Hosea 4:1
ContextNETBible | Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites! 1 For the Lord has a covenant lawsuit 2 against the people of Israel. 3 For there is neither faithfulness nor loyalty in the land, nor do they acknowledge God. 4 |
XREF | 1Ki 22:19; Isa 1:10; Isa 1:18; Isa 3:13,14; Isa 5:3; Isa 28:14; Isa 34:1; Isa 34:8; Isa 59:13-15; Isa 66:5; Jer 2:4; Jer 4:22,28; Jer 5:4; Jer 6:13; Jer 7:2; Jer 7:3-6; Jer 9:20; Jer 19:3; Jer 25:31; Jer 34:4; Ho 12:2; Am 7:16; Mic 6:2; Mic 7:2-5; Joh 8:55; Ro 1:28; 1Co 15:34; Re 2:11,29 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “sons of Israel” (so NASB); KJV “children of Israel”; NAB, NRSV “people of Israel.” 2 tn The noun רִיב (riv, “dispute, lawsuit”) is used in two contexts: (1) nonlegal contexts: (a) “dispute” between individuals (e.g., Gen 13:7; Isa 58:1; Jer 15:10) or (b) “brawl; quarrel” between people (e.g., Exod 17:7; Deut 25:1); and (2) legal contexts: (a) “lawsuit; legal process” (e.g., Exod 23:3-6; Deut 19:17; 21:5; Ezek 44:24; Ps 35:23), (b) “lawsuit; legal case” (e.g., Deut 1:12; 17:8; Prov 18:17; 25:9), and (c) God’s “lawsuit” on behalf of a person or against his own people (Hos 4:1; 12:3; Mic 6:2; HALOT 1225-26 s.v. רִיב). The term in Hosea refers to a covenant lawsuit in which Yahweh the suzerain lodges a legal case against his disobedient vassal, accusing Israel and Judah of breach of covenant which will elicit the covenant curses. 3 tn Heb “with the inhabitants of the land” (so KJV); NAB, NASB, NRSV “against the inhabitants of the land.” 4 tn Heb “there is no truthfulness nor loyalty nor knowledge of God in the land.” Here “knowledge of God” refers to recognition of his authority and obedience to his will. |