Hosea

Hosea 7:12

¹²As they go, I will spread My net over them;

I will bring them down like birds of the air.

I will chastise them

when I hear them flocking together.^c

Footnotes

c 7:12 Or I will chastise them according to what was reported against them in the assembly.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
As	כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר	ka·’ă·šer	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
they go	יֵלֵ֗כוּ	yê·lê·ḵū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural	H1980 go, come, walk
I will spread	אֶפְר֤וֹשׂ	’ep̄·rō·wś	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H6566 spread out, spread
My net	רִשְׁתִּ֔י	riš·tî	Noun - feminine singular construct; first person common singular	H7568 net
over them	עֲלֵיהֶם֙	‘ă·lê·hem	Preposition; third person masculine plural	H5921 height
I will bring them down	אֽוֹרִידֵ֑ם	’ō·w·rî·ḏêm	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural	H3381 come or go down, descend
like birds	כְּע֥וֹף	kə·‘ō·wp̄	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular construct	H5775 flying creatures, fowl, insects
of the air	הַשָּׁמַ֖יִם	haš·šā·ma·yim	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H8064 sky, aloft
I will chastise them	אַיְסִרֵ֕ם	’ay·si·rêm	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular; third person masculine plural	H3256 discipline, chasten, admonish
when I hear them	כְּשֵׁ֖מַע	kə·šê·ma‘	Preposition-k; Noun - masculine singular	H8088 sound
flocking together	לַעֲדָתָֽם׃ס	la·‘ă·ḏā·ṯām	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine plural	H5712 congregation

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.