Ezekiel 27:25

27:25 The ships of Tarshish ¹  were the transports for your merchandise.

“‘So you were filled and weighed down in the heart of the seas.

Hosea 2:15

2:15 From there I will give back her vineyards to her,

and turn the “Valley of Trouble” ²  into an “Opportunity ³  for Hope.”

There she will sing as she did when she was young, ⁴ 

when ⁵  she came up from the land of Egypt.

[27:25]  ¹ tn Or perhaps “Large merchant ships.” The expression “ships of Tarshish” may describe a class of vessel, that is, large oceangoing merchant ships.

[2:15]  ² tn Heb “Valley of Achor,” so named because of the unfortunate incident recorded in Josh 7:1-26 (the name is explained in v. 26; the Hebrew term Achor means “disaster” or “trouble”). Cf. TEV, CEV “Trouble Valley.”

[2:15]  ³ tn Heb “door” or “doorway”; cf. NLT “gateway.” Unlike the days of Joshua, when Achan’s sin jeopardized Israel’s mission and cast a dark shadow over the nation, Israel’s future return to the land will be marked by renewed hope.

[2:15]  ⁴ tn Heb “as in the days of her youth” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV).

[2:15]  ⁵ tn Heb “as in the day when” (so KJV, NASB).