Hosea 5:7

5:7 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

8:12 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.”