GetPassageurn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:28urn:cts:pbc:bible.parallel.eng.darby:28The word of Jehovah that came unto Hosea , the son of Beeri , in the days of Uzziah , Jotham , Ahaz , Hezekiah , kings of Judah , and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash , king of Israel . The beginning of the word of Jehovah through Hosea . And Jehovah said to Hosea , Go , take unto thee a wife of whoredoms , and children of whoredoms ; for the land is entirely given up to whoredom , away from Jehovah . And he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim ; and she conceived and bore him a son . And Jehovah said unto him , Call his name Jizreel ; for yet a little , and I will visit the blood of Jizreel upon the house of Jehu , and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease . And it shall come to pass in that day , that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jizreel . And she conceived again , and bore a daughter . And he said unto him , Call her name Lo-ruhamah ; for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel , so that I should pardon them . But I will have mercy upon the house of Judah , and will save them by Jehovah their God ; and I will not save them by bow , or by sword , or by battle , [ or ] by horses , or by horsemen . And she weaned Lo-ruhamah ; and she conceived and bore a son ; and he said , Call his name Lo-ammi ; for ye are not my people , and I will not be for you . Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea which cannot be measured or numbered ; and it shall come to pass , [ that ] in the place where it was said unto them , Ye are not my people , it shall be said unto them , Sons of the living God . And the children of Judah and the children of Israel shall be gathered together , and they shall appoint themselves one head , and shall go up out of the land : for great is the day of Jizreel . Say unto your brethren Ammi ; and to your sisters , Ruhamah . Plead with your mother , plead ; for she is not my wife , neither am I her husband : and let her put away her whoredoms from her face , and her adulteries from between her breasts ; lest I strip her naked , and set her as in the day that she was born , and make her as a wilderness , and set her as a dry land , and slay her with thirst . And I will not have mercy upon her children ; for they are the children of whoredoms . For their mother hath played the harlot ; she that conceived them hath done shamefully : for she said , I will go after my lovers , that give [ me ] my bread and my water , my wool and my flax , mine oil and my drink . Therefore behold , I will hedge up thy way with thorns ; and I will fence [ her ] in with a wall , that she shall not find her paths . And she shall pursue after her lovers , and shall not overtake them ; and she shall seek them , and shall not find them : and she shall say , I will go and return to my first husband , for then was it better with me than now . And she did not know that I had given her the corn and the new wine and the oil , and had multiplied to her the silver and gold , which they employed for Baal . Therefore will I return , and take away my corn in the time thereof , and my new wine in its season , and will withdraw my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness . And now will I discover her impiety in the sight of her lovers , and none shall deliver her out of my hand . And I will cause all her mirth to cease : her feasts , her new moons , and her sabbaths ! and all her solemnities . And I will make desolate her vine and her fig-tree , whereof she hath said , These are my rewards which my lovers have given me ; and I will make them a forest , and the beasts of the field shall eat them . And I will visit upon her the days of the Baals , wherein she burned incense to them , and decked herself with her rings and jewels , and went after her lovers , and forgot me , saith Jehovah . Therefore behold , I will allure her , and bring her into the wilderness , and speak to her heart . And I will give her her vineyards from thence , and the valley of Achor for a door of hope ; and she shall sing there , as in the days of her youth and as in the day when she came up out of the land of Egypt . And it shall be in that day , saith Jehovah , [ that ] thou shalt call me , My husband , and shalt call me no more , Baali ; for I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth , and they shall no more be remembered by their name . And I will make a covenant for them in that day with the beasts of the field , and with the fowl of the heavens , and the creeping things of the ground ; and I will break bow and sword and battle out of the land ; and I will make them to lie down safely . And I will betroth thee unto me for ever ; and I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness , and in judgment , and in loving-kindness , and in mercies ; and I will betroth thee unto me in faithfulness : and thou shalt know Jehovah . And it shall come to pass in that day , I will hear , saith Jehovah , I will hear the heavens , and they shall hear the earth ; and the earth shall hear the corn , and the new wine , and the oil ; and they shall hear Jizreel . And I will sow her unto me in the land ; and I will have mercy upon Lo-ruhamah ; and I will say to Lo-ammi , Thou art my people ; and they shall say , My God . And Jehovah said unto me , Go again , love a woman beloved of a friend , and an adulteress , according to the love of Jehovah for the children of Israel , though they turn to other gods , and love raisin-cakes . So I bought her to me for fifteen silver [ pieces ] , and for a homer of barley , and a half-homer of barley . And I said unto her , Thou shalt abide for me many days ; thou shalt not play the harlot , and thou shalt not be [ another ] man's , and I will also be for thee . For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king , and without prince , and without sacrifice , and without statue , and without ephod and teraphim . Afterwards shall the children of Israel return , and seek Jehovah their God , and David their king ; and shall turn with fear toward Jehovah and toward his goodness , at the end of the days . Hear the word of Jehovah , ye children of Israel ; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land ; for there is no truth , nor goodness , nor knowledge of God in the land . Swearing , and lying , and killing , and stealing , and committing adultery , -- they break out ; and blood toucheth blood . For this shall the land mourn , and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish , with the beasts of the field , and with the fowl of the heavens , yea , the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away . Yet let no man strive , and let no man reprove ; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest . And thou shalt stumble by day ; and the prophet also shall stumble with thee by night : and I will destroy thy mother . My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge ; for thou hast rejected knowledge , and I will reject thee , that thou shalt be no priest to me ; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God , I also will forget thy children . As they were multiplied , so they sinned against me : I will change their glory into shame . They eat the sin of my people , and their soul longeth for their iniquity . And it shall be as the people so the priest ; and I will visit their ways upon them , and recompense to them their doings ; and they shall eat , and not have enough ; they shall commit whoredom , and shall not increase : for they have left off taking heed to Jehovah . Fornication , and wine , and new wine take away the heart . My people ask counsel of their stock , and their staff declareth unto them ; for the spirit of whoredoms causeth [ them ] to err , and they have gone a whoring from under their God : they sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains , and burn incense upon the hills , under oak and poplar and terebinth , because the shade thereof is good ; therefore your daughters play the harlot and your daughters-in-law commit adultery . I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot , nor your daughters-in-law for their committing adultery ; for they themselves go aside with harlots , and they sacrifice with prostitutes : and the people that doth not understand shall come to ruin . Though thou , Israel , play the harlot , let not Judah trespass ; and come ye not unto Gilgal , neither go up to Beth-aven , nor swear [ As ] Jehovah liveth ! For Israel is refractory as an untractable heifer ; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide [ pasture ] . -- Ephraim is joined to idols : leave him alone . Their drink is sour ; they give themselves up to whoredom ; her great men passionately love [ their ] shame . The wind hath wrapped her up in its wings , and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices . Hear this , ye priests ; and hearken , ye house of Israel ; and give ear , O house of the king : for this judgment is for you ; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah , and a net spread upon Tabor . And they have plunged themselves in the corruption of apostasy , but I will be a chastiser of them all . I know Ephraim , and Israel is not hid from me ; for now , Ephraim , thou hast committed whoredom ; Israel is defiled . Their doings do not allow them to return unto their God ; for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them , and they know not Jehovah . And Israel's pride doth testify to his face ; and Israel and Ephraim shall fall by their iniquity : Judah also shall fall with them . They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah ; but they shall not find [ him ] : he hath withdrawn himself from them . They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah ; for they have begotten strange children : now shall the new moon devour them , with their allotted possessions . Blow the horn in Gibeah , the trumpet in Ramah ; cry aloud [ at ] Beth-aven : behind thee , O Benjamin ! Ephraim shall be a desolation in the day of rebuke : among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which is sure . The princes of Judah are become like them that remove the landmark : I will pour out my wrath upon them like water . Ephraim is oppressed , crushed in judgment , because in selfwill he walked after the commandment [ of man ] . And I will be unto Ephraim as a moth , and to the house of Judah as rottenness . When Ephraim saw his sickness , and Judah his sore , then went Ephraim to the Assyrian , and sent to king Jareb ; but he was unable to heal you , nor hath he removed your sore . For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion , and as a young lion to the house of Judah . I , I will tear and go away ; I will carry off , and there shall be none to deliver . I will go away , I will return to my place , till they acknowledge their trespass , and seek my face : in their affliction they will seek me early . Come and let us return unto Jehovah : for he hath torn , and he will heal us ; he hath smitten , and he will bind us up . After two days will he revive us ; on the third day he will raise us up , and we shall live before his face ; and we shall know , -- we shall follow on to know Jehovah : his going forth is assured as the morning dawn ; and he will come unto us as the rain , as the latter rain which watereth the earth . What shall I do unto thee , Ephraim ? What shall I do unto thee , Judah ? For your goodness is as a morning cloud , and as the dew that early passeth away . Therefore have I hewed [ them ] by the prophets ; I have slain them by the words of my mouth : and my judgment goeth forth as the light . For I delight in loving-kindness , and not sacrifice ; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings . But they like Adam have transgressed the covenant : there have they dealt treacherously against me . Gilead is a city of them that work iniquity ; it is tracked with blood . And as troops of robbers lie in wait for a man , so the company of priests murder in the way of Shechem ; yea , they commit lewdness . In the house of Israel have I seen a horrible thing : the whoredom of Ephraim is there ; Israel is defiled . Also , for thee , Judah , is a harvest appointed , when I shall turn again the captivity of my people . When I would heal Israel , then the iniquity of Ephraim is discovered , and the wickedness of Samaria : for they practise falsehood ; and the thief entereth in , [ and ] the troop of robbers assaileth without . And they say not in their hearts [ that ] I remember all their wickedness : now do their own doings encompass them ; they are before my face . They make the king glad with their wickedness , and the princes with their lies . They all practise adultery , as an oven heated by the baker : he ceaseth from stirring [ the fire ] after he hath kneaded the dough , until it be leavened . In the day of our king , the princes made themselves sick with the heat of wine : he stretched out his hand to scorners . For they have applied their heart like an oven to their lying in wait : their baker sleepeth all the night ; in the morning it burneth like a flaming fire . They are all hot as an oven , and devour their judges ; all their kings are fallen : there is none among them that calleth unto me . Ephraim , he mixeth himself with the peoples ; Ephraim is a cake not turned . Strangers have devoured his strength , and he knoweth [ it ] not ; yea , gray hairs are here and there upon him , and he knoweth [ it ] not . And the pride of Israel testifieth to his face ; and they do not return to Jehovah their God , nor seek him for all this . And Ephraim is become like a silly dove without understanding : they call to Egypt , they go to Assyria . When they go , I will spread my net upon them ; I will bring them down as the fowl of the heavens ; I will chastise them , according as their assembly hath heard . Woe unto them ! for they have wandered from me ; destruction unto them ! for they have transgressed against me . And I would redeem them ; but they speak lies against me . And they cried not unto me in their heart , when they howled upon their beds ; they assemble themselves for corn and new wine ; they have turned aside from me . I have indeed trained , I have strengthened their arms , but they imagine mischief against me . They return , [ but ] not to the [ Most ] High : they are like a deceitful bow . Their princes shall fall by the sword for the rage of their tongue : this shall be their derision in the land of Egypt . Set the trumpet to thy mouth . [ He cometh ] as an eagle against the house of Jehovah , because they have transgressed my covenant , and rebelled against my law . They shall cry unto me , My God , we know thee ; [ we ] , Israel . Israel hath cast off good : the enemy shall pursue him . They have set up kings , but not by me ; they have made princes , and I knew it not ; of their silver and their gold have they made them idols , that they may be cut off . Thy calf , O Samaria , hath cast [ thee ] off ; mine anger is kindled against them : how long will they be incapable of purity ? For from Israel is this also : -- a workman made it , and it is no God : for the calf of Samaria shall be [ broken in ] pieces . For they have sown the wind , and they shall reap the whirlwind : it hath no stalk ; should it sprout , it would yield no meal ; if so be it yield , strangers shall swallow it up . Israel is swallowed up : now are they become among the nations as a vessel wherein is no pleasure . For they are gone up [ to ] Assyria [ as ] a wild ass alone by himself : Ephraim hath hired lovers . Although they hire among the nations , now will I gather them , and they shall begin to be straitened under the burden of the king of princes . Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin , altars shall be unto him to sin . I have prescribed unto him the manifold things of my law : they are counted [ as ] a strange thing . They sacrifice flesh [ for ] the sacrifices of mine offerings , and eat it ; Jehovah hath no delight in them . Now will he remember their iniquity , and visit their sins : they shall return to Egypt . For Israel hath forgotten his Maker , and buildeth temples ; and Judah hath multiplied fenced cities : but I will send a fire upon his cities , and it shall devour the palaces thereof . Rejoice not , Israel , exultingly , as the peoples ; for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God , thou hast loved harlot's hire upon every corn-floor . The floor and the winepress shall not feed them , and the new wine shall fail her . They shall not dwell in Jehovah's land ; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt , and in Assyria shall they eat that which is unclean . They shall pour out no [ offerings of ] wine to Jehovah , neither shall their sacrifices be pleasing unto him : they shall be unto them as the bread of mourners ; all that eat thereof shall be defiled : for their bread shall be for themselves ; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah . What will ye do in the day of assembly , and in the day of the feast of Jehovah ? For behold , they are gone away because of destruction : Egypt shall gather them up , Moph shall bury them : their pleasant things of silver , nettles shall possess them ; thorns shall be in their tents . The days of visitation are come ; the days of recompence are come : Israel shall know [ it ] : the prophet is a fool , the inspired man is mad , because of the greatness of thine iniquity , and the great enmity . Is Ephraim a watchman with my God ? [ nay ] the prophet is a fowler's snare on all his ways , enmity in the house of his God . They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah . He will remember their iniquity , he will visit their sins . I found Israel as grapes in the wilderness ; as first-ripe fruit on the fig-tree , I saw your fathers at the beginning : they went to Baal-Peor , and separated themselves unto that shame , and became abominations like their lover . As for Ephraim , their glory shall fly away as a bird , -- no birth , no pregnancy , no conception ! For even should they bring up their children , yet will I bereave them , [ that ] not a man [ remain ] : for woe also to them when I shall have departed from them ! Ephraim , as I saw [ him ] , was a Tyre planted in a beautiful place ; but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the slayer . Give them , Jehovah -- what wilt thou give ? -- give them a miscarrying womb and dry breasts . All their wickedness is in Gilgal ; for there I hated them : because of the wickedness of their doings , I will drive them out of my house , I will love them no more : all their princes are rebellious . Ephraim is smitten : their root is dried up , they shall bear no fruit ; yea , though they should bring forth , yet will I slay the beloved [ fruit ] of their womb . My God hath rejected them , because they hearkened not unto him ; and they shall be wanderers among the nations . Israel is an unpruned vine , he bringeth forth fruit unto himself : according to the abundance of his fruit he hath multiplied altars ; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly statues . Their heart is divided ; now shall they be found guilty : he will break down their altars , he will destroy their statues . For now they will say , We have no king , for we feared not Jehovah ; and a king , what can he do for us ? They speak [ mere ] words , swearing falsely in making a covenant ; therefore shall judgment spring up as hemlock in the furrows of the fields . The inhabitants of Samaria shall fear because of the calf of Beth-aven ; for the people thereof shall mourn over it , and the idolatrous priests thereof shall tremble for it , for its glory , because it is departed from it . Yea , it shall be carried unto Assyria [ as ] a present for king Jareb : Ephraim shall be seized with shame , and Israel shall be ashamed of his own counsel . As for Samaria her king is cut off as chips upon the face of the waters . And the high places of Aven , the sin of Israel , shall be destroyed : the thorn and the thistle shall come up upon their altars ; and they shall say to the mountains , Cover us ! and to the hills , Fall on us ! From the days of Gibeah hast thou sinned , O Israel : there they stood : the battle in Gibeah against the children of iniquity did not overtake them . At my pleasure will I chastise them ; and the peoples shall be assembled against them , when they are bound for their two iniquities . And Ephraim is a trained heifer , that loveth to tread out [ the corn ] ; I have passed over upon her fair neck : I will make Ephraim to draw ; Judah shall plough , Jacob shall break his clods . Sow to yourselves in righteousness , reap according to mercy ; break up your fallow ground : for it is time to seek Jehovah , till he come and rain righteousness upon you . Ye have ploughed wickedness , reaped iniquity , eaten the fruit of lies ; for thou didst confide in thy way , in the multitude of thy mighty men . And a tumult shall arise among thy peoples , and all thy fortresses shall be spoiled , as Shalman spoiled Beth-arbel in the day of battle : the mother was dashed in pieces with the children . So shall Bethel do unto you because of the wickedness of your wickedness : at day-break shall the king of Israel utterly be cut off . When Israel was a child , then I loved him , and out of Egypt I called my son . As they called them , so they went from them : they sacrificed unto the Baals , and burned incense to graven images . And I it was that taught Ephraim to walk , -- He took them upon his arms , -- but they knew not that I healed them . I drew them with bands of a man , with cords of love ; and I was to them as they that take off the yoke on their jaws , and I gently caused them to eat . He shall not return into the land of Egypt , but the Assyrian shall be his king ; for they refused to return [ to me ] ; and the sword shall turn about in his cities , and shall consume his bars , and devour [ them ] , because of their own counsels . Yea , my people are bent upon backsliding from me : though they call them to the Most High , none at all exalteth [ him ] . How shall I give thee over , Ephraim ? [ how ] shall I deliver thee up , Israel ? how shall I make thee as Admah ? [ how ] shall I set thee as Zeboim ? My heart is turned within me , my repentings are kindled together . I will not execute the fierceness of mine anger , I will not again destroy Ephraim ; for I am God , and not man , -- the Holy One in the midst of thee : and I will not come in anger . They shall walk after Jehovah ; he shall roar like a lion ; when he shall roar , then the children shall hasten from the west : they shall hasten as a bird out of Egypt , and as a dove out of the land of Assyria ; and I will cause them to dwell in their houses , saith Jehovah . Ephraim encompasseth me about with lies , and the house of Israel with deceit ; but Judah yet walketh with God , and with the holy things of truth . Ephraim feedeth on wind , and pursueth after the east wind : all day long he multiplieth lies and desolation ; and they make a covenant with Assyria , and oil is carried into Egypt . Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah , and he will punish Jacob according to his ways ; according to his doings will he recompense him . He took his brother by the heel in the womb , and in his strength he wrestled with God . Yea , he wrestled with the Angel , and prevailed ; he wept , and made supplication unto him : he found him in Bethel , and there he spoke with us , -- even Jehovah , the God of hosts , -- Jehovah is his memorial . And thou , return unto thy God : keep loving-kindness and judgment , and wait on thy God continually . [ He is ] a merchant , balances of deceit are in his hand ; he loveth to oppress . And Ephraim saith , Nevertheless I am become rich , I have found me out substance ; in all my labours they shall find none iniquity in me that were sin . But I [ that am ] Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt will again make thee to dwell in tents , as in the days of the solemn feast . And I have spoken to the prophets , and I have multiplied visions , and by means of the prophets have I used similitudes . If Gilead is iniquity , surely they are but vanity : they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal ; yea , their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields . And Jacob fled into the country of Syria , and Israel served for a wife , and for a wife he kept [ sheep ] . And by a prophet Jehovah brought Israel out of Egypt , and by a prophet was he preserved . Ephraim provoked [ him ] to anger most bitterly ; and his Lord shall leave his blood upon him , and recompense unto him his reproach . When Ephraim spoke , there was trembling ; he exalted himself in Israel : but he trespassed through Baal , and he died . And now they sin more and more , and have made them molten images of their silver , 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 driven with the whirlwind out of the threshing-floor , and as the smoke out of the lattice . Yet I [ am ] Jehovah thy God from the land of Egypt , and thou hast known no God but me ; and there is no saviour besides me . I knew thee in the wilderness , in the land of drought . According to their pasture , they became full ; they became full , and their heart was exalted : therefore have they forgotten me . And I will be unto them as a lion ; as a leopard I will lurk for them by the way ; I will meet them as a bear bereaved of her [ whelps ] , and will rend the covering of their heart , and there will I devour them like a lioness : the beast of the field shall tear them . It is thy destruction , O Israel , that [ thou art ] against me , against thy help . Where then is thy king , that he 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 laid by in store . The pangs of a woman in travail shall come upon him : he is a son not wise ; for at the time of the breaking forth of children , he was not there . I will ransom them from the power of Sheol . I will redeem them from death : where , O death , are thy plagues ? where , O Sheol , is thy destruction ? Repentance shall be hid from mine eyes . Though he be fruitful among [ his ] brethren , an east wind shall come , a wind of Jehovah [ that ] cometh 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 bear her guilt ; for she hath rebelled against her God : they shall fall by the sword ; their infants shall be dashed in pieces , and their women with child shall be ripped up . O Israel , return unto Jehovah thy God ; for thou hast fallen by thine iniquity . Take with you words , and turn to Jehovah ; say unto him , Forgive all iniquity , and receive [ us ] graciously ; so will we render the calves of our lips . Assyria shall not save us ; we will not ride upon horses : neither will we say any more to the work of our hands , [ Thou art ] our God ; because 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 Israel : he shall blossom as the lily , and cast forth his roots as Lebanon . His shoots shall spread , and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree , and his smell as Lebanon . They shall return and sit under his shadow ; they shall revive [ as ] corn , and blossom as the vine : the renown thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon . Ephraim [ shall say ] , What have I to do any more with idols ? ( I answer [ him ] , and I will observe him . ) I am like a green fir-tree . -- From me is thy fruit found . Who is wise , and he shall understand these things ? intelligent , and he shall know them ? For the ways of Jehovah are right , and the just shall walk in them ; but the transgressors shall fall therein .