Hosea 2:10

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 

Ps 50:22; Pr 11:21; Isa 3:17; Jer 13:22,26; Eze 16:36; Eze 23:29; Ho 2:3; Ho 5:13,14; Ho 13:7,8; Mic 5:8; Lu 12:2,3; 1Co 4:5

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.”