Hosea 12

Hosea 12:1

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Hosea 12:4

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Hosea 12:5

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Hosea 12:10

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Hosea 12:11

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Hosea 12:13

1 tn Or “power.”

sn Hand in the OT can refer metaphorically to power, authority, or influence. In Ezekiel God’s hand being on the prophet is regularly associated with communication or a vision from God (3:14, 22; 8:1; 37:1; 40:1).

2 tn Heb “caused me to rest.”

Hosea 12:14

3 tn Heb “and he made me pass over them, around, around.”

4 tn The word הִנֵּה (hinneh, traditionally “behold”) indicates becoming aware of something and is here translated as “I realized” because it results from Ezekiel’s recognition of the situation around him. In Hebrew, the exclamation is repeated in the following sentence.