Discovery BoxHosea 4:13 
Context4:13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops,
and burn offerings on the hills;
they sacrifice 1 under oak, poplar, and terebinth,
because their shade is so pleasant.
As a result, your daughters have become cult prostitutes,
and your daughters-in-law commit adultery!
Hosea 14:8
Context14:8 O Ephraim, I do not want to have anything to do 2 with idols anymore!
I will answer him and care for him.
I am like 3 a luxuriant cypress tree; 4
your fruitfulness comes from me! 5
1 tn The phrase “they sacrifice” is not repeated in the Hebrew text here but is implied by parallelism; it is provided in the translation for the sake of clarity.
2 tn The Hebrew expression מַה־לִּי עוֹד (mah-li ’od) is a formula of repudiation/emphatic denial that God has anything in common with idols: “I want to have nothing to do with […] any more!” Cf., e.g., Judg 11:12; 2 Sam 16:10; 19:23; 1 Kgs 17:18; 2 Kgs 3:13; 2 Chr 35:21; Jer 2:18; Ps 50:16; BDB 553 s.v. מָה 1.d.(c).
3 tn The term “like” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity, as in the majority of English versions (including KJV).
4 tn Cf. KJV “a green fir tree”; NIV, NCV “a green pine tree”; NRSV “an evergreen cypress.”
5 tn Heb “your fruit is found in me”; NRSV “your faithfulness comes from me.”
