Hosea 10
1 vine be luxuriant Israel fruit to set to/for him like/as abundance to/for fruit his to multiply to/for altar like/as good to/for land: country/planet his be good pillar
“Israel was [like a large] healthy/luxuriant vine [MET] that produced [a lot of] grapes. But as the people became richer, they made more altars [at which to worship idols]. As the people prospered, they [built and] decorated sacred pillars [that they worshiped].
2 to smooth heart their now be guilty he/she/it to break the neck altar their to ruin pillar their
They are deceitful; [so] now they are guilty and must be punished. [I], Yahweh, will tear down their altars and smash those pillars.
3 for now to say nothing king to/for us for not to fear: revere [obj] LORD and [the] king what? to make: do to/for us
Then they will say, ‘It is because we did not revere Yahweh that we no [longer] have a king. But [even if we had] a king, he certainly could not [RHQ] do anything to help us.’
4 to speak: speak word to swear vanity: false to cut: make(covenant) covenant and to sprout like/as poison justice: judgement upon furrow field
They falsely promise [that they will do many things]; they solemnly promise and make agreements, but they do not do what they promise. So people accuse and sue [each other in the courts]; they are like [SIM] poisonous weeds [that grow] in a plowed field.
5 to/for heifer Beth-aven Beth-aven to dread neighboring Samaria for to mourn upon him people his and pagan priest his upon him to rejoice upon glory his for to reveal: remove from him
The people who live in Samaria [city] are worried about [what may happen to the idol that resembles] a calf [that they set up] at Beth-Aven [town]. The people in Samaria will mourn, and the priests there will cry about it [if it is damaged or destroyed]. [Previously] they shouted joyfully about its being very great; but now it will not be great any more.
6 also [obj] him to/for Assyria to conduct offering: tribute to/for king `great` shame Ephraim to take: bring and be ashamed Israel from counsel his
It will be taken to Assyria to be a gift for the great King [of Assyria]. [So the people of] Israel will be disgraced, and they will be ashamed because [they trusted in] that idol.
7 to cease Samaria king her like/as splinter upon face: surface water
The King of Samaria [and the other people in Samaria] will be gone; they will be like [SIM] a twig [that floats away] on the surface of the water [and disappears].
8 and to destroy high place Aven sin Israel thorn and thistle to ascend: rise upon altar their and to say to/for mountain: mount to cover us and to/for hill to fall: fall upon us
The altars on the tops of hills [where the people worshiped idols] will be destroyed; those have been the places where the people of Israel sinned greatly. Thorns and weeds will grow and cover those altars. Then the people will plead to the mountains and hills, ‘Fall [down and] cover us [to protect us from God punishing us]!’
9 from day [the] Gibeah to sin Israel there to stand: stand not to overtake them in/on/with Gibeah battle upon son: type of iniquity
[You people of] Israel, [ever since your ancestors did evil things] at Gibeah, you have continued to sin. [When the people at] [PRS] Gibeah [did evil things], the result was a war [in which thousands of people died].
10 in/on/with desire my and to discipline them and to gather upon them people in/on/with to bind them to/for two (iniquity: guilt their *Q(K)*)
[So now], when I want to, I will punish the Israeli people. Because of the many sins that they have committed, [the armies of other] nations will gather to attack them, and they will cause the Israeli people to become their slaves.
11 and Ephraim heifer to learn: teach to love: lover to/for to tread and I to pass upon goodness neck her to ride Ephraim to plow/plot Judah to harrow to/for him Jacob
Israel is [like] [MET] a well-trained (heifer/young cow) that likes to thresh [grain]. [So now you will become slaves]. [It will be as though] I will put a yoke on your neck, and you will be forced to work hard for your enemies in their fields. [You people of] Israel and Judah [will be forced to go to Assyria]; there you [DOU] will pull plows to break up the ground [for planting seeds].
12 to sow to/for you to/for righteousness to reap to/for lip kindness to break to/for you fallow ground and time to/for to seek [obj] LORD till to come (in): come and to shoot righteousness to/for you
[You plow your fields and plant your seeds] and harvest [your crops] [MET], [but what you need to do is] to act righteously and to faithfully love [me]; you need to repent [MET], because it is time to try to know [me], Yahweh; and if you do that, I will pour out [MET] many blessings on you.
13 to plow/plot wickedness injustice to reap to eat fruit lie for to trust in/on/with way: conduct your in/on/with abundance mighty man your
You [plant seeds and harvest the crops and eat them]; [but what I consider that you have really done is] that you have planted wicked things and harvested evil things and eaten [MET] the results [IDM] of the lies [that you have told]. [Instead of trusting in me, ] you have (depended on/trusted in) your own power and in your many soldiers.
14 and to arise: rise roar in/on/with people your and all fortification your to ruin like/as violence Shalman Beth-arbel Beth-arbel in/on/with day battle mother upon son: child to dash in pieces
As a result, you will [soon] hear the roar of battle, and all your cities that have walls around them will be destroyed, like [SIM] Shalman’s [army] destroyed Beth-Arbel [city] in a battle, and the women [in that city] and their children were bashed to death.
15 thus to make: do to/for you Bethel Bethel from face: because distress: evil distress: evil your in/on/with dawn to cease to cease king Israel
[You people of] [APO] Bethel [city], that is what will happen to you, because you are very wicked. And when the sun rises [on that day], the King of Israel will be killed [in the battle].”
