Discovery BoxHosea 5:4
Context5:4 Their wicked deeds do not allow them to return to their God;
because a spirit of idolatry 1 controls their heart, 2
and they do not acknowledge the Lord.
Isaiah 44:18-20
Context44:18 They do not comprehend or understand,
for their eyes are blind and cannot see;
their minds do not discern. 3
44:19 No one thinks to himself,
nor do they comprehend or understand and say to themselves:
‘I burned half of it in the fire –
yes, I baked bread over the coals;
I roasted meat and ate it.
With the rest of it should I make a disgusting idol?
Should I bow down to dry wood?’ 4
his deceived mind misleads him.
He cannot rescue himself,
nor does he say, ‘Is this not a false god I hold in my right hand?’ 6
Micah 2:11
Context2:11 If a lying windbag should come and say, 7
‘I’ll promise you blessings of wine and beer,’ 8
he would be just the right preacher for these people! 9
Micah 2:2
Context2:2 They confiscate the fields they desire,
and seize the houses they want. 10
They defraud people of their homes, 11
and deprive people of the land they have inherited. 12
Micah 2:9-11
Context2:9 You wrongly evict widows 13 among my people from their cherished homes.
You defraud their children 14 of their prized inheritance. 15
2:10 But you are the ones who will be forced to leave! 16
For this land is not secure! 17
Sin will thoroughly destroy it! 18
2:11 If a lying windbag should come and say, 19
‘I’ll promise you blessings of wine and beer,’ 20
he would be just the right preacher for these people! 21
[5:4] 1 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] 2 tn Heb “is in their heart” (so NIV); NASB, NRSV “is within them.”
[44:18] 3 tn Heb “for their eyes are smeared over so they cannot see, so their heart cannot be wise.”
[44:19] 4 tn There is no formal interrogative sign here, but the context seems to indicate these are rhetorical questions. See GKC 473 §150.a.
[44:20] 5 tn Or perhaps, “he eats on an ash heap.”
[44:20] 6 tn Heb “Is it not a lie in my right hand?”
[2:11] 7 tn Heb “if a man, coming [as] wind and falsehood, should lie”; NASB “walking after wind and falsehood”; NIV “a liar and a deceiver.”
[2:11] 8 tn Heb “I will foam at the mouth concerning wine and beer.”
[2:11] 9 tn Heb “he would be the foamer at the mouth for this people.”
[2:2] 10 tn Heb “they desire fields and rob [them], and houses and take [them] away.”
[2:2] 11 tn Heb “and they oppress a man and his home.”
[2:2] 12 tn Heb “and a man and his inheritance.” The verb עָשַׁק (’ashaq, “to oppress”; “to wrong”) does double duty in the parallel structure and is understood by ellipsis in the second line.
[2:9] 13 tn Heb “women.” This may be a synecdoche of the whole (women) for the part (widows).
[2:9] 14 tn Heb “her little children” or “her infants”; ASV, NRSV “young children.”
[2:9] 15 tn Heb “from their children you take my glory forever.” The yod (י) ending on הֲדָרִי (hadariy) is usually taken as a first person common singular suffix (“my glory”). But it may be the archaic genitive ending (“glory of”) in the construct expression “glory of perpetuity,” that is, “perpetual glory.” In either case, this probably refers to the dignity or honor the
[2:10] 16 tn Heb “Arise and go!” These imperatives are rhetorical. Those who wrongly drove widows and orphans from their homes and land inheritances will themselves be driven out of the land (cf. Isa 5:8-17). This is an example of poetic justice.
[2:10] 17 tn Heb “for this is no resting place.” The
[2:10] 18 tn Heb “uncleanness will destroy, and destruction will be severe.”
[2:11] 19 tn Heb “if a man, coming [as] wind and falsehood, should lie”; NASB “walking after wind and falsehood”; NIV “a liar and a deceiver.”
[2:11] 20 tn Heb “I will foam at the mouth concerning wine and beer.”
[2:11] 21 tn Heb “he would be the foamer at the mouth for this people.”
