5. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Hosea 6:5:1 ⧉עַל־כֵּ֗ןalkentherefore Hosea 6:5:2 ⧉חָצַ֙בְתִּי֙khatsavtiI have hewn Hosea 6:5:3 ⧉בַּנְּבִיאִ֔יםbanneviimby the prophets Hosea 6:5:4 ⧉הֲרַגְתִּ֖יםharagtimI have slain them Hosea 6:5:5 ⧉בְּאִמְרֵי־פִ֑יbeimrefiby the words of my mouth Hosea 6:5:6 ⧉וּמִשְׁפָּטֶ֖יךָumishpatekhaand your judgments Hosea 6:5:7 ⧉א֥וֹרorlight Hosea 6:5:8 ⧉יֵצֵֽא׃yetsegoes out |
5. Formal Translation Therefore I {Yahweh, Covenant Judge} have hewn them by the prophets; I have slain them by the utterances of My mouth, and Your judgments go out as light. |
5. Dynamic Translation That is why I {Yahweh, Verdict Giver} used the prophets to hew them down and killed them with the words from My mouth; Your judgments break out like light. |