Ratapan 5:15

5:15 Our hearts no longer have any joy; ¹ 

our dancing is turned to mourning.

Hosea 2:10

2:10 Soon ²  I will expose her lewd nakedness ³  in front of her lovers,

and no one will be able to rescue her from me! ⁴ 

[5:15]  ¹ tn Heb “the joy of our heart has ceased.”

[2:10]  ² tn The particle עַתָּה (’attah) often refers to the imminent or the impending future: “very soon” (BDB 774 s.v. עַתָּה 1.b). In Hosea it normally introduces imminent judgment (Hos 2:12; 4:16; 5:7; 8:8, 13; 10:2).

[2:10]  ³ tn Heb “her lewdness” (so KJV, NIV); NAB, NRSV “her shame.”

[2:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “out of my hand” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV); TEV “save her from my power.”