Hosea 7:5

7:5 At the celebration ¹  of their king, ² 

his princes become inflamed ³  with wine;

they conspire ⁴  with evildoers.

Hosea 1:11

1:11 Then the people ⁵  of Judah and the people of Israel will be gathered together. They will appoint for themselves one leader, ⁶  and will flourish in the land. ⁷  Certainly, ⁸  the day of Jezreel will be great!

[7:5]  ¹ tn Heb “the day of” (so KJV, NAB, NASB, NRSV); NIV “On the day of the festival of our king”; NLT “On royal holidays.”

[7:5]  ² tc The MT preserves the awkward 1st person common plural suffix reading מַלְכֵּנוּ (malakenu, “our king”). The BHS editors suggest reading the 3rd person masculine plural suffix מַלְכָּם (malkam, “their king”; so CEV), as reflected in the Aramaic Targum.

[7:5]  ³ tc The MT vocalizes the consonants החלו as הֶחֱלוּ a Hiphil perfect 3rd person common plural from I חָלָה (“to become sick”). However, this is syntactically awkward. The BHS editors suggest revocalizing it as Hiphil infinitive construct + 3rd person masculine singular suffix from חָלַל (khalal, “to begin”) or Hiphil perfect 3rd person common plural from חָלַל. For a discussion of this textual problem, see D. Barthélemy, ed., Preliminary and Interim Report on the Hebrew Old Testament Text Project, 5:240.

[7:5]  ⁴ tn Heb “he joined hands”; NCV “make agreements.”

[1:11]  ⁵ tn Heb “sons” (twice in this verse, so NASB); KJV, ASV “children”; NIV, NRSV, TEV “people.”

[1:11]  ⁶ tn Heb “head” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV).

[1:11]  ⁷ tn Alternatively, “gain possession of the land” (cf. NRSV) or “rise up from the land” (cf. NIV). This clause may be understood in two ways: (1) Israel will gain ascendancy over the land or conquer the land (e.g., Exod 1:10; cf. NAB “come up from other lands”) or (2) Israel will be “planted” in the land (Hos 2:24-25; cf. NLT “will…plant his people”).

[1:11]  ⁸ tn Or “For” (so NASB); NCV “because”; TEV “Yes.”