Hosea 1:10
Konteks1:10 (2:1) 1 However, 2 in the future the number of the people 3 of Israel will be like the sand of the sea which can be neither measured nor numbered. Although 4 it was said to them, “You are not my people,” it will be said to them, “You are 5 children 6 of the living God!”
Hosea 2:21
Konteks2:21 “At that time, 7 I will willingly respond,” 8 declares the Lord.
“I will respond to the sky,
and the sky 9 will respond to the ground;
Hosea 13:14
Konteks13:14 Will I deliver them from the power of Sheol? No, I will not! 10
Will I redeem them from death? No, I will not!
O Death, bring on your plagues! 11
O Sheol, bring on your destruction! 12
My eyes will not show any compassion! 13
[1:10] 1 sn Beginning with 1:10, the verse numbers through 2:23 in the English Bible differ by two from the verse numbers in the Hebrew text (BHS), with 1:10 ET = 2:1 HT, 1:11 ET = 2:2 HT, 2:1 ET = 2:3 HT, etc., through 2:23 ET = 2:25 HT. Beginning with 3:1 the verse numbers in the English Bible and the Hebrew Bible are again the same.
[1:10] 2 tn The vav prefixed to וְהָיָה (véhaya) functions in an adversative sense: “however” (see R. J. Williams, Hebrew Syntax, 71, §432).
[1:10] 3 tn Heb “sons” (so NASB); KJV, ASV “the children”; NAB, NIV “the Israelites.”
[1:10] 4 tn Heb “in the place” (בִּמְקוֹם, bimqom). BDB 880 s.v. מָקוֹם 7.b suggests that בִּמְקוֹם (preposition בְּ, bet, + noun מָקוֹם, maqom) is an idiom carrying a concessive sense: “instead of” (e.g., Isa 33:21; Hos 2:1). However, HALOT suggests that it functions in a locative sense: “in the same place” (HALOT 626 s.v. מָקוֹם 2b; e.g., 1 Kgs 21:19; Isa 33:21; Hos 2:1).
[1:10] 5 tn The predicate nominative, “You are…,” is supplied in the translation for stylistic reasons.
[1:10] 6 tn Heb “sons” (so KJV, NASB, NIV).
[2:21] 7 tn Heb “And in that day”; NAB, NRSV “On that day.”
[2:21] 8 tn The verb עָנָה, (’anah) which is used throughout 2:23-24, is related to the root I עָנָה (’anah), “to answer, listen attentively, react willingly” (BDB 772 s.v. 1.b; HALOT 852 s.v. ענה 3.b).
[2:21] 9 tn Heb “and they.” In the Hebrew text the plural pronoun is used because it refers back to the term translated “sky,” which is a dual form in Hebrew. Many English versions (e.g., NAB, NASB, NRSV) use the plural term “heavens” here, which agrees with a plural pronoun (cf. also NIV, NCV “skies”).
[13:14] 10 tn The translation of the first two lines of this verse reflects the interpretation adopted. There are three interpretive options to v. 14: (1) In spite of Israel’s sins, the
[13:14] 11 tn Heb “Where, O Death, are your plagues?” (so NIV).
[13:14] 12 tn Heb “Where, O Sheol, is your destruction?” (NRSV similar).
[13:14] sn The two rhetorical questions in 13:14b function as words of encouragement, inviting personified Death and Sheol to draw near like foreign invading armies to attack and kill Israel (cf. TEV, CEV, NLT).
[13:14] 13 tn Heb “Compassion will be hidden from my eyes” (NRSV similar; NASB “from my sight”).