THE HOLY BIBLE (Darby Translation) Darby's Notes on Hosea

1:1f *: (The title of this book, 'Hosea'), Strictly 'Hoshea,' meaning, 'Deliverance:' see Num. 13:16.
1:4a Jizreel: Meaning, 'God soweth,' or 'will sow,' ch. 2:23.
1:4b blood: Or 'bloodguiltiness:' it is the plural, expressive of bloodshed; so ch. 12:14.
1:6c Lo-ruhamah: Meaning, 'Not having obtained mercy.'
1:6d them: Or 'for I will utterly take them away.'
1:9e Lo-ammi: Meaning, 'Not my people.'
1:9f you: Or 'not be yours.'
2:1g Ammi, Ruhamah: Meaning respectively, 'My people,' and 'Having obtained mercy.'
2:2h wife, husband: Ishshah; Ish, as vers. 7 and 16: see Gen. 2:23.
2:6i wall: Cf. Isa. 5:5.
2:8a Baal: Others, 'made into a Baal.'
2:10b impiety: Or 'villainy,' 'folly:' see Judg. 19:23, &c.; Isa. 9:17.
2:13c jewels: Or 'necklace.'
2:13d saith: See Note a, Isa. 1:24.
2:14e heart: See Isa. 40:2. &c.
2:15f sing: Or 'answer,' 'respond,' as Ex. 32:18; Num. 21:17; 1Sam. 18:7.
2:15g youth: See Jer. 2:2; Ezek. 16:60.
2:16h husband: Ish, as vers. 2 and 7.
2:16i Baali: 'My master,' or 'lord,' used also for 'husband,' Isa. 54:5.
2:19k judgment: Or 'justice.'
2:19l loving-kindness: Chesed, 'piety,' 'goodness:' chs. 4:1; 6:4, 6; 10:12; 12:6; 2Chron. 6:42.
2:22m Jizreel: See ch. 1:4, 11.
3:1n friend: See Jer. 3:20.
3:2o half-homer: * Half-homer is lethec = 15 seahs. A seah is about a peck: see Ex. 16:36; 1Kings 18:32.
3:4a statue: Or 'pillar,' 'column,' as 1Kings 14:23; Isa. 19:19, &c.
4:1b goodness: Or 'loving-kindness,' see Note l, ch. 2:19.
4:6c knowledge: * Lit. 'the knowledge,' see ver. 1.
4:13d, 4:14d daughters-in-law: Or 'brides,' as Jer. 2:32.
4:14e ruin: Or 'shall fall,' as Prov. 10:8, 10.
4:15f Beth-aven: Meaning, 'House of idols,' or 'of iniquity' -- irony for Beth-El, 'House of God:' see Amos 5:5.
4:18g sour: Or 'their orgies are vile.'
4:18a men: Lit. 'shields,' see Ps. 47:9.
5:1b for: Or 'against.'
5:2c apostasy: Or 'with sacrifices do they go far (or deeply) in revolt.'
5:4d to: Or 'they do not frame their doings to.'
5:7e moon: Or 'a month.'
5:7f possessions: Or 'portions.'
5:8g aloud: Or 'sound an alarm,' as Joel 2:1.
5:11h man: Or 'of the king.'
5:13i Jareb: Meaning, 'he will contend;' and so ch. 10:6.
5:14k lion: Or 'fierce lion,' as ch. 13:7; Job 4:10.
5:15l trespass: Or 'guilt,' asham: see Note b, Lev. 5:1.
5:15m early: Or 'earnestly.'
6:4n goodness: Chesed, see ch. 2:19.
6:5a light: Or 'and thy judgments are as a light that goeth forth '
6:6b loving-kindness: Chesed, 'goodness:' see ver. 4.
6:8c blood: Or 'full of bloodmarks.'
7:11d understanding: Lit 'heart,' 1Kings 3:12.
7:13e speak: Or 'I redeemed them, but they have spoken. ...'
8:1a trumpet: Or 'horn,' as ch. 5:8.
8:5b off: Or 'He has cast off thy calf, O Samaria.'
8:5c purity: As 'innocency,' Gen. 20:5; Ps. 26:6.
8:10d under: Or 'they shall be set free a little from.'
8:10e princes: Isa. 10:8.
8:11f sin: Or 'for sin,' or 'for sinning.'
8:14g temples: Or 'palaces.'
9:2h fail: Lit. 'deceive.'
9:4i themselves: Lit. 'their soul' (i.e. appetite).
9:6k Moph: Noph (Memphis).
9:8a God: Or 'Ephraim is on the watch looking to others besides my God.'
9:9b Gibeah: Judg. 19:15.
9:10c first-ripe: As Lev. 2:14: see Note b, Lev. 2:12.
9:13d planted: Or 'as I see him, as far as Tyre, was planted.'
9:13e place: A 'pasturage' or 'habitation.'
9:15f rebellious: Or 'refractory,' as ch. 4:16, 'refractory' and 'untractable.'
10:1g himself: Or 'fruit according to what he is.'
10:1h, 10:2h statues: See Note, ch. 3:4.
10:3i for: Or 'to.'
10:4k covenant: Or 'they pronounce words, they swear falsely, they make a covenant.'
10:5l calf: Or 'the calves,' (fem.): see Note, ch. 14:2.
10:5m priests: See 2Kings 23:5.
10:6n Jareb: See ch. 5:13.
10:7o chips: Others, 'foam.'
10:9a From: Or 'More than in:' see ch. 9:9.
10:10b iniquities: See Jer. 2:13 and 1Kings 12:28.
10:13c iniquity: Elsewhere rendered 'unrighteousness' or 'wrong.'
11:2d called: See ver. 7, i.e. the prophets called.
11:6e bars: Or 'branches.'
11:8f over: Or 'What shall I do with thee?'
11:9g anger: Some translate 'come into the city.'
11:10h, 11:11h hasten: Or 'come trembling.'
11:10i west: Or 'the sea.'
11:12k *: Ch. 12 in the Hebrew commences here.
11:12l truth: According to others, 'And Judah is yet unsteadfast as regards God and the true Holy One.'
12:5a memorial: See Ex. 3:15.
12:6b loving-kindness: Or 'goodness.'
12:7c merchant: Lit. 'Canaan is he;' see Ezek. 17:4.
12:7d oppress: Or 'to defraud.'
12:11e vanity: Or 'Is Gilead iniquity? They are altogether vanity.'
12:12f Syria: Or 'fields,' or 'open country' of Aram:' see Gen. 28:2.
12:13g preserved: Or 'kept,' as ver. 12.
13:2h more: See Note b, Judg. 10:6.
13:2i understanding: Or 'skilfulness.'
13:7k lion: Or 'fierce lion,' as ch. 5:14.
13:14a thy: Or 'I will be ... thy.'
13:14b plagues: Others read, 'sting.'
13:16c *: Ch. 14 in the Hebrew commences here.
13:16d guilt: Or 'become desolate.'
14:2e graciously: Or 'receive what is good.'
14:2f calves: Or 'young bullocks,' as Lev. 4:3; Num. 8:8; ch. 13:2. 'Calf' and 'heifer' in ch. 10:5, 11, is a different and feminine word.

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