Hosea 5:10

The Oppressors of the Helpless Will Be Oppressed

5:10 The princes of Judah are like those who move boundary markers.

I will pour out my rage on them like a torrential flood! ¹ 

Hosea 12:14

12:14 But Ephraim bitterly ²  provoked him to anger;

so he will hold him accountable for the blood he has shed, ³ 

his Lord ⁴  will repay him for the contempt he has shown. ⁵ 

[5:10]  ¹ tn Heb “like water” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV); NLT “like a waterfall.” The term מַיִם (mayim, “water”) often refers to literal flood waters (Gen 7:7, 10; 8:3, 7-9; Isa 54:9) and figuratively describes the Lord’s judgment that totally destroys the wicked (BDB 566 s.v. מַי 4.k).

[12:14]  ² tn The noun תַּמְרוּרִים (tamrurim, “bitter things”) functions as an adverbial accusative of manner, modifying the finite verb: “He bitterly provoked Him to anger” (GKC 375 §118.q). The plural form of the noun functions as a plural of intensity: “very bitterly.” For the adverbial function of the accusative, see IBHS 172-73 §10.2.2e.

[12:14]  ³ tn Heb “He will leave his blood upon him”; NIV “will leave upon him the guilt of his bloodshed.”

[12:14]  ⁴ tn The Hebrew term translated “Lord” here is אֲדֹנָי (’adonay).

[12:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “for his contempt” (so NIV); NRSV “for his insults”; NAB “for his outrage.”