Hosea 1

^{[BACK TO [1]]} 1:1 Hebrew Joash, a variant of Jehoash

^{[BACK TO [2]]} 1:9 Or your I AM

^{[BACK TO [3]]} 1:11 In Hebrew texts 1:10, 11 is numbered 2:1, 2.

Hosea 2

^{[BACK TO [4]]} In Hebrew texts 2:1–23 is numbered 2:3–25.

^{[BACK TO [5]]} 2:15 Achor means trouble.

^{[BACK TO [6]]} 2:15 Or sing

^{[BACK TO [7]]} 2:16 Hebrew baal

^{[BACK TO [8]]} 2:19 Or with

^{[BACK TO [9]]} 2:19 Or with

^{[BACK TO [10]]} 2:20 Or with

^{[BACK TO [11]]} 2:22 Jezreel means God plants.

^{[BACK TO [12]]} 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ruhamah (see 1:6)

^{[BACK TO [13]]} 2:23 Hebrew Lo-Ammi (see 1:9)

Hosea 3

^{[BACK TO [14]]} 3:2 That is, about 6 ounces or about 170 grams

^{[BACK TO [15]]} 3:2 A homer and a lethek possibly weighed about 430 pounds or about 195 kilograms.

Hosea 4

^{[BACK TO [16]]} 4:2 That is, to pronounce a curse on

^{[BACK TO [17]]} 4:7 Syriac (see also an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition); Masoretic Text me; / I will exchange their glory

^{[BACK TO [18]]} 4:15 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).

Hosea 5

^{[BACK TO [19]]} 5:7 Or Now their New Moon feasts / will devour them and

^{[BACK TO [20]]} 5:8 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).

^{[BACK TO [21]]} 5:11 The meaning of the Hebrew for this word is uncertain.

Hosea 6

^{[BACK TO [22]]} 6:5 The meaning of the Hebrew for this line is uncertain.

^{[BACK TO [23]]} 6:7 Or Like Adam; or Like human beings

Hosea 7

^{[BACK TO [24]]} 7:14 Some Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint; most Hebrew manuscripts They gather together

Hosea 9

^{[BACK TO [25]]} 9:8 Or The prophet is the watchman over Ephraim, / the people of my God

Hosea 10

^{[BACK TO [26]]} 10:5 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).

^{[BACK TO [27]]} 10:8 Hebrew aven, a reference to Beth Aven (a derogatory name for Bethel); see verse 5.

^{[BACK TO [28]]} 10:9 Or there a stand was taken

Hosea 11

^{[BACK TO [29]]} 11:2 Septuagint; Hebrew them

^{[BACK TO [30]]} 11:12 In Hebrew texts this verse (11:12) is numbered 12:1.

Hosea 12

^{[BACK TO [31]]} In Hebrew texts 12:1–14 is numbered 12:2–15.

^{[BACK TO [32]]} 12:2 Jacob means he grasps the heel, a Hebrew idiom for he takes advantage of or he deceives.

^{[BACK TO [33]]} 12:12 That is, Northwest Mesopotamia

Hosea 13

^{[BACK TO [34]]} 13:2 Or “Men who sacrifice / kiss

^{[BACK TO [35]]} 13:16 In Hebrew texts this verse (13:16) is numbered 14:1.

Hosea 14

^{[BACK TO [36]]} In Hebrew texts 14:1–9 is numbered 14:2–10.

^{[BACK TO [37]]} 14:2 Or offer our lips as sacrifices of bulls

^{[BACK TO [38]]} 14:8 Or Hebrew; Septuagint What more has Ephraim