H9003–/ב–b

Yet the number of the children of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass that, in the place where it was said unto them, Ye are not my people, it shall be said unto them, [supplied: Ye are] the sons of the living God.

בִּמְק֞וֹם (בִּ) bi “in”

Contend with your mother, contend; for she is not my wife, neither am I her husband; and let her put away her whoredoms from her face, and her adulteries from between her breasts;

בְאִמְּכֶם֙ (בְ) ve. “with”

lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

בַּצָּמָֽא׃ (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

Therefore, behold, I will hedge up thy way with thorns, and I will build a wall against her, that she shall not find her paths.

בַּסִּירִ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

Therefore will I take back my grain in the time thereof, and my new wine in the season thereof, and will pluck away my wool and my flax which should have covered her nakedness.

בְּעִתּ֔וֹ (בְּ) be. “at”בְּמֽוֹעֲד֑וֹ (בְּ) be. “at”

And it shall be at that day, saith Jehovah, that thou shalt call me Ishi, and shalt call me no more Baali.

בַיּוֹם־ (בַ) va “in the”

For I will take away the names of the Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall no more be mentioned by their name.

בִּשְׁמָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi “by”

And in that day will I make a covenant for them with the beasts of the field, and with the birds of the heavens, and with the creeping things of the ground: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle out of the land, and will make them to lie down safely.

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “in the”

And I will betroth thee unto me for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me in righteousness, and in justice, and in lovingkindness, and in mercies.

בְּצֶ֣דֶק (בְּ) be. “in”וּבְמִשְׁפָּ֔ט (בְ) ve. “in”וּבְחֶ֖סֶד (בְ) ve. “in”וּֽבְרַחֲמִֽים׃ (בְ) ve. “in”

I will even betroth thee unto me in faithfulness; and thou shalt know Jehovah.

בֶּאֱמוּנָ֑ה (בֶּ) be. “in”

And it shall come to pass in that day, I will answer, saith Jehovah, I will answer the heavens, and they shall answer the earth;

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “in the”

And I will sow her unto me in the earth; and I will have mercy upon her that had not obtained mercy; and I will say to them that were not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, [supplied: Thou art] my God.

בָּאָ֔רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

So I bought her to me for fifteen [supplied: pieces] of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;

בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (בַּ) ba. “for”

afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king, and shall come with fear unto Jehovah and to his goodness in the latter days.

בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית (בְּ) be. “at”

Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

בְּדָמִ֖ים (בְּ) be. “<in>”

Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

בָּ֔הּ (בָּ֔) Ba “in”בְּחַיַּ֥ת (בְּ) be. “among”וּבְע֣וֹף (בְ) ve. “among”

As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.

בְּקָל֥וֹן (בְּ) be. “for”

My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, [supplied: departing] from under their God.

בְּעֵצ֣וֹ (בְּ) be. “by”

For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.

בַּמֶּרְחָֽב׃ (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

The wind hath wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be put to shame because of their sacrifices.

בִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָ (בִּ) bi “in”

Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah.

בְּקִרְבָּ֔ם (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity; Judah also shall stumble with them.

בְּפָנָ֑יו (בְּ) be. “in”בַּעֲוֹנָ֔ם (בַּ) ba. “on”

They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.

בְּצֹאנָ֣ם (בְּ) be. “with”וּבִבְקָרָ֗ם (בִ) vi “with”

They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.

בַּיהוָ֣ה (בַּ) ba. “with”