Hosea 4:1-19 NLT Text Notes

*Hos 4:4 Hebrew Your people are like those with a complaint against the priests.

*Hos 4:7 As in Syriac version and an ancient Hebrew tradition; Masoretic Text reads I will turn their glory into shame.

*Hos 4:15 Beth-aven means “house of wickedness”; it is being used as another name for Bethel, which means “house of God.”

*Hos 4:17 Hebrew Ephraim, referring to the northern kingdom of Israel.

*Hos 4:18 As in Greek version; the meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.