Hosea 4:6
Konteks4:6 You have destroyed 1 my people
by failing to acknowledge me!
Because you refuse to acknowledge me, 2
I will reject you as my priests.
Because you reject 3 the law of your God,
I will reject 4 your descendants.
Hosea 10:11
Konteks10:11 Ephraim was a well-trained heifer who loved to thresh grain;
I myself put a fine yoke 5 on her neck.
I will harness Ephraim.
Let Judah plow! 6
Let Jacob break up 7 the unplowed ground for himself!
[4:6] 1 tn Heb “they have destroyed” or “my people are destroyed” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV).
[4:6] 2 tn Heb “Because you reject knowledge”; NLT “because they don’t know me.”
[4:6] 3 tn Heb “have forgotten”; NAB, NIV “have ignored.”
[4:6] 4 tn Heb “forget” (so KJV, NRSV); NLT “forget to bless.”
[10:11] 5 tc The MT is unintelligible: עַל־טוּב (’al-tuv, “upon a fine [thing]”?). Cf. KJV “I passed over upon her fair neck”; NRSV “I spared her fair neck.” The BHS editors suggest the revocalization עֹל־טוּב (’ol-tuv, “a fine yoke”), followed by many modern English versions (e.g., NAB, NASB, NIV, NCV, TEV, NLT). The noun עֹל (’ol, “yoke”) also appears in 11:4 in a metaphor which compares Israel to a young heifer as well.
[10:11] 6 tn Or “Judah will plow” (so NASB); NIV, NRSV, CEV “Judah must plow.”