Hosea 2:13

2:13 “I will punish her for the festival days

when she burned incense to the Baal idols; ¹ 

she adorned herself with earrings and jewelry,

and went after her lovers,

but ²  she forgot me!” ³  says the Lord.

Hosea 2:17

2:17 For ⁴  I will remove the names of the Baal idols ⁵  from your lips, ⁶ 

so that you will never again utter their names!” ⁷ 

[2:13]  ¹ tn Heb “the days of the Baals, to whom she burned incense.” The word “festival” is supplied to clarify the referent of “days,” and the word “idols” is supplied in light of the plural “Baals” (cf. NLT “her images of Baal”).

[2:13]  ² tn The vav prefixed to a nonverb (וְאֹתִי, vé’oti) introduces a disjunctive contrastive clause, which is rhetorically powerful.

[2:13]  ³ tn The accusative direct object pronoun וְאֹתִי (vé’oti, “me”) is emphatic in the word order of this clause (cf. NIV “but me she forgot”), emphasizing the heinous inappropriateness of Israel’s departure from the Lord.

[2:17]  ⁴ tn The vav consecutive prefixed to וַהֲסִרֹתִי (vahasiroti) “I will remove” (vav consecutive + Hiphil perfect 1st person common singular) introduces an explanatory clause.

[2:17]  ⁵ tn Heb “the Baals.” The singular term בַּעַל (ba’al) refers to the Canaanite god Baal himself, while the plural form הַבְּעָלִים (habbé’alim) refers to the manifestations of the god (i.e., idols; BDB 127 s.v. בָּעַל II.1).

[2:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “from her mouth.” In the translation this is rendered as second person for consistency.

[2:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “they will no longer be mentioned by their name.”