H9023–הוּ–hu

But I was guiding Ephraim's footsteps; I took them up in my arms, but they were not conscious that I was ready to make them well.

זְרֽוֹעֹתָ֑יו (ו) v “his”

He will go back to the land of Egypt and the Assyrian will be his king, because they would not come back to me.

מַלְכּ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

And the sword will go through his towns, wasting his children and causing destruction because of their evil designs.

בְּעָרָ֔יו (ו) v “his”בַדָּ֖יו (ו) v “his”

The Lord has a cause against Judah, and will give punishment to Jacob for his ways; he will give him the reward of his acts.

כִּדְרָכָ֔יו (ו) v “his”כְּמַעֲלָלָ֖יו (ו) v “his”

In the body of his mother he took his brother by the foot, and in his strength he was fighting with God;

אָחִ֑יו (ו) v “his”וּבְאוֹנ֖וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Even the Lord, the God of armies; the Lord is his name.

זִכְרֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

As for Canaan, the scales of deceit are in his hands; he takes pleasure in twisted ways.

בְּיָד֛וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

I have been bitterly moved to wrath by Ephraim; so that his blood will be on him, and the Lord will make his shame come back on him.

וְדָמָיו֙ (ו֙) v “his”וְחֶ֨רְפָּת֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”אֲדֹנָֽיו׃ (ו) v “his”

And now their sins are increased; they have made themselves a metal image, false gods from their silver, after their designs, all of them the work of the metal-workers; they say of them, Let them give offerings, let men give kisses to the oxen.

כֻּלֹּ֑ה (ה) h “it”

The wrongdoing of Ephraim is shut up; his sin is put away in secret.

חַטָּאתֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”

Though he gives fruit among his brothers, an east wind will come, the wind of the Lord coming up from the waste land, and his spring will become dry, his fountain will be without water: it will make waste the store of all the vessels of his desire.

מְקוֹרוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”מַעְיָנ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Samaria will be made waste, for she has gone against her God: they will be cut down by the sword, their little children will be broken on the rocks, their women who are with child will be cut open.

וְהָרִיּוֹתָ֖יו (ו) v “its”

I will be as the dew to Israel; he will put out flowers like a lily, and send out his roots like Lebanon.

שָׁרָשָׁ֖יו (ו) v “its”

His branches will be stretched out, he will be beautiful as the olive-tree and sweet-smelling as Lebanon.

יֹֽנְקוֹתָ֔יו (ו) v “its”הוֹד֑וֹ (וֹ) o “its”

They will come back and have rest in his shade; their life will be made new like the grain, and they will put out flowers like the vine; his name will be like the wine of Lebanon.

בְצִלּ֔וֹ (וֹ) o “its”זִכְר֖וֹ (וֹ) o “its”

For a nation has come up over my land, strong and without number; his teeth are the teeth of a lion, and he has the back teeth of a great lion.

שִׁנָּיו֙ (ו֙) v “its”

Before them fire sends destruction, and after them flame is burning: the land is like the garden of Eden before them, and after them an unpeopled waste; truly, nothing has been kept safe from them.

לְפָנָיו֙ (ו֙) v “it”לְפָנָ֗יו (ו) v “it”

Their form is like the form of horses, and they are running like war-horses.

מַרְאֵ֑הוּ (הוּ) hu “its”

At their coming the people are bent with pain: all faces become red together.

מִפָּנָ֖יו (ו) v “it”

They are running like strong men, they go over the wall like men of war; every man goes straight on his way, their lines are not broken.

בִּדְרָכָיו֙ (ו֙) v “its”

No one is pushing against another; everyone goes straight on his way: bursting through the sword points, their order is not broken.

אָחִיו֙ (ו֙) v “its”בִּמְסִלָּת֖וֹ (וֹ) o “its”

The earth is troubled before them and the heavens are shaking: the sun and the moon have become dark, and the stars keep back their shining:

לְפָנָיו֙ (ו֙) v “it”

And the Lord is thundering before his forces; for very great is his army; for he is strong who gives effect to his word: for the day of the Lord is great and greatly to be feared, and who has strength against it?

קוֹלוֹ֙ (וֹ֙) o “his”חֵיל֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”מַחֲנֵ֔הוּ (הוּ) hu “his”דְבָר֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Get the people together, make the mass of the people holy, send for the old men, get together the children and babies at the breast: let the newly married man come out of his room and the bride from her tent.

מֵֽחֶדְר֔וֹ (וֹ) o “his”

Then the Lord had a care for the honour of his land and had pity on his people.

לְאַרְצ֑וֹ (וֹ) o “his”עַמּֽוֹ׃ (וֹ) o “his”