Discovery BoxHosea 4:3 
Context4:3 Therefore the land will mourn,
and all its inhabitants will perish. 1
The wild animals, 2 the birds of the sky,
and even the fish in the sea will perish.
Hosea 5:3
Context5:3 I know Ephraim all too well; 3
the evil of 4 Israel is not hidden from me.
For you have engaged in prostitution, O Ephraim;
Israel has defiled itself. 5
Hosea 7:2
Contextthat I remember all of their wicked deeds.
Their evil deeds have now surrounded them;
their sinful deeds are always before me. 7
Hosea 7:10
Context7:10 The arrogance of Israel testifies against him,
yet they refuse to return to the Lord their God!
In spite of all this they refuse to seek him!
1 tn Or “languish” (so KJV, NRSV); NIV “waste away.”
2 tn Heb “the beasts of the field” (so NAB, NIV).
3 tn The phrase “all too well” does not appear in the Hebrew text, but is supplied in the translation for clarity and stylistic reasons.
4 tn The phrase “the evil of” does not appear in the Hebrew text here, but is implied by the metonymical (cause-effect) use of the term “Israel.” It is supplied in the translation for the sake of clarity. Cf. NCV “what they have done is not hidden from me.”
5 tn Or “Israel has become corrupt”; NCV “has made itself unclean”; TEV “are unfit to worship me.”
6 tn Heb “and they do not say in their heart”; TEV “It never enters their heads.”
7 tn Heb “they [the sinful deeds] are before my face” (so KJV, NASB, NRSV); NCV “they are right in front of me.”
