< Hosea 11 >

1 “When Israel was a young man I loved him, and I called my son out of Egypt.
for youth Israel and to love: lover him and from Egypt to call: call to to/for son: child my
2 The more they were called, the more they went away from me. They sacrificed to the Baals and burned incense to idols.
to call: call to to/for them so to go: went from face: before their to/for Baal to sacrifice and to/for idol to offer: offer [emph?]
3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk. It was I who lifted them up by their arms, but they did not know that I cared for them.
and I to teach to/for Ephraim to take: take them upon arm his and not to know for to heal them
4 I led them with cords of humanity, with bands of love. I was to them like someone who eased the yoke on their jaws, and I bent down to them and fed them.
in/on/with cord man to draw them in/on/with cord love and to be to/for them like/as to exalt yoke upon jaw their and to stretch to(wards) him to eat
5 Will they not return to the land of Egypt? Will Assyria not rule over them because they refuse to return to me?
not to return: return to(wards) land: country/planet Egypt and Assyria he/she/it king his for to refuse to/for to return: repent
6 The sword will fall on their cities and destroy the bars of their gates; it will destroy them because of their own plans.
and to twist: dance sword in/on/with city his and to end: destroy bluster his and to eat from counsel their
7 My people are determined to turn away from me. Though they call to the Most High, no one will help them.
and people my to hang to/for faithlessness my and to(wards) height to call: call to him unitedness not to exalt
8 How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you like Admah? How can I make you like Zeboyim? My heart has changed within me; all my compassions have been stirred up.
how? to give: give you Ephraim to deliver you Israel how? to give: make you like/as Admah to set: make you like/as Zeboiim to overturn upon me heart my unitedness to grow warm comfort my
9 I will not execute my fierce anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim. For I am God and not a man; I am the Holy One among you, and I will not come in wrath.
not to make: do burning anger face: anger my not to return: again to/for to ruin Ephraim for God I and not man in/on/with entrails: among your holy and not to come (in): come in/on/with excitement
10 They will follow Yahweh; and he will roar like a lion. When he roars, his children will come trembling from the west.
after LORD to go: follow like/as lion to roar for he/she/it to roar and to tremble son: child from sea: west
11 They will come trembling like a bird from Egypt, like a dove from the land of Assyria. I will make them live in their homes—this is the declaration of Yahweh.
to tremble like/as bird from Egypt and like/as dove from land: country/planet Assyria and to dwell them upon house: home their utterance LORD
12 Ephraim surrounds me with falsehood, and the house of Israel with deceit. But Judah is still going about with me, God, and is faithful to me, the Holy One.”
to turn: surround me in/on/with lie Ephraim and in/on/with deceit house: household Israel and Judah still to roam with God and with holy be faithful

< Hosea 11 >