Hosea 2:22
ContextNET © | then the ground will respond to the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and they will respond to ‘God Plants’ (Jezreel)! 1 |
NIV © | and the earth will respond to the grain, the new wine and oil, and they will respond to Jezreel. |
NASB © | And the earth will respond to the grain, to the new wine and to the oil, And they will respond to Jezreel. |
NLT © | Then the earth will answer the thirsty cries of the grain, the grapes, and the olive trees for moisture. And the whole grand chorus will sing together, ‘Jezreel’––‘God plants!’ |
MSG © | Earth will answer grain and wine and olive oil, and they'll all answer Jezreel. |
BBE © | And the earth will give its answer to the grain and the wine and the oil, and they will give an answer to Jezreel; |
NRSV © | and the earth shall answer the grain, the wine, and the oil, and they shall answer Jezreel; |
NKJV © | The earth shall answer With grain, With new wine, And with oil; They shall answer Jezreel. |
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LXXM | iezrael {N-PRI} |
NET © [draft] ITL | |
NET © | then the ground will respond to the grain, the new wine, and the olive oil; and they will respond to ‘God Plants’ (Jezreel)! 1 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “Jezreel.” The use of the name יִזְרְעֶאל (yizré’e’l, “Jezreel”) creates a powerful three-fold wordplay: (1) The proper name יִזְרְעֶאל (“Jezreel”) is a phonetic wordplay on the similar sounding name יִשְׂרָאֵל (yisra’el, “Israel”): God will answer Israel, that is, Jezreel. (2) The name יִזְרְעֶאל (“Jezreel”) plays on the verb זָרַע (zara’, “to sow, plant”), the immediately following word: וּזְרַעְתִּיהָ (uzéra’tiha, vav + Qal perfect 1st person common singular + 3rd person feminine singular suffix: “I will sow/plant her”). This wordplay creates a popular etymology for יִזְרְעֶאל meaning, “God sows/plants,” which fits well into the agricultural fertility imagery in 2:21-23 [2:23-25]. (3) This positive connotation of יִזְרְעֶאל (“Jezreel”) in 2:21-23[23-25] reverses the negative connotation of יִזְרְעֶאל (“Jezreel”) in 1:4-5 (bloodshed of Jehu in the Jezreel Valley). |