Hosea 3:3

3:3 Then I told her, “You must live with me many days; you must not commit adultery or have sexual intercourse with ¹  another man, and I also will wait for you.”

Hosea 4:3

4:3 Therefore the land will mourn,

and all its inhabitants will perish. ² 

The wild animals, ³  the birds of the sky,

and even the fish in the sea will perish.

Hosea 4:10

4:10 They will eat, but not be satisfied;

they will engage in prostitution, but not increase in numbers;

because they have abandoned the Lord

by pursuing other gods. ⁴ 

Hosea 7:6

7:6 They approach him, all the while plotting against him.

Their hearts are like an oven;

their anger smolders all night long,

but in the morning it bursts into a flaming fire.

[3:3]  ¹ tn Heb “and you will not be for”; NIV “be intimate with.”

[4:3]  ² tn Or “languish” (so KJV, NRSV); NIV “waste away.”

[4:3]  ³ tn Heb “the beasts of the field” (so NAB, NIV).

[4:10]  ⁴ tn Heb “by guarding harlotry.” The present translation assumes that the first word of v. 11 in the Hebrew text is to be taken with the infinitive at the end of v. 10 (so also NAB, NIV, NCV, NRSV).