Hosea 5:15

5:15 Then I will return again to my lair

until they have suffered their punishment. ¹ 

Then they will seek me; ² 

in their distress they will earnestly seek me.

Hosea 10:2

10:2 Their heart is slipping;

soon they will be punished for their guilt.

The Lord ³  will break their altars;

he will completely destroy their fertility pillars.

[5:15]  ¹ tn The verb יֶאְשְׁמוּ (ye’shÿmu, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural from אָשַׁם, ’asham, “to be guilty”) means “to bear their punishment” (Ps 34:22-23; Prov 30:10; Isa 24:6; Jer 2:3; Hos 5:15; 10:2; 14:1; Zech 11:5; Ezek 6:6; BDB 79 s.v. אָשַׁם 3). Many English versions translate this as “admit their guilt” (NIV, NLT) or “acknowledge their guilt” (NASB, NRSV), but cf. NAB “pay for their guilt” and TEV “have suffered enough for their sins.”

[5:15]  ² tn Heb “seek my face” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “seek my presence.”

[10:2]  ³ tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.