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         <div class="label">5</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Judgment Against Israel</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.5.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Hear this, you priests!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.5.1"><span class="content">Pay attention, you Israelites!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.5.1"><span class="content">Listen, royal house!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.5.1"><span class="content">This judgment is against you:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.5.1"><span class="content">You have been a snare at Mizpah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.5.1"><span class="content">a net spread out on Tabor.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.5.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.5.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.5.2"><span class="content">I will discipline all of them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.5.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.5.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">I know all about Ephraim;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.5.3"><span class="content">Israel is not hidden from me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.5.3"><span class="content">Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.5.3"><span class="content">Israel is corrupt.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.5.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.5.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;Their deeds do not permit them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.5.4"><span class="content">to return to their God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.5.4"><span class="content">A spirit of prostitution is in their heart;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.5.4"><span class="content">they do not acknowledge the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.5.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.5.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Israel&#8217;s arrogance testifies against them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.5.5"><span class="content">the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble in their sin;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.5.5"><span class="content">Judah also stumbles with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.5.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.5.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">When they go with their flocks and herds</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.5.6"><span class="content">to seek the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.5.6"><span class="content">they will not find him;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.5.6"><span class="content">he has withdrawn himself from them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.5.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.5.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">They are unfaithful to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.5.7"><span class="content">they give birth to illegitimate children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.5.7"><span class="content">When they celebrate their New Moon feasts,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.5.7"><span class="content">he will devour</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Now their New Moon feasts / will devour them and</span></span></span><span class="content"> their fields.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.5.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.5.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Sound the trumpet in Gibeah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.5.8"><span class="content">the horn in Ramah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.5.8"><span class="content">Raise the battle cry in Beth Aven</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:8 </span><span class="fq">Beth Aven </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">house of wickedness </span><span class="ft">(a derogatory name for Bethel, which means </span><span class="fqa">house of God</span><span class="ft">).</span></span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.5.8"><span class="content">lead on, Benjamin.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.5.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.5.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Ephraim will be laid waste</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.5.9"><span class="content">on the day of reckoning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.5.9"><span class="content">Among the tribes of Israel</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.5.9"><span class="content">I proclaim what is certain.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.5.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.5.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Judah&#8217;s leaders are like those</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.5.10"><span class="content">who move boundary stones.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.5.10"><span class="content">I will pour out my wrath on them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.5.10"><span class="content">like a flood of water.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.5.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.5.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Ephraim is oppressed,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.5.11"><span class="content">trampled in judgment,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.5.11"><span class="content">intent on pursuing idols.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">5:11 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.5.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.5.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I am like a moth to Ephraim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.5.12"><span class="content">like rot to the people of Judah.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.5.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.5.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">&#8220;When Ephraim saw his sickness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.5.13"><span class="content">and Judah his sores,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.5.13"><span class="content">then Ephraim turned to Assyria,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.5.13"><span class="content">and sent to the great king for help.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.5.13"><span class="content">But he is not able to cure you,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.5.13"><span class="content">not able to heal your sores.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.5.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.5.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">For I will be like a lion to Ephraim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.5.14"><span class="content">like a great lion to Judah.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.5.14"><span class="content">I will tear them to pieces and go away;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.5.14"><span class="content">I will carry them off, with no one to rescue them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.5.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.5.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Then I will return to my lair</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.5.15"><span class="content">until they have borne their guilt</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.5.15"><span class="content">and seek my face&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.5.15"><span class="content">in their misery</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.5.15"><span class="content">they will earnestly seek me.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel Unrepentant</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.6.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Come, let us return to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.6.1"><span class="content">He has torn us to pieces</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.6.1"><span class="content">but he will heal us;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.6.1"><span class="content">he has injured us</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.6.1"><span class="content">but he will bind up our wounds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.6.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.6.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">After two days he will revive us;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.6.2"><span class="content">on the third day he will restore us,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.6.2"><span class="content">that we may live in his presence.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.6.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.6.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Let us acknowledge the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.6.3"><span class="content">let us press on to acknowledge him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.6.3"><span class="content">As surely as the sun rises,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.6.3"><span class="content">he will appear;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.6.3"><span class="content">he will come to us like the winter rains,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.6.3"><span class="content">like the spring rains that water the earth.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.6.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.6.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">&#8220;What can I do with you, Ephraim?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.6.4"><span class="content">What can I do with you, Judah?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.6.4"><span class="content">Your love is like the morning mist,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.6.4"><span class="content">like the early dew that disappears.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.6.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.6.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Therefore I cut you in pieces with my prophets,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.6.5"><span class="content">I killed you with the words of my mouth&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.6.5"><span class="content">then my judgments go forth like the sun.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:5 </span><span class="ft">The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.6.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.6.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">For I desire mercy, not sacrifice,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.6.6"><span class="content">and acknowledgment of God rather than burnt offerings.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.6.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.6.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">As at Adam,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">6:7 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">Like Adam</span><span class="ft">; or </span><span class="fqa">Like human beings</span></span></span><span class="content"> they have broken the covenant;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.6.7"><span class="content">they were unfaithful to me there.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.6.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.6.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Gilead is a city of evildoers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.6.8"><span class="content">stained with footprints of blood.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.6.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.6.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">As marauders lie in ambush for a victim,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.6.9"><span class="content">so do bands of priests;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.6.9"><span class="content">they murder on the road to Shechem,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.6.9"><span class="content">carrying out their wicked schemes.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.6.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.6.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">I have seen a horrible thing in Israel:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.6.10"><span class="content">There Ephraim is given to prostitution,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.6.10"><span class="content">Israel is defiled.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.6.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.6.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Also for you, Judah,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.6.11"><span class="content">a harvest is appointed.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.6.11"><span class="content">&#8220;Whenever I would restore the fortunes of my people,</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">7</div><div class="q2"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">whenever I would heal Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">the sins of Ephraim are exposed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">and the crimes of Samaria revealed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">They practice deceit,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">thieves break into houses,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">bandits rob in the streets;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.7.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.7.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">but they do not realize</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.7.2"><span class="content">that I remember all their evil deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.7.2"><span class="content">Their sins engulf them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.7.2"><span class="content">they are always before me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.7.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.7.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">&#8220;They delight the king with their wickedness,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.7.3"><span class="content">the princes with their lies.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.7.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.7.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They are all adulterers,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.7.4"><span class="content">burning like an oven</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.7.4"><span class="content">whose fire the baker need not stir</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.7.4"><span class="content">from the kneading of the dough till it rises.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.7.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.7.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">On the day of the festival of our king</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.7.5"><span class="content">the princes become inflamed with wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.7.5"><span class="content">and he joins hands with the mockers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.7.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.7.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">Their hearts are like an oven;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.7.6"><span class="content">they approach him with intrigue.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.7.6"><span class="content">Their passion smolders all night;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.7.6"><span class="content">in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.7.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.7.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">All of them are hot as an oven;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.7.7"><span class="content">they devour their rulers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.7.7"><span class="content">All their kings fall,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.7.7"><span class="content">and none of them calls on me.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.7.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.7.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ephraim mixes with the nations;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.7.8"><span class="content">Ephraim is a flat loaf not turned over.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.7.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.7.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">Foreigners sap his strength,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.7.9"><span class="content">but he does not realize it.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.7.9"><span class="content">His hair is sprinkled with gray,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.7.9"><span class="content">but he does not notice.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.7.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.7.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Israel&#8217;s arrogance testifies against him,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.7.10"><span class="content">but despite all this</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.7.10"><span class="content">he does not return to the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> his God</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.7.10"><span class="content">or search for him.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.7.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Ephraim is like a dove,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="content">easily deceived and senseless&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="content">now calling to Egypt,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="content">now turning to Assyria.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.7.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">When they go, I will throw my net over them;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="content">I will pull them down like the birds in the sky.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="content">When I hear them flocking together,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="content">I will catch them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.7.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Woe to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">because they have strayed from me!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">Destruction to them,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">because they have rebelled against me!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">I long to redeem them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">but they speak about me falsely.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.7.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">They do not cry out to me from their hearts</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">but wail on their beds.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">They slash themselves,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">7:14 </span><span class="ft">Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts </span><span class="fqa">They gather together</span></span></span><span class="content"> appealing to their gods</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">for grain and new wine,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">but they turn away from me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.7.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.7.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">I trained them and strengthened their arms,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.7.15"><span class="content">but they plot evil against me.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.7.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">They do not turn to the Most High;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">they are like a faulty bow.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">Their leaders will fall by the sword</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">because of their insolent words.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">For this they will be ridiculed</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.7.16"><span class="content">in the land of Egypt.</span></span></div>
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         <div class="label">8</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Israel to Reap the Whirlwind</span></div><div class="q1"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.8.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">&#8220;Put the trumpet to your lips!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.8.1"><span class="content">An eagle is over the house of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.8.1"><span class="content">because the people have broken my covenant</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.8.1"><span class="content">and rebelled against my law.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.8.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.8.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">Israel cries out to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.8.2"><span class="content">&#8216;Our God, we acknowledge you!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.8.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.8.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">But Israel has rejected what is good;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.8.3"><span class="content">an enemy will pursue him.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.8.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">They set up kings without my consent;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="content">they choose princes without my approval.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="content">With their silver and gold</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="content">they make idols for themselves</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="content">to their own destruction.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.8.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.8.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">Samaria, throw out your calf-idol!</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.8.5"><span class="content">My anger burns against them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.8.5"><span class="content">How long will they be incapable of purity?</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.8.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">They are from Israel!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="content">This calf&#8212;a metalworker has made it;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="content">it is not God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="content">It will be broken in pieces,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="content">that calf of Samaria.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.8.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;They sow the wind</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">and reap the whirlwind.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">The stalk has no head;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">it will produce no flour.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">Were it to yield grain,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">foreigners would swallow it up.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.8.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.8.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">Israel is swallowed up;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.8.8"><span class="content">now she is among the nations</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.8.8"><span class="content">like something no one wants.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.8.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.8.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">For they have gone up to Assyria</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.8.9"><span class="content">like a wild donkey wandering alone.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.8.9"><span class="content">Ephraim has sold herself to lovers.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.8.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.8.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">Although they have sold themselves among the nations,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.8.10"><span class="content">I will now gather them together.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.8.10"><span class="content">They will begin to waste away</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.8.10"><span class="content">under the oppression of the mighty king.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.8.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.8.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">&#8220;Though Ephraim built many altars for sin offerings,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.8.11"><span class="content">these have become altars for sinning.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.8.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.8.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I wrote for them the many things of my law,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.8.12"><span class="content">but they regarded them as something foreign.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.8.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to me,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">and though they eat the meat,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> is not pleased with them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">Now he will remember their wickedness</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">and punish their sins:</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">They will return to Egypt.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.8.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.8.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">Israel has forgotten their Maker</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.8.14"><span class="content">and built palaces;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.8.14"><span class="content">Judah has fortified many towns.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.8.14"><span class="content">But I will send fire on their cities</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.8.14"><span class="content">that will consume their fortresses.&#8221;</span></span></div>
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      <div class="chapter ch1" data-usfm="REV.1">
         <div class="label">1</div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Prologue</span></div><div class="p"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="REV.1.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">The revelation from Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show his servants what must soon take place. He made it known by sending his angel to his servant John, </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="REV.1.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">who testifies to everything he saw&#8212;that is, the word of God and the testimony of Jesus Christ. </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.1.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear it and take to heart what is written in it, because the time is near.</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">Greetings and Doxology</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="REV.1.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.1.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">John,</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.1.4"><span class="content">To the seven churches in the province of Asia:</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="REV.1.4"><span class="content">Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:4 </span><span class="ft">That is, the sevenfold Spirit</span></span></span><span class="content"> before his throne, </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.1.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="b"></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="REV.1.5"><span class="content">To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.1.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">and has made us to be a kingdom and priests to serve his God and Father&#8212;to him be glory and power for ever and ever! Amen.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="REV.1.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">&#8220;Look, he is coming with the clouds,&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">Daniel 7:13</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">and &#8220;every eye will see him,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">even those who pierced him&#8221;;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">and all peoples on earth &#8220;will mourn because of him.&#8221;</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:7 </span><span class="ft">Zech. 12:10</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q4"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">So shall it be! Amen.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="REV.1.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.1.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">&#8220;I am the Alpha and the Omega,&#8221; says the Lord God, &#8220;who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="s1"><span class="heading">John&#8217;s Vision of Christ</span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="REV.1.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="REV.1.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">I, John, your brother and companion in the suffering and kingdom and patient endurance that are ours in Jesus, was on the island of Patmos because of the word of God and the testimony of Jesus. </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="REV.1.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">On the Lord&#8217;s Day I was in the Spirit, and I heard behind me a loud voice like a trumpet, </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.1.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">which said: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Write on a scroll what you see and send it to the seven churches: to Ephesus, Smyrna, Pergamum, Thyatira, Sardis, Philadelphia and Laodicea.&#8221;</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="REV.1.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="REV.1.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">I turned around to see the voice that was speaking to me. And when I turned I saw seven golden lampstands, </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="REV.1.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">and among the lampstands was someone like a son of man,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:13 </span><span class="ft">See Daniel 7:13.</span></span></span><span class="content"> dressed in a robe reaching down to his feet and with a golden sash around his chest. </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="REV.1.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">The hair on his head was white like wool, as white as snow, and his eyes were like blazing fire. </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="REV.1.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">His feet were like bronze glowing in a furnace, and his voice was like the sound of rushing waters. </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.1.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">In his right hand he held seven stars, and coming out of his mouth was a sharp, double-edged sword. His face was like the sun shining in all its brilliance.</span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="REV.1.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="REV.1.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">When I saw him, I fell at his feet as though dead. Then he placed his right hand on me and said: </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not be afraid. I am the First and the Last.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.1.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys of death and Hades.</span></span></span></div><div class="p"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="REV.1.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="REV.1.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">&#8220;Write, therefore, what you have seen, what is now and what will take place later.</span></span><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v20" data-usfm="REV.1.20"><span class="label">20</span><span class="wj"><span class="content">The mystery of the seven stars that you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden lampstands is this: The seven stars are the angels</span></span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">1:20 </span><span class="ft">Or </span><span class="fqa">messengers</span></span></span><span class="content">  </span><span class="wj"><span class="content">of the seven churches, and the seven lampstands are the seven churches.</span></span></span></div>
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