Hosea 2
Thomson 1808
Brenton 1851
Greek · Brenton
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ThomsonSAY ye to your brother, My people, and to your sister, Compassionated;
BrentonYet the number of the children of Israel was as the sand of the sea, which shall not be measured nor numbered; and it shall come to pass, that in the place where it was said to them, Ye are not my people, even they shall be called the sons of the living God.
GreekΚαὶ ἦν ὁ ἀριθμὸς τῶν υἱῶν Ἰσραὴλ, ὡς ἡ ἄμμος τῆς θαλάσσης, ἣ οὐκ ἐκμετρηθήσεται, οὐδὲ ἐξαριθμηθήσεται· καὶ ἔσται, ἐν τῷ τόπῳ, οὗ ἐῤῥέθη αὐτοῖς, οὐ λαός μου ὑμεῖς, κληθήσονται καὶ αὐτοὶ υἱοὶ Θεοῦ ζῶντος.
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Thomsonemplead your mother, plead, because with regard to her, is she not My wife? And as for Me, am not I her husband? Therefore I will remove her fornication from before Me and her adultery from between her breasts.
BrentonAnd the children of Juda shall be gathered, and the children of Israel together, and shall appoint themselves one head, and shall come up out of the land: for great shall be the day of Jezrael.
GreekΚαὶ συναχθήσονται υἱοὶ Ἰούδα, καὶ οἱ υἱοὶ Ἰσραὴλ ἐπιτοαυτὸ, καὶ θήσονται ἑαυτοῖς ἀρχὴν μίαν, καὶ ἀναβήσονται ἐκ τῆς γῆς, ὅτι μεγάλη ἡ ἡμέρα τοῦ Ἰεζραέλ.
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ThomsonThat I may do this I will strip her naked, and reduce her to the state she was in at her birth. I will indeed make her desolate, and order her to a land without water and kill her with thirst,
BrentonSay to your brother, My people, and to your sister, Pitied.
GreekΕἴπατε τῷ ἀδελφῷ ὑμῶν, λαός μου, καὶ τῇ ἀδελφῇ ὑμῶν, ἠλεημένη.
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Thomsonand on her children I will not have compassion. Because they are children of fornication—
BrentonPlead with your mother, plead: for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband: and I will remove her fornication out of my presence, and her adultery from between her breasts:
GreekΚρίθητε πρὸς τὴν μητέρα ὑμῶν, κρίθητε, ὅτι αὕτη οὐ γυνή μου, καὶ ἐγὼ οὐκ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς· καὶ ἐξαρῶ τὴν πορνείαν αὐτῆς ἐκ προσώπου μου, καὶ τὴν μοιχείαν αὐτῆς ἐκ μέσου μαστῶν αὐτῆς,
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Thomsonbecause their mother hath committed whoredom—she who brought them forth hath acted shamefully—because she said, I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, and my apparel and my fine linens, mine oil and all things convenient for me.
Brentonthat I may strip her naked, and make her again as she was at the day of her birth: and I will make her desolate, and make her as a dry land, and will kill her with thirst.
Greekὅπως ἂν ἐκδύσω αὐτὴν γυμνὴν, καὶ ἀποκαταστήσω αὐτὴν καθὼς ἡμέρα γενέσεως αὐτῆς· καὶ θήσω αὐτὴν ἔρημον, καὶ τάξω αὐτὴν ὡς γῆν ἄνυδρον, καὶ ἀποκτενῶ αὐτὴν ἐν δίψει.
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ThomsonFor this, behold, I will hedge up her way with thorns, and block up her ways that she may not find her path.
BrentonAnd I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are children of fornication.
GreekΚαὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς οὐ μὴ ἐλεήσω, ὅτι τέκνα πορνείας ἐστίν.
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ThomsonThough she follow her lovers she shall not overtake them; though she seek them, she shall not find them. Then she will say, I will go and return to my former husband, for it was then better with me than now.
BrentonAnd their mother went a-whoring: she that bore them disgraced them: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, and my garments, and my linen clothes, my oil and all my necessaries.
GreekὍτι ἐξεπόρνευσεν ἡ μήτηρ αὐτῶν, κατῄσχυνεν ἡ τεκοῦσα αὐτά· ὅτι εἶπε, πορεύσομαι ὀπίσω τῶν ἐραστῶν μου, τῶν διδόντων μοι τοὺς ἄρτους μου, καὶ τὸ ὕδωρ μου, καὶ τὰ ἱμάτιά μου, καὶ τὰ ὀθόνιά μου, τὸ ἔλαιόν μου, καὶ πάντα ὅσα μοι καθήκει.
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ThomsonShe indeed did not acknowledge that I gave her the corn and wine and oil, and multiplied silver for her; but she made ornaments of gold and silver for Baal.
BrentonTherefore, behold, I hedge up her way with thorns, and will stop the ways, and she shall not find her path.
GreekΔιὰ τοῦτο ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ φράσσω τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτῆς ἐν σκόλοψι, καὶ ἀνοικοδομήσω τὰς ὁδοὺς, καὶ τὴν τρίβον αὐτῆς οὐ μὴ εὕρῃ·
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ThomsonTherefore I will turn and take away My corn in its season, and My wine in its appointed time; and I will take away My garments and My fine linens, that she may not cover her nakedness.
BrentonAnd she shall follow after her lovers, and shall not overtake them; and she shall seek them, but shall not find them: and she shall say, I will go, and return to my former husband; for it was better with me than now.
GreekΚαὶ καταδιώξεται τοὺς ἐραστὰς αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐ μὴ καταλάβῃ αὐτούς· καὶ ζητήσει αὐτοὺς, καὶ οὐ μὴ εὕρῃ αὐτούς· καὶ ἐρεῖ, πορεύσομαι, καὶ ἐπιστρέψω πρὸς τὸν ἄνδρα μου τὸν πρότερον, ὅτι καλῶς μοι ἦν τότε, ἢ νῦν.
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ThomsonAnd I will now disclose her impurity before her lovers; and none shall deliver her out of My hand.
BrentonAnd she knew not that I gave her her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied silver to her: but she made silver and gold images for Baal.
GreekΚαὶ αὕτη οὐκ ἔγνω ὅτι ἐγὼ ἔδωκα αὐτῇ τὸν σῖτον, καὶ τὸν οἶνον, καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον, καὶ ἀργύριον ἐπλήθυνα αὐτῇ· αὕτη δὲ ἀργυρᾶ καὶ χρυσᾶ ἐποίησεν τῇ Βάαλ.
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ThomsonI will indeed turn away all her pleasures, her festivals, and her new moons and her sabbaths and all her solemn assemblies.
BrentonTherefore I will return, and take away my corn in its season, and my wine in its time; and I will take away my raiment and my linen clothes, so that she shall not cover her nakedness.
GreekΔιὰ τοῦτο ἐπιστρέψω, καὶ κομιοῦμαι τὸν σῖτόν μου καθʼ ὥραν αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸν οἶνόν μου ἐν καιρῷ αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἀφελοῦμαι τὰ ἱμάτιά μου, καὶ τὰ ὀθόνιά μου, τοῦ μὴ καλύπτειν τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην αὐτῆς·
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ThomsonAnd I will lay waste her vineyards and her fig orchards—all those things respecting which she said, These are my rewards which my lovers gave me. And I will make them for a memorial; and the wild beasts of the field and the birds of the air, and the reptiles of the earth shall devour them.
BrentonAnd now I will expose her uncleanness before her lovers, and no one shall by any means deliver her out of my hand.
GreekΚαὶ νῦν ἀποκαλύψω τὴν ἀκαθαρσίαν αὐτῆς ἐνώπιον τῶν ἐραστῶν αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐθεὶς οὐ μὴ ἐξέληται αὐτὴν ἐκ χειρός μου.
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ThomsonAnd I will punish her for the days of the Baalims in which she sacrificed to them. When she had put on her earrings and her jewels, she went after her lovers and forgot Me, saith the Lord;
BrentonAnd I will take away all her gladness, her feasts, and her festivals at the new moon, and her sabbaths, and all her solemn assemblies.
GreekΚαὶ ἀποστρέψω πάσας τὰς εὐφροσύνας αὐτῆς, ἑορτὰς αὐτῆς, καὶ τὰς νουμηνίας αὐτῆς, καὶ τὰ σάββατα αὐτῆς, καὶ πάσας τὰς πανηγύρεις αὐτῆς.
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Thomsontherefore behold I will cause her to wander, and order her to a wilderness and speak to her heart.
BrentonAnd I will utterly destroy her vines, and her fig-trees, all things of which she said, These are my hire which my lovers have given me: and I will make them a testimony, and the wild beasts of the field, and the birds of the sky, and the reptiles of the earth shall devour them.
GreekΚαὶ ἀφανιῶ ἄμπελον αὐτῆς, καὶ τὰς συκᾶς αὐτῆς, ὅσα εἶπε, μισθώματά μου ταῦτά ἐστιν ἃ ἔδωκάν μοι οἱ ἐρασταί μου· καὶ θήσομαι αὐτὰ εἰς μαρτύριον, καὶ καταφάγεται αὐτὰ τὰ θηρία τοῦ ἀγροῦ, καὶ τὰ πετεινὰ τοῦ οὐρανου, καὶ τὰ ἑρπετὰ τῆς γῆς.
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ThomsonAnd thence I will give her for her possessions, even the valley of Achor to open her understanding: and she shall be humbled there as in the days of her youth, even as in the days of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.
BrentonAnd I will recompense on her the days of Baalim, wherein she sacrificed to them, and put on her ear-rings, and her necklaces, and went after her lovers, and forgot me, saith the Lord.
GreekΚαὶ ἐκδικήσω ἐπʼ αὐτὴν τὰς ἡμέρας τῶν Βααλεὶμ, ἐν αἷς ἐπέθυεν αὐτοῖς· καὶ περιετίθετο τὰ ἐνώτια αὐτῆς, καὶ τὰ καθόρμια αὐτῆς, καὶ ἐπορεύετο ὀπίσω τῶν ἐραστῶν αὐτῆς, ἐμοῦ δὲ ἐπελάθετο, λέγει Κύριος.
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ThomsonAnd it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that she will call Me, My husband;
BrentonTherefore, behold, I will cause her to err, and will make her as desolate, and will speak comfortably to her.
GreekΔιὰ τοῦτο ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ πλανῶ αὐτὴν, καὶ τάξω αὐτὴν ὡς ἔρημον, καὶ λαλήσω ἐπὶ τὴν καρδίαν αὐτῆς,
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Thomsonand no more call Me, Baalim. I will indeed take away the names of the Baalims out of her mouth, and their names shall no more be mentioned.
BrentonAnd I will give her her possessions from thence, and the valley of Achor to open her understanding: and she shall be afflicted there according to the days of her infancy, and according to the days of her coming up out of the land of Egypt.
Greekκαὶ δώσω αὐτῇ τὰ κτήματα αὐτῆς ἐκεῖθεν, καὶ τὴν κοιλάδα Ἀχὼρ διανοῖξαι σύνεσιν αὐτῆς· καὶ ταπεινωθήσεται ἐκεῖ κατὰ τὰς ἡμέρας νηπιότητος αὐτῆς, καὶ κατὰ τὰς ἡμέρας ἀναβάσεως αὐτῆς ἐκ γῆς Αἰγύπτου.
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ThomsonAnd in that day I will make a covenant for them, with the wild beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the reptiles of the earth; and bow and sword and battle I will crush out of the land; and I will settle thee securely and
BrentonAnd it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that she shall call me, My husband, and shall no longer call me Baalim.
GreekΚαὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκεῖνῃ, λέγει Κύριος, καλέσει με ὁ ἀνήρ μου, καὶ οὐ καλέσει με ἔτι Βααλείμ.
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Thomsonbetroth thee to Myself forever. I will indeed betroth thee to Myself by righteousness and by judgment and by compassion and by tender mercies;
BrentonAnd I will take away the names of Baalim out of her mouth, and their names shall be remembered no more at all.
GreekΚαὶ ἐξαρῶ τὰ ὀνόματα τῶν Βααλεὶμ ἐκ στόματος αὐτῆς, καὶ οὐ μὴ μνησθῶσιν οὐκέτι τὰ ὀνόματα αὐτῶν.
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Thomsonand I will betroth thee to Myself by fidelity, and thou shalt acknowledge the Lord.
BrentonAnd I will make for them in that day a covenant with the wild beasts of the field, and with the birds of the sky, and with the reptiles of the earth: and I will break the bow and the sword and the battle from off the earth, and will cause thee to dwell safely.
GreekΚαὶ διαθήσομαι αὐτοῖς διαθήκην ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ μετὰ τῶν θηρίων τοῦ ἀγροῦ, καὶ μετὰ τῶν πετεινῶν τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ τῶν ἑρπετῶν τῆς γῆς· καὶ τόξον, καὶ ῥομφαίαν, καὶ πόλεμον συντρίψω ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, καὶ κατοικιῶ σε ἐπʼ ἐλπίδι.
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ThomsonAnd it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, that I will hearken to the heaven, and it shall hearken to the earth,
BrentonAnd I will betroth thee to myself for ever; yea, I will betroth thee to myself in righteousness, and in judgment, and in mercy, and in tender compassions;
GreekΚαὶ μνηστεύσομαί σε ἐμαυτῷ εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα· καὶ μνηστεύσομαί σε ἐμαυτῷ ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ καὶ ἐν κρίματι, καὶ ἐν ἐλέει, καὶ ἐν οἰκτιρμοῖς,
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Thomsonand the earth shall hear the corn and the wine and the oil, and they shall hearken to Jezrael;
Brentonand I will betroth thee to myself in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the Lord.
Greekκαὶ μνηστεύσομαί σε ἐμαυτῷ ἐν πίστει, καὶ ἐπιγνώσῃ τὸν Κύριον.
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Thomsonand I will plant her for Myself in the land, and love her who was not beloved; and to them who were not My people I will say, Thou art My people: and they will say, Thou the Lord art my God.
BrentonAnd it shall come to pass in that day, saith the Lord, I will hearken to the heaven, and it shall hearken to the earth;
GreekΚαὶ ἔσται ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ, λέγει Κύριος, ἐπακούσομαι τῷ οὐρανῷ, καὶ αὐτὸς ἐπακούσεται τῇ γῇ,
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Thomson—
Brentonand the earth shall hearken to the corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they shall hearken to Jezrael.
Greekκαὶ ἡ γῆ ἐπακούσεται τὸν σῖτον, καὶ τὸν οἶνον, καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον, καὶ αὐτὰ ἐπακούσεται τῷ Ἰεζραέλ.
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Thomson—
BrentonAnd I will sow her to me on the earth; and will love her that was not loved, and will say to that which was not my people, Thou art my people; and they shall say, Thou art the Lord my God.
GreekΚαὶ σπερῶ αὐτὴν ἐμαυτῷ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἀγαπήσω τὴν οὐκ ἠγαπημένην, καὶ ἐρῶ τῷ οὐ λαῷ μου, λαός μου εἶ σύ· καὶ αὐτος ἐρεὶ, Κύριος ὁ Θεός μου εἶ σύ.