Hosea 2:3
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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.Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst.
In other translations
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.Otherwise, I will strip her naked and expose her like the day of her birth. I will make her like a desert and turn her into a parched land, and I will let her die of thirst.
Hebrew words
פֶּן־pen-lestH6435אַפְשִׁיטֶנָּה'afshitenahI should strip herH6584עֲרֻמָּה'arumahnakedH6174וְהִצַּגְתִּיהָvehitzagtihaand I will exhibit herH3322כְּיוֹםkeyomlike [the] dayH3117הִוָּלְדָהּhivaldahwas born sheH3205וְשַׂמְתִּיהָvesamtihaand I will make herH7760כַמִּדְבָּרkhamidbarlike <the> wildernessH4057וְשַׁתִּהָveshatihaand I will make herH7896כְּאֶרֶץke'eretzlike a landH776צִיָּהtziyahdryH6723וַהֲמִתִּיהָvahamitihaand I should make die herH4191בַּצָּמָא׃batzama'with <the> thirstH6772
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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