Hosea 2:10

2:10 Soon 1  I will expose her lewd nakedness 2  in front of her lovers,

and no one will be able to rescue her from me! 3 

Hosea 10:9

Failure to Learn from the Sin and Judgment of Gibeah

10:9 O Israel, you have sinned since the time 4  of Gibeah,

and there you have remained.

Did not war overtake the evildoers in Gibeah?

1 tn The particle עַתָּה (’attah) often refers to the imminent or the impending future: “very soon” (BDB 774 s.v. עַתָּה 1.b). In Hosea it normally introduces imminent judgment (Hos 2:12; 4:16; 5:7; 8:8, 13; 10:2).

2 tn Heb “her lewdness” (so KJV, NIV); NAB, NRSV “her shame.”

3 tn Heb “out of my hand” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV); TEV “save her from my power.”

4 tn Heb “days” (so KJV, NAB, NIV, NRSV).