Hosea 9:2

9:2 Threshing floors and wine vats will not feed the people,

and new wine only deceives them.

Hosea 4:3

4:3 Therefore the land will mourn,

and all its inhabitants will perish.

The wild animals, the birds of the sky,

and even the fish in the sea will perish.


tn Heb “them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.

tn Heb “her” (so KJV, ASV). This is taken as a collective singular (so also most modern English versions).

tn Or “languish” (so KJV, NRSV); NIV “waste away.”

tn Heb “the beasts of the field” (so NAB, NIV).