uf
{\ADD{(adultery)}};

\par }{\Q because the men consort with zonot,

\par }{\Q and they sacrifice with kedeshot
{\ADD{(temple prostitutes)}};

\par }{\Q thus the Am without binah
{\ADD{(understanding)}} shall come to ruin.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}Though thou, Yisroel, play the zonah,

\par }{\Q yet let not Yehudah become guilty;

\par }{\Q and come not ye unto Gilgal,

\par }{\Q neither go ye up to Beit-Aven
{\ADD{(House of Iniquity)}},\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 4:15 }{\FT{pejorative name for Bethel}}}

\par }{\Q nor swear, Chai
{\ND{Hashem}}{\ADD{(As the L-rd lives)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}For Yisroel slideth back\FTNT{§}{{\FR 4:16 }{\FT{i.e., is stubborn, rebellious, unmanageable}}}

\par }{\Q like a backsliding parah
{\ADD{(stubborn, rebellious cow)}};

\par }{\Q can
{\ND{Hashem}} now feed them

\par }{\Q like a lamb in a wide field?


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{17}Ephrayim\FTNT{*}{{\FR 4:17 }{\FT{i.e., the Northern Kingdom, Israel}}} is joined to atzabim
{\ADD{(idols)}};

\par }{\Q leave him alone.


\par }{\Q \VS{18}When their drink is sour,\FTNT{†}{{\FR 4:18 }{\FT{i.e., when intoxicated}}}

\par }{\Q they have committed whoredom;

\par }{\Q her mogenim
{\ADD{(shields, rulers)}} deeply love kalon
{\ADD{(ignominy, shame)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{19}The wind hath bound her up in her wings,

\par }{\Q and their zevakhot
{\ADD{(sacrifices)}} shall bring them bushah
{\ADD{(shame)}}.




\par }\PoetryChap{5}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Hear ye this, O kohanim;

\par }{\Q and pay heed, ye Bais Yisroel;

\par }{\Q and give ye ear, O Bais HaMelech;

\par }{\Q for hamishpat
{\ADD{(the judgment)}} is against you,

\par }{\Q because ye have been a pach
{\ADD{(snare, bird trap)}} at Mitzpah,

\par }{\Q and a reshet
{\ADD{(net)}} spread upon Tavor.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}And the revolters have deepened their slaughter,

\par }{\Q and I will be musar
{\ADD{(punishment)}}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 5:2 }{\FT{see regarding Moshiach,
}}{\XT{Isa 53:5}}} of them all.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}I know Ephrayim,

\par }{\Q and Yisroel is not hid from Me;

\par }{\Q for now, O Ephrayim, thou committest whoredom,

\par }{\Q and Yisroel is tameh
{\ADD{(unclean, defiled)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Their doings do not permit them to turn unto Eloheihem;

\par }{\Q for the ruach zenunim is in the midst of them,

\par }{\Q and they have not known
{\ND{Hashem}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}And the ga'on Yisroel
{\ADD{(pride of Yisroel)}} doth testify to his face;

\par }{\Q therefore shall Yisroel and Ephrayim stumble and fall in their avon
{\ADD{(iniquity)}};

\par }{\Q Yehudah also shall fall with them.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}They shall go with their flocks

\par }{\Q and with their herds to seek
{\ND{Hashem}};

\par }{\Q but they shall not find Him;

\par }{\Q He hath withdrawn Himself from them.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}They have dealt treacherously against
{\ND{Hashem}};

\par }{\Q for they have begotten banim zarim
{\ADD{(strange, illegitimate children)}};

\par }{\Q now shall a [Rosh] Chodesh devour them with their fields.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Blow ye the shofar in Giv'ah, and the trumpet in Ramah;

\par }{\Q cry aloud at Beit-Aven; after thee, O Binyamin!


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Ephrayim shall be desolate in the Yom Tokheichah
{\ADD{(Day of Rebuke)}}:

\par }{\Q among the Shivtei Yisroel have I made known that which is certain.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}The sarim
{\ADD{(princes)}} of Yehudah were like them that remove the gevul
{\ADD{(boundary stone)}};

\par }{\Q therefore I will pour out My wrath upon them like mayim.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}Ephrayim is oppressed and crushed in mishpat
{\ADD{(judgment)}},

\par }{\Q because he willingly walked after tzav
{\ADD{(human statute)}}.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 5:11 }{\FT{}}{\XT{Isa 28:10,13}}}


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Therefore will I be unto Ephrayim like maggots,

\par }{\Q and to the Bais Yehudah like rottenness.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{13}When Ephrayim saw his sickness,

\par }{\Q and Yehudah saw his sores,

\par }{\Q then went Ephrayim to the Assyrian,

\par }{\Q and sent to the great king;

\par }{\Q yet he was not able to heal you,

\par }{\Q nor cure you of your wound.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}For I will be unto Ephrayim like a lion,

\par }{\Q and as a great lion to the Bais Yehudah;

\par }{\Q I, even I, will tear and go away;

\par }{\Q I will carry off, and there will be no one rescuing.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}I will go and return to My place,

\par }{\Q till they acknowledge their guilt, and seek My face;

\par }{\Q in their tzar
{\ADD{(affliction, distress)}} they will beg My favor.




\par }\PoetryChap{6}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Come, and let us return unto
{\ND{Hashem}};

\par }{\Q for He hath torn, and He will heal us;

\par }{\Q He hath struck, and He will bind us up.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}After two days He will revive us;

\par }{\Q in the Yom HaShelishi He will raise us up,

\par }{\Q and we shall live in His sight.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Then shall we know, if we follow on to know
{\ND{Hashem}};

\par }{\Q His going forth is established as the shachar
{\ADD{(dawn)}};

\par }{\Q and He shall come unto us as the geshem
{\ADD{(winter rain)}},

\par }{\Q as the malkosh
{\ADD{(spring rain)}}\FTNT{*}{{\FR 6:3 }{\FT{i.e., as the latter and former rain, which is the winter and spring rain}}} unto ha'aretz.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}O Ephrayim, what shall I do unto thee?

\par }{\Q O Yehudah, what shall I do with thee?

\par }{\Q For your chesed
{\ADD{(faithfulness, loyalty)}} is as an anan boker
{\ADD{(morning cloud)}}, and as the early dew that disappears.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Therefore have I cut them to pieces with the nevi'im;

\par }{\Q I have slain them by the words of My mouth;

\par }{\Q thy mishpatim are as the ohr
{\ADD{(light, lightning)}} that goeth forth.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}For I desired chesed, and not zevach;

\par }{\Q and the da'as Elohim more than olot
{\ADD{(burnt offerings)}}.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 6:6 }{\FT{}}{\XT{Mt 9:13}}}


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}But they are like Adam, they have transgressed the brit
{\ADD{(covenant)}};

\par }{\Q there have they dealt treacherously against Me.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Gil'ad is a city of evil-doers,

\par }{\Q is trodden with dahm.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}And as gedudim
{\ADD{(marauders)}} lie in wait for a man,

\par }{\Q so the chever
{\ADD{(band)}} [of] kohanim

\par }{\Q murder in the way to Shechem;

\par }{\Q for they commit shameful crimes.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}I have seen a horrible thing in Bais Yisroel:

\par }{\Q there is the zenut
{\ADD{(whoredom)}} of Ephrayim;

\par }{\Q Yisroel is tameh
{\ADD{(unclean, defiled)}}.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}Also, O Yehudah, he hath set a katzir
{\ADD{(harvest)}} [of punishment] for thee,

\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q When I turn the Shevut Ami
{\ADD{(Captivity of My people)}},\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 6:11 }{\FT{i.e., restore their fortunes}}}




\par }\PoetryChap{7}{\Q \VerseOne{1}when I would have healed Yisroel,

\par }{\Q then the avon
{\ADD{(iniquity)}} of Ephrayim was exposed,

\par }{\Q and the ra'ot
{\ADD{(crimes)}} of Shomron;

\par }{\Q for they practice sheker;

\par }{\Q and the ganav intrudes,

\par }{\Q and the bandit robs bachutz
{\ADD{(in the street)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}And they consider not in their levavot

\par }{\Q that I remember all their ra'ah;

\par }{\Q now their own evil doings surround them;

\par }{\Q they are before My face.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}They make the Melech glad with their ra'ah,

\par }{\Q and the sarim
{\ADD{(princes)}} with their lies.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}They are all no'afim
{\ADD{(adulterers)}},

\par }{\Q as an oven heated by the baker,

\par }{\Q who ceaseth stirring from the kneading of the batzek
{\ADD{(dough)}},

\par }{\Q until its chametz leavening rises.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}In the Yom Malkeinu

\par }{\Q the sarim
{\ADD{(princes)}} have made him sick with the heat of yayin;

\par }{\Q he has stretched out his hand with the letzim
{\ADD{(mockers)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}For they have made ready their lev

\par }{\Q like an oven, while they lie in wait;

\par }{\Q their anger smolders kol halailah;

\par }{\Q in the boker it burneth like an eish of flame.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}They are all hot as an oven,

\par }{\Q and have devoured their shofetim;

\par }{\Q all their melachim are fallen;

\par }{\Q there is none among them that calleth unto Me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}Ephrayim, he hath mixed himself among the people;

\par }{\Q Ephrayim is a flat cake not turned over.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}Zarim have devoured his ko'ach,

\par }{\Q and he knoweth it not;

\par }{\Q yea, gray hairs are sprinkled upon him,

\par }{\Q yet he hath no da'as.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}And the ga'on Yisroel testifieth to his face;

\par }{\Q and they do not return to
{\ND{Hashem}} Eloheihem,

\par }{\Q nor seek Him for all this.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}Ephrayim also is like an easily deceived yonah without sense;

\par }{\Q they call to Mitzrayim,

\par }{\Q they turn to Assyria.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}When they shall go, I will spread My reshet
{\ADD{(net)}} upon them;

\par }{\Q I will bring them down as the fowls of Shomayim;

\par }{\Q I will chastise them, when I hear them congregating.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{13}Woe unto them! For they have strayed from Me.

\par }{\Q Sod
{\ADD{(destruction)}} unto them because they have committed pesha against Me!

\par }{\Q Though I would redeem them,

\par }{\Q yet they have spoken kazav
{\ADD{(lies)}} against Me.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{14}And they have not cried unto Me with their levavot,

\par }{\Q when they wailed upon their beds;

\par }{\Q they congregate themselves for dagan and tirosh,

\par }{\Q and they depart from Me.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Though I have trained and strengthened their zero'ot
{\ADD{(arms)}},

\par }{\Q yet do they plot rah against Me.


\par }{\Q \VS{16}They return, but not to Most High;

\par }{\Q they are like a faulty keshet;

\par }{\Q their sarim
{\ADD{(princes)}} shall fall by the cherev

\par }{\Q for the insolence of their leshon;

\par }{\Q this shall be their derision in Eretz Mitzrayim.




\par }\PoetryChap{8}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Set the shofar to thy lips.

\par }{\Q He\FTNT{*}{{\FR 8:1 }{\FT{the Assyrian enemy}}} shall come as a nesher against the Bais
{\ND{Hashem}},

\par }{\Q because they have transgressed My brit
{\ADD{(covenant)}},

\par }{\Q and committed pesha against My torah.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Yisroel shall cry unto Me:

\par }{\Q Elohai, we know Thee. We, Yisroel!


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Yisroel hath cast off the thing that is tov;

\par }{\Q the oyev
{\ADD{(enemy)}} shall pursue him.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}They have set up melachim, but not from Me;

\par }{\Q they have made sarim
{\ADD{(princes)}}, and I knew it not;

\par }{\Q of their kesef and their zahav

\par }{\Q have they made them atzabim
{\ADD{(idols)}},

\par }{\Q that they may be cut off.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Thy egel
{\ADD{(calf-idol)}}, O Shomron, I am casting off;

\par }{\Q Mine anger is kindled against them;

\par }{\Q how long will they be incapable of nikkayon
{\ADD{(innocency, freedom from punishment)}}?


\par }{\Q \VS{6}They are from Yisroel!

\par }{\Q The craftsman made it;

\par }{\Q therefore it is not Elohim;

\par }{\Q but the egel of Shomron shall be broken in pieces.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}For they have sown the wind,

\par }{\Q and they shall reap the whirlwind;

\par }{\Q the stalk [of standing grain] hath no tzemach
{\ADD{(shoot)}};

\par }{\Q it shall yield no kemach
{\ADD{(flour)}};

\par }{\Q and even if it yielded it, zarim would devour it.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}Yisroel is swallowed up;

\par }{\Q now shall they be among the Goyim

\par }{\Q like a worthless keli
{\ADD{(vessel)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}For they are gone up to Assyria,

\par }{\Q a pere
{\ADD{(wild donkey)}} off by itself alone;

\par }{\Q Ephrayim hath sold herself to ahavim
{\ADD{(lovers)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Yea, though they have bargained among the Goyim,

\par }{\Q now will I gather them,

\par }{\Q and they shall begin to diminish

\par }{\Q on account of the massa
{\ADD{(burden)}} of Melech Sarim.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}Because Ephrayim hath built many mizbechot for sin,

\par }{\Q mizbechot shall be unto him to sin.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}I have written to him the many things of My torah,

\par }{\Q but they were regarded as a zar
{\ADD{(strange thing)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}They sacrifice basar for the sacrifices of Mine offerings, and eat it;

\par }{\Q but
{\ND{Hashem}} accepteth them not;

\par }{\Q now will He remember their avon
{\ADD{(iniquity)}}, and visit punishment on their sins;

\par }{\Q they shall return to Mitzrayim.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}For Yisroel hath forgotten his Maker,

\par }{\Q and buildeth heikhalot;

\par }{\Q and Yehudah hath multiplied fortified towns;

\par }{\Q but I will send eish upon his towns,

\par }{\Q and it shall devour the citadels thereof.




\par }\PoetryChap{9}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Rejoice not, O Yisroel,

\par }{\Q for joy, as other people;

\par }{\Q for thou hast gone a-whoring from thy G-d,

\par }{\Q thou hast loved for hire upon every threshing floor.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}The floor and the wine-press shall not feed them,

\par }{\Q and the tirosh shall fail in her.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}They shall not dwell in
{\ND{Hashem}}ʼs land;

\par }{\Q but Ephrayim shall return to Mitzrayim,

\par }{\Q and they shall eat unclean things in Assyria.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}They shall not offer yayin offerings to
{\ND{Hashem}},

\par }{\Q neither shall they be pleasing unto Him;

\par }{\Q their sacrifices shall be unto them as the bread of mourners;

\par }{\Q all that eat thereof shall be polluted;

\par }{\Q for their bread shall be for their own nefesh

\par }{\Q and shall not come into the Beis
{\ND{Hashem}}.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}What will ye do in the Yom Mo'ed,

\par }{\Q and in the Yom Chag
{\ND{Hashem}}?


\par }{\Q \VS{6}For, lo, they are gone because of destruction;

\par }{\Q Mitzrayim shall gather them up,

\par }{\Q Memphis shall bury them;

\par }{\Q nettles shall possess their valuables of kesef;

\par }{\Q thorns shall be in their tents.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}The days of pekudah
{\ADD{(visitation for divine punishment)}} are come,

\par }{\Q the yamim of recompence are come;

\par }{\Q Yisroel shall know it.

\par }{\Q The navi is a fool,

\par }{\Q the ish haruach
{\ADD{(spiritual man)}} is meshuga,

\par }{\Q for the multitude of thine iniquity

\par }{\Q and great hatred.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}The watchman of Ephrayim was with my G-d;

\par }{\Q but the navi is a snare of a fowler in all his ways,

\par }{\Q and hatred in the bais of his G-d.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}They have deeply corrupted themselves,

\par }{\Q as in the yamim of Giv'ah;

\par }{\Q therefore He will remember their iniquity,

\par }{\Q He will visit their sins.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}I found Yisroel like grapes in the midbar;

\par }{\Q I saw your avot as the bikkurah

\par }{\Q in the fig tree at her first season;

\par }{\Q but they went to Ba'al-Pe'or,

\par }{\Q and separated themselves unto that shame;

\par }{\Q and their abominations were according as they loved.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}As for Ephrayim, their kavod shall fly away like a bird,

\par }{\Q from the birth, and from the beten
{\ADD{(womb)}}, and from the conception.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Though they bring up their banim,

\par }{\Q yet will I bereave them,

\par }{\Q that there shall not be a man left:

\par }{\Q yea, woe also to them when I depart from them!


\par }{\Q \VS{13}Ephrayim, as I saw Tzor,

\par }{\Q is planted in a pleasant place;

\par }{\Q but Ephrayim shall bring forth

\par }{\Q his banim to the murderer.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Give them, O
{\ND{Hashem}}. What wilt Thou give?

\par }{\Q Give them a miscarrying rechem
{\ADD{(womb)}} and dry breasts.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}All their wickedness is in Gilgal;

\par }{\Q for there I hated them;

\par }{\Q for the wickedness of their doings

\par }{\Q I will drive them out of Mine bais,

\par }{\Q I will love them no more;

\par }{\Q all their sarim
{\ADD{(princes)}} are sorerim
{\ADD{(rebels)}}.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{16}Ephrayim is struck,

\par }{\Q their shoresh
{\ADD{(root)}} is dried up,

\par }{\Q they shall bear no fruit;

\par }{\Q yea, though they bring forth,

\par }{\Q yet will I slay even the beloved fruit of their beten
{\ADD{(womb)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{17}My G-d will cast them away,

\par }{\Q because they did not pay heed unto Him;

\par }{\Q and they shall be nodedim
{\ADD{(wanderers)}} among the Goyim.




\par }\PoetryChap{10}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Yisroel is a running gefen,

\par }{\Q he bringeth forth p'ri unto himself;

\par }{\Q according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the mizbechot;

\par }{\Q according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly matzevot
{\ADD{(stone pillars, monuments)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Their lev is deceitful;

\par }{\Q now shall they bear guilt;

\par }{\Q He shall break down their mizbechot,

\par }{\Q He shall destroy their matzevot.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}For now they shall say:

\par }{\Q We have no Melech,

\par }{\Q because we feared not
{\ND{Hashem}};

\par }{\Q but if we did have a Melech, what could he do for us?


\par }{\Q \VS{4}They have spoken words,

\par }{\Q swearing falsely in cutting brit
{\ADD{(covenant)}};

\par }{\Q thus mishpat springeth up as poisonous herb

\par }{\Q in the furrows of the sadeh.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}The inhabitants of Shomron tremble

\par }{\Q because of the eglot
{\ADD{(calf-idols)}} of Beit-Aven;

\par }{\Q for the people thereof shall mourn over it,

\par }{\Q likewise the komer
{\ADD{(idolatrous priests)}},

\par }{\Q who shout for joy over it,

\par }{\Q for its kavod from it has departed.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}It shall be also carried unto Assyria

\par }{\Q for a minchah
{\ADD{(present)}} to the great king;

\par }{\Q Ephrayim shall receive disgrace,

\par }{\Q and Yisroel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{7}As for Shomron,

\par }{\Q her melech will float off like a twig upon the surface of the mayim.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}The high places also of Aven, the chattat Yisroel,

\par }{\Q shall be made shmad;

\par }{\Q the kotz
{\ADD{(thorn)}} and the dardar
{\ADD{(thistle)}} shall come up on their mizbechot;

\par }{\Q and they shall say to the mountains: Cover us;

\par }{\Q and to the hills: Fall on us.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}O Yisroel, thou hast sinned

\par }{\Q from the yamei Giv'ah;

\par }{\Q there they have continued.

\par }{\Q Did not milchamah
{\ADD{(war)}} overtake

\par }{\Q the bnei alvah
{\ADD{(children of unruliness)}} in Giv'ah?


\par }{\Q \VS{10}When I please, I will chastise them;

\par }{\Q amim shall be gathered against them,

\par }{\Q when they are punished for their shtei avon
{\ADD{(double iniquity)}}.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}And Ephrayim is an eglah melummadah
{\ADD{(a trained heifer)}},

\par }{\Q and loveth to tread out the grain;

\par }{\Q but I will put a yoke on her fair neck;

\par }{\Q I will drive Ephrayim;

\par }{\Q Yehudah shall plow,

\par }{\Q and Ya'akov shall break his clods.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Sow to yourselves in tzedakah,

\par }{\Q reap in chesed;

\par }{\Q break up your fallow ground;

\par }{\Q for it is time to seek
{\ND{Hashem}},

\par }{\Q till He come and rain tzedek upon you.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{13}Ye have plowed resha,

\par }{\Q ye have reaped avlah;

\par }{\Q ye have eaten the pri kachash
{\ADD{(fruit of lies)}};

\par }{\Q because thou didst trust in thy way,

\par }{\Q in the multitude of thy gibborim
{\ADD{(mighty men)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{14}Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people,

\par }{\Q and all thy fortresses shall be devastated,

\par }{\Q as Shalman devastated Beit-Arbel on the yom milchamah;

\par }{\Q the em were dashed in pieces with their banim.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}So, O Beit-El, shall it be done unto you

\par }{\Q because of your great wickedness;

\par }{\Q in the shachar
{\ADD{(dawn)}} shall the Melech Yisroel

\par }{\Q utterly be cut off.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 10:15 }{\FT{}}{\XT{Isa 53:8}}}




\par }\PoetryChap{11}{\Q \VerseOne{1}When Yisroel was a na'ar
{\ADD{(child)}}, I loved him,

\par }{\Q and called Beni
{\ADD{(My son)}} out of Mitzrayim.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 11:1 }{\FT{}}{\XT{Mt 2:15}}}


\par }{\Q \VS{2}The more I called them,

\par }{\Q the more they went from Me;

\par }{\Q they sacrificed unto Ba'alim,

\par }{\Q and burned incense to peselim
{\ADD{(graven images)}}.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}Yet it was I who taught Ephrayim to walk,

\par }{\Q taking them by their zero'ot;

\par }{\Q but they knew not

\par }{\Q that it was I who healed them.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}I drew them with cords of man,

\par }{\Q with bands of ahavah;

\par }{\Q and I was to them

\par }{\Q as they that ease the ol
{\ADD{(yoke)}} on their jaws,

\par }{\Q and I bent down to feed them.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}Will they not return into Eretz Mitzrayim?

\par }{\Q And will not the Assyrian be his melech,

\par }{\Q because they refused to make teshuvah.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}And the cherev shall flash in his towns,

\par }{\Q and shall destroy his gate bars, and devour them,

\par }{\Q because of their own counsels.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}And Ami are bent to backsliding from Me;

\par }{\Q though they called to the Most High,

\par }{\Q none at all would exalt Him.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}How shall I give thee up, Ephrayim?

\par }{\Q How shall I hand thee over, Yisroel?

\par }{\Q How shall I make thee as Admah?

\par }{\Q How shall I make thee as Tzevoyim?

\par }{\Q Mine lev is turned within Me,

\par }{\Q My relentings are kindled together.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}I will not execute Mine charon af,

\par }{\Q I will not return to destroy Ephrayim;

\par }{\Q for El ani, and not ish;

\par }{\Q the Kadosh
{\ADD{(Holy One)}} in the midst of thee;

\par }{\Q and I will not come in wrath.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}They shall walk after
{\ND{Hashem}};

\par }{\Q He shall roar like an aryeh;

\par }{\Q when He shall roar,

\par }{\Q then the banim shall come trembling from the west.


\par }{\Q \VS{11}They shall come trembling as a bird out of Mitzrayim,

\par }{\Q and as a yonah out of Eretz Assyria;

\par }{\Q and I will place them in their batim
{\ADD{(houses)}},

\par }{\QR saith
{\ND{Hashem}}.




\par }\PoetryChap{12}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Ephrayim compasseth Me about with kachash
{\ADD{(lies)}},

\par }{\Q and Bais Yisroel with mirmar
{\ADD{(deceit)}};\FTNT{*}{{\FR 12:1 }{\FT{See
}}{\XT{Isa 53:9}}{\FT{ which says Moshiach will have no mirmar}}}

\par }{\Q but Yehudah still is unruly against El,

\par }{\Q and against Kadoshim
{\ADD{(Holy One)}};\FTNT{†}{{\FR 12:1 }{\FT{See
}}{\XT{Prov 9:10}}} Who is ne'eman.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}Ephrayim feedeth on wind, and chasing after the east wind;

\par }{\Q he daily increaseth kazav
{\ADD{(lies)}} and sod
{\ADD{(desolation)}};

\par }{\Q and cuts brit with the Assyrians,

\par }{\Q and shemen is sent to Mitzrayim.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{3}{\ND{Hashem}} hath also a charge against Yehudah,

\par }{\Q and will visit punishment on Ya'akov according to his ways;

\par }{\Q according to his doings will He repay him.


\par }{\Q \VS{4}In the beten
{\ADD{(womb)}} he
{\ADD{(Ya'akov)}} akav
{\ADD{(took at the heel)}} [of] his brother

\par }{\Q and by his strength he sarah
{\ADD{(struggled with, persevered)}} with Elohim;


\par }{\Q \VS{5}Yea, he
{\ADD{(Yisroel)}} sarah
{\ADD{(had power over)}} the malach, and prevailed;

\par }{\Q he wept, and made techinnah unto Him;

\par }{\Q He found him at Beit-El,

\par }{\Q and there He spoke with us;


\par }{\Q \VS{6}Even
{\ND{Hashem}} Elohei Tzva'os;

\par }{\Q {\ND{Hashem}} is His [memorial] Name!


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Therefore turn thou to Eloheicha;

\par }{\Q be shomer over chesed and mishpat

\par }{\Q and wait on Eloheicha tamid
{\ADD{(continually)}}.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{8}A kena'an
{\ADD{(merchant)}}, in whose hand are the scales of mirmar
{\ADD{(deceit)}}

\par }{\Q He loveth to oppress.


\par }{\Q \VS{9}And Ephrayim boasts: Yet I am become an oisher,

\par }{\Q I have found me out wealth;

\par }{\Q in all my gain they shall find none avon
{\ADD{(iniquity, offense)}}

\par }{\Q in me that would be chet
{\ADD{(sin)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}And I that am
{\ND{Hashem}} Eloheicha from Eretz Mitzrayim

\par }{\Q will yet make thee to dwell in oholim,

\par }{\Q as in the yamei mo'ed.\FTNT{‡}{{\FR 12:10 }{\FT{i.e. Sukkot}}}


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{11}I have also spoken to the nevi'im,

\par }{\Q and I have multiplied chazon
{\ADD{(vision, revelation, prophecy)}},

\par }{\Q and spoken parables by the nevi'im.


\par }{\Q \VS{12}Is there aven
{\ADD{(iniquity)}} in Gil'ad?

\par }{\Q Surely they are vanity;

\par }{\Q they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal;

\par }{\Q yea, their mizbechot are as piles of stones

\par }{\Q in the furrows of the fields.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}And Ya'akov fled into the country of Aram,

\par }{\Q and Yisroel served for an isha,

\par }{\Q and for an isha he was shomer [over sheep].


\par }{\Q \VS{14}And by a navi
{\ND{Hashem}} brought Yisroel out of Mitzrayim,

\par }{\Q and shomer\FTNT{§}{{\FR 12:14 }{\FT{Yisroel}}} a navi was.


\par }{\Q \VS{15}Ephrayim has provoked bitter anger;

\par }{\Q therefore shall He leave his blood-guiltiness upon him,

\par }{\Q and his scorn shall Adonoi of him return and repay unto him.




\par }\PoetryChap{13}{\Q \VerseOne{1}When Ephrayim spoke there was trembling;

\par }{\Q he was exalted in Yisroel;

\par }{\Q but when he became guilty in Ba'al, he died.


\par }{\Q \VS{2}And now they sin more and more,

\par }{\Q and have made for themselves massekhah
{\ADD{(idol)}} of their kesef,

\par }{\Q and atzabim according to their faculty of binah
{\ADD{(understanding)}},

\par }{\Q all of it the work of the craftsmen;

\par }{\Q they say of them:

\par }{\Q Let adam that sacrifice kiss calf-idols.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Therefore they shall be like the anan boker
{\ADD{(morning cloud)}}

\par }{\Q and as the early dew that disappears,

\par }{\Q like the motz
{\ADD{(chaff)}} that is driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing floor,

\par }{\Q and as the smoke out of the window.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{4}Yet I am
{\ND{Hashem}} Eloheicha from Eretz Mitzrayim,

\par }{\Q and thou shalt know no Elohim but Me;

\par }{\Q for there is no Moshia besides Me.


\par }{\Q \VS{5}I did know thee in the midbar,

\par }{\Q in the eretz taluvot
{\ADD{(land of burning heat)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}According to their pasture,\FTNT{*}{{\FR 13:6 }{\FT{i.e., as I fed them}}} so were they filled;

\par }{\Q they were filled, and their lev became proud;

\par }{\Q therefore have they forgotten Me.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}Therefore I will be unto them as a lion;

\par }{\Q as a leopard by the derech will I lie in wait;


\par }{\Q \VS{8}I will meet them as a dov
{\ADD{(bear)}} that is bereaved of her cubs,

\par }{\Q and will rip open the covering of their lev,

\par }{\Q and there will I devour them like a lion;

\par }{\Q as the wild beast of the sadeh would tear them.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}O Yisroel, thou art destroyed;

\par }{\Q because thou art against Me, thine Ezer
{\ADD{(Help)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{10}Where now is thy melech

\par }{\Q that he may save thee?

\par }{\Q Where in all thy cities are thy shofetim of whom thou saidst:

\par }{\Q Give me a melech and sarim?


\par }{\Q \VS{11}I gave thee a melech in Mine anger,

\par }{\Q and took him away in My wrath.\FTNT{†}{{\FR 13:11 }{\FT{}}{\XT{Isa 53:10}}}


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{12}The avon
{\ADD{(iniquity)}} of Ephrayim is bound up;

\par }{\Q his chattat is lurking.


\par }{\Q \VS{13}The chevlei yoledah
{\ADD{(birth pangs of a woman in childbirth)}} shall come upon him;

\par }{\Q he is a ben lo chacham;

\par }{\Q for when it is time he does not come

\par }{\Q to the opening of the womb.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{14}Should I ransom them from the power of Sheol?

\par }{\Q Should I redeem them from mavet?

\par }{\Q O Mavet, where are the dever
{\ADD{(pestilence, plague)}} of thee?

\par }{\Q O Sheol, where is thy destruction?

\par }{\Q Nocham
{\ADD{(sorrow, compassion, pity)}} shall be hidden from Mine eyes.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{15}Even though he thrives among his achim,

\par }{\Q an east wind shall come,

\par }{\Q the Ruach
{\ND{Hashem}} shall come up from the midbar
{\ADD{(desert)}},

\par }{\Q and his makor
{\ADD{(spring, fountain)}} shall become dry,

\par }{\Q and his well shall be dried up;

\par }{\Q it shall plunder the otzar of every keli chemdah
{\ADD{(precious vessel)}}.




\par }\PoetryChap{14}{\Q \VerseOne{1}Shomron shall bear guilt;

\par }{\Q for she hath rebelled against her Elohim;

\par }{\Q they shall fall by the cherev;

\par }{\Q their olalim shall be dashed in pieces,

\par }{\Q and their women with child shall be ripped open.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{2}O Yisroel, return unto
{\ND{Hashem}} Eloheicha;

\par }{\Q for thy downfall hast been thine avon
{\ADD{(iniquity)}}.


\par }{\Q \VS{3}Take devarim
{\ADD{(words)}} with you,

\par }{\Q and turn to
{\ND{Hashem}};

\par }{\Q say unto Him: Take away avon
{\ADD{(iniquity)}},

\par }{\Q and receive us graciously

\par }{\Q that we may render the sacrifices of our lips.\FTNT{*}{{\FR 14:3 }{\FT{}}{\XT{MJ 13:15}}}


\par }{\Q \VS{4}Assyria shall not save us;

\par }{\Q we will not ride upon susim;

\par }{\Q neither will we say any more to the work of our hands:

\par }{\Q Ye are Eloheinu;

\par }{\Q for in Thee the yatom
{\ADD{(orphan)}} findeth compassion.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{5}I will heal their meshuvah
{\ADD{(backsliding)}};

\par }{\Q I will love them freely;

\par }{\Q for Mine anger is turned away from him.


\par }{\Q \VS{6}I will be as the tal
{\ADD{(dew)}} unto Yisroel:

\par }{\Q he shall blossom as the lily,

\par }{\Q and strike root as Levanon.


\par }{\Q \VS{7}His branches shall spread,

\par }{\Q and his beauty shall be as the zayit
{\ADD{(olive tree)}},

\par }{\Q and his hod
{\ADD{(splendor)}} as Levanon.


\par }{\Q \VS{8}They that dwell under his tzel
{\ADD{(shade)}} shall return;

\par }{\Q they shall revive as the dagan, and grow as the gefen;

\par }{\Q the remembrance thereof shall be as the yayin of Levanon.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{9}Ephrayim shall say, What have I to do any more with atzabim?

\par }{\Q It is I who answer and look after him;

\par }{\Q I am like an evergreen cypress.

\par }{\Q From Me is thy p'ri found.


\par }{\BB \par }
{\Q \VS{10}Who is chacham, and he shall have binah of these things?

\par }{\Q Prudent, and he shall know them?

\par }{\Q For the Darkhei
{\ND{Hashem}} are right,

\par }{\Q and the tzaddikim shall walk in them;

\par }{\Q but the poshe'im
{\ADD{(transgressors)}} shall fall therein.

\par }