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Hoshea 6:4-11

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4 O Ephrayim, what shall I do unto thee? O Yehudah, what shall I do with thee? For your chesed (faithfulness, loyalty) is as an anan boker (morning cloud), and as the early dew that disappears.
4 “What can I do with you, Ephraim? What can I do with you, Judah? Your love is like the morning mist, like the early dew that disappears.
5 Therefore have I cut them to pieces with the nevi’im; I have slain them by the words of My mouth; thy mishpatim are as the ohr (light, lightning) that goeth forth.
5 Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets, I killed you with the words of my mouth— then my judgments go forth like the sun.
6 For I desired chesed, and not zevach; and the da’as Elohim more than olot (burnt offerings). [Mt 9:13 OJBC]
6 For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.
7 But they are like Adam, they have transgressed the brit (covenant); there have they dealt treacherously against Me.
7 As at Adam, they have broken the covenant; they were unfaithful to me there.
8 Gil`ad is a city of evildoers, is trodden with dahm.
8 Gilead is a city of evildoers, stained with footprints of blood.
9 And as gedudim (marauders) lie in wait for a man, so the chever (band) [of] kohanim murder in the way to Shechem; for they commit shameful crimes.
9 As marauders lie in ambush for a victim, so do bands of priests; they murder on the road to Shechem, carrying out their wicked schemes.
10 I have seen a horrible thing in Bais Yisroel: there is the zenut (whoredom) of Ephrayim; Yisroel is tameh (unclean, defiled).
10 I have seen a horrible thing in Israel: There Ephraim is given to prostitution, Israel is defiled.
11 Also, O Yehudah, he hath set a katzir (harvest [of punishment]) for thee, when I turn the Shevut Ami (Captivity of My people, i.e., restore their fortunes).
11 “Also for you, Judah, a harvest is appointed. “Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people,
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