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Hosea 5

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1 Ακουσατε τουτο, ιερεις, και προσεξατε, οικος Ισραηλ, και δοτε ακροασιν, οικος βασιλεως· διοτι προς εσας ειναι κρισις· επειδη εσταθητε παγις επι Μισπα και δικτυον ηπλωμενον επι το Θαβωρ.

2 Και οι αγρευοντες εκαμον βαθειαν σφαγην· αλλ' εγω θελω παιδευσει παντας αυτους.

3 Εγω εγνωρισα τον Εφραιμ, και ο Ισραηλ δεν ειναι κεκρυμμενος απ' εμου· διοτι τωρα πορνευεις, Εφραιμ, και εμιανθη ο Ισραηλ.

4 Δεν αφινουσιν αυτους αι πραξεις αυτων να επιστρεψωσιν εις τον Θεον αυτων· διοτι το πνευμα της πορνειας ειναι εν μεσω αυτων και δεν εγνωρισαν τον Κυριον.

5 Και η υπερηφανια του Ισραηλ μαρτυρει κατα προσωπον αυτου· δια τουτο ο Ισραηλ και ο Εφραιμ θελουσι πεσει εν τη ανομια αυτων· ο Ιουδας ετι θελει πεσει μετ' αυτων.

6 Μετα των ποιμνιων αυτων και μετα των αγελων αυτων θελουσιν υπαγει δια να ζητησωσι τον Κυριον· αλλα δεν θελουσιν ευρει· απεμακρυνθη απ' αυτων.

7 Εφερθησαν απιστως προς τον Κυριον· διοτι εγεννησαν τεκνα αλλοτρια· τωρα δε εις μην θελει καταφαγει αυτους και τας κληρονομιας αυτων.

8 Σαλπισατε κερατινην εν Γαβαα, σαλπιγγα εν Ραμα· ηχησατε δυνατα εν Βαιθ-αυεν· κατοπιν σου, Βενιαμιν.

9 Ο Εφραιμ θελει εισθαι ηρημωμενος εν τη ημερα του ελεγχου· μεταξυ των φυλων του Ισραηλ εγνωστοποιησα το βεβαιως γενησομενον·

10 οι αρχοντες Ιουδα εγειναν ως οι μετατοπιζοντες ορια· επ' αυτους θελω εκχυσει ως υδατα την οργην μου.

11 Κατεδυναστευθη ο Εφραιμ, συνετριβη εν τη κρισει διοτι εκουσιως υπηγε κατοπιν προσταγματος·

12 δια τουτο εγω θελω εισθαι ως σαρακιον εις τον Εφραιμ και ως σκωληξ εις τον οικον Ιουδα.

13 Και ειδεν ο Εφραιμ την νοσον αυτου και ο Ιουδας το ελκος αυτου, και υπηγεν ο Εφραιμ προς τον Ασσυριον και απεστειλε προς τον βασιλεα Ιαρειβ· αλλ' ουτος δεν ηδυνηθη να σας ιατρευση ουδε να σας απαλλαξη απο του ελκους σας.

14 Διοτι εγω θελω εισθαι ως λεων εις τον Εφραιμ και ως σκυμνος λεοντος εις τον οικον Ιουδα· εγω, εγω θελω διασπαραξει και αναχωρησει· θελω λαβει, και δεν θελει υπαρχει ο ελευθερων.

15 Θελω υπαγει, θελω επιστρεψει εις τον τοπον μου, εωσου γνωρισωσι το εγκλημα αυτων και ζητησωσι το προσωπον μου· εν τη θλιψει αυτων θελουσιν ορθρισει προς εμε.

   

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Scriptural Confirmations #54

  
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54. 26. (In Hosea from beginning to end falsification is treated of, which is described by whoredom and Ephraim.)

[The sons of Israel shall abide many days: there shall be no king, no prince, no sacrifice, no image, no ephod, and no teraphim.] Then shall the sons of Israel return and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king, and come with fear to Jehovah, and to His goodness, in the last days (Hosea 3:4-5).

(I will return to my place, and they will seek Me in the morning (Hosea 5:15). Jehovah will revive us after three days, in the third day He will raise us up so that we shall live before Him; His going forth is prepared as the dawn (Hosea 6:2-3).)

(Woe unto them because they have wandered away from Me! destruction unto them! because they have transgressed, and I have redeemed them (Hosea 7:13).)

Devastation shall stand among thy people, there shall be laying waste, as in the day of battle (Hosea 10:14).

Ephraim feedeth on wind and followeth after the east wind, every day he increaseth lies and desolation, they make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil is carried into Egypt (Hosea 12:2).

  
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Thanks to the Swedenborg Foundation for their permission to use this translation.

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Hosea 1

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1 The word of Yahweh that came to Hosea the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel.

2 When Yahweh spoke at first by Hosea, Yahweh said to Hosea, "Go, take for yourself a wife of prostitution and children of unfaithfulness; for the land commits great adultery, forsaking Yahweh."

3 So he went and took Gomer the daughter of Diblaim; and she conceived, and bore him a son.

4 Yahweh said to him, "Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel on the house of Jehu, and will cause the kingdom of the house of Israel to cease.

5 It will happen in that day that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel."

6 She conceived again, and bore a daughter. Then he said to him, "Call her name Lo-Ruhamah; for I will no longer have mercy on the house of Israel, that I should in any way pardon them.

7 But I will have mercy on the house of Judah, and will save them by Yahweh their God, and will not save them by bow, sword, battle, horses, or horsemen."

8 Now when she had weaned Lo-Ruhamah, she conceived, and bore a son.

9 He said, "Call his name Lo-Ammi; for you are not my people, and I will not be yours.

10 Yet the number of the children of Israel will be as the sand of the sea, which can't be measured nor numbered; and it will come to pass that, in the place where it was said to them, 'You are not my people,' they will be called 'sons of the living God.'

11 The children of Judah and the children of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint themselves one head, and will go up from the land; for great will be the day of Jezreel.