Hosea 2:5
New English Translation
5 For their mother has committed adultery;
she who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For she said, “I will seek out[a] my lovers;[b]
they are the ones who give me my bread and my water,
my wool, my flax, my olive oil, and my wine.[c]
Footnotes
- Hosea 2:5 tn Heb “I will go after” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV).
- Hosea 2:5 sn This statement alludes to the practice of sexual rites in the Canaanite fertility cult that attempted to secure agricultural fertility from the Canaanite gods (note the following reference to wool, flax, olive oil, and wine).
- Hosea 2:5 tn Heb “my drinks.” Many English versions use the singular “drink” here (but cf. NCV, TEV, CEV “wine”).
Hosea 2:5
New King James Version
5 For their mother has played the harlot;
She who conceived them has behaved shamefully.
For she said, ‘I will go after my lovers,
(A)Who give me my bread and my water,
My wool and my linen,
My oil and my drink.’
Hosea 2:5
English Standard Version
5 For (A)their mother has played the whore;
she who conceived them has acted shamefully.
For (B)she said, ‘I will go after my lovers,
who (C)give me my bread and my water,
my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.’
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