Discovery BoxHosea 8:12 
Context8:12 I spelled out my law for him in great detail,
but they regard it as something totally unknown 1 to them!
Hosea 11:1
Context11:1 When Israel was a young man, I loved him like a son, 2
and I summoned my son 3 out of Egypt.
Hosea 12:13
Context12:13 The Lord brought Israel out of Egypt by a prophet,
1 tn Heb “foreign” or “alien”; NASB, NRSV “as a strange thing.”
2 tn The words “like a son” are not in the Hebrew text, but are necessary to clarify what sort of love is intended (cf. also NLT).
3 tc The MT reads בְנִי (vÿni, “My son”); however, the LXX reflects בָנָיו (vanav, “his sons”). The MT should be retained as original here because of internal evidence; it is much more appropriate to the context.
4 tn Heb “by a prophet” (so NAB, NASB, NIV, NRSV).
5 tn Heb “he”; the referent (Israel) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
6 tn Heb “was protected”; NASB “was kept.” The verb שָׁמַר (shamar, “to watch, guard, keep, protect”) is repeated in 12:13-14 HT (12:12-13 ET). This repetition creates parallels between Jacob’s sojourn in Aram and Israel’s sojourn in the wilderness. Jacob “tended = kept” (שָׁמַר) sheep in Aram, and Israel was “preserved = kept” (נִשְׁמָר, nishmar) by Moses in the wilderness.
