Discovery BoxHosea 2:3 
Context2:3 Otherwise, I will strip her naked,
and expose her like she was when she was born.
I will turn her land into a wilderness
and make her country a parched land,
so that I might kill 1 her with thirst.
Hosea 2:10
Context2:10 Soon 2 I will expose her lewd nakedness 3 in front of her lovers,
and no one will be able to rescue her from me! 4
1 tn Heb “and kill her with thirst.” The vav prefixed to the verb (וַהֲמִתִּיהָ, vahamittiha) introduces a purpose/result clause: “in order to make her die of thirst” (purpose) or “and thus make her die of thirst” (result).
2 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).
3 tn Heb “her lewdness” (so KJV, NIV); NAB, NRSV “her shame.”
4 tn Heb “out of my hand” (so NAB, NASB, NRSV); TEV “save her from my power.”
