H3588A–כִּי–ki

I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, Ephraim, thou hast committed whoredom; Israel is defiled.

כִּ֤י ki “for”

Their doings do not allow them to return unto their God; for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they know not Jehovah.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they havebegotten strange children: now shall the new moon devour them, with their allotted possessions.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Ephraim is oppressed, crushed in judgment, because in selfwill he walked after the commandment [ergänzt: of man].

כִּ֣י ki “for”

For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah. I, I will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.

כִּ֣י ki “for”

Come and let us return unto Jehovah: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up.

כִּ֛י ki “for”

For I delight in loving-kindness, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt-offerings.

כִּ֛י ki “for”

And as troops of robbers lie in wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way of Shechem; yea, they commit lewdness.

כִּ֥י ki “for”

When I would heal Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim is discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they practise falsehood; and the thief entereth in, [ergänzt: and] the troop of robbers assaileth without.

כִּ֥י ki “for”

For they have applied their heart like an oven to their lying in wait: their baker sleepeth all the night; in the morning it burneth like a flaming fire.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Woe unto them! for they have wandered from me; destruction unto them! for they have transgressed against me. And I would redeem them; but they speak lies against me.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

And they cried not unto me in their heart, when they howled upon their beds; they assemble themselves for corn and new wine; they have turned aside from me.

כִּ֥י ki “if”

For from Israel is this also: -- a workman made it, and itis no God: for the calf of Samaria shall be [ergänzt: broken in] pieces.

כִּ֤י ki “for”כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

For they have sown the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no stalk; should it sprout, it would yield no meal; if so be it yield, strangers shall swallow it up.

כִּ֛י ki “for”

For they are gone up [ergänzt: to] Assyria [ergänzt: as] a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath hired lovers.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Although they hire among the nations, now will I gather them, and they shall begin to be straitened under the burden of the king of princes.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Because Ephraim hath multiplied altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to sin.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Rejoice not, Israel, exultingly, as the peoples; for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God, thou hast loved harlot's hire upon every corn-floor.

כִּ֥י ki “for”

They shall pour out no [ergänzt: offerings of] wine to Jehovah, neither shall their sacrifices be pleasing unto him: they shall be unto them as the bread of mourners; all that eat thereof shall be defiled: for their bread shall be for themselves; it shall not come into the house of Jehovah.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

For behold, they are gone away because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Moph shall bury them: their pleasant things of silver, nettles shall possess them; thorns shall be in their tents.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

For even should they bring up their children, yet will I bereave them, [ergänzt: that] not a man [ergänzt: remain]: for woe also to them when I shall have departed from them!

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

All their wickedness is in Gilgal; for there I hated them: because of the wickedness of their doings, I will drive them out of my house, I will love them no more: all their princes are rebellious.

כִּֽי־ ki- “for”

Ephraim is smitten: their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit; yea, though they should bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved [ergänzt: fruit] of their womb.

כִּ֣י ki “if”

My God hath rejected them, because they hearkened not unto him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

כִּ֛י ki “for”

For now they will say, We have no king, for we feared not Jehovah; and a king, what can he do for us?

כִּ֤י ki “for”כִּ֣י ki “for”