To

Deliver Salvation

Chapter One
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The Word (dabar word, message, account, communication, treatise, record of an event) of Yahuweh (hwhy Self-existent and eternal; from hyh ha ah to exist, !ecome, !e, etc; also lin"ed to hyha eha ah which means #$ am) relationally (asher relates to, associate with, lin"ed to, as well as, which, etc) existed (hayah) with (el denotes motion to or unto a person; direction towards; into, in regards to) Hosea (salvation, to deliver salvation, to !e our saviour) son (!en- male child, son, grandson) of Beeri (from !eer to explain, clarif ; !ring clear and legi!le; well of clear water; with a derived variant of cleanse, re%uvenate, open, highlight, expose, enlighten, choose) during the days of Uzziyah (&ahuweh is m fortress), Yotham (&ahuweh is perfect), Ahaz (to ta"e hold of, to sei'e or grasp), and Hezekiah (from &ahuweh and #ha'a( !e(come) strong, strengthen; so means &ah has strengthened me or &ah has made me strong), kings of Yehudah (those who !elong to ah, those who are part of &ahs famil ) during the days of Yero!oam (from raha! increase, !ecome man , multipl , ) #am meaning people, therefore the name means #the people increase) the son of Yoash (from &ah ) #esh fire, !la'ing, !urning, therefore the name means #&ah is fire; !ut could also mean #&ah is light) king of Yisrael (those who strive and struggle with *od, those who persevere with *od)+ ,osea lived and prophesised %ust prior to the destruction of &israel in -.. /C0+ ,is name means, 1to deliver Salvation+2 / this time &israel was !ro"en into two "ingdoms which was due to Shlomos3Solomons indulgence in idolatr and covetousness+ 4he 5orthern "ingdom was filled with the religion of 6ord /aal, and is (uite a good representation of toda s societ , and was eventuall smashed ! the 7ss rians while the southern "ingdom was on the verge of national calamit + 4hese writings start off with two words, #da!ar &ahuweh, and the tell us exactl where these words are coming from and that the should !e ta"en special note of, !e ta"en to heart as should all of *ods 8ords+ *od uses words, da!ar, to communicate with us, and communication itself is a relational concept, ou relate to another with words and hearing, along with, hopefull , understanding and wisdom+ Communication is a actuall a two wa street, that is still true if onl one does the tal"ing and one the listening, that is simpl !ecause if the words go out and no one listens then the words !ecome of no effect, also, if no 1

one listens when we tal" then what is the point of tal"ing9 7nother important thing a!out communication is that without it there can !e no meaningful relationship, it doesnt matter if that communication is words, sign language, touch, a loo" even, it could even !e music or art, !ut without it there is nothing !ut separation and loneliness+ 7nd it is no different with *od, he wants to communicate with us and ,e uses words, #da!ar+ /ut this is not %ust some man spea"ing to us, this is *od ,imself, this is &ahuweh who wants to relate to us with ,is words, ,e wants to communicate some information to us that is of vital importance+ :a!ar, full amplified means; a statement or message, communication, word, the act of spea"ing, a treatise, an account, record, or rendering of an event+ 4his 8ord, da!ar, is &ahuwehs treatise, ,is Scripture, ,is message, ,is wa of communication with us, ,is wa of saving us from sin and ourselves, of warning us of the dangers and pitfalls along the narrow path that is salvations road+ 7s such ever single word that &ah has for us is of the greatest importance and we should spend our time and effort in investigating each and ever one of them in order to discover all &ahuweh has to sa to us+ 7lso, this 8ord !elongs to and comes out from &ahuweh and as such no man has the right to alter or change this word in an degree whatsoever; that is also wh it is of such vital importance to let &ahs word spea" for itself when we translate it from the ,e!rew, and never ever tr to put our own spin on it so as it will !e more inline with our pre-conceived ideas and notions+ 4he onl wa this word can !e changed, 6egall that is, is if the one doing the changing is greater than and more powerful than the one who wrote it in the first place, in this case &ahuweh, and so an man changing this 8ord is sa ing that the are greater and more powerful than *od himself, which is an outright lie and ma"es those who change Scripture liars+ Scripture does not come from #4he 6ord or from an other god ! an other name or title, it comes from &ahweh and &ahuweh alone+ 7n translator using the term #6ord is deceiving the people and leading them awa from &ahs narrow path that leads to salvation+ 4he next word is one that shows a relationship or an association to something, a lin" from one thing to another+ 7sher can (uite rightl !e translated; #who, which, that, etc, !ut $ have translated it #relationall !ecause this gives a far !etter meaning of what this word is sa ing, especiall in the context and purpose of #da!ar, which is to !uild a relationship !etween man and *od+ 4his also tells us that the 8ord exists relationall with ,osea3salvation, it is onl through a relationship with *od that Salvation is ours and it is through the relationship of the 8ord applied to ourselves that we come into that relationship with *od+ 4he are interlin"ed, related, and if ou !rea" that lin" ! changing the 8ord ou also, ! default, !rea" that relationship, and there! ou turn awa from salvations path+ 7lso, in this !oo" called Salvation3,osea, &ahuweh is telling us that ,e is related to, lin"ing ,imself to, and exists as salvation and the 8ord, that ,e is the ver 8ord that would !ecome flesh in the form of &ahushua, which means #&ahuwehs Salvation+ So ! ta"ing the time and putting in the effort to stud &ahs 8ord we find man golden nuggets of truth, man signs and signals pointing in the direction of salvation, showing and lighting up the narrow path that !egins with the doorwa of <esach3<assover, and continues along through the 4owrah, <rophets, and <salms until it reaches 4a!ernacles, that is, &ahuweh camping out with us, his creation+ 4he next two words are perfect examples of these #golden nuggets found within the 8ord+ 4he first, #!en3son points to the relationship &ahushua was to have with &ahuweh, a =ather Son relationship+ 7lthough &ahushua is &ahuweh in a #wound down human form and was !orn of a woman, which actuall gave &ahuweh a human soul to inha!it at ,is immersion ! &ahuchanon the $mmerser, and ma"es ,im &ahs Son, $ thin" the most

important aspect of this word is the relationship one+ $t shows the ongoing relationship &ahushua had with &ahuweh and as such is the perfect example of the relationship we have with &ah, a =ather son3daughter relationship+ 4here is so much hope, no not hope, !ut trust in this, and so much !eaut as well, $ sa trust !ecause what son doesnt trust his father9 O+"+ $ hear ou sa that so man fathers are not worth of trust in this world, and ou would !e so right, !ut the =ather we are loo"ing at here is the most perfect father there could ever !e, the most loving, the most courageous and !rave, the most compassionate, the most forgiving and merciful and to prove this all we have to do is loo" at the crucifixion+ 6ets face it this =ather would give ,is life in the form of the Son so we, ,is perspective children, could !e saved and live forever with ,im, %ust so long as we wal" through the doorwa of salvation which is called <esach3<assover+ 7nd that is exactl where the !eaut lies, $ cant thin" of an thing more !eautiful than this, and $ cant thin" of an thing that !uilds trust more than this, lets face it, if ,e is willing to die for me then ,e is willing to do an thing for me, that is an thing which is good, !eneficial, and righteous of course+ 4he second word is #Berri, and although used as a name it has a meaning li"e an other word+ &ou will find most names in Scripture have significant meanings+ >an lexicons and dictionaries translate this meaning as #> 8ell, and this is correct, !ut onl after a fashion, it is not the primar and onl meaning for this word, and $ thin" it is actuall the incorrect one for this context, and if $ am right it goes to show how the translators are misleading the people with their errant wor"+ 4he primar meaning of this word is to #explain and clarify, the secondar meaning is to #bring clear and make legible, with a third meaning of # a well of clear water+ 4o translate this word, #m well is (uite fran"l dishonest at worse and negligent at !est !ecause this word has the core meaning running through it of #clarit + 7lso, water is often used as a metaphor for the Set-7part and Cleansing Spirit, she is our well of clear water that illuminates the 8ord, that ma"es clear the meanings, that gives us the wisdom to ma"e connections and !ring it all together+ 4o sa that this word means %ust #m well ta"es all this awa and o!scures the truth, which is the exact opposite of the core meaning of this word+ /ut it does not end there, !ecause #!erri has derived variants of, #cleanse, re%uvenate, open, highlight, expose, enlighten, choose, and open+ 0ver single one of these is a metaphor for wh &ahushua actuall came to us, for wh ,e wal"ed this earth+ 4he Son came to open the doorwa of salvation called <assover3<esach, ,e came to enlighten that path whilst at the same time ,e came to expose the lies and h pocris of religion, of mans wa , ! highlighting that which is true and relia!le, namel the 4owrah, <rophets, and <salms+ 7s a matter of fact ,e was the 4owrah, <rophets, and <salms made flesh+ 7lso ! opening the wa of salvation ,e has also opened up the wa of our cleansing through the Set7part and Cleansing Spirit, our Spiritual >other+ ,e also came to re%uvenate us through the reconciliation of *od and >an that will !e fulfilled on &om ?ippurim .@AA+ ,e is also the source of the 8ell of 6iving waters that will come out of the new &arushalaim during the thousand- ear period where we are camping out with &ahuweh, which starts on the =east of Su"ah34a!ernacles, .@AA+ ,e came to ma"e us whole and give us the opportunit to !e !orn from a!ove and covered in the glorious garments of light ! our Spiritual >other, the Set7part and Cleansing Spirit+ &es indeed, stud ing *ods 8ord with determination and diligence enlightens and shows a spotlight on that ver narrow path of salvation, !ut we have to turn that switch on ! stud ing, reading, searching, researching, ! ma"ing the 8ord of &ahuweh our ver own, ma"ing it part of our core !eing+

7s we go on reading we discover the time in which ,osea spo"e &ahs words was during the life of four "ings and through the names of these "ings we get the idea that &ahuwehs name is interwoven throughout the covenant Scriptures, it is the trademar" that permeates all ,e sa s+ So let us loo" at these names and see more pieces of the tapestr that is *ods 8ord 4he first of which was B''i ah which means, #&ah is m strength, who too" the throne at sixteen ears of age and reigned for a!out fift -two ears+ :uring his reign it is said that he did what was right !efore &ahuweh, (see . Chron+ .C;D), and !ecause of this he prospered+ 4his implies that if we see" *od with all our hearts and minds and do what is right !efore ,im, if we put aside and destro all that is evil, li"e mans poligious schemes, then we will also prosper+ /ut this can has a flip side, it could impl that is we do not do what is right !efore &ahuweh then we will not prosper, not onl that, we are more li"el to loose or suffer loss+ 4his loss will not %ust !e a ph sical loss; it will !e a spiritual loss, along with emotional loss+ 4his is exactl what B''i ah did, when pride was found in this "ing and due to this pride he entered the temple of &ahuweh and !urnt incense there, something he should never have done for onl the 6evites were allowed to do such things !efore *od+ /ecause of this he was given lepros as a punishment and was cast out of the palace and so &owthan !ecame co-regent+ 6et this !e a warning to us all, !ecome self-reliant and !e separated from &ahuweh+ &owthan, which means #&ah is perfect, too" up the crown at the age of .D wal"ed in the wa s of &ahuweh as per his great grandfathers <salm, 1&ahuweh is m shepherd+2 (.Chron+ .-;.), although the people were corrupt, he reigned for sixteen ears then died+ ,is son 7cha', which means #he has grasped, then too" the crown when he was twent ears of age+ /ut, 7cha' did not follow the wa of &ahuweh; he did not do what was right !efore *od+ ,e did as the $sraelites did and made images of /aalim, (plural of 6ord a title used for Satan and his followers)+ ,e also !urnt incense in the Ealle of ,innon, (*ehenna), where he also sacrificed, not onl the children of &israel, !ut his own child as well+ 4his is the site where the followers of /aal, those who lived in the land !efore the &ahudeans, sacrificed their own children to the god >olloch, a practice that 7cha' reinstated+ ,e also re-instituted sacrifices and !urnt offerings in all the high places of &ahudea, (see .Chron+ .F;G-H), all of which !rought down the wrath of &ahuweh and for the result of this see .Chron+ .F;D onwards+ 8hen he dies &ehi'(i ah, his son, came to the crown at the age of twent -five and reigned for twent nine ears from &aruwshalaim+ 5ow, ,echi'(i ah was one of the few good "ings for he not onl did what was right !efore &ahuweh, not onl did he follow ,is commandments, not onl did he follow the wa of salvation and continuall see" *od in the 8ord, !ut he also repaired the Set-apart temple of &ahuweh, got the priests to sanctif themselves and the temple+ 7part from this he also undid all his father did, destro ed all the pagan idols, destro ed the pagan groves, and tore down the foreign alters+ On top of this he re-instituted the <assover, and $ suspect the other feasts of the >i(rae *od $nstituted and called for a national repentance+ >an turned to *od in those da s in repentance and there was great re%oicing in all of &aruwshalaim+ (.Chron+ .I;G to A.;AA)+ &ehi'(i ah and all &ahudea prospered greatl under his rule !ecause of this trust and reliance on &ahuweh, and $ do not !elieve it was %ust a material prosperit the en%o ed, which was great indeed, $ !elieve the also en%o ed spiritual !lessings, emotional !lessings, and !lessings of the mind, "nowledge, wisdom, intelligence+ /ut again $ must remind ever one who reads these

writings that there is a flip side to all of this, if we do not heed our heavenl =ather, ,is words, if we do not follow ,is wa and path, see" ,is will and life, if we do not love, trust and rel upon ,im then we will suffer great loss+ $f we do not get rid of the idolatr in our lives then we can expect ,is wrath, as did 7cha'+ 4here is a great lesson in ,echi'(i ah life for us toda + =or us to have a relationship with our =ather in heaven we must first come out of the religious ) political, (poligious), s stems of this world+ 8e must put aside or !etter still destro all the trappings, the crosses, crucifixes, fonts, statues, gar!, etc+ 8e must put aside and turn our !ac"s on the pagan feasts of Christmas, 0aster, lent, harvest festival, Ealentines :a , ,alloween and 5ew &ear+ 8e must turn our !ac"s on Christianit , !e it Catholicism or <rotestantism, on Judaism, on secular humanism, on >ormonism, islam, /uddhism, on all the isms the world can con%ure up and then turn once again to &ahuweh through ,is >essi ah, &ahushua, and diligentl see" understanding through ,is 8ord, the 4orah, <rophets, <salms, and the writings of the renewed covenant+ 8e must see" ,is festival feasts, the seven called out >i(ra, and with understanding of their meaning cele!rate them with our =ather in heaven+ 8e do not have to o!serve them to the letter, as a matter of fact we cant o!serve them to the letter, simpl !ecause the temple does not exist, we do not have to have things perfect, we might even get the wrong da , !ecause it is not so much in the o!servance, it is in the understanding+ $t is wanting to meet with =ather on ,is called out da s, it is using the mind to thin" the feasts through and coming to an understanding of their meaning and purpose and then cele!rating with the glor of *od !ecause of the path of salvation ,e has laid out+ 7nother Gnteresting name is &oesh which means #&ah is =ire and ! implicaion #&ah is 6ight+ =ire is a metaphor for cleainsing as in the refners fire, as well a a metaphore for testing, trials, and %udgment+ 8hen &oesh father, 7ha'ah, died his mother, 7thaliah, the (ueen of &ehudah, murdered all her children except &oesh in order that she could rule+ 4he infant &oesh onl escaped the slaughter !ecause his aunt, the wife of the high prest &ehoiada, and was hidden in the temple for a num!er of ears+ $n his seventh ear he was anointed "ing, much to the consternations of his mother who was soon executed+ 4he high priest actuall ruled through &oesh and during his !ac" seat reign he reinstituted &ahuwehs covenant with the naton and its people, he also desto ed all the /aal worship that ran through societ after which he repaired and refur!ished &ahs temple+ 7lthough it wasnt &oesh doing these things, his salvation ena!led &ahuwehs light to retrn to &israel+ 4he proof of this ena!lement is shown when the high priest dies and the &ehudeans under &oesh once again ta"e on paganism, the would once again remove themselves from the narrow path of salvation called the 4owrah and get on the wide path that leads to destuction, from relationship to religion+ $t was this turning awa from &ah that led to the son of the high priest, Ka"a ah the prophet, to warn them of the coming condemnation and to call them to personal and national repentance+ $t was this ver act of warning and calling to repentance that would get him "illed at the instigation of &oesh who ordered his execution+ When Yahuweh (hwhy) !egan (tehilla !eginning, first) s#eaking (dabar$ through Hosea, Yahuweh (hwhy$ said to Hosea, %&o take (laqah ta"e (go fetch), lay hold of (sei'e), receive, re(uire, !ring, ta"e a wife, snatch (ta"e awa )) a wife (ishet woman, wife) of #rostitution (zenumim harlotr , idolatr ) and !eget 'hildren of #rostitution and idolatry for the #eo#le of this land are 'ommitting flagrant harlotry (zanoh tizanah these words are the same and come from #'enut which means fornication and when dou!led
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li"e this the carr extra weight and meaning), and are mo(ing away from (min from, a!andoning and forsa"ing) Yahuweh (hwhy)+ Bnfaithfulness, this is one of the !iggest pro!lems facing societ toda , it destro s families and communities, it destro s love and relationship, it destro s trust and reliance+ 5ot onl does it destro individual people it also destro s whole nations+ 8hen unfaithfulness !ecomes the norm for a nation then that nation has !ecome depraved and its moral fa!ric has deca ed to the point of no return, %ust li"e this modern societ , and so it was in the da s of ,osea+ 4his is exactl what &ahuweh wants ,osea to see and experience first hand !ecause onl when ou have personal experience of such things can ou spea" a!out it with passion and full understanding+ 4hat is understanding, not from the adulterers perspective, !ut from the perspective of the one who has !een !etra ed, in this case from &ahuwehs perspective+ &israel was, and will !e again, &ahuwehs !ride+ $n a s m!olic sense ,e married &israel, &ah was the groom and &israel the !ride+ &israel, li"e &ahudah, are &ahudim, the !elong to the famil of &ah, the were ,is Spiritual children, that is until the separated themselves from ,im with their adulter and idolatr + /ut, li"e ,osea &ahuweh married what turned out to !e a whore, an idolatrous harlot, and a temple prostitute+ ,e raised despica!le children who threw awa their !irthright of a relationship for the !owl of soup called religion; the threw awa a loving personal3national relationship with &ah in order to fornicate with Satan in the guise of 6ord /aal+ $t was with this /aal worship that temple prostitution was rife and these prostitutes sold their whoredom to all who would have them, man or woman+ &israel and &ahudah had !ecome polluted with this nationall popular Satanic Sun god cult, and with this pollution the were committing national suicide+ $t is also !elieved that it was one of these temple prostitutes who ,osea married, which would fit in perfectl to show the national sin and &ahs anger+ 5ot onl did *od want ,osea to have a good understanding of this "ind of unfaithfulness ,e also wanted &israel to see their own unfaithfulness through the experiences of ,osea+ ,e wanted &israel to understand the result of turning awa from ,im, ,e wanted them to see their total moral and spiritual collapse, ,e wanted them to see the reason ,e would have to divorce them+ &ahudim are called, then and now, to !e set apart from mans political and religious schemes so the could experience &ahuwehs love in so man wa s, and ta"e on the mission of revealing &ahuwehs wa of salvation, ,is nature, ,is love, and ,is 8ords, !ut, sadl to sa , this mission was seriousl compromised to the point of irreconcila!le separation, %ust li"e it has toda + 7s was the state of &israel of ,oseas time so is the state of Christianit toda , the have separated themselves from &ahs path and his word and ta"en on paganism, the age old /aal worship, the satanic sun god worship of /a! lonian times+ 4his has come through Catholicism and carried on through all forms of <rotestantism+ 4he #sun!urst image can !e seen in all catholic churches, the statues and icons, the relics and the saints+ &es $ agree <rotestantism has put off most all these things, !ut the still carr the cross, which has its roots in /a! lon, li"e Catholicism the still cele!rate the pagan feasts of Christmas, 0aster, lent, etc, etc, with which the replaced the seven called out assem!l meetings of &ahuweh+ 4he also replaced the saviours name, &ahushua the >essi ah with #Jesus Christ the saviour god of the druid religion, the have replaced &ahuweh with Satans title, #6ord, and the have replaced the Set-7part and cleansing Spirit, our Spiritual >other with the #hol ghost or #hol spirit, and the Catholics have replaced with >ar L 7part from all this the replaced the Covenant writings, (which include the four accounts errantl called #the gospels

and the !oo" of Mevelation), which is the onl Scripture with something called the #5ew 4estament+ &es the same rampant adulter is as prevalent toda as it was in ,oseas time and unless we heed the warnings in this !oo", and in man other covenant writings, the same fate will happen to us which is divorce and separation from &ahuweh eternall + )o he went and took (yaqach too", ta"e hold of, ac(uired, sei'ed, married) &omer (a proper name meaning completion or ripeness; from gamar cease, come to an end, fail, perfect, perform) the daughter of *i!lain and she 'on'ei(ed and !ore him a son+ , Yahuweh (hwhy) said to him, %-all him Yizreel./ezreel (from el *od and #zera sowing, scatter, seed, offspring; so means #*od will sow, or #*od will scatter); for in a little while (#ud meat) 0 will summon (pequddti mustering, summon, to attend to, visit, appoint) the house of Yahu (&ah is he) for the !lood of Yizreel and 0 will start an intermission (shabat rest, put aside for a rest, temporaril put aside, interlude) to the dominion (mamla"ut sovereignt , "ingdom, dominion) of the house of Yisrael+ D0t will 'ome to #ass on that day that 0 will !reak the !ow (sabur !rea" ) qeset !ow, a s m!ol of power and potenc , of strength, and can also !e a s m!ol of pride and arrogance) of Yisrael in the (alley of Yizreel./ezreel+ Then she 'on'ei(ed (from #hara !ear, !e with child, conceive) again and ga(e !irth to a daughter, and He said, %-all her (qara call, call out, recite) 1o23u'hamah.4o 'om#assion (lo-ruchamah #lo means not, no; and #ruchamah means to love deepl , have merc , compassion, pit , so the name means #no deep love or compassion, merc , or pit ) for 0 will no longer ha(e strong affe'tion or 'om#assion (ruchamah) on the house of Yisrael !ut 0 will 'om#letely lift them u# (the word #nasa is dou!led for added and deeper meaning, #nasa itself means to lift up, carr awa ) and 'onsume them (laham swallow greedil )+ -But 0 will ha(e strong affe'tion and 'om#assion for the house of Yahudah, and 0 will sa(e and deli(er (Yasha !e saved, delivered, save, deliver, give victor toN; this is the !asis of &ahushuas name along with &ah and means &ahuweh Saves, or &ahuweh delivers) them !y Yahuweh (hwhy) 0 will not sa(e them !y !ow, sword, !attle horses, or horsemen+5 F 4ow when she had weaned, 1o23u'hamah.4o -om#assion 'on'ei(ed and ga(e !irth to a son Iand He said, %name him 1o2Ammi.4ot 6y 7eo#le (from #lo not, no; and #am people) for you are not my #eo#le and 0 am not 80 am (lo ehayah #lo is not and #hayah means to exist, to !e, !ecome, etc, and #ehayah means #$ 7m which was the name >oshe was told to use when as"ed ! <haraoh who sent him) to you+5 G@ Yet the num!er of the sons of Yisrael (those who strive and struggle with *od, those who persevere with *od) will !e like the sand of the sea, whi'h (asher an association, in relationship with, that, which, who, etc; also progress, move forward, counsellor, wal"ing straight forward) 'annot !e measured or 'ounted and the standing #la'e (from the root #qum rise, arise, stand; and #maqom a location where something is or ought to !e) where relationally (asher) it is said ti them, %you are not my #eo#le,5 it will !e said to them, %you are the sons of the li(ing (chai alive, living) 6ighty 9ne+5 GG And the sons of Yahudah and the sons of Yisrael will !e 'olle'ted and gathered together (qabas yahad gathered together and assem!led as one, united as a communit ), and they will a##oint (sum place, appoint, ma"e, set, put) one head and leader (echad rosh) and they will as'end u#wards (#ala go up, clim!, ascend) to a higher #la'e in the land, for awesome (gadol great, awesome) is the day of Yizreel./ezreel+
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Chapter Two

)ay (#imra utterance, speech, sa ing) to your !rothers, %6y #eo#le,5 and say to your sisters, %you ha(e o!tained 'om#assion,5 (ruchamah) . 3e!uke (ri! - (uarrel in hostilit , contend with, oppose, !e angr or re!u"e, chide, strive with; also used in a %udicial sense as in a lawsuit) you mother, !ring a lawsuit (rib) against her Yisrael$ for she is not my wife and 0 am not her hus!and+ Therefore, let her turn away from (sara turn aside from, change direction, ta"e a different path, forsa"e, re%ect, defect) her forni'ations, :illi'it relationshi#s with false gods$, away from her :Yisraels$ #resen'e, and let adultery :!e gone$ from !etween her !reasts, (shad !reast, !osom; a figurative resting place for her lovers head), Alest 0 stri# (pashat strip, disro!e, remove, fla ) her naked and ex#ose (yasaq set, place, set in place, esta!lish; with the notion of placing someone or something in such a position so as to !e exhi!ited to all) her as the day she was !orn+ 0 will make her a wilderness (midbar wilderness or desert; in this negative context it descri!es a place without spring or water, food or sustenance) and make her like a #ar'hed (tsiya dr ness, drought) land (eretz) and slay her with thirst+ 0 will not (lo) ha(e dee# lo(e or 'om#assion (ruchamah (dou!led) deep love, merc , compassion, pit ) for her 'hildren for they are 'hildren of forni'ation (zenumim prostitution, adulter , illicit relations with false deities)+ D;or their mother wantonly 'ommitted adultery and idolatry (zanah !e unfaithful, prostituting, defecting, !e a harlot (spirituall as well as ph sicall ), fornication), she who 'on'ei(ed them a'ted shamefully (bosh !e ashamed, put to shame, place of shame, disillusion, deceiving, disappointed) for she said, %0 will go after my lo(ers who #ro(ide my !read and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink+5 (8hich is exactl what $srael is doing toda , rather than rel ing on &ahuweh for ,is help, the are rel ing on friends, treaties, with the li"es of 7merican and the B+?+) CTherefore, !ehold, 0 will !ar (suk to hedge or fence in, a restraining !arrier) her #ath (derek path, wa , road, ! extension a pattern of life) with thorns (sir thorn or the pot thorns are coo"ed in), and 0 will !uild (gadar to wall up or off; the act of !uilding the wall) a wall (gederet wall) against her so that she will find or attain her #ath (neeiba ph sical or moral path; the wa of life devised ! man)+ -she shall #ursue (radap !e !ehind, follow after, pursue, chase after, persecute) her lusts (ahab love, !e in love, li"e, lusts as in carnal appetites for lovers, mone , idols and the li"e) !ut she will not rea'h them and she will seek (baqash to see", re(uire, desire; an earnest and diligent see"ing) them, !ut will not find them+ )he will then say, %0 will re(erse 'ourse and go !a'k (halak go; #shub turn, return, change our direction and or perspective, to turn awa from the wa s of man and return to *od) to my former hus!and, for it was !etter (tobah morall correct, prosperous and good, more fruitful) then than now+ !ut she did not dis'ern (from the root #yada to "now intimatel through relationship, "nowledge and understanding with wisdom) that 0 ga(e her the grain, the new wine (tirosh must, new wine, wine), and the fresh oil, :these are the three staples of life in the middle east$, and in'reased her sil(er and gold, whi'h they 'ommitted to Baal (Baal 6ord, a false *od)+ ITherefore, 0 will take (laqah ta"e, la hold of (sei'e), receive, ac(uire, snatch) away 6y grain at the a##ro#riate time and 6y new wine at the a##ointed time (moed appointed place, appointed time, appointed season, place of assem!l , set feast), 0 will snat'h away (shub (re)turn, !ac", change our direction and or perspective) 6y wool 8
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and 6y flax used to 'o(er her nakedness+ G@And now 0 will re(eal (gala uncover and remove as in reveal) her lewdness and shame (nablut immodest , shamelessness) in the sight of her lo(ers, (those with whom she (&israel) has formed a relationship), and none shall res'ue her from 6y hand+ GG 0 will !ring an end to all Her, Yisrael, #agan 'ele!rations, her festi(al feasts, her new moon religious festi(als, her )a!!aths, and all her a##ointed assem!lies+ (Christmas, 0aster, 6ent, ,alloween, etc+, etc+) G.0 will destroy (shamem !e desolate, la waste, devastation, ruin, ravage, a!andoned, appalled) her (ines and her fig trees of whi'h she says, %These are my gratuities (#etna 4he price demanded ! prostitutes for their services) whi'h my lo(ers ha(e gi(en me+5 But 0 will make it into a thi'ket (yaar forest, woods, thic"et) and the !easts of the field shall de(our them+ GA 0 will take an a''ount (paqad num!er, recon, visit, punish, appoint) of her days in asso'iation with (#asher) 1ords (Baalim 6ords, false gods) wherein she offered in'ense and sa'rifi'es (qatar !urn incense or sacrifices), and she went in sear'h of #rey (#ad !oot or pre ; #adah decorate, adorn) adorned with loo#ed earnings (nezem ornamental rings) and <ewellery, and so she went out (halak abar wal"ed after, followed and %oined) after her lo(ers and she forgot 6e, says Yahuweh (hwhy) Therefore !ehold, 0 will #ersuade her, walking with her in the wilderness s#eaking (dabar- tal", spea", converse) to her heart GD and 0 will gi(e (natan give, put, set) her (ineyards at that time and #la'e (sham signifies a location and3or time) , and the (alley of A'hor (a valle on the !order of &ehudah and means to stir up, distur!, trou!le, ma"e (someone) ta!oo) will !e a doorway (petech doorwa , opening, portal) of ho#e+ And she will sing there, as in the days of her youth, and as in the day when she as'ended (#alah clim!, go up, ascend) from the land of 6itzrayim (translated 0g pt and comes from the word #matzrep and means cruci!le)+ GC And it shall exist in that s#e'ifi' day, de'lares Yahuah (hwhy), that you will #ro'laim (qara call, call out, recite, proclaim; meet, encounter) 6e Hus!and (ishi man, hus!and) and ne(er again shall you #ro'laim 8my lord (Baali > 6ord)+ Eerse GC could, and ma !e should, !e rendered, 1And it shall exist in that s#e'ifi' day, de'lares Yahuah, that you shall meet and en'ounter :qara$ me as an indi(idual (#ish marriage partner3man3individual3hus!and3even as a man in our midst) and ne(er again shall you #ro'laim me 8my 1ord (Baali > 6ord) +5 4his verse is tal"ing a!out that specific da ,e, &ahusha returns in ,is glor , es indeed, !ut ,e will !e a man whom we will stand !efore and no longer will we call ,im 6ord, never again will that term !e used, instead we will use ,is proper given name, &ahushua3&ahusha+ 7lso, qara is the root of miqra which descri!es the - called out assem!l meetings which shows the path and wa to &ahuah we are to wal", and which we are called to meet with ,im+ =urther, another word from the root qara is the adopted root, qarab, meaning to approach, draw near, to !e present with+ 7nd so we will !e drawing near to and approaching &ahusha in that one specific da , we will !e approaching an individual, al!eit an awesome individual, and calling ,im ! ,is proper given name+ ;or 0 will remo(e and re<e't (sara turning aside, defection) the names of the 1ords (/aalim, 6ords; false gods, heathen gods) from her mouth and they shall !e #ro'laimed (zakar remem!ered, recalled, mentioned) !y their name no more+
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0n that day 0 will 'ut a 'o(enant (berith) for them with the !easts of the field, the !irds of the sky, and the 'ree#ing things of the ground+ And 0 will a!olish (shabar !rea", !rea" into pieces, destro ) the !ow, the sword, and war from the land, and will make them lay down in se'urity+ GI And 0 will !etroth you to 6e fore(er (leolam), 0 will !etroth you in righteousness (tsedeq) and in <udgment (mishpat), in unfailing kindness and steadfast lo(e (chesed lo al love, loving "indness, steadfast love, glor , favour), and in 'om#assion+ .@ 0 will !etroth you to 6e in steadfast se'urity (emunah faithfulness, steadfastness, truthfulness), and then you shall know (yada "nowledge through understanding and wisdom, using s"ill in %udgment, to "now in a relational sense) Yahuah (hwhy)+
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-ome 80 was, 0 am 0 will !e (ehayah) day (yom da or an age) 0 will res#ond, Yahuah (hwhy) de'lares #ro#heti'ally (neum utterance, used exclusivel of divine speech), 0 will res#ond to the hea(ens (shamayim heavenl realm, spiritual realm) and they shall res#ond to the earth (eretz material realm, earth, land, region) ..and the earth shall res#ond to the grain, the new wine, and the oil, and they shall res#ond to Yizreel./ezreel (from el *od and #zera sowing, scatter, seed, offspring; so means #*od will sow, or #*od will scatter)+ .A 0 will sow (zara sow, scatter, plant) her for 6yself in the land and 0 will ha(e a!iding lo(e and 'om#assion (ruchamah) on 1o23u'hamah.4o 'om#assion (lo-ruchamah #lo means not, no; and #ruchamah means to love deepl , have merc , compassion, pit , so the name means #no deep love or compassion, merc , or pit ) and to those who were not my #eo#le, 0 will say, 8You are 6y #eo#le and they shall say, 8you are my 6ighty 9ne+

Chapter Three
Then Yahuah (hwhy) said to me, %&o out again (owd to repeat, do again with a sense of repetition and permanence) and lo(e a woman who is lo(ed !y another (rea friend, companion, another person), who is an adulteress, lo(e her un'onditionally, as Yahuweh (hwhy) lo(es the sons of Yisrael e(en though they turn to other &ods and lo(e raison 'akes+5 (See $shtar, the 7ss rian goddess of firtilit also the Oueen of ,eaven)+ " )o 0 traded (karah to trade, get ! trade) her for myself for fifteen #ie'es of sil(er and fifteen !ushels (a homer P approx+ G@ephahs and an epaph is approximatel e(ual to a !ushal) of !arley+ A 0 said to her, %You shall li(e (yashab sit, remain, dwell, sta , endure) with me a great many days (rab yom #rab means great, man , much; and #yom is a da , or period of time; and so means #a great nam da s or # an exceedingl long time), you shall no longer !e an unfaithful #rostitute, and you shall ha(e no other man so shall 0 !e relationally (gam) with regard to and 'on'erning you+ H ;or a (ery long #eriod of time (rahab yom) the sons of Yisrael (those who strive and struggle with, those who contend and percevere with *od) shall remain and dwell without a king (melek a ruler, social, spiritual, govenmental or militar ), or #rin'e (sarar ruler, prince, captain; the word YashaYah3$saiah uses to descri!e the >essi ah at I;C) without the sa'rifi'e (zebech without atonement as the temple would soon !e destro ed untill the time of the end) and the memorial stone (masebah a memorial stone or pillar; in this case it represents &ahuwehs name etched on the stone and the commandments on the stone ta!lets
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as found in exodus) and without the e#hod (a linen garment worn ! the priests and which was corrupted ! the s m!ols of Baal, the cresent moon) and false gods+ D Afterwards (achor at another time) the 'hildren of Yisrael shall return and !elie(e (shub turn around, change direction, change the attitude and thin"ing and !e restored) and diligently seek (baqash to diligentl see", to learn a!out, gaining information a!out) Yahuah (hwhy) the 6ighty Authority.one (elohim >ight one, *od, >ight shepherd and protector) of *a(id, and shall stand in awe !efore Yahuah (hwhy) goodness (tub !eneficial (ualities, a!undance, !eaut , fairness and %o ) in the last days+ (acharit yom end times, final period)+

Chapter Four
Hear (shama hear, listen to, listen with attention and interest, hear with understanding, listen and ta"e3give heed, report and proclaim, o!e ) the word (dabar word, message, communication, account, treatise, record) of Yahuah (hwhy), you 'hildren of Yisrael, for Yahuah (hwhy) has a dis#ute (rib contend with, strive, (uarrel, accusation, legal case, to plead or defend a case) against the inha!itants of the land !e'ause there is no truthfulness (#emet truth, faithfulness, verit ; this carries an underl ing sense of dependa!ilit and certaint with it), no lo(ing de(otion (chesed "indness, loving "indness, lo alt , steadfast love, merc ; particularl lo alt and steadfast love within a relationship), and no understanding (daat wisdom and3or "nowledge) of the 6ighty 9ne (0lohim might one, might , master, *od; and from the <aleo ,e!rew might shepherd and protector) within the land+ . By searing (#ala to swear, ma"e a solemn oath), lying (kaash fail, l ing, renouncing, pretending, deceive, deal falsel , den , disassem!le), stealing (ganab carr awa , steal, theft, thief), and adultery+ They !reak in and s#read out (paratz to !rea" (through, down, over), !reach, spread out, !eing wanton and promiscuous, !rea"ing the law) and !lood tou'hes !lood+ A Therefore, !e'ause of this, the land will dry u# (#abal mourn, lament, lac" wholeness, to dr up, destro ing) and e(eryone who dwells therein shall languish (#amal languish, exhausted, fee!le, wea" willed, indecisive, !e faint and wither) along with the li(esto'k of the field and the !irds of the sky moreo(er, the fish of the sea shall !e remo(ed (#asap gather, remove, gather in)+ H Yet do not find fault with other men for the #eo#le are to !lame as mu'h as the #riests (kohan cleric, one who wears the clothes and ornaments of religion and carries out religious rites and rituals)+ D Therefore, you shall fall (kashal stum!le, totter, stagger (usuall through wea"ness), to !e !rought down, !e frail, !e overthrown) !y day, and the #rea'her (nabi prophet, (preacher), one who proclaims *ods message) will also fall with you in the night and 0 will destroy your mother+ C 6y #eo#le are destroyed (dama destro ed, perish, !e ruined, to come to an end, (normall ! violence), a figurative extension of one who is silenced impl ing complete desolation) for la'k (beli negative negation) of knowledge (daat "nowledge, understanding, discernment, wisdom; especiall with regard to the relationship) !e'ause you ha(e re<e'ted (maas re%ect, despise, lightl esteem, refuse, spurn) understanding (daat) 11
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so 0 will re<e't (maas re%ect, despise, lightl esteem, refuse, spurn) you from !eing ministers (kahan priests, ministers, prince, officials) to 6e, so sin'e you ha(e ignored (shaka forgot, ignore, cease to care for, wither, wipe out of the memor , !ecome o!livious to) the Towrah (directions, instructions, code of conduct, law, prescriptions for living a life with &ahuweh) of your 6ighty Authority.9ne (Elohim >ight one, >aster, *od) 0 will also forget (shaka forgot, ignore, cease to care for, wither, wipe out of the memor , !ecome o!livious to) your 'hildren+ The more they in'reased (rabab !e3!ecome man , multitude, much) the more they sinned (hata sin, miss, miss the mar" or wa , do wrong, miss the correct path or goal) against 6e+ Therefore 0 will ex'hange (mir change, exchange, su!stitute) their glory (kebod glor , honour, a!undance, respect, status, wealth, power) into disgra'e (qolan shame, reproach, dishonour, contempt, ignomin )+ F 9n the sin (hata sin, miss the mar"3wa ) of 6y #eo#le they (the priests9) feed (#akal eat, consume, devour, !urn up, feed), unto (#el motion to, direction towards) their ini=uity (#awon ini(uit , guilt, perversit , depravit ) to lift u# (nasa lift, carr , carr off, raise, contain, support) his (hu he, she, it) soul (naphesh soul, living !eing, self, person, life, desire, appetite, emotion, passion) I And it shall !e, like the #eo#le and like the 'leri's, (kohen) 0 will (isit (paqad to visit, to !e visited, attend to, muster, appoint) u#on them their ways (derek road, path, wa , distance, %ourne ) and for their deeds 0 will re#ay them+ G@ They shall eat and not !e satisfied they shall 'ommit #rostitution and not in'rease !e'ause they ha(e se#arated (azba !e remote, a!sent, depart, leave, forsa"e) themsel(es no longer 'aring (shemor watch, guard, cherish, "eep, preserve) for Yahuweh (hwhy)+ GG ;orni'ation and unfaithfulness (zenut fornicate, whoredom; especiall unfaithfulness to *od, worship of idols and religious whoredom), drunkenness (yayin wine, intoxication, drun"enness) and new wine (tiros must, new wine) take away (from la(ar to ta"e awa , la hole of, sei'e) the understanding (leb heart, inner man, mind, will, character, disposition, lo alt )+ G. 6y #eo#le 'onsult (yisal to as", !e as"ed, in(uire of, consult, demand, wish for, (even pra to)) a #ie'e of wood (#ets tree, wood, tim!er; an thing made from wood li"e idols), and their staff (magel rod, staff, diviners staff) to gi(e them ora'les+ The s#irit of #rostitution and idolatry has led them astray (hitah wander off, go astra , stagger off, !e confused, deceive oneself), and they #lay the whore (zenin !e a harlot, !e faithless, wanton, act li"e and !e a whore) !efore their 6ighty Authority.9ne+ GA They sa'rifi'e on the summit of mountains and !urn in'ense (Qatar !urn incense, sacrifice, smo"e, perfumed smo"e, ma"e smo"e)) on the hills under the oaks, the #o#lar, and the tere!inth (a strong tree that grows to a great age and normall in isolation), !e'ause their shadow is good+ Therefore, !e'ause your daughters #lay the whore (zena commit fornication, pla the harlot, especiall in the worship of idols) and your !rides (kalla daughters-in-law, !ride, maiden !etrothed, oung married women) 'ommit idolatry 1,0 will not (isit or 'are for (paqad to stri"e upon, to search, loo" for, hunt up, ta"e care of, ta"e up the cause of) your daughters when they are unfaithful, nor for your !rides when they 'ommit idolatry, for they are se#arated (parad divide, separate, !e separated, !e apart, severed, in a different relationship) with the unfaithful, immoral, tem#le #rostitutes offering sa'rifi'es to tem#le #riests+ 7eo#le without understanding.'om#rehension (bin to distinguish, discern, understand, perceive, pa attention to, "nowledge and wisdom imparted, thin"ing, realisation of truth, thin"ing on evidence so as to respond correctl ) 'ome to ruin (labet ruin, !e trodden down, trampled down, destruction, chaos)+ GD Though you, Yisrael, are immoral, unfaithful and unrelia!le, let not Yehudah !e guilty (#asham offend, !e guilt , !ecome guilt , !e held guilt )+ *o not 'ome to the 12

&ilgal (the definite article h #ha is used !efore the name #*ilgal+ 4he word means a wheel, a circle, a town east of &ericho which means #Cit of the >oon) nor go u# to !ethawan, nor make sworn oaths (shaba to swear, ad%ure, swear or ta"e an oath, !ind or command ! an oath)+ Yahuah (hwhy) li(es+ GC Truly Yisrael isstu!!orn (sarar stu!!orn, defiant, re!ellious, resentful, unwilling to change) like a stu!!orn 'ow (parah fem+ Sing+ cow, heifer)+ 0n a short time (atah at a point of time, what comes next, so then, a se(uence of events in a narrative, until then, in a short time) Yahuweh (hwhy) will !e their she#herd, (raah shepherd, to care for, to rule, to tend and "eep, to loo" after, !e a friend and companion) like a young ram (kebes oung ram, lam!, indicative of the 6am! of *od, &ahushua the >essi ah) in a !road #asture+ G>#hraim (the 5orthern ?ingdom) is united (habar united, %oined, allied with, %oin forces, tie a magic "not, spell charm) to idols (atsab images of false gods, idols, o!%ects of worship) let him alone (nach settle, rest, ta"e a !rea", intermission) GFtheir wine is gone and they willingly gi(e themsel(es to, and #romote, #rostitution and idolatry+ Their rulers dearly lo(e (ahab strong affection, love, li"e and desire) shame (qalown shame, ignomin , contempt, dishonour, scandal, infam , their own notoriet and reputation)+ GIA s#irit has !ound (sara !ound, cramped, !e cramped, tie up, wrap up, shut awa ) them in its wings and they shall !e ashamed (bowsh feel shame, disconcerted, a loss of hope and expectation, despair as a result of sin) !e'ause of their sa'rifi'es+

Chapter Five

Hear (shamar, hear, hear and respond, understand, thin" on the information, report on it, communicate it) this #riests? (kohen priests, clerics, religious officials, ministers, pastors, those who perform the rites and rituals of religion)+ 7ay attention (qashab pa attention, give heed, accept the information as true and respond to it, !e attentive and respond) house of Yisrael? 1isten to this (azan listen, !e sharp and pa attention, ponder carefull and consider, listen to and weigh up this message, understand and respond to it, la it up in the mind and thin" upon it) household of the king (melek "ing, rulers, heads of state, political leaders, religious and militar leaders)? ;or the <udgment (mishpat %udgment, act of deciding a case, punishment especiall when the sentence carries the death penalt , legal case) a##lies to you+ ;or you ha(e !een a snare (pah !ird trap, net, snare, that ! which an one fals and is led to destruction) at 6its#ah (watchtower or loft place), and s#read a net out (perus spread out, flaunt, !rea", !rea" to pieces) u#on Ta!or+ . The re!els (set revolters, those who revolt, re!els, insurgents, those who turn aside from the path in defiance) ha(e gone dee# (#amoq deep, valle , depth, a place of m sterious depth that once there the cant !e seen or found, what cant !e sought out) into de#ra(ity (shachatah slaughtering, depravit , "illing, sacrificing and maiming people under the !anner of religion), !ut 0 will 'hastise (muwsar discipline, chastisement, correction, exercising a disciplinar and educational influence, re!u"e or inflict a %udicial penalt in order to change and correct errant !ehaviour) all of them+

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0 know (yada, from #dah or in pictograph form the # represents a door and the # represents an #e e+ So together the sa , #through the doorwa of the e es we experience the world and learn from it+ &ada means to "now, to have an intimate relationship with another person, idea, or experience) >#hraim (used to represent the 5orthern ?ingdom) and Yisrael is not hidden (kachad hidden (as in walled in), to hide, conceal, "eep from site, destro ed, cut off, cut down, desolate) from 6e+ ;or now, >#hraim, you are a whore, unfaithful, unrelia!le (zanah) and Yisrael defiles itself (thama unclean, defile, pollute sexuall or religiousl with idols, dishonoured and of !ad reputation)+ H Their deeds will not allow them to return (shub to return, turn !ac" from a !ac"slidden state, from a !ro"en condition to one of healing) to their &od !e'ause a s#irit of idolatry (zenuwa prostitution, idolatr , whoredom, fornication) is within them (qereb inner parts, midst, inner parts of the human !od , the !owels, interior, the heart and3or the mind) and they do not know ( ada) Yahuweh (hwhy)+ D Also, #ride and arrogan'e (gaywn pride, someone who undeservedl lifts themselves up to a higher position, arrogance) of Yisrael testifies (anah to !e testified for or against, to !e !rought to a %udge to answer, to answer and respond) against their own fa'e Yisrael and >#hraim shall stum!le (kashal fall, stagger in an uncontrolled wa , !e !rought down, fall as a result of !eing wea" and fee!le) in their ini=uity (awon ini(uit , guilt, depravit , perversit , evil) Yehudah will also stum!le with them+ C With their flo'ks and herds they will wander (halak go, wal", come and go, wal" through life, lifest les, customs, travel, %ourne ) a!out sear'hing for (baqash to see" and search for something3someone, to see" and search for answers, in(uire, to see" to re-esta!lish a relationship with the o!%ect of the search) Yahuweh (hwhy), !ut they will not dis'o(er Him (matsa find, attain, discover, locate, learn a!out, meet, encounter) He has withdrawn (chalets to draw out, to pull out, to withdraw oneself, to disassociate from) from them+ They ha(e dealt unfaithfully with (bagad act or deal treacherousl , fraudulentl , immorall , offensive, demonstrating spiritual !etra al towards) Yahuweh (hwhy)+ They ha(e fathered 'hildren who are strangers (zuwr strange, foreign, completel different, unlawful, illegitimate)+ )o then the -res'ent 6oon (hodesh new moon, crescent moon) shall de(our (okal consume, destro , ruin, plunder) them and their land+ F Blow the sho#har (a rams horn used to call the people together or to sound the alarm) in the &i!eah (a hill or a town situated on a hill, also the name of several towns), the trum#et in 3amah, sound the alarm at Beth2awen !ehind you Binyamin? I>#hraim shall !e'ome a wasteland (shamah wasting, desolation, horror, frightful, astonishment) in the day (yom da , da s, ear, lifetime, a period of time) of re!uke (tokechah re!u"e, punishment, correction, chastisement)+ Among the tri!es of Yisrael 0 know and de'lare ( d to "now, see, o!serve, recognise, perceive and ma"e "nown) what is assured (#aman something that gra!s hold of or supports something else, firm, stand firm as a support, trustworth , !e true, esta!lished, relia!le, lasting, faithful) G@ The #oliti'al leaders (sare princes, chieftain, ruler, official, captain, leaders of politics and3or religion (poligion)) of Yehudah de(iate from (masig to go awa from, deviate from, recoil, draw or srink !ac" from, turn awa from, a moving awa from) !oundaries (gebul territor , limits, !oundaries) u#on them 0 will #our out 6y wrath (ebrat anger, fur , wrath, rage, intense displeasure) like the waters+ GG>#hraim is o##ressed (sug oppressed, distressed, a!used, defrauded, extort) and 'rushed (resus crushed, oppressed, ill treated, maltreated, smashed up, a!used, !rea") in <udgment !e'ause he was determined (yaal willingness, !e pleased, determine, underta"e to do, activel and voluntaril underta"e to do) to go after worthless dogmas of men (tsaw disparaging term for an idol as an unsu!stantiated, worthless nothing of a god and also the worthless and meaningless plans and

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predictions of men; also filth, futilit and unclear commands) G.0 will !e like a moth (haas moth, as in waster and consumer) to >#hraim, and de'ay (raqab deca , rottenness, rotten wood, infection) to the house of Yehudah+ GA When >#hraim !e'ame aware of his si'kness (holi sic"ness, disease, affliction, calamit , sadness), and Yehudah His wound (mezor wound, !oil, ulcer, pressing together), >#hraim went to Assyria and stret'hed out his hand (yishlah let loose, stretch out, send, stretch out our hand as in !egging for help) to king Yare!, !ut he is una!le to heal and 'ure your wound+ (Onl the >essi ah on the upright pole can do this as we have indicated in verse fifteen)+ GH 0 will !e like a lion (see note at the end of verse fifteen) to >#hraim, !ut like a 'o(ered (illage (kowpiyr - a village communit outside the cit !ut covered with protection from the cit ) to the house of Yehudah+ 0, e(en 0, will tear them into #ie'es (etrop to savage, tear into pieces, to !e torn into pieces, to pluc" off) and walk away (halak to go, come, wal") 0 will 'arry off and nothing (#ein nothing, emptiness, vacuit , a!sence, not) will !e res'ued (masis deliver, rescue, !e rescued, saved, !e delivered) GD 0 will go and return to 6y #la'e, (says Yahuweh , (meqom standing place, place, a!ode, location, ha!itation; the #standing place also points to the coming >essi ah !eing lifted up on *olgothas pole as the 6am! of &ahuweh ena!ling their return) until they a'knowledge their guilt (asam offence, guilt, accept guilt, associate with and accept their culpa!ilit ) and seek 6y #resen'e+ 0n their distress (sar affliction, distress, oppression, anguish) they will diligently seek 6e+ :or !etter #ut @ Will diligently seek a relationshi# with 6e$+ 5ote for verse fourteen+ 4he word translated #lion, #shhal, is made up of the ancient ,e!rew script of ;the #shin represents teeth, two in fact, and means teeth, sharp, press, all derived from the function of the teeth and chewing+ 4he #,hets - depicts a tent wall and means the same, as well as giving protection to the occupants from the elements and predators, it can also represent entrapment li"e a prison, !eing walled in+ 7nd the #6amed - the shepherds staff and is used to direct sheep ! pushing or pulling, it is also used to protect them ! warding off predators+ 4herefore, putting these elements together within the use of the word #lion it tells us that the sheep, 0phraim, will !e entrapped and devoured ! a lion, a foe or predator, especiall within the context of the preceding verses+

Chapter Si
1et us walk (halak to go, come, wal") and return (shub (re)turn, go !ac", do again, change, withdraw, re-esta!lish, to !e returned; it descri!es a change action, reaction, attitudes and feelings) to Yahuweh (hwhy) for He has torn us a#art (tarap tear in pieces, !e savaged, torn, pluc" and rend) and He will heal us (rapa to sew together, mend, heal, !ecome healed, we are healed, restored, cure us, completel repair us and ma"e us whole) He has wounded us (nakar !eat, stri"e, wound, !attered, struc" down, ruined, destro ed) !ut He will wra# Himself around us (chabash a tight wrapping around of something, to !ind something up, to wrap clothing around us, (the Spirits garments of light9), to gird us, to !ind us to ,imself and govern us)+
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After two days He will re(i(e us (chayah life, live, revive, spare, sustain and preserve our lives so we can live eternall with ,im) and on the third day He will raise us u# (quwm to arise, to rise up, stand, standing upright accomplished, confirmed and fulfilled$ that we may !e restored and li(e in His #resen'e+ A Then we shall know and understand (yada), let us #ress on (radaph peruse, press on, persecute, set off, push on, follow after) to o!ser(e and ex#erien'e (daat notice, o!serve, find out, realise, experience, recognise) Yahuweh (hwhy), His way out (of our transgressions), (mowetsa an exit, li"e for water, the act of going forth, of coming out, of spea"ing, ,is wa out of our sin that ,e has provided, ,is portal exit) is sure and ready ("un esta!lished, sure, sta!le, lasting and dura!le) and He will arri(e (bo come, !ring, go in, arrive) like the rain (gesem literall a rain shower or rain, !ut figurativel it represents the showers of &ahs !lessings on ,is children), like the s#ring rain (malqas late rain, spring rain) that waters (yarah raining, !e watered, give to drin", drin" to ones full; the drin" for our souls9) the earth+
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What shall 0 do with you, >#hraimB What shall 0 do with you, YehudahB Your loyal lo(e (chesed !owing the nec" as a sign of "indness, goodness, "indness, faithfulness, lo alt , desire; all of which are aspects of love) is like a morning 'loud and like the dew that goes away early+ DTherefore (al with regard to this, !ecause of this, concerning this, and #"en to !e honest, upright, and correct) 0 ha(e 'ut and se#arated them out (chatseb to hew out of wood or stone, cut, divide and dies) !y the #ro#hets (nabi those who declare the thoughts and words of &ahuweh)+ 0 ha(e slain them !y the words of 6y mouth, and <udgment goes to you as light goes forth+ C ;or 0 delight in (chapats delight, delight in, ta"e pleasure in, want, desire) loyal lo(e (chesed - !owing the nec" as a sign of "indness, goodness, "indness, faithfulness, lo alt , 'eal, love, "indness, merc , o!ligations to the communit ) and not sa'rifi'e, and intelligent knowledge (daath "nowledge, intelligence, understanding, wisdom; the t pe of "nowledge and discernment that leads to a relationship with &ahuweh) of the 6ighty 9ne (Elohiym) instead of !urnt offerings$+ /efore $ write up verse seven $ wish to point out that most all translations, except the ?ing James which puts #man instead of #7dam, translate the start of this verse as, !""like #dam they transgressed the co$enant"2 /ut $ have one fundamental pro!lem with this translation that $ needed to resolve, and that is 7dam was not under the covenant, especiall the covenant that 0phraim and &ehudah transgressed+ 4he reason $ state this is !ecause the covenant didnt come into !eing for two thousand ears after 7dam, it came into effect on >t+ >ariah with 7!raham when ,e was o!edient to &ahuweh and didnt even withhold ,is onl son+ 4herefore this translation must !e errant, including the ?ing James version as well !ecause #man is another meaning for the ,e!rew #adam+ So to resolve this pro!lem $ searched through all m literature and came across the old 7ramaic text in a !oo" called #4arguma Jonathon to the <rophets which states, 1ya!"# ayr"$ %wnyaw2, transliterated states; 1wenuwn "edo-ra- a (admae2, when translated this states; 1and they like the former%first generation"& $ !elieve this translation is far more in "eeping with the context of the immediate verses and with scripture as a whole, it does indeed give it more clarit , especiall ta"ing into account the fact that the covenant was !rought in .@@@ ears after 7dam+ 5ow !ac" to the verse+

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4argum 6exicon - 7 lexicon to the 7ramaic versions of the ,e!rew scriptures from the files of the Comprehensive 7ramaic 6exicon <ro%ect (C76) - the ,e!rew Bnion CollegeJewish $nstitute of Meligion, Cincinnati, BS7 Stephen 7+ ?aufman, 0ditor-in-Chief+ But they like the former generation ha(e de#arted from (a!ru to pass over, through, ! , pass on, to ! pass, to pass on the other side, going awa from and there! !ecoming separated from, alienated from) the 'o(enant (berith), from there they ha(e !een unfaithful to and !etrayed (begad act and3or deal treacherousl , fraudulentl , treat or deal unfaithfull ) 6e+ F &ilead is a 'ity that #ra'ti'es (poale doer, ma"e, commit, practice, wor", accomplish, perform) wi'kedness (awen trou!le, sorrow, wic"edness, vanit , fraud, ini(uit , trou!le, horror, deceit, idolatr , corruption) and is tra'ked (aquba trac"ed, steep, hill , !ump ground, tough, also craft and deceitful) with !lood, :or with !loody foot#rints$, (dam !lood, !loodshed, slaughter, !lood shed ! violence, cruelt that leads to the shedding of !lood, "illing, !lood guilt)+ I e As raiders (g duwd !and or troop of ro!!ers, raiders, terrorists who plunder, to cut, !rea") they wait in am!ush (hakee fishhoo", wait, await, wait for, !e patient, dela as ou would when l ing in wait to am!ush) for man (#ish) the #riests !and together and they murder on the way to )he'hem truly (ki) they 'ommit infamy (zimah infam , infamies, plan, devise, wic"edness)+ G@ 0n the house of Yisrael 0 ha(e seen something horri!le >#hraims idolatry, unfaithfulness and whoredom is there Yisrael is defiled and #olluted (tma !ecome unclean, defiled, polluted, dishonoured)+ GG 6oreo(er, for Yehudah a har(est (qatsir harvest, a reaping, a !ranch, !ough) is a##ointed (sat put, !e put, set in place, order, appoint) for you for when 0 restore (shub) the fortunes of 6y #eo#le+
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Chapter &even
When 0 heal (rapha heal, sew together, restore, repair) Yisrael the ini=uity (awon ini(uit , guilt, perversit , depravit , croo"ed, wrong, sin) of >#hraim will !e re(ealed (nigalah !e revealed, uncover, remove, na"ed, exposed, go into exile), and the #er(erseness (raot !ad, evil, miser and pain, distress, in%ur , calamit , wic"edness, perverseness, trou!le, disaster) of )amaria for they #ra'ti'e de'e#tions (sheqer falsehoods, deceptions, a lie, liar, fraud, vanit , whatever deceives, false teachings !orn of mans religious traditions)+ The thief !reaks in+ The !andits raid (pasat raid, mugged, fla ing, strip off, ta"e off, strip people !are) in the street (chuts the outside, street, lane, open field)+ .They do not 'onsider in their hearts (leb inner man, mind, will, heart) that 0 remem!er all their wi'kedness their ex#loits surround and en'ir'le (sebabua turn, spiral, s"irted, revolve, surround, go around, procession around, march around) them they are !efore 6y fa'e+ A By their #er(erse wi'kedness (raab - !ad, evil, miser and pain, distress, wic"edness, perverseness; 4his comes from the ancient ,e!rew (resh), and (ghah); the resh represents a #head and therefore, in this case, has the meaning of #man+ 4he ghah, which was later com!ined with the #7 in, which is wh we do not see it in later ,e!rew, means #twisted as
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in twisted rope, it also carries a further meaning of #goat due to the twisted horns+ 4herefore, com!ining the two letters in the ancient ,e!rew #' (ra(h), we get the meaning of #twisted man, or #twisted men+ 8hich is a great foundation for perverse and wic"ed) they 'ause their rulers (melek "ing, ruler, political leaders) to gloat (samah %o , re%oice, %o ful, merr , gloat) and their offi'ials (sarar officials, leaders, captains, politicians, administrators, governors, officers, and officials) !y their de'e#tions (kachash deception, l ing, lies, spo"en lies that !ind others to delusions and errant opinions)+ HThey are all idolaters they are like a kindled (!oera !urn, consume, "indle, cause to !urn) o(en whos !aker 'eases to stir it u#, who sto#s kneading the dough !efore it is ready to rise+ D 9n the festi(al day of our ruler (yoms da , da s, time period, lifetime, also #a da of an one, a festival da of an one, li"e a !irthda or the "ings inauguration da ) the go(ernment offi'ials and administrators (sarar officials, leaders, captains, politicians, administrators, governors, officers, and officials) !e'ame si'k with rage (hamat poison, heat, rage, anger) on a''ount of intoxi'ation.drunkenness he stret'hed out His hand with mo'kers (bosesim - moc"ers, scoffers, !raggers, re!els, ridicule), C!e'ause they draw near and a##roa'h (qereb) with hearts like a furna'e (tanur oven, furnace, stove, fire, pot) they #resent their am!ush (#arb am!ush, set an am!ush) all the night, whilst they slee#, it simmers at day!reak it !lazes like a flaming fire+ -They are all hot, like a furna'e, so that they de(our (#akla to eat, !e eaten, consume, devour) their authority figures, all their rulers ha(e fallen (naphal fall, lie, collapse, la prostrate) and none of them 'alls (qore call, proclaim, read, !e called) on 6e+ F >#hraim mixes (balal o!scurit through mixing, mingle, mix, compound, cataract-the clouding colour of the e es that appears as a mixture) himself with other ra'es, #eo#les, and 'ultures >#hraim is a 'ake defe'ti(e (beli wearing out, consumption, defective, destruction, failure, cessation, negation less, not, without) and transformed (haphukah overturn, turn over, turn, transform, destro , turn around, overthrow, !e destro ed, !e distur!ed)+ I)trangers (zar foreigner, stranger, strange, completel different, unlawful, unauthorised, enemies who lead others astra , loathsome and offensive people) de(our his su!stan'e (kocho power, strength, might, wealth, prosperit , su!stance, a!ilit , resources, possessions), and he does not understand nor realise this ( ada intimate "nowledge and understanding, the a!ilit of putting information together in order to come to a right conclusion) also, grey hairs 'ree# in u#on him and he does not know nor understand why+ G@ The arrogan'e (geon pride, arrogance, glor , splendour, height, loftiness, ma%est , the lifting oneself up) of Yisrael testifies in his own fa'e yet they do not return (shub return, to go !ac", to go !ac" to the point of departure, change their !ehaviour and attitude and !e restored into a relationship with *od) to Yahuweh the 6ighty 9ne :>lohim @ &od$, and neither do they seek (baqash see", in(uire, tr to o!tain, tr to get, loo" for, searched, re(uested, !ut all with determination and diligence) Him throughout all this+ G1 Also, >#hraim is like an easily de'ei(ed (potah !e simple, deceiver, !e inexperienced, !e a fool, naQve, open to deception) #igeon without any (#en a vacuit , emptiness, nothing, vacant) 'hara'ter (le! heart, inner man, mind, will, character, lo alt ) 'rying out to 6itzrayim.>gy#t, and 'rying out to Assyria+ G. As they go 0 will stret'h out o(er them 6y net, and like the !irds of the sky, 0 will !ring them down (#orid come or go down, descend, prostrate, lowered down, constrained), 0 will 'hastise them (yasar teach, train, correct, discipline in the hopes of a changed !ehaviour, warn of impending danger through teaching and instruction) a''ording to the #ro'lamation of their assem!ly+ GA Woe? (#oy proclamation of deep distress, lamentation, despair) to them, for they ha(e de#arted (nadad flee, fled, wandering, drove out, cast aside, departed, to willingl depart 18

with aforethought) from 6e+ *e(astation (soud devastation, ruin, destruction, violence, oppression) is theirs !e'ause they ha(e re!elled (pasha revolted, re!elled, transgressed, !rea" awa from, !e in open defiance to, !ro"e the agreement with) against 6e+ 0 would redeem them !ut they s#eak lies against 6e (kezub lies, falsehoods, deceptions, deceptive teachings, delude the people with lies and delusions leading to the worship of false gods)+ GH They do not 'ry out to me from their heart (la! inner man, mind, will, heart), !ut they howl (yelilu howl, howling, wailing) u#on their !eds, and for !read and wine they gnaw (gora to chew, the throat where fear is felt, drag, drag awa , sawn up, !e sawn) and they desert 6e+ GDAlthough 0 ha(e instru'ted them (yasar teach, instruct, train, correct, admonish, chasten) and strengthened (hizaq !e strong, courageous, strengthen, !e(come)strong) their arms (zerowt arm, shoulder, might, power, the a!ilit to pro%ect power), yet they de(ise (hasheb thin", meditate on, account, consider, devise) e(il against 6e+ They turn, !ut not u#wards+ They are like a trea'herous !ow+ 1CTheir rulers, those in 'harge and in authority, shall fall !y the sword !e'ause of their insolen'e (zaam indignation, insolence, anger, wrath, rage, curses, disrespect, rudeness) of their tongue+ This will !e their derision (laag scorn, moc"ing, derision, ridicule, contempt) in the land of 6itzrayim.>gy#t+

Chapter )i*ht
To your li#s the trum#et (shophar rams horn made into a trumpet which emits a high sound and used to call the people to the appointed assem!l meetings and to sound the alarm) for one lie a (ulture (neser carrion !ird; unclean !ird of pre ) is u#on the house of Yahuweh !e'ause they ha(e a!andoned (#abru to cross; to pass over, through, or ! ; pass from one side to another; done awa with; to alienate themselves through intoxication) 6y 'o(enant (beriyth a pledge and agreement; a !inding together through !lood; covenant, treat , marriage contract; the personal and national relationship !etween *od and man) and they ha(e re!elled against (pasa re!el; re!elled; revolted; !rea" awa from; !e in open defiance against) 6y Towrah (instruction; guidance; directions; law; the guidance we need in order to live a life with &ahuweh)+ . They 'ry out to 6e (zaaq cr out in agon ; wail and weep; summon in emotional anguish; call for help; !e assem!led and gathered in order to cr out together), %6y &od, we of Yisrael know you+5 ABut Yisrael has re<e'ted (zanah to re%ect; exclude from; spurn; cast off; throw out) good (tob that which is good, desira!le, usea!le, suita!le, lovel , pleasing, !eautiful, morall correct, and profita!le) so the enemy (ayab !e an adversar ; !e in open hostilit ; enem ; foe) shall #ursue (radaph to pursue, persecute; chase after; hunt; hound; and strive against) him+ H They make rulers (melek "ing, (ueen, rulers) !ut not through (min out of, from, on account of; a ver! expressing separation and removal and in this case separate and removed from &ahuweh) 6e, they a't as a ruler (sarar rule, govern, act as a ruler ! usurping authorit ) !ut 0 do not re'ognise (yada) it+ With their sil(er and gold they make idols for themsel(es to worshi#, so they will !e 'ut off (karath cut off, cut down, root out, felled, torn from the land)+ D He has re<e'ted your !ull (egel golden idol in the shape of a !ull, which represents lord /aal and sun god worship; a !it li"e the one on 8all Street, B+S+7+) 9 )amaria+ 6y anger is inflamed against them+ ;or how long will they not !e 'a#a!le of inno'en'e 19
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(niqqayown purit where! our free from guilt and punishment, to have clean hands, (with no !lood on them9), to !e a!le to prevail and overcome there! en%o the victor , also understand how to !ecome innocent)B C;or it is from Yisrael, a 'raftsman has made it, it is not of &od :>lohim$+ The !ull of )amaria shall !e !roken to #ie'es+ They sow a !reath of air (ruach !reath, wind spirit, !reath of the mouth, what is empt and transitor ) !ut they shall har(est a whirlwind (supah c clone, storm wind, tempest, whirlwind, destructive wind)+ The standing grain will ha(e no heads, it shall yield no flour strangers would de(our it if it did+ F Yisrael is de(oured (!ala swallowed up, devoured, consumed, destro ed, made invisi!le) this !eing so, they shall !e among the gentile nations (goyim) like an em#ty (#yn nothing, a vacuit , no, not) (essel no one takes #leasure in+ I ;or they ha(e gone u# to Assyria a wild ass (this comes from the ancient ,e!rew ; the pictorial # is of an open mouth, and the # is a head, together the give the meaning of #open the head+ 6in"ing this with the heads of the corn, from the previous verse, on the threshing floor the are !eaten and opened up, the are scattered around and can !e ta"en ! the wind to wherever+ 7lso this can !e translated #wild ass or animal due to their nature of !eing difficult to control and fl ing a!out, %ust li"e a wild animal) wandering alone (bodad alone, separated, divided out) >#hraim has hired lo(ers+ G@Though they hire allies (pa mone and3or gifts, tri!ute for friendship and3or protection) among the gentile nations 0 will soon gather them u#+ But they will !e defiled (halal pollute, defile, profane; treated with contempt, !e desecrated and dishonoured, !e pierced through and mortall wounded), they will !e diminished to an insignifi'ant num!er (meat) due to the !urden (massa load, !urden, lifting, tri!ute, tax pa ment) of the rulers and go(ernors+ GG )inse >#hraim has multi#lied alters for sinning, they will !e'ome to him alters of sinning+ G. Were 0 to write to him :Yisrael$ ten thousand instru'tions ('owrah instructions, guidelines, prescriptions for living a life with &ahuweh, law) they would !e 'onsidered (chashab recon, value, esteem, consider, meditate, account, plotted, scheming) 'om#letely strange and foreign (zuwr completel different, unlawful, unauthorised, strange, foreign, something to !e re%ected and a!andoned, something that stin"s and is offensive)+ GA As for 6y sa'rifi'ial offerings, they sa'rifi'e the flesh and eat it themsel(es, Yahuweh does not a''e#t them (rats en%o , accept, delight in, pleased with, well disposed towards)+ Therefore, He will remem!er their ini=uity (awon perversit , depravit , sin, guilt, ini(uit ) and hold them to a''ount (piqod attend to, visit, muster, appoint, see" out, search, record , accounted, accounta!le) for their sinsD They shall return to 6itzrayim.>gy#t+ GH ;or Yisrael has forgotten (shakach to forget, !e forgotten, wipe out of memor , fall into o!livion, cease to care a!out and therefore !ecome lame and crippled) his maker+ 0nstead they !uilt #ala'es (heykal palaces and3or temples for the worship of false gods and false traditions; sanctuaries and great pu!lic places in order to promote lies, deceit, and promotion and worship of the things created rather than ,e who created them), and Yehudah has multi#lied fortified 'ities, !ut 0 will send a fire on its 'ities and it shall 'onsume its #ala'es+

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*o not re<oi'e (samach a spontaneous expression of excitement and cheer, re%oice, delight in, !e elated, ma"e merr , part , cele!rate), 9 Yisrael, with <u!ilation and dan'ing around (gil re%oicing ! dancing around in a circle, a circle of re%oicing, %u!ilation, exhortation) like the #eo#les (all the peoples outside &israel); you ha(e !een wanton whores (zanah to whore, promote prostitution, !e a harlot, !e faithless and wantonl turn to others, prostitute, solicit a prostitute) forsaking (min to move awa from, out from) your &od+ You ha(e #referred to lo(e (ahab to love, desire, in this case preferring to love people and religious whores in place of *od) the whores wages (ethan wages of a prostitute, and the earrings worn ! the temple harlots) on all threshing floors where #eo#le gather to winnow and #ro'ess grain+ . The threshing floor and wine2#ress will not she#herd and #rote't them (raah gra'e, shepherd, feed, care for, tend, "eep, guide and lead, protect and loo" out for), and the new wine shall de'ei(e and fail (kachash !e disappointing, deceive, fail, lac" health, cringe and cover (i++e+, !ow in su!mission), conceal, lie) within (bah in, within, in the e es of) them+ A They shall not remain in the land of Yahuweh, !ut >#hraim shall return to 6itzrayim.>gy#t, :!ondage$, and in Assyria they shall eat un'lean, #olluted food (tame unclean, polluted, defiled, dishonoured, food sacrificed to a pagan god)+ H They will not #our out to Yahuweh offerings of wind and their sa'rifi'es will not #lease Him+ Their !read will !e wi'ked, em#ty and false (#awon wic"edness, trou!le, sorrow, mourn, emptiness, false, fraud, adverse; their !read, li"e their words, will !e wic"ed and deceitful there! damning their relationship with &ahuweh), and all who eat of it (akal eat and consume; 5ote here it is not the !read of life it is the !read of death, i+e+, the false deceitful teachings, dogmas and traditions of men and religion) will !e'ome #olluted and defiled for their !read is for them alone (nephesh living soul the !read will onl sustain their animal nature until the die), it shall not 'ome to the house of Yahuweh+ D What will you do on the designated day and the a##ointed time of the festi(al feast, assem!ly (moed meeting, appointed time and place, festival, assem!l + =east)B What will you do on the day of the festi(al feast of Yahuweh (hwhy)B C ;or, !ehold, as a result (min) they walk (halak) to destru'tion (shod devastation, violence, havoc, ruin, destruction, oppression and desolation), 6itzrayim.>gy#t shall gather them u# (qabas to gather, collect, gather up, assem!le, !e gathered, concentrate), and 6em#his will !ury them+ 4ettles (qinows a useless thorn plant, weeds, nettles, thorns) shall take #ossession of (yirasem to drive out and ta"e possession of, to disposes the indigenous people ! force, stealing their possessions and ma"ing them destitute) their treasures of sil(er, and thorns will !e in their tents+ 7 The days of re'koning (pequddahan an accounting and refers to a time when *od attends to peoples actions and calls them to account for sin which lead to punishment) ha(e 'ome the days of retri!ution (shillum retri!ution, repa ment) ha(e 'ome Yisrael shall know and understand it+ The #ro#het is a fool (#ewiyl foolish in the sense of one who hates and despises wisdom and moralit , in effect a simpleton) the man of the s#irit :or the man 21
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#ossessed !y a s#irit$ is ra(ing mad (sug mad, lunatic, raving) !e'ause of the a!undan'e of (ro! multitude, great, a!undance) your ini=uity (#awon ini(uit , depravit , perversit , guilt, sin) and your immense hostility (mastemah animosit , hatred, enmit , persecution, hostilit )+ F The wat'her (watcher, watchmen, loo"out, guard, sp , la in wait, am!ush, la an am!ush) is against (#im) my 6ighty 9ne a #ro#het is a snare that entra#s (pah !ind, trap, net, snare, that ! which an one falls and3or is led to destruction) and a fowler (one who sets traps and la s !ait to entrap others) 'on'erning al his ways (derek)+ There is hatred and animosity (mastemah animosit , hatred, enmit , persecution, hostilit ) in the house of &od+ I They are dee#ly (amaq a deep dar" place of m ster and secrec , an a! ss where nothing can !e seen, "nown or understand) 'orru#ted and s#oiled (shachath !e(come) corrupted, spoiled, !lemish, destro ed, wiped out) as in the days of &i!eah+ He will remem!er their wi'kedness and de#ra(ity (#awon) He will #unish their sins+ G@ 1ike gra#es in the wilderness (uncultivated and wild9) 0 found, met and o!tained (masa) Yisrael+ 1ike the first fruit on the fig tree, in its first season, 0 saw, #aid attention to, and re(ealed (raah see, saw, paid attention, !e seen, reveal, considered, met with, find delight in, experienced and provided for) your forefathers+ But they 'ame to Baal27eor where they se#arated themsel(es from 6e !y dedi'ating (nazor to dedicate, separate, consecrate, forsa"e, desert) themsel(es to the thing of shame (bashet shame, ignomin , humiliation)+ They !e'ame as detesta!le (siqqus vileness, vile idol, detesta!le, loathsome, a!omination, filth) as the thing they lo(ed+ 11 >#hraims glory (kebod a!undance, glor , honour, ma%est , respect, possessions) will fly away like a !ird no 'hild will !e !orn to you, (the Messiyah will be born through Yehudah), you will ha(e no internal guts or desires (baten !ell , !od , wom!, the inside, inner parts, a!domen, heart, the inner most parts of an animal), no 'on'e#tion, (this can refer to no rebirth or redemption$, (herown the process of !irth)+ 1">(en though they !oast (gadel ma"e great claims, !oast) a!out their 'hildren 0 will !erea(e them till not a man is left, !e'ause, moreo(er, woe to them when 0 de#art and remo(e 6yself from them+ GA >#hraim, who 0 #er'ei(e (raah) is like a hard ro'k (tsor ver hard roc" with ra'or sharp edges when !ro"en and used as arrow ) spear heads, roc", stone, flint, edge) trans#lanted (shatal) in a #asture (nawah a!ode of sheep and their shepherds, pasture, a!ode, residence), !ut >#hraim leads its 'hildren to slaughter+ GH *ive to them Yahuweh (hwhy) What will you gi(eB &i(e to them a wom! of !erea(ement (rehem mashkil) and dried u# (someq dr up, shrivel) !reasts+ GD Their e(ery e(il (raa (raa #,,r this differs from the #raah (har of sight) evil, wic"edness, perversit , crime, miser , trou!le, distress)) is in the &ilgal (a place !ut also a circle, a wheel, round, mound, mound or circle of roc"s that spring out of the ground, (standing stone circles)), indeed, there 0 hated (sen hate li"e ou would have for thorns, hate that causes one to turn awa from another, una!le or unwilling to put up with) !e'ause of the wi'kedness (raa) of their works and #ra'ti'es, 0 will di(or'e them and 'ast them out (agar to drive out, divorce, !anish, drive off) of 6y house+ 4o more will 0 desire and !efriend them (#ahabat to love, desire, !e a friend)D All their leaders and offi'ials (sare princes, official, captains, leaders, commanders, government and religious officials and leaders, the same as our politicians and clerics) are stu!!orn, re!ellious, !a'ksliders (sarar stu!!orn and defiant, re!ellious and o!stinate, !ac"sliders) GC >#hraim is stri'ken (nakah to !eat, stri"e, hit, struc" down, !attered, ruined, destro ed, afflicted, attac"ed, defeated and slain) the root that feeds and sustains them (sars root, that which feeds and sustains growth, foundation, that which is the !asis for a strong house 22

that protects the occupants from the elements, enemies and wild !easts) is dried u# and there shall !e no fruit+ >(en though they gi(e !irth, their !elo(ed and #re'ious 'hildren will !e o##ressed and #ut to death (mot die, "ill, !e put to death) G6y &od will re<e't (yimas refuse, avoiding an association with, re%ect, trash) them !e'ause they ha(e not listened to (shama hear, listen and understand, heed and o!e , examine and pa attention to) Him so they shall !e wanderers (nodedi flee, retreat, wander, stra , flutter, driven out, put to flight, !anish, cast aside and chased awa ) among the gentile nations+

Chapter Ten
Yisrael is an em#ty, destru'ti(e (baqaq a ver! meaning to empt , to la waste; it descri!es the destro ing of land as an act of *od as well as to deflate and demoralise someone; !ut it can also mean to grow and !e luxuriant) (ine !earing its fruit unto itself (shwah !ear fruit, produce, replicate itself)+ The more a!undant his fruit, the more numerous the alters, the greater and ri'her his land, the more !eautiful (tobab good, pleasing, !eautiful, fruitful) he !uilt the standing stones the religious memorials of stone to false gods (masse!ah standing, hewn !loc"s of stone used for religious purposes)+ . Their hearts and minds (leb inner man, mind, will, heart, the whole person) are sli##ery and false (halaq false, deceitful, misleading, slipper , flatter , (sic"l ) smooth, encouraging errant !ehaviour; seducing, dividing and despairing) now is the time they must !ear their guilt (asham declared guilt and !e lia!le for their sin and violating the standards; accepting and suffering their due punishment)+ He, Yahuweh, will !reak down and demolish (#arop) their alters and de(astate (soded deal violentl with, over power, devastate, la waste) their religious monuments (massebah)+ A )urely now they will say, %We ha(e no king (melek "ing, leader, head of state), !e'ause we do not re(ere Yahuweh (hwhy) and the king, what 'ould he do for usB HThey utter mere words with em#ty, (ain (sha!e empt , vain, vanit , worthless, deceitful, falsehood, lies, idolatr ) oaths (#alah swear, curse, ta"e an oath, utter a curse, !ind under a curse3oath) they 'ut 'o(enants+ 1egal dis#utes and <udi'ial #ro'lamations (mishpat) s#ring u# like #oisonous weeds (rosh venom, poison, !itter and gall, poisonous plants that vex, irritate, and drives to distraction) in the furrows of the field+ D The inha!itants of )amaria (the capitol of the 5orthern "ingdom) shall tem#orarily dwell (guwr so%ourn, a temporar dwelling place, live as a foreigner, an alien, a !e a stranger; also, fear and dread as of a stranger) with the Bull of Beth2Awon+ 0ts #eo#le mourn and lament (#abed) for it, and its idolatrous #riests (komor, from kamar !lac"ness and gloom) will 'ry out and re<oi'e (giyl go round in a circle and re%oice, shout for %o , shrie" and cr out in ecstas ) o(er it indeed (ki), its a!undant wealth and means to #ower (kebod a!undance, honour, glor , possessions, weight, ma%est , appearance) has !een re(ealed (galah to !e revealed, uncovered, exposed, na"ed, also go into exile)+ C Alas, the thing itself shall !e 'arried to Assyria as a tri!ute to king Yare! (this is a name and therefore transliterated !ut means great)+ >#hraim shall !e taken away (laqach to ta"e, la hold of, sei'e and ta"e awa ) in their humiliation and disgra'e (bosh), and Yisrael shall !e thoroughly ashamed (bosh) of its own 'ounsellors+ )amaria shall !e 'ut off and destroyed (damah cut off, cease to exist, destro ed, !e ruined, perish) along with her king, like s#linters of wood (qesep floating de!ris, snapped 23
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or !ro"en twigs, splinters that fl out when wood is snapped; also anger and strife) floating on the surfa'e of the waters+ (Could this !e a reference to 0phraim !eing scattered among the gentile nations and the #waters are often used s m!olicall of the gentile peoples9) F The high #la'es (bamot high places used for idolatrous worship; also fortress, !urial ground) of Awon (a northern kingdom town known for its satanic sun(god worship) the lord Baal bull religion (#awon trou!le, sorrow, wic"edness, ini(uit , emptiness, vanit , falsehood, fraud, trou!le, harm), the sin of Yisrael, (where &israels depravit was committed), will !e destroyed (shamad perish, !e destro ed)+ Thorns and thistles will grow on their alters, and they will say to the mountains, %'o(er and 'on'eal us,5 and to the hills, %fall on us+5 (could this also !e pointing to the end of da s9) I ;rom the days of &i!eah you ha(e missed the mark and sinned (chata sin, miss the mar", !e at fault, offend, !e !lameworth ), 9 Yisrael, there you took your stand (#amod to ta"e ones stand, stand, persist, persevere, stand still and stop moving, stand firm and remain)+ Will not the war (milchnah war, !attle, fight, com!at) against the sons of diso!edien'e (#alwah diso!edience, ini(uit , unruliness) stret'h out its hand and rea'h them in &i!eahB G@ When 0 #lease 0 will dis'i#line (yasar correct, discipline, punish with the intent of improving !ehaviour, instruct and teach with a focus on warning, admonish, chastise) them, and nations will !e gathered against them 'a#tured, !ound, and taken #risoner (#asr to !ind or tie, imprison, captive, harness, o"e, tie up and hold prisoner) for their re#eated, :or dou!le$, guilt+ GG Also, Yisrael is a trained (lamad trained, !e instructed, well verses in, s"ilfull taught) heifer (aglah feminine of #egel !ull calf which is s non mous with the golden !ull calf Satans sun god worship) that lo(es to thrash (dush tread, thrash, trample down, !e trampled, exterminate, to tear the flesh off and destro ), and 0 will #ass o(er her, >#hraim is riding (#arkib to mount, mount and ride, ride, sitting astride) her good ne'k (4his can !e used figurativel as an expression to have a o"e on ones nec" and to !e enslaved, so is this then the heifer o"ed to and riding the !ull of /aal worship that actuall enslaves her9)+ e Y hudah must #lough, and Yaa=o! must harrow (saded to harrow, draw a !oundar , !e straight and level)+ G. )ow for yoursel(es seeds of righteousness (sadaqah %ustice, truth, righteousness when we sow seeds of towrah the tend to grow, especiall when watered and cared for) har(est (qisra) and 'ommuni'ate (peh) in a''ord with steadfast lo(e (*esed lo alt , goodness, love faithfulness, o!ligation to the communit , 'eal, ardour) till your fallowed ground, for it is the #ro#er time to earnestly seek, examine and en=uire after (deros to see", in(uire, care a!out, examine, and demand) Yahuweh (hwhy) until He 'omes (bo) to tea'h and instru't (yarah teach, inform and instruct) you in righteousness+ GA You ha(e #loughed wi'kedness and ha(e har(ested in<usti'e you ha(e de(oured (#akal to eat, consume, !e devoured) the fruit of de'e#tion (kahas deception, l ing, fraud, delusion and error) !e'ause you ha(e trusted in your own ways and your numerous warriors, GHTherefore, de(astation (saown roar, tumult, noise, uproar, devastation, destruction) shall arise among your #eo#le and all your fortified 'ities shall !e destroyed (shadad deal violentl with, despoil, destro , assault, devastate) as )halmaneser, the Assyrian king, de(astated Beth2Ar!el on the day of !attle where mothers were dashed to #ie'es with their 'hildren, GDthen it will !e done to you at Bethel !e'ause of your great wi'kedness+ 0n the morning the king of Yisrael will !e totally 'ut off (chamah this is repeated !e ruined, cease to exist, cut off, destro ed and ruined)

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When Yisrael was a youth (naar outh, !o , oung, servant, useful servant), 0 lo(ed (#ahab love and affection !ased upon a close relationship) him, and out of 6itzrayim.>gy#t (from mitzret a cruci!le, refiners pot, 0g pt3>it'ra im was the cruci!le, the refiners pot where the dross is separated from the metals) 0 'alled 6y son+ . They (the religious leaders) 'ried out (qara) to them (&israel), so therefore ("en) they (the &ehudim) walked away (halak) :from Yahuweh$ and turned towards (pene) them (the religious leaders) to the Baalim.1ords (supreme diet of the <hoenicians (Canaanite)) they ke#t sa'rifi'ing (zabach offering to, "illing, slaughtering, sacrificing for) and !urning in'ense to idols (peciyl carved or graven images, items of worship and things that represent *od)+ 0 taught >#hraim to walk, 0 took them !y their arms, !ut they did not know nor understand (yada) that 0 healed them (rapha to heal, sew together, mend, !e a surgeon, doctor, healer, recover)+ HWith leather (#adam man, red, rudd , leather) ro#e (hable rope, cord, territor , !and) 0 led them, within an interwo(en (#abot something interwoven, twisted, !raided; rope, !raid, cord) relationshi# of lo(e (#ahabah love !ased upon a strong relationship), 0 'ame to them as one who lifted u# (ruwm !e high and exalted, lifted up, rise, !e exalted) the yoke (a !urden, a o"e used on !easts of !urden, a sign of oppression) from their <aws+ 0 stret'hed down to them and fed them+ They shall not return to the land of 6itzrayim.>gy#t, !ut Asshur (4he capital cit of 7ss ria, also, the second son of Shem and means wal"ing in a straight line) will !e their king and ruler !e'ause they ha(e stu!!ornly refused (man refuse, resist, !e in a state of re!ellion and openl defiant of authorit ) to return (shub to turn around, go !ac", go !ac" to the point of departure, also to change our perspective and the wa ou thin") to 6e+ C And her (7sshurs) sword will whirl against (hiyl a ver! with two !asic ideas; G) to whirl in motion, and .) to writhe in pain+ So to !ring trem!ling fear, torture, suffering, and anguish) their 'ities, and she (#sshur) will #ut an end (kilah to complete, at an end, finished, accomplished, spent, !e concluded, even demolished) to their false #ro#hets and di(iners (bad false prophets, diviners, liars, falsehoods, great words) and 'onsume them !e'ause of their own ad(isors and 'oun'ils+ (mowetsah advice, wisdom, council, plan, customs, wa s and practices) -6y #eo#le are determined (tala hung up, hanging in suspense, retaining a state of stu!!ornness, hardened, and determined no to change ones !ehaviour and course in life) to turn away (meshubah apostas , a turning awa , a defection, faithlessness) from 6e+ Though they 'ry out to the 6ost High, none whatsoe(er exalts, glorifies, or #raises (ruwm) Him+ How (an interrogative mar"er showing a ver great, intense degree of circumstance) 'an 0 gi(e you u# (#eten to give, !e given, present, offer, pass on, surrender) 9 >#hraimB How 'an 0 hand you o(er (mayen deliver up, to hand over) 9 YisraelB How 'an 0 make you like Admah, :one of the cities along the :ead Sea which was destro ed along with Sedom and 7morah)B How 'an 0 treat you like Ee!oiin (the cit next to 7morah also destro ed)B 6y heart is o(erturned (hopak overturned, changed, transformed, overwhelmed and distur!ed) within 6e+ All 6y 'om#assion and mer'y (nihamah merc , compassion,
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comfort, consolation, pit ) grows warm and tender+ I0 will not a't on 6y !urning anger, 0 will not destroy >#hraim again, for 0 am the 6ighty 9ne and not man (ish), the )et2 A#art one (Qodosh this can onl refer to the Set-7part Spirit our adoptive, Spiritual >other) in your midst and 0 will not 'ome in wrath+ 5ote; Eerse nine, here &ah is sa ing that ,e is 1the set-apart one in our midst,2 if this is, as $ !elieve, referring to the set apart Sprit !eing in our midst, then we have a name for her, &ahuweh+ $f $ am correct in m understanding then we have more evidence here that the Spirit is identified as &ahuweh, !ut as it is a feminine noun we can trul sa that the Spirit is the feminine part of &ahuwehs nature set-apart for a purpose from !efore the foundation of the universe+

>(entually they will go after and walk with (halak achar at a later time, some time later, at a su!se(uent time; the will follow after, adhere to, wal" with, !e led ! ) Yahuweh (hwhy)+ He will roar like a lion, and when He roars His 'hildren will 'ome trem!ling from the west, GGthey shall 'ome trem!ling like s#arrows from 6itzrayim.>gy#t and like do(es from Asshur, and 0 will esta!lish (yashab dwell, remain, settle, esta!lish) them in their homes, de'lares Yahuweh (hwhy)+ G.>#hraim has surrounded (sabab to encircle, revolve, surround) 6e with de'e#tion (kahas deception, lies, fraud, falsehood), and the house of Yisrael with !etrayal and trea'hery (mikmah deceit, !etra al, treacher , disappointment), and Yehudah 'ontinues (#od) to wander restlessly (ruwd roam, wander restlessl , !e trou!led, disassociate) against &od and against the )et2A#art (Qodosh) one who is faithful (#amown confirmed, support, nourish, !e firm, unsha"en, founded and sta!le, trustworth and true, faithful)+ 5ote; $n verse twelve, the set-apart one who is faithful is, $ !elieve, a reference to the Son, &ahushua, who was set-apart from the =ather for the purpose of salvation+ So w(e can also understand that the father, son, and the Spirit are all &ahuweh !ut differing aspects of ,is nature, all having a singular purpose of our salvation+

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>hhraim feeds on the wind (ruach wind, spirit, !reath) and #eruses the east wind e(ery day+ He multi#lies de'e#tion (kazab lies, deception, falsehood, false teachings of *od, !linding people with lies and deluding them into the worship of false gods) and (iolen'e (shod devastation, violence, ruin, havoc, wealth o!tained ! violence), also, he makes a 'o(enant (berith) with Assyria and oil is 'arried to 6itzrayim.>gy#t+
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!y the heel (#aqab follow at the heel, circumvent, supplant, restrain, assail), and in his adulthood he #erse(ered (sarah prevail, strive, persevere, contend, persist, exert oneself) with the 6ighty 9ne+ HHe FYaa=o!G exerted himself and #erse(ered with the re#resentati(e (malak messenger, one sent out ! &ahuweh, representative) and held onto and endured (yakol !e a!le, dare, hold onto and endure, !e a!le to have power to, proved capa!le)+ He we#t for <oy and sought His unearned gift and fa(our (chanan unearned favour, merc , gift), he sought and found (mara) Him at Bethel (house of the >ight One), and there He s#oke with us (da!ar to spea", in this case to conve a divine message), De(en Yahuweh (hwhy), the 6ighty 9ne of the hosts of hea(en and the inha!itants of the earth, (tsaba hosts, heavenl forces, hosts of heaven and the inha!itants of the earth, arm , divisions, warriors), Yahuweh (hwhy) is His name, remem!er, s#eak and 'ele!rate it (zikar mention, remem!er, praise, cele!rate, use and spea" it)+ CTherefore return to your 6ighty 9ne+ 9!ser(e (shemor "eep, watch, o!serve, preserve, !e careful a!out, protect and save) loyal kindness (chesed lo alt , goodness, "indness, desire, 'eal, love, o!ligation to communit , favour) and <usti'e, and eagerly wait ((awah wait, wait for, tenseness, excitement, eagerness) for your 6ighty 9ne 'ontinually (tamid regularl , continuall , perpetuit , continuall , unceasingl )+ A mer'hant in whose hands are dishonest (mikmah deceit, treacher , fraud, riches gained ! fraud) s'ales, for he lo(es to extort, defraud and o##ress (#asoq wrong, oppress, extort, exploit, a!use, defraud)+ F>#hraim says, F!oastfullyG, %)urely 0 ha(e !e'ome (ery ri'h (#asor !e(come) rich, wealth , having considera!l more possessions and mone than is usual in societ ), 0 ha(e found wealth (#own power, wealth, vigour, manhood; the a!ilit to have power and control over the environment and those in it) for myself in all my la!ours and #ro#erty (yagiya product of la!our, wor" done, riches, wealth, gain, propert ) they will not find ini=uity (#awon guilt, wic"edness, sin, activit which is croo"ed or wrong, offence, ini(uit , crime, depraved action) or sin (chet sin, fault)+ I0 am Yahuweh (hwhy) your 6ighty 9ne who took you out of the land of 6itzrayim.>gy#t again 0 will ena!le you to (#od indicating a time when something will happen and continue to happen) dwell in (yashab to dwell, to return and live in, !e esta!lished in) tents (#ohd ta!ernacle, tent) like the day of (yom time, season, appointed time, appointed feast and3or cele!ration) the a##ointed festi(al (moed assem!l meeting, appointed tie and place, a gathering together at a specific place and time for a specific purpose) 0 s#oke to the #ro#hets and 0 ga(e multi#le (rabah much, man , great, numerous, multitude) re(elations and #ro#heti' dreams (chozown visions, divine visions, revelation, oracle, divine communication), and through the #ro#hets (nabim) 0 ga(e #ara!les (damar stories or narratives used to illustrate or point out a moral3spiritual condition or relation, similitude, present comparisons to thin" a!out, meditate upon and process the information so as to respond appropriatel )+ GG0f &ilead is wi'ked (#awon) surely they will !e'ome desolate (shaw emptiness, vanit , nothingness, ruin, useless, desolate, worthless, without result), in the &ilgal (a place !ut also a circle or a wheel) where they slaughter !ulls+ 6oreo(er their altars are like funeral ro'k #iles (gal heap, pile, heap of stones, stone cairn, funeral roc" pile) u#on the furrows of the field+ G.Yaa=o! fled (barah flee, disappear, run awa , chase awa ) to the territory of Aram there Yisrael worked (#abod wor", serve, cultivate, till, wor" as a slave) for a wife (#ishah)+ ;or a wife he guarded [sheepG (sheep is not actuall in the text !ut is surmised from the term #guard; shamar "eep, watch, preserve, guard, !e careful a!out, protect, save, o!serve, "eep one self, !e
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secured)+ GABut !y a #ro#het Yahuweh (hwhy) lifted u# (salah to ascend, !ring up) Yisrael from 6itzrayim.>gy#t (the cruci!le) and !y a #ro#het He 'ared for #reser(ed and ke#t them safe (shamar)+ GH>#hraim has #ro(oked to !itter wee#ing (tamrur !itterness, something that is difficult to endure, hard, sharp, unpleasant, a !itter mourning), his !loodguilt (dam, !lood, !loodshed, slaughter, death) is on him+ )o his 6aster (#adonay) will a!andon and forsake him (natash leave, forsa"e, a!andon, desert, scatter, stop having a relationship with) and 0 will return (shub) his re#roa'h (cherpah reproach, contempt, scorn, insults, taunts and slurs)+

Chapter Thirteen

When >#hraim s#oke trem!ling (retheth this refers to an emotional response of fear or dread !efore a powerful !eing or group) he exalted (nasa to lift up, carr , ta"e, !e lifted up) himself in Yisrael, !ut he did wrong and in'urred guilt, (yasham offend, !e guilt , to !ear ones guilt, !e destro ed, la ed waste, a!andoned and forsa"en) through Baal (lord, owner, Baal) and died+ .4ow, as a result, they sin more and more and make themsel(es molten images of #agan gods (masekar molten metal idols), idols (#asab idols, o!%ects, statues, an o!%ect of worship and3or veneration that either represents a diet or helps us focus on a diet ) skilfully made with their sil(er and wealth, all the work of 'raftsmen 'on'erning them, they 'ommanded (#amar spea", sa , answer and promise, command) men (adam) to slaughter (zabach to ma"e a sacrifice, slaughter and "ill) and kiss (nashaq to "iss, to %oin, fasten together with, providing lip service for, !e in a close, intimate relationship with, !owing down and pa ing homage to) the !ull+ (this is a similar situation that will happen in the great tri!ulation, men will !e commanded to worship the image of the !east) ATherefore, they will !e like the morning 'loud, like the due whi'h soon goes away, like the 'haff whi'h is stirred u# and !lown away !y the wind (saar stormed, scattered, !e upset, !e !lown awa , storm tossed, to !e violentl sha"en and !lown off) from the threshing floor, or like smoke from a 'himney+ 0 am Yahuweh you 6ighty 9ne who se#arated you out of (merets out of, awa from; the general idea of something, or a part of something !eing ta"en out of the whole, to !e separated out) the land of 6itzrayim.>gy#t (the cruci!le) you were not to know (teda; from # ada, !ut .nd per+ to "now in a relational sense, intimatel , with understanding) any mighty one !ut 6e and ex'e#t for 6e there exists no )a(iour (from yasha saved, save, saviour, salvation, deliver, deliverer, !e victorious, see notes)+ 5otes; 5ow this is &ahuweh spea"ing as is ver plainl seen from the first six words of this verse, and the last words tell us, 1except for >e there exists no Saviour+2 4his plainl tells me that the saviour, who was called &ahushua when ,e wal"ed the earth, was, in fact, &ahuweh, al!eit a wound down, diminished form, !ut &ahuweh never-the-less+ 7lso, the name &ahushua tells 28
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us who ,e is, for the ver name &ahushua means, &ahuwehs salvation+ 8hen we use the term #Jesus we miss the whole thing, we miss who salvation is from, who the >essi ah actuall is, we miss &ahuweh ,imself, and there! miss the ver salvation we loo" for+ So there can never !e salvation in that name #Jesus alone, if people do come to see" the >ight One through that errant name then the will alwa s !e led to the true name and there! the will eventuall "now and love the name of the >ight One, &ahuweh+ ,ere $ must as" a (uestion, what a!out all the man thousands of #Christians who never had the chance to "now the name of &ahushua9 8ho never had the stud !oo"s availa!le to them, the internet, the scrolls from Oumran, who could never afford the interlinear, lexicons, dictionaries, etc+9 $ !elieve the answer to that is simple, the will !e %udged ! the light which is in them+ /ut, at the end of the da , there is a!solutel nothing we can do a!out times past, all we can do is loo" at toda , and toda there are ample opportunities to discover these wonderful truths a!out the name of &ahuweh and ,is >essi ah, &ahushua, !ut the trou!le is most people either prefer the dar"ness, or the are simpl too la' to search for the truth, or ma !e the simpl do not care9 8ho "nows !ut ah+ /ut toda we do have the open source "nowledge and we must use it and share it to the glor of &ahuweh and for the !enefit and %o of ,is children+ 0 knew you in the wilderness (midbar wilderness, desert; a sterile sand countr ), in the land of drought (talubowt land of !urning heat, drought, thirst, fevers)+ CBut with their grazing #la'es and flo'ks (marit pasturage, floc"s, gra'ing places, shepherding; (to !ecome, in a sense, self sufficient in wealth), see notes) they !e'ame satiated (saba to have ones full, !e satisfied, satiated, sated), !eing sated their hearts (le! inner man, mind, will, heart, the whole !eing) !e'ame exalted and #roud (rum to !e tall, an thing lifted up, exalted, high, loft , extol, pride, !e over!earing, haughtiness, deceit, deceitful) as a 'onse=uen'e (ken) they forgot (shakach to forget, forgotten or hidden, therefore to cease to care for and ignore) 6e+ --onse=uently 0 am to them like a lion, like a leo#ard 0 will wat'h (#asar watch, see", regard) a!o(e (ahl upon, a!ove, in and over, !e ond, !eside; !ut it is interesting this word is made up of the #, which represents "nowledge and experience, and the #, the shepherds croo" and represents a staff to either lead and guide, push, punish or protect) the way (derek)+ F0 will meet (peyas to meet, encounter, come upon, rush, attac") them like a !ear !erea(ed of her 'u!s (sakkul) and 0 will tear o#en their 'hest (segowr pericardium, enclosure, encasement, chest) and de(our (#okal) their hearts (leb) like a lion, as a !east (hayyat wild animal, alive, appetite) of the o#en field (sadah) would ri# (tebaqe cleave, !rea" open, split, splitting, !e divided, !urst open) them o#en+ He destroys you, 9 Yisrael, !e'ause you are against me, against your hel#er+ G@Where now is your king to sa(e and deli(er you (yasha) in your fortified 'ities (#are)B Where are your <udges (shapat %udge, govern, litigate, ma"e decisions) of whom you asked, saying, %gi(e me a king (ruler, head of state) and 'a#tains (sarim princes, captains, leaders, those who hold positions of power either in politics or religion)B5 GG0 ga(e you a king in 6y anger (#ap nostrils; flared nostrils represent anger, inflamed anger) and 0 took him away (laqah to la hold of, sei'e) in 6y rage (#ebrah wrath, fur , rage)
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The ini=uity (#awon ini(uit , guilt, depravit , sin, offence) of >#hraim !inds him u# and 'auses him distress (tsarur to !ind up, cramped, tied up and shut awa , causes distress and trou!le), and his sin is stored u# (tsephan to hide, treasure up, store up)+ GAThe la!our #ains of 'hild !irth 'ome for him, he is not a wise son for he does not #resent himself, at the #ro#er time, at the o#ening of the wom!+ )hall 0 redeem (padah to redeem, ransom; to !u !ac"; to !ring !ac" to an original state; deliver and rescue) them from the hand (yad hand, in the possession of; in the hand of; power, control) of =uestioning.)haowl (+haowl to (uestion, re(uest, to draw something out that is not "nown, en(uire, demand; also the grave, the pit, the place of no return, the land of shadows, the underworld)B )hall 0 redeem (padah) them from deathB Where are your #lagues (debare plague, pestilence, death, destruction, disease, thorns), 9 deathB )haowl, where is your sting (qatab sting, cutting !ac", destruction, pestilence)B -om#assion is 'on'ealed (satar hide, conceal, secret, "ept secret) from 6y eyes+ GDAlthough he may !ear fruit (yupri !e fruitful, !ear fruit) among his !rothers the east windshall 'ome The )#irit (,uach) of Yahuweh (hwhy) shall as'end (oleh ascend, rise, go up) from the wilderness (midbar) and his sour'e of life (meqor fountain, spring, fountain of %o , source of life; also to ma"e a deep engraving on a ta!let of stone, to give a deep explanation) will !e treated shamefully, humiliated and o(erthrown (bowsh !e ashamed, !e put to shame, humiliated, confounded3overthrown, treated shamefull ) and His sour'e of !lessing (mayan underground cistern, spring; source of !lessing, grace and3or life) shall dry u# (hareb to dr up, drain off, la in ruins, !e desolate, forsa"en)+ He shall #lunder (shasah plunder, ro!, strip awa , spoil) the treasury of e(ery #re'ious and desira!le #ossession (keliy instrument, article, clothng, tools, arms, treasure, possessions)+ GC)ameria (the capital cit of the 5orthern ?ingdom) shall !e de'lared guilty (#asham to !e guilt , offend, held or declared guilt , !e punished) !e'ause she o!stinately re!elled (marah to re!el, to !e o!stinate, contentious) against &od+ By the sword they shall fall, their little ones will !e dashed in #ie'es, and their #regnant women will !e ri##ed o#en+
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3eturn (shu! to return, go !ac", change, do again, !e restored and repaired, refreshed), 9 Yisrael, to Yahuweh :hwhy$ your 6ighty 9ne, for you ha(e staggered and stum!led ("ashal to stum!le, stagger, totter, to !e wea" and fee!le, to !e overthrown) !e'ause of your ini=uities (#awon ini(uit , depravit , perversit )+ .Take words (dabar) with you and return to Yahuweh say to Him, %take away all sin (#awon), take what is good (tob)+ This is our 'om#letion (shalam recompense, fulfilment, whole, fulfilled, finished, sound, complete, safe) the fruit of (para a oung !ull as a source of food, wealth and sacrifice for sin; !ut also a powerful figurative expression standing for #the fruit of or #the offering of our lips) our li#s+ AAssyria 'annot sa(e us, we wil not mount and ride (rakab) horses+ 4o longer will we FYisraelG say, %our mighty one,5 to the work (maaseh wor", deed, underta"ing la!our) of our hands+ ;or in you the or#han find mer'y (racham love, merc , compassion, tenderness, tender affection) Yahuweh (hwhy)+ H0 will heal (rapha heal, sew together; healer, doctor, or surgeon; one who heals, repairs,, and mends) their turning away (meshowbah turning awa , defection, !ac"sliding, apostas , turning their
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A##endix Mesources used+ 4he 0t mological :ictionar of /i!lical ,e!rew 4heological 8ord /oo" of the Old 4estament 4he /rown-:river-/riggs ,e!rew ) 0nglish 6exicon 4he 5ew /rown-:river-/riggs-*esenius ,e!rew-0nglish 6exicon 4he 7nal tical ,e!rew ) Chaldee 6exicon 4he :ead Sea scrolls /i!le 4he $nterlinear /i!le ! ,endri"son 4he Strongs exhaustive Concordance Eines 0xpositor :ictionar 7ncient ,e!rew 6exicon of the /i!le ,e!rew 4ext and 6exicon of *enesis *esenious ,e!rew-Chaldee 6exicon of the Old testament 7 Concise ,e!rew ) 7ramaic 6exicon of the Old 4estament 4he Complete word Stud :ictionar of the Old 4estament

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