H9003–/ב–b

But still the number of the children of Israel will be like the sand of the sea, which may not be measured or numbered; and in place of its being said to them, You are not my people, it will be said to them, You are the sons of the living God

בִּמְק֞וֹם (בִּ) bi “in”

Take up the cause against your mother, take it up, for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband; let her put away her loose ways from her face, and her false ways from between her breasts;

בְאִמְּכֶם֙ (בְ) ve. “with”

For fear that I may take away her robe from her, making her uncovered as in the day of her birth; making her like a waste place and a dry land, causing her death through need of water.

בַּצָּמָֽא׃ (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

For this cause I will put thorns in her road, building up a wall round her so that she may not go on her way.

בַּסִּירִ֑ים (בַּ) ba. “with <the>”

So I will take away again my grain in its time and my wine, and I will take away my wool and my linen with which her body might have been covered.

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

And in that day, says the Lord, you will say to me, Ishi; and you will never again give me the name of Baali;

בַיּוֹם־ (בַ) va “in the”

For I will take away the names of the Baals out of her mouth, and never again will she say their names.

בִּשְׁמָֽם׃ (בִּ) bi “by”

And in that day I will make an agreement for them with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven and the things which go low on the earth; I will put an end to the bow and the sword and war in all the land, and will make them take their rest in pea

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “in the”

And I will take you as my bride for ever; truly, I will take you as my bride in righteousness and in right judging, in love and in mercies.

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

I will take you as my bride in good faith, and you will have knowledge of the Lord.

בֶּאֱמוּנָ֑ה (בֶּ) be. “in”

And it will be, in that day, says the Lord, that I will give an answer to the heavens, and the heavens to the earth;

בַּיּ֣וֹם (בַּ) ba “in the”

And I will put her as seed in the earth, and I will have mercy on her to whom no mercy was given; and I will say to those who were not my people, You are my people, and they will say, My God.

בָּאָ֔רֶץ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

So I got her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley;

בַּחֲמִשָּׁ֥ה (בַּ) ba. “for”

And after that, the children of Israel will come back and go in search of the Lord their God and David their king; and they will come in fear to the Lord and to his mercies in the days to come.

בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית (בְּ) be. “at”

Give ear to the word of the Lord, O children of Israel; for the Lord has a cause against the people of this land, because there is no good faith in it, and no mercy and no knowledge of God in the land.

בָּאָֽרֶץ׃ (בָּ) ba. “in the”

There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.

בְּדָמִ֖ים (בְּ) be. “<in>”

Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away.

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

Even while they were increasing in number they were sinning against me; I will let their glory be changed into shame.

בְּקָל֥וֹן (בְּ) be. “for”

My people get knowledge from their tree, and their rod gives them news; for a false spirit is the cause of their wandering, and they have been false to their God.

בְּעֵצ֣וֹ (בְּ) be. “by”

For Israel is uncontrolled, like a cow which may not be controlled; now will the Lord give them food like a lamb in a wide place.

בַּמֶּרְחָֽב׃ (בַּ) ba. “in <the>”

They are folded in the skirts of the wind; they will be shamed because of their offerings.

בִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָ (בִּ) bi “in”

Their works will not let them come back to their God, for a false spirit is in them and they have no knowledge of the Lord.

בְּקִרְבָּ֔ם (בְּ) be. “[is] in”

And the pride of Israel gives an answer to his face; and Ephraim will have a fall through his sins, and the fall of Judah will be the same as theirs.

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

They will go, with their flocks and their herds, in search of the Lord, but they will not see him; he has taken himself out of their view.

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

They have been false to the Lord; they have given birth to strange children; now the new moon will make them waste with their fields.

בַּיהוָ֣ה (בַּ) ba. “with”