2:17 For 1 I will remove the names of the Baal idols 2 from your lips, 3
so that you will never again utter their names!” 4
5:15 Then I will return again to my lair
until they have suffered their punishment. 5
Then they will seek me; 6
in their distress they will earnestly seek me.
12:9 “I am the Lord your God 7 who brought you 8 out of Egypt;
I will make you live in tents again as in the days of old. 9
1 tn The vav consecutive prefixed to וַהֲסִרֹתִי (vahasiroti) “I will remove” (vav consecutive + Hiphil perfect 1st person common singular) introduces an explanatory clause.
2 tn Heb “the Baals.” The singular term בַּעַל (ba’al) refers to the Canaanite god Baal himself, while the plural form הַבְּעָלִים (habbé’alim) refers to the manifestations of the god (i.e., idols; BDB 127 s.v. בָּעַל II.1).
3 tn Heb “from her mouth.” In the translation this is rendered as second person for consistency.
4 tn Heb “they will no longer be mentioned by their name.”
5 tn The verb יֶאְשְׁמוּ (ye’shÿmu, Qal imperfect 3rd person masculine plural from אָשַׁם, ’asham, “to be guilty”) means “to bear their punishment” (Ps 34:22-23; Prov 30:10; Isa 24:6; Jer 2:3; Hos 5:15; 10:2; 14:1; Zech 11:5; Ezek 6:6; BDB 79 s.v. אָשַׁם 3). Many English versions translate this as “admit their guilt” (NIV, NLT) or “acknowledge their guilt” (NASB, NRSV), but cf. NAB “pay for their guilt” and TEV “have suffered enough for their sins.”
6 tn Heb “seek my face” (so KJV, NASB, NIV, NRSV); NAB “seek my presence.”
7 sn The
8 tn Or “[Ever since you came] out of Egypt”; CEV “just as I have been since the time you were in Egypt.”
9 tn Heb “as in the days of meeting” (כִּימֵי מוֹעֵד, kime mo’ed). This phrase might refer to “time of the festival” (e.g., Hos 2:13; 9:5; cf. NASB, NRSV, NLT) or the