Discovery BoxHosea 2:10 
Context2:10 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
ContextFailure 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).
