Micah 7:13

7:13 The earth will become desolate ¹ 

because of what its inhabitants have done. ² 

Hosea 2:9

2:9 Therefore, I will take back ³  my grain during the harvest time ⁴ 

and my new wine when it ripens; ⁵ 

I will take away my wool and my flax

which I had provided ⁶  in order to clothe her. ⁷ 

Hosea 2:14

Future Repentance and Restoration of Israel

2:14 However, in the future I will allure her; ⁸ 

I will lead ⁹  her back into the wilderness,

and speak tenderly to her.

[7:13]  ¹ tn Or “will be ruined.”

[7:13]  ² tn Heb “on account of its inhabitants, because of the fruit of their deeds.”

[2:9]  ³ tn Heb “I will return and I will take.” The two verbs joined with vav conjunction form a verbal hendiadys in which the first verb functions adverbially and the second retains its full verbal sense (GKC 386-87 §120.d, h): אָשׁוּב וְלָקַחְתִּי (’ashuv vÿlaqakhti) means “I will take back.”

[2:9]  ⁴ tn Heb “in its time” (so NAB, NRSV).

[2:9]  ⁵ tn Heb “in its season” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV).

[2:9]  ⁶ tn The words “which I had provided” are not in the Hebrew text, but are supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons; cf. NIV “intended to cover.”

[2:9]  ⁷ tn Heb “to cover her nakedness” (so KJV and many other English versions); TEV “for clothing.”

[2:14]  ⁸ tn The participle מְפַתֶּיהָ (méfatteha, Piel participle masculine singular + 3rd feminine singular suffix from פָּתָה, patah, “to allure”) following the deictic particle הִנֵּה (hinneh, “Now!”) describes an event that will occur in the immediate or near future.

[2:14]  ⁹ tn Following the future-time referent participle (מְפַתֶּיהָ, méfatteha) there is a string of perfects introduced by vav consecutive that refer to future events.