Hosea 9:1-3
Konteks9:1 O Israel, do not rejoice jubilantly 1 like the nations,
for you are unfaithful 2 to your God.
You love to receive a prostitute's wages 3
on all the floors where you thresh your grain.
9:2 Threshing floors and wine vats will not feed the people, 4
and new wine only deceives them. 5
9:3 They will not remain in the Lord’s land.
Ephraim will return to Egypt;
they will eat ritually unclean food in Assyria.
[9:1] 1 tn Heb “do not rejoice unto jubilation”; KJV “Rejoice not…for joy”; NASB “Do not rejoice…with exultation.”
[9:1] 2 tn Heb “you have committed adultery”; NRSV “you have played the whore.”
[9:1] 3 tn Heb “you love the wages of the prostitute” (NIV similar); NAB “loving a harlot’s hire.”
[9:2] 4 tn Heb “them”; the referent (the people) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
[9:2] 5 tn Heb “her” (so KJV, ASV). This is taken as a collective singular (so also most modern English versions).
