Hosea 1:11

Then the people ¹  of Judah and the people of Israel will be gathered together. They will appoint for themselves one leader, ²  and will flourish in the land. ³  Certainly, ⁴  the day of Jezreel will be great!

Ps 22:27-30; Ps 110:3; Isa 11:12,13; Jer 3:18,19; Jer 23:5-8; Jer 30:3; Jer 31:1-9,; Jer 33:15-26; Jer 50:4,5,19; Eze 16:60-63; Eze 34:23,24; Eze 37:16-25; Ho 2:22,23; Ho 3:5,; Mic 2:12,13; Zec 10:6-9; Ro 11:15; Ro 11:25,26

¹ tn Heb “sons” (twice in this verse, so NASB); KJV, ASV “children”; NIV, NRSV, TEV “people.”

² tn Heb “head” (so KJV, NAB, NRSV).

³ tn Alternatively, “gain possession of the land” (cf. NRSV) or “rise up from the land” (cf. NIV). This clause may be understood in two ways: (1) Israel will gain ascendancy over the land or conquer the land (e.g., Exod 1:10; cf. NAB “come up from other lands”) or (2) Israel will be “planted” in the land (Hos 2:24-25; cf. NLT “will…plant his people”).

⁴ tn Or “For” (so NASB); NCV “because”; TEV “Yes.”