H8462The beginningH1696of the word[H8763] H3068of the LORDH1954by HoseaH3068. And the LORDH559said[H8799] H1954to HoseaH3212, Go[H8798] H3947, take[H8798] H802unto thee a wifeH2183of whoredomsH3206and childrenH2183of whoredomsH776: for the landH2181hath committed great[H8800] H2181whoredom[H8799] H310, departing fromH3068the LORD.
H6908Assemble[H8734] H935yourselves and come[H8798] H5066; draw near[H8690] H3162togetherH6412, ye that are escapedH1471of the nationsH3045: they have no knowledge[H8804] H5375that set up[H8802] H6086the woodH6459of their graven imageH6419, and pray[H8693] H410unto a godH3467that cannot save[H8686] .
H1945AhH2398sinful[H8802] H1471nationH5971, a peopleH3515ladenH5771with iniquityH2233, a seedH7489of evildoers[H8688] H1121, childrenH7843that are corrupters[H8688] H5800: they have forsaken[H8804] H853 H3068the LORDH5006, they have provokedH853 H6918the Holy OneH3478of IsraelH5006unto anger[H8765] H2114, they are gone away[H8738] H268backward.
H1875Yet they seek[H8799] H3117me dailyH3117 H2654, and delight[H8799] H1847to knowH1870my waysH1471, as a nationH6213that did[H8804] H6666righteousnessH5800, and forsook[H8804] H4941not the ordinanceH430of their GodH7592: they ask[H8799] H4941of me the ordinancesH6664of justiceH2654; they take delight[H8799] H7132in approachingH430to God.
H7126And I will come near[H8804] H4941to you to judgmentH4116; and I will be a swift[H8764] H5707witnessH3784against the sorcerers[H8764] H5003, and against the adulterers[H8764] H8267, and against falseH7650swearers[H8737] H6231, and against those that oppress[H8802] H7916the hirelingH7939in his wagesH490, the widowH3490, and the fatherlessH5186, and that turn aside[H8688] H1616the strangerH3372from his right, and fear[H8804] H559not me, saith[H8804] H3068the LORDH6635of hosts.
H3068The LORDH559said[H8799] H3117also unto me in the daysH2977of JosiahH4428the kingH7200, Hast thou seen[H8804] H4878that which backslidingH3478IsraelH6213hath done[H8804] H1980? she is gone up[H8802] H1364upon every highH2022mountainH8478and underH7488every greenH6086treeH2181, and there hath played the harlot[H8799] .