Hosea 5:7
Konteks5:7 They have committed treason 1 against the Lord,
because they bore illegitimate children.
Soon 2 the new moon festival will devour them and their fields.
Hosea 8:12
Konteks8:12 I spelled out my law for him in great detail,
but they regard it as something totally unknown 3 to them!
[5:7] 1 tn Heb “dealt treacherously against” (so KJV, NASB); NRSV “dealt faithlessly”; NLT “betrayed the honor of.”
[5:7] 2 tn The particle עַתָּה (’attah) often refers to the imminent or the impending future: “very soon” (BDB 774 s.v. עַתָּה 1.b). In Hosea it normally introduces imminent judgment (Hos 2:12; 4:16; 5:7; 8:8, 13; 10:2).
[8:12] 3 tn Heb “foreign” or “alien”; NASB, NRSV “as a strange thing.”