Discovery BoxHosea 1:3 
Context1:3 So Hosea married 1 Gomer, the daughter of Diblaim. Then she conceived and gave birth to a son for him.
Hosea 9:17
Context9:17 My God will reject them,
for they have not obeyed him;
so they will be fugitives among the nations.
Hosea 13:7
Context13:7 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.”
