Hosea 1:3

1:3 So Hosea married 1  Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. Then she conceived and gave birth to a son for him.

Hosea 9:17

9:17 My God will reject them,

for they have not obeyed him;

so they will be fugitives among the nations.

Hosea 13:7

13:7 So 2  I will pounce on them like a lion; 3 

like a leopard I will lurk by the path.

1 tn Heb “so he went and took” (וַיֵּלֶךְ וַיִּקַּח, vayyelekh vayyiqqakh; so NAB, NRSV).

2 tn The vav consecutive + preterite form וָאֱהִי (va’ehi) introduces a consequential or result clause; cf. NAB “Therefore”; NCV “That is why.”

3 tn Heb “So I will be like a lion to them” (so NASB); NIV “I will come upon them like a lion.”