Monthly Archives: August 2017

1 Come, let us return toAdonai; for he has torn, and he will heal us; he has struck, and he will bind our wounds. 2 After two days, he will revive us; on the third day, he will raise us up; and we will live in his presence. 3 Let us know, let us strive […]

1 when I am ready to heal Isra’el, the crimes of Efrayim confront me, along with the wickedness of Shomron. For they keep practicing deceit; thieves break in, bands of robbers raid outside. 2 They never say to themselves that I remember all their evil. Now their own deeds surround them; they are right in […]

1 “Put theshofarto your lips! Like a vulture [he swoops down] on the house ofAdonai, because they have violated my covenant and sinned intentionally against myTorah. 2 Will they cry out to me, ‘We are Isra’el, God, we know you’? 3 Isra’el has thrown away what is good; the enemy will pursue him. 4 They […]

1 Don’t rejoice, Isra’el! Don’t enjoy yourselves as other peoples do; for you have gone whoring away from your God, you love being hired as a whore on every grain-floor. 2 Threshing-floor and winepress won’t feed them, and new wine will disappoint her. 3 They won’t remain in the land ofAdonai; instead, Efrayim will return […]

1 Isra’el was a luxuriant vine, freely putting forth fruit. As his fruit increased, he increased his altars; as his land got better, he improved his standing-stones. 2 Their heart is divided; now they will bear their guilt. He will break down their altars and destroy their standing-stones. 3 For now they will say, “We […]

1 “When Isra’el was a child, I loved him; and out of Egypt I called my son. 2 But the more [the prophets] called them, the farther they went from them. They sacrificed to theba‘alim and offered incense to idols. 3 “Yet it was I who taught Efrayim to walk; I took them by their […]

1 “Efrayim surrounds me with lies and the house of Isra’el with deceit. Y’hudah still rules with God and is faithful with holy ones. 2 Efrayim is chasing the wind, pursuing the wind from the east. All day he piles up lies and desolation — they make a covenant with Ashur, while sending olive oil […]

1 “When Efrayim spoke, there was trembling; he was a power in Isra’el. But when he incurred guilt through Ba‘al, he died. 2 So now they keep adding sin to sin, casting images from their silver; idols they invent for themselves, all of them the work of craftsmen. ‘Sacrifice to them,’ they say. Men give […]

1 Shomron will bear her guilt, for she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword, their little ones will be dashed to pieces and their pregnant women ripped open. 2 Return, Isra’el, toAdonaiyour God, for your guilt has made you stumble. 3 Take words with you, and return toAdonai; say to […]