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Hosea 5:3
New English Translation
Hosea 5:3
New English Translation
3 I know Ephraim all too well;[a]
the evil of[b] Israel is not hidden from me.
For you have engaged in prostitution, O Ephraim;
Israel has defiled itself.[c]
Footnotes
- Hosea 5:3 tn The phrase “all too well” does not appear in the Hebrew text but is supplied in the translation for clarity and stylistic reasons.
- Hosea 5:3 tn The phrase “the evil of” does not appear in the Hebrew text here but is implied by the metonymical (cause-effect) use of the term “Israel.” It is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity. Cf. NCV “what they have done is not hidden from me.”
- Hosea 5:3 tn Or “Israel has become corrupt”; cf. NCV “has made itself unclean,” and TEV “are unfit to worship me.”
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