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But those who can discern will shine like the brightness of heaven's dome, and those who turn many to righteousness like the stars forever and ever.

"But you, Dani'el, keep these words secret, and seal up the book until the time of the end. Many will rush here and there as knowledge increases."

I heard this, but I couldn't understand what it meant; so I asked, "Lord, what will be the outcome of all this?"

But he said, "Go your way, Dani'el; for these words are to remain secret and sealed until the time of the end.

Many will purify, cleanse and refine themselves; but the wicked will keep on acting wickedly, and none of the wicked will understand. But those with discernment will understand.

But you, go your way until the end comes. Then you will rest and rise for your reward, at the end of days."

But I will pity the house of Y'hudah; I will save them not by bow, sword, battle, horses or cavalry, but by Adonai their God."

This is the word of Adonai that came to Hoshea the son of Be'eri during the reigns of ‘Uziyah, Yotam, Achaz and Y'chizkiyah, kings of Y'hudah, and during the reign of Yarov‘am the son of Yo'ash, king of Isra'el. Adonai 's opening words in speaking to Hoshea were to instruct Hoshea, "Go, marry a whore, and have children with this whore; for the land is engaged in flagrant whoring, whoring away from Adonai ." So he went and married Gomer the daughter of Divlayim, and she conceived and bore him a son. Adonai said to him, "Call him Yizre‘el, because in only a short time I will punish the house of Yehu for having shed blood at Yizre‘el; I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Isra'el. When that day comes, I will break the bow of Isra'el in the Yizre‘el Valley." She conceived again and bore a daughter. Adonai said to him, "Name her Lo-Ruchamah [unpitied], for I will no longer have pity on the house of Isra'el. By no means will I forgive them. But I will pity the house of Y'hudah; I will save them not by bow, sword, battle, horses or cavalry, but by Adonai their God." After weaning Lo-Ruchamah, she conceived and bore a son. Adonai said, "Name him Lo-‘Ammi [not-my-people], because you are not my people, and I will not be your [God].

This is the word of Adonai that came to Hoshea the son of Be'eri during the reigns of ‘Uziyah, Yotam, Achaz and Y'chizkiyah, kings of Y'hudah, and during the reign of Yarov‘am the son of Yo'ash, king of Isra'el. Adonai 's opening words in speaking to Hoshea were to instruct Hoshea, "Go, marry a whore, and have children with this whore; for the land is engaged in flagrant whoring, whoring away from Adonai ." So he went and married Gomer the daughter of Divlayim, and she conceived and bore him a son. Adonai said to him, "Call him Yizre‘el, because in only a short time I will punish the house of Yehu for having shed blood at Yizre‘el; I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Isra'el. When that day comes, I will break the bow of Isra'el in the Yizre‘el Valley." She conceived again and bore a daughter. Adonai said to him, "Name her Lo-Ruchamah [unpitied], for I will no longer have pity on the house of Isra'el. By no means will I forgive them. But I will pity the house of Y'hudah; I will save them not by bow, sword, battle, horses or cavalry, but by Adonai their God." After weaning Lo-Ruchamah, she conceived and bore a son. Adonai said, "Name him Lo-‘Ammi [not-my-people], because you are not my people, and I will not be your [God].

She will pursue her lovers but not catch them. She will seek them but won't find them. Then she will say, ‘I will go and return to my first husband; because things were better for me then than they are now.'

I will ravage her vines and fig trees, of which she says, ‘These are my wages that my lovers have given me.' But I will turn them into a forest, and wild animals will eat them.

"But now I am going to woo her — I will bring her out to the desert and I will speak to her heart.

But no one should quarrel or rebuke, because your people are having to quarrel with the cohen.

But the cohen will fare no better than the people; I will punish him for his ways and pay him back for his deeds.

They will eat but not have enough and consort with whores but have no children, because they stopped listening to Adonai .

The wind will carry them off in its wings and their sacrifices bring them nothing but shame.

With their flocks and herds they will go in search of Adonai . But they won't find him; he has withdrawn from them.

When Efrayim saw his sickness and Y'hudah his wound, Efrayim went to Ashur and sent envoys to a warring king; but he can't heal you or cure your wound.

"But they, just like men, have broken the covenant, they have been faithless in dealing with me.

Foreigners have eaten up his strength, but he doesn't know it; yes, gray hairs appear on him here and there, but he doesn't know it.