Nevi'im
Hoshea12
Hosea · Chapter 12
Ephraim feedeth on wind, and followeth after the east wind: he daily increaseth lies and desolation; and they do make a b'rit with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Mitsrayim.
𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Ya'aqov according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him.
He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with Elohim:
Yea, he had power over the mal'akh, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him
in Bethel, and there he spake with us;
Even 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) Elohim of hosts; 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
is his memorial.
Therefore turn thou to thy Elohim: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy Elohim continually.
He is a merchant, the balances of deceit
are in his hand: he loveth to oppress.
And Ephraim said, Yet I am become rich, I have found me out substance:
in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that
were sin.
And I
that am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim from the land of Mitsrayim will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast.
I have also spoken by the nevi'im, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the nevi'im.
Is there iniquity
in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars
are as heaps in the furrows of the fields.
And Ya'aqov fled into the country of Syria, and Yisra'el served for a wife, and for a wife he kept
sheep.
And by a navi 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) brought Yisra'el out of Mitsrayim, and by a navi was he preserved.
Ephraim provoked
him to anger most bitterly: therefore shall he leave his blood upon him, and his reproach shall his master return unto him.
Nevi'im
Hoshea13
Hosea · Chapter 13
When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Yisra'el; but when he offended in Baal, he died.
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, Let the men that sacrifice kiss the calves.
Therefore they shall be as the morning cloud, and as the early dew that passeth away, as the chaff
that is driven with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as the smoke out of the chimney.
Yet I
am 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim from the land of Mitsrayim, and thou shalt know no elohim but me: for
there is no saviour beside me.
I did know thee in the wilderness, in the land of great drought.
According to their pasture, so were they filled; they were filled, and their heart was exalted; therefore have they forgotten me.
Therefore I will be unto them as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I observe
them:
I will meet them as a bear
that is bereaved
of her whelps, and will rend the caul of their heart, and there will I devour them like a lion: the wild beast shall tear them.
O Yisra'el, thou hast destroyed thyself; but in me
is thine help.
I will be thy king: where
is any other that may save thee in all thy cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst, Give me a king and princes?
I gave thee a king in mine anger, and took
him away in my wrath.
The iniquity of Ephraim
is bound up; his sin
is
hid.
The sorrows of a travailing woman shall come upon him: he
is
an unwise son; for he should not stay long in
the place of
the breaking forth of children.
I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Though he be fruitful among
his brethren, an east wind shall come, the wind of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) shall come up from the wilderness, and his spring shall become dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant vessels.
Samaria shall become desolate; for she hath rebelled against her Elohim: they shall fall by the sword: their infants shall be dashed in pieces, and their women with child shall be ripped up.
Nevi'im
Hoshea14
Hosea · Chapter 14
O Yisra'el, return unto 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH) thy Elohim; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity.
Take with you words, and turn to 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH): say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive
us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Asshur shall not save us; we will not ride upon horses: neither will we say any more to the work of our hands,
Ye are our gods: for in thee the fatherless findeth mercy.
I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
I will be as the dew unto Yisra'el: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive
as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof
shall be
as the wine of Lebanon.
Ephraim
shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? I have heard
him, and observed him: I
am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found.
Who
is wise, and he shall understand these
things?
prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 (YHWH)
are
right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.