Hosea 7:14
ContextNETBible | They do not pray to me, 1 but howl in distress on their beds; They slash themselves 2 for grain and new wine, but turn away from me. |
XREF | Ex 32:6; Jud 9:27; Job 35:9,10; Ps 78:34-37; Isa 29:13; Isa 52:5; Isa 65:14; Jer 3:10; Ho 3:1; Am 2:8; Am 8:3; Mic 2:11; Zec 7:5; Ro 16:18; Php 3:19; Jas 4:3; Jas 5:1 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn Heb “they do not cry out to me in their heart”; NLT “with sincere hearts.” 2 tc The MT reads יִתְגּוֹרָרוּ (yitgoraru) which is either (1) Hitpolel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural (“they assemble themselves”; so KJV, NASB) from I גּוּר (gur, “to sojourn”; BDB 157 s.v. I גּוּר) or (2) Hitpolel imperfect 3rd person masculine plural (“they excite themselves”) from II גּוּר (gur, “to stir up”; BDB 158 s.v. II גּוּר). However, the Hebrew lexicographers suggest that both of these options are unlikely. Several other Hebrew |