Discovery BoxHosea 2:5
Context2:5 For their mother has committed adultery;
she who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For she said, “I will seek out 1 my lovers; 2
they are the ones who give me my bread and my water,
my wool, my flax, my olive oil, and my wine. 3
Hosea 2:8
Context2:8 Yet 4 until now 5 she has refused to acknowledge 6 that I 7 was the one
who gave her the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil;
and that it was I who 8 lavished on her the silver and gold –
which they 9 used in worshiping Baal! 10
Hosea 2:12
Context2:12 I will destroy her vines and fig trees,
about which she said, “These are my wages for prostitution 11
that my lovers gave to me!”
I will turn her cultivated vines and fig trees 12 into an uncultivated thicket,
so that wild animals 13 will devour them.
Hosea 5:4
Context5:4 Their wicked deeds do not allow them to return to their God;
because a spirit of idolatry 14 controls their heart, 15
and they do not acknowledge the Lord.
Hosea 13:10
Context13:10 Where 16 then is your king,
that he may save you in all your cities?
Where are 17 your rulers for whom you asked, saying,
“Give me a king and princes”?
[2:5] 1 tn Heb “I will go after” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV).
[2:5] 2 sn This statement alludes to the practice of sexual rites in the Canaanite fertility cult which attempted to secure agricultural fertility from the Canaanite gods (note the following reference to wool, flax, olive oil, and wine).
[2:5] 3 tn Heb “my drinks.” Many English versions use the singular “drink” here, but cf. NCV, TEV, CEV “wine.”
[2:8] 4 tn Or “For” (so KJV, NASB); or “But” (so NCV).
[2:8] 5 tn The phrase “until now” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity and smoothness.
[2:8] 6 tn Heb “she does not know” (so NASB, NCV); or “she does not acknowledge.”
[2:8] 7 tn The 1st person common singular independent personal pronoun אָנֹכִי (’anokhi, “I”) is emphatic, since the subject of this verbal clause is already explicit in the verb נָתַתִּי (natatti, Qal perfect 1st person common singular: “I gave”).
[2:8] 8 tn The phrase “that it was I who” does not appear in the Hebrew text here, but is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity.
[2:8] 9 sn The third person plural here is an obvious reference to the Israelites who had been unfaithful to the
[2:8] 10 tn Heb “for Baal” (so NAB, NIV, NRSV); cf. TEV “in the worship of Baal.”
[2:12] 7 tn Heb “my wages.” The words “for prostitution” are not in the Hebrew text but are supplied for clarity; cf. CEV “gave…as payment for sex.”
[2:12] 8 tn Heb “I will turn them”; the referents (vines and fig trees) have been specified in the translation for clarity.
[2:12] 9 tn Heb “the beasts of the field” (so KJV, NASB); the same expression also occurs in v. 18).
[5:4] 10 tn Heb “a spirit of harlotries”; NIV “a spirit of prostitution”; TEV “Idolatry has a powerful hold on them.” However, CEV takes this literally: “your constant craving for sex keeps you from knowing me.”
[5:4] 11 tn Heb “is in their heart” (so NIV); NASB, NRSV “is within them.”
[13:10] 13 tc The MT reads the enigmatic אֱהִי (’ehi, “I want to be [your king]”; apocopated Qal imperfect 1st person common singular from הָיָה, hayah, “to be”) which makes little sense and conflicts with the 3rd person masculine singular form in the dependent clause: “that he might save you” (וְיוֹשִׁיעֲךָ, vÿyoshi’akha). All the versions (Greek, Syriac, Vulgate) read the interrogative particle אַיֵּה (’ayyeh, “where?”) which the BHS editors endorse. The textual corruption was caused by metathesis of the י (yod) and ה (hey). Few English versions follow the MT: “I will be thy/your king” (KJV, NKJV). Most recent English versions follow the ancient versions in reading “Where is your king?” (ASV, RSV, NAB, NASB, NIV, NJPS, CEV, NLT).
[13:10] 14 tn The repetition of the phrase “Where are…?” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is implied by the parallelism in the preceding lines. It is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity and for stylistic reasons.
