H9026–כֶם–khem

They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, And burn incense on the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, Because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, And your brides commit adultery.

בְּנ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם (כֶ֔ם) Khem “your”וְכַלּוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם (כֶ֖ם) Khem “your”

I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, Nor your brides when they commit adultery; Because the men consort with prostitutes, And they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; And the people that does not understand will come to ruin.

בְּנוֹתֵיכֶ֜ם (כֶ֜ם) Khem “your”כַּלּֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ (כֶם֙) Khem “your”

"Ephraim, what shall I do to you? Judah, what shall I do to you? For your love is like a morning cloud, And like the dew that disappears early.

וְחַסְדְּכֶם֙ (כֶם֙) Khem “your”

I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness. I saw your fathers as the first ripe in the fig tree at its first season; But they came to Baal Peor, and consecrated themselves to the shameful thing, And became abominable like that which they loved.

אֲבֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם (כֶ֑ם) Khem “your”

So Bethel will do to you because of your great wickedness. At daybreak the king of Israel will be destroyed.

רָֽעַתְכֶ֑ם (כֶ֑ם) Khem “your”

Hear this, you elders, And listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has this ever happened in your days, Or in the days of your fathers?

בִּֽימֵיכֶ֔ם (כֶ֔ם) Khem “your”אֲבֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃ (כֶֽם) Khem “your”

Tell your children about it, And have your children tell their children, And their children, another generation.

לִבְנֵיכֶ֣ם (כֶ֣ם) Khem “your”וּבְנֵיכֶם֙ (כֶם֙) Khem “your”

Wake up, you drunkards, and weep! Wail, all you drinkers of wine, because of the sweet wine; For it is cut off from your mouth.

מִפִּיכֶֽם׃ (כֶֽם) Khem “your”

Put on sackcloth and mourn, you priests! Wail, you ministers of the altar. Come, lie all night in sackcloth, you ministers of my God, For the meal offering and the drink offering are withheld from your God's house.

אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם (כֶ֖ם) Khem “your”

Sanctify a fast. Call a solemn assembly. Gather the elders, And all the inhabitants of the land, to the house of Yahweh, your God, And cry to Yahweh.

אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֑ם (כֶ֑ם) Khem “your”

"Yet even now," says Yahweh, "turn to me with all your heart, And with fasting, and with weeping, and with mourning."

לְבַבְכֶ֑ם (כֶ֑ם) Khem “your”

Tear your heart, and not your garments, And turn to Yahweh, your God; For he is gracious and merciful, Slow to anger, and abundant in loving kindness, And relents from sending calamity.

לְבַבְכֶם֙ (כֶם֙) Khem “your”בִּגְדֵיכֶ֔ם (כֶ֔ם) Khem “your”אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֑ם (כֶ֑ם) Khem “your”

Who knows? He may turn and relent, And leave a blessing behind him, Even a meal offering and a drink offering to Yahweh, your God.

אֱלֹהֵיכֶֽם׃ (כֶֽם) Khem “your”

"Be glad then, you children of Zion, And rejoice in Yahweh, your God; For he gives you the former rain in just measure, And he causes the rain to come down for you, The former rain and the latter rain, As before.

אֱלֹֽהֵיכֶ֔ם (כֶ֔ם) Khem “your”

You will have plenty to eat, and be satisfied, And will praise the name of Yahweh, your God, Who has dealt wondrously with you; And my people will never again be disappointed.

אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם (כֶ֔ם) Khem “your”

You will know that I am in the midst of Israel, And that I am Yahweh, your God, and there is no one else; And my people will never again be disappointed.

אֱלֹהֵיכֶ֖ם (כֶ֖ם) Khem “your”

"It will happen afterward, that I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh; And your sons and your daughters will prophesy. Your old men will dream dreams. Your young men will see visions.

בְּנֵיכֶ֣ם (כֶ֣ם) Khem “your”וּבְנֽוֹתֵיכֶ֑ם (כֶ֑ם) Khem “your”זִקְנֵיכֶם֙ (כֶם֙) Khem “your”בַּח֣וּרֵיכֶ֔ם (כֶ֔ם) Khem “your”

"Yes, and what are you to me, Tyre, and Sidon, And all the regions of Philistia? Will you repay me? And if you repay me, I will swiftly and speedily return your repayment on your own head.

גְּמֻלְכֶ֖ם (כֶ֖ם) Khem “your”בְּרֹאשְׁכֶֽם׃ (כֶֽם) Khem “your”

Because you have taken my silver and my gold, And have carried my finest treasures into your temples,

לְהֵיכְלֵיכֶֽם׃ (כֶֽם) Khem “your”

Behold, I will stir them up out of the place where you have sold them, And will return your repayment on your own head;

גְמֻלְכֶ֖ם (כֶ֖ם) Khem “your”בְּרֹאשְׁכֶֽם׃ (כֶֽם) Khem “your”

And I will sell your sons and your daughters into the hands of the children of Judah, And they will sell them to the men of Sheba, To a faraway nation, For Yahweh has spoken it."

בְּנֵיכֶ֣ם (כֶ֣ם) Khem “your”בְּנֽוֹתֵיכֶ֗ם (כֶ֗ם) Khem “your”

Beat your plowshares into swords, And your pruning hooks into spears. Let the weak say, "I am strong."

אִתֵּיכֶם֙ (כֶם֙) Khem “your”וּמַזְמְרֹֽתֵיכֶ֖ם (כֶ֖ם) Khem “your”

"So you will know that I am Yahweh, your God, Dwelling in Zion, my holy mountain. Then Jerusalem will be holy, And no strangers will pass through her any more.

אֱלֹ֣הֵיכֶ֔ם (כֶ֔ם) Khem “your”

I raised up some of your sons for prophets, And some of your young men for Nazirites. Isn't this true, You children of Israel?" says Yahweh.

מִבְּנֵיכֶם֙ (כֶם֙) Khem “your”וּמִבַּחוּרֵיכֶ֖ם (כֶ֖ם) Khem “your”

"You only have I chosen of all the families of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all of your sins."

עֲוֹנֹֽתֵיכֶֽם׃ (כֶֽם) Khem “your”