TOJB2011 ▾HosheaHoshea 101Yisroel is a running gefen, he bringeth forth p'ri unto himself; according to the multitude of his fruit he hath increased the mizbechot; according to the goodness of his land they have made goodly matzevot (stone pillars, monuments) .2Their lev is deceitful; now shall they bear guilt; He shall break down their mizbechot, He shall destroy their matzevot.3For now they shall say: We have no Melech, because we feared not Hashem ; but if we did have a Melech, what could he do for us?4They have spoken words, swearing falsely in cutting brit (covenant) ; thus mishpat springeth up as poisonous herb in the furrows of the sadeh.5The inhabitants of Shomron tremble because of the eglot (calf-idols) of Beit-Aven; for the people thereof shall mourn over it, likewise the komer (idolatrous priests) , who shout for joy over it, for its kavod from it has departed.6It shall be also carried unto Assyria for a minchah (present) to the great king; Ephrayim shall receive disgrace, and Yisroel shall be ashamed of his own counsel.7As for Shomron, her melech will float off like a twig upon the surface of the mayim.8The high places also of Aven, the chattat Yisroel, shall be made shmad; the kotz (thorn) and the dardar (thistle) shall come up on their mizbechot; and they shall say to the mountains: Cover us; and to the hills: Fall on us.9O Yisroel, thou hast sinned from the yamei Giv'ah; there they have continued. Did not milchamah (war) overtake the bnei alvah (children of unruliness) in Giv'ah?10When I please, I will chastise them; amim shall be gathered against them, when they are punished for their shtei avon (double iniquity) .11And Ephrayim is an eglah melummadah (a trained heifer) , and loveth to tread out the grain; but I will put a yoke on her fair neck; I will drive Ephrayim; Yehudah shall plow, and Ya'akov shall break his clods.12Sow to yourselves in tzedakah, reap in chesed; break up your fallow ground; for it is time to seek Hashem , till He come and rain tzedek upon you.13Ye have plowed resha, ye have reaped avlah; ye have eaten the pri kachash (fruit of lies) ; because thou didst trust in thy way, in the multitude of thy gibborim (mighty men) .14Therefore shall a tumult arise among thy people, and all thy fortresses shall be devastated, as Shalman devastated Beit-Arbel on the yom milchamah; the em were dashed in pieces with their banim.15So, O Beit-El, shall it be done unto you because of your great wickedness; in the shachar (dawn) shall the Melech Yisroel utterly be cut off.Hoshea 9Hoshea 11