Hosea 2:17

2:17 For ¹  I will remove the names of the Baal idols ²  from your lips, ³ 

so that you will never again utter their names!” ⁴ 

Hosea 7:2

7:2 They do not realize ⁵ 

that I remember all of their wicked deeds.

Their evil deeds have now surrounded them;

their sinful deeds are always before me. ⁶ 

[2:17]  ¹ 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]  ² 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]  ³ tn Heb “from her mouth.” In the translation this is rendered as second person for consistency.

[2:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “they will no longer be mentioned by their name.”

[7:2]  ⁵ tn Heb “and they do not say in their heart”; TEV “It never enters their heads.”

[7:2]  ⁶ tn Heb “they [the sinful deeds] are before my face” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NCV “they are right in front of me.”