Hosea 14 | Biblion Bible Reader

WEB·Joel 1

¹Yahweh’s word that came to Joel, the son of Pethuel.

KJVThe word^H1697 of the LORD^H3068 that came to Joel^H3100 the son^H1121 of Pethuel^H6602.

² Hear this, you elders, and listen, all you inhabitants of the land! Has this ever happened in your days, or in the days of your fathers?

KJVHear^H8085^(H8798) this, ye old men^H2205, and give ear^H238^(H8685), all ye inhabitants^H3427^(H8802) of the land^H776. Hath this been in your days^H3117, or even^H518 in the days^H3117 of your fathers^H1?

³ Tell your children about it, and have your children tell their children, and their children, another generation.

KJVTell^H5608^(H8761) ye your children^H1121 of it, and let your children^H1121 tell their children^H1121, and their children^H1121 another^H312 generation^H1755.

⁴ What the swarming locust has left, the great locust has eaten. What the great locust has left, the grasshopper has eaten. What the grasshopper has left, the caterpillar has eaten.

KJVThat which the palmerworm^H1501 hath left^H3499 hath the locust^H697 eaten^H398^(H8804); and that which the locust^H697 hath left^H3499 hath the cankerworm^H3218 eaten^H398^(H8804); and that which the cankerworm^H3218 hath left^H3499 hath the caterpiller^H2625 eaten^H398^(H8804).

⁵ Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine, for it is cut off from your mouth.

KJVAwake^H6974^(H8685), ye drunkards^H7910, and weep^H1058^(H8798); and howl^H3213^(H8685), all ye drinkers^H8354^(H8802) of wine^H3196, because of the new wine^H6071; for it is cut off^H3772^(H8738) from your mouth^H6310.

⁶ For a nation has come up on my land, strong, and without number. His teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the fangs of a lioness.

KJVFor a nation^H1471 is come up^H5927^(H8804) upon my land^H776, strong^H6099, and without number^H4557, whose teeth^H8127 are the teeth^H8127 of a lion^H738, and he hath the cheek teeth^H4973 of a great lion^H3833.

⁷ He has laid my vine waste, and stripped my fig tree. He has stripped its bark, and thrown it away. Its branches are made white.

KJVHe hath laid^H7760^(H8804) my vine^H1612 waste^H8047, and barked^H7111 my fig tree^H8384: he hath made it clean^H2834^(H8800) bare^H2834^(H8804), and cast it away^H7993^(H8689); the branches^H8299 thereof are made white^H3835^(H8689).

⁸ Mourn like a virgin dressed in sackcloth for the husband of her youth!

KJVLament^H421^(H8798) like a virgin^H1330 girded^H2296^(H8803) with sackcloth^H8242 for the husband^H1167 of her youth^H5271.

⁹ The meal offering and the drink offering are cut off from Yahweh’s house. The priests, Yahweh’s ministers, mourn.

KJVThe meat offering^H4503 and the drink offering^H5262 is cut off^H3772^(H8717) from the house^H1004 of the LORD^H3068; the priests^H3548, the LORD'S^H3068 ministers^H8334^(H8764), mourn^H56^(H8804).

¹⁰ The field is laid waste. The land mourns, for the grain is destroyed, The new wine has dried up, and the oil languishes.

KJVThe field^H7704 is wasted^H7703^(H8795), the land^H127 mourneth^H56^(H8804); for the corn^H1715 is wasted^H7703^(H8795): the new wine^H8492 is dried up^H3001^(H8689), the oil^H3323 languisheth^H535^(H8797).

¹¹ Be confounded, you farmers! Wail, you vineyard keepers, for the wheat and for the barley; for the harvest of the field has perished.

KJVBe ye ashamed^H3001^(H8685), O ye husbandmen^H406; howl^H3213^(H8685), O ye vinedressers^H3755, for the wheat^H2406 and for the barley^H8184; because the harvest^H7105 of the field^H7704 is perished^H6^(H8804).

¹² The vine has dried up, and the fig tree withered— the pomegranate tree, the palm tree also, and the apple tree, even all of the trees of the field are withered; for joy has withered away from the sons of men.

KJVThe vine^H1612 is dried up^H3001^(H8689), and the fig tree^H8384 languisheth^H535^(H8797); the pomegranate^H7416 tree, the palm tree^H8558 also, and the apple tree^H8598, even all the trees^H6086 of the field^H7704, are withered^H3001^(H8804): because joy^H8342 is withered away^H3001^(H8689) from the sons^H1121 of men^H120.

¹³ Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, for the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God’s house.

KJVGird^H2296^(H8798) yourselves, and lament^H5594^(H8798), ye priests^H3548: howl^H3213^(H8685), ye ministers^H8334^(H8764) of the altar^H4196: come^H935^(H8798), lie all night^H3885^(H8798) in sackcloth^H8242, ye ministers^H8334^(H8764) of my God^H430: for the meat offering^H4503 and the drink offering^H5262 is withholden^H4513^(H8738) from the house^H1004 of your God^H430.

¹⁴ Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders and all the inhabitants of the land to the house of Yahweh, your God, and cry to Yahweh.

KJVSanctify^H6942^(H8761) ye a fast^H6685, call^H7121^(H8798) a solemn assembly^H6116, gather^H622^(H8798) the elders^H2205 and all the inhabitants^H3427^(H8802) of the land^H776 into the house^H1004 of the LORD^H3068 your God^H430, and cry^H2199^(H8798) unto the LORD^H3068,

¹⁵ Alas for the day! For the day of Yahweh is at hand, and it will come as destruction from the Almighty.

KJVAlas^H162 for the day^H3117! for the day^H3117 of the LORD^H3068 is at hand^H7138, and as a destruction^H7701 from the Almighty^H7706 shall it come^H935^(H8799).

¹⁶ Isn’t the food cut off before our eyes, joy and gladness from the house of our God?

KJVIs not the meat^H400 cut off^H3772^(H8738) before our eyes^H5869, yea, joy^H8057 and gladness^H1524 from the house^H1004 of our God^H430?

¹⁷ The seeds rot under their clods. The granaries are laid desolate. The barns are broken down, for the grain has withered.

KJVThe seed^H6507 is rotten^H5685^(H8804) under their clods^H4053, the garners^H214 are laid desolate^H8074^(H8738), the barns^H4460 are broken down^H2040^(H8738); for the corn^H1715 is withered^H3001^(H8689).

¹⁸ How the animals groan! The herds of livestock are perplexed, because they have no pasture. Yes, the flocks of sheep are made desolate.

KJVHow do the beasts^H929 groan^H584^(H8737)! the herds^H5739 of cattle^H1241 are perplexed^H943^(H8738), because they have no pasture^H4829; yea, the flocks^H5739 of sheep^H6629 are made desolate^H816^(H8738).

¹⁹ Yahweh, I cry to you, for the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness, and the flame has burned all the trees of the field.

KJVO LORD^H3068, to thee will I cry^H7121^(H8799): for the fire^H784 hath devoured^H398^(H8804) the pastures^H4999 of the wilderness^H4057, and the flame^H3852 hath burned^H3857^(H8765) all the trees^H6086 of the field^H7704.

²⁰ Yes, the animals of the field pant to you, for the water brooks have dried up, and the fire has devoured the pastures of the wilderness.

KJVThe beasts^H929 of the field^H7704 cry^H6165^(H8799) also unto thee: for the rivers^H650 of waters^H4325 are dried up^H3001^(H8804), and the fire^H784 hath devoured^H398^(H8804) the pastures^H4999 of the wilderness^H4057.

WEB·Hosea 14

¹Israel, return to Yahweh your God; for you have fallen because of your sin.

KJVO Israel^H3478, return^H7725^(H8798) unto the LORD^H3068 thy God^H430; for thou hast fallen^H3782^(H8804) by thine iniquity^H5771.

² Take words with you, and return to Yahweh. Tell him, “Forgive all our sins, and accept that which is good; so we offer bulls as we vowed of our lips.

KJVTake^H3947^(H8798) with you words^H1697, and turn^H7725^(H8798) to the LORD^H3068: say^H559^(H8798) unto him, Take away^H5375^(H8799) all iniquity^H5771, and receive^H3947^(H8798) us graciously^H2896: so will we render^H7999^(H8762) the calves^H6499 of our lips^H8193.

³ Assyria can’t save us. We won’t ride on horses; neither will we say any more to the work of our hands, ‘Our gods!’ for in you the fatherless finds mercy.”

KJVAsshur^H804 shall not save^H3467^(H8686) us; we will not ride^H7392^(H8799) upon horses^H5483: neither will we say^H559^(H8799) any more to the work^H4639 of our hands^H3027, Ye are our gods^H430: for in thee the fatherless^H3490 findeth mercy^H7355^(H8792).

⁴ “I will heal their waywardness. I will love them freely; for my anger is turned away from them.

KJVI will heal^H7495^(H8799) their backsliding^H4878, I will love^H157^(H8799) them freely^H5071: for mine anger^H639 is turned away^H7725^(H8804) from him.

⁵ I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily, and send down his roots like Lebanon.

KJVI will be as the dew^H2919 unto Israel^H3478: he shall grow^H6524^(H8799) as the lily^H7799, and cast forth^H5221^(H8686) his roots^H8328 as Lebanon^H3844.

⁶ His branches will spread, and his beauty will be like the olive tree, and his fragrance like Lebanon.

KJVHis branches^H3127 shall spread^H3212^(H8799), and his beauty^H1935 shall be as the olive tree^H2132, and his smell^H7381 as Lebanon^H3844.

⁷ Men will dwell in his shade. They will revive like the grain, and blossom like the vine. Their fragrance will be like the wine of Lebanon.

KJVThey that dwell^H3427^(H8802) under his shadow^H6738 shall return^H7725^(H8799); they shall revive^H2421^(H8762) as the corn^H1715, and grow^H6524^(H8799) as the vine^H1612: the scent^H2143 thereof shall be as the wine^H3196 of Lebanon^H3844.

⁸ Ephraim, what have I to do any more with idols? I answer, and will take care of him. I am like a green cypress tree; from me your fruit is found.”

KJVEphraim^H669 shall say, What have I to do any more with idols^H6091? I have heard^H6030^(H8804) him, and observed^H7789^(H8799) him: I am like a green^H7488 fir tree^H1265. From me is thy fruit^H6529 found^H4672^(H8738).

⁹ Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.

KJVWho is wise^H2450, and he shall understand^H995^(H8799) these things? prudent^H995^(H8737), and he shall know^H3045^(H8799) them? for the ways^H1870 of the LORD^H3068 are right^H3477, and the just^H6662 shall walk^H3212^(H8799) in them: but the transgressors^H6586^(H8802) shall fall^H3782^(H8735) therein.

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