HOS 8:1 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

BrLXX Εἰς κόλπον αὐτῶν, ὡς γῆ, ὡς ἀετὸς ἐπʼ οἶκον Κυρίου, ἀνθʼ ὧν παρέβησαν τὴν διαθήκην μου, καὶ κατὰ τοῦ νόμου μου ἠσέβησαν.
(Eis kolpon autōn, hōs gaʸ, hōs aetos epʼ oikon Kuriou, anthʼ hōn parebaʸsan taʸn diathaʸkaʸn mou, kai kata tou nomou mou aʸsebaʸsan. )

BrTr He shall come into their midst as the land, as an eagle against the house of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and have sinned against my law.

ULT “Put the trumpet to your lips!
⇔ One like a vulture is over the house of Yahweh
⇔ because they have transgressed my covenant
⇔ and rebelled against my law.

UST Yahweh says, “Get a trumpet and blow it.
⇔ There are enemies swooping down over my people,
⇔ as an eagle swoops down over a victim.
⇔ This is because my people have left my covenant with them
⇔ and have violated the law I gave them.

OEB Put the horn to your mouth!
⇔ An eagle swoops down upon the house of the Lord[fn]
⇔ because they have transgressed my covenant,
⇔ trespassed against my law.

8:1 Heb. uncertain

WEBBE “Put the trumpet to your lips!
⇔ Something like an eagle is over the LORD’s house,
⇔ because they have broken my covenant
⇔ and rebelled against my law.

WMBB “Put the shofar to your lips!
⇔ Something like an eagle is over the LORD’s house,
⇔ because they have broken my covenant
⇔ and rebelled against my law.

NET Sound the alarm!
⇔ An eagle looms over the temple of the Lord!
⇔ For they have broken their covenant with me,
⇔ and have rebelled against my law.

LSV “To your mouth—a horn,
As an eagle against the house of YHWH,
Because they transgressed My covenant,
And against My law they have rebelled.

FBV Put a trumpet to your lips! An eagle[fn] swoops over the house of the Lord because they have broken my agreement and rebelled against my law.

8:1 Symbolic of an invading enemy.

T4T Yahweh said to me, “Blow [MTY] your trumpet
⇔ to warn the people!
⇔ My people have rejected the agreement that I made with them,
⇔ and they have rebelled against obeying my laws.
⇔ Therefore, their enemies are swooping down on my people’s country like [SIM] an eagle.

LEB No LEB HOS 8:1 verse available

BBE Put the horn to your mouth. He comes like an eagle against the house of the Lord; because they have gone against my agreement, they have not kept my law.

Moff Set the trumpet to your lips!
⇔ An eagle swoops upon the house of the Eternal;
⇔ for my compact they have broken,
⇔ and rebelled against my law,

JPS Set the horn to thy mouth. As a vulture he cometh against the house of the LORD; because they have transgressed My covenant, and trespassed against My law.

ASV Set the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle he cometh against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

DRA Let there be a trumpet in thy throat like an eagle upon the house of the Lord: because they have transgressed my covenant, and have violated my law.

YLT 'Unto thy mouth — a trumpet, As an eagle against the house of Jehovah, Because they transgressed My covenant, And against My law they have rebelled.

Drby Set the trumpet to thy mouth. [He cometh] as an eagle against the house of Jehovah, because they have transgressed my covenant, and rebelled against my law.

RV SET the trumpet to thy mouth. As an eagle he cometh against the house of the LORD: because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.
(SET the trumpet to thy/your mouth. As an eagle he cometh/comes against the house of the LORD: because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. )

SLT The trumpet to thy mouth: as an eagle upon the house of Jehovah, because they passed by my covenant and they transgressed against my laws.

Wbstr Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.

KJB-1769 Set the trumpet to thy mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law.[fn]
(Set the trumpet to thy/your mouth. He shall come as an eagle against the house of the LORD, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my law. )

8.1 thy: Heb. the roof of thy

KJB-1611 ¶ [fn]Set the Trumpet to thy mouth: hee shall come as an Eagle against the house of the LORD, because they haue transgressed my Couenant, and trespassed against my Lawe.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from marking of added words (and possibly capitalisation and punctuation and footnotes))

8:1 Heb. the roofe of thy mouth.

Bshps Set the trumpet to thy mouth, swiftly as an Egle shall the enemie come agaynst the house of the Lorde: for they haue broken my couenaunt, and transgressed my lawe.
(Set the trumpet to thy/your mouth, swiftly as an Eagle shall the enemy come against the house of the Lord: for they have broken my covenant, and transgressed my law.)

Gnva Set the trumpet to thy mouth: he shall come as an eagle against the House of the Lord, because they haue transgressed my couenant, and trespassed against my Lawe.
(Set the trumpet to thy/your mouth: he shall come as an eagle against the House of the Lord, because they have transgressed my covenant, and trespassed against my Law. )

Cvdl Set the horne to thy mouth, and blowe: get the swiftly (as an Aegle) vnto the house of the LORDE: for they haue broken my couenannt, and transgressed my lawe.
(Set the horn to thy/your mouth, and blow: get the swiftly (as an Eagle) unto the house of the LORD: for they have broken my covenant, and transgressed my law.)

Wycl A trumpe be in thi throte, as an egle on the hous of the Lord; for that that thei yeden ouer my boond of pees, and braken my lawe.
(A trumpet be in thy/your throat, as an eagle on the house of the Lord; for that that they went over my bond of peace, and broke my law.)

Luth Rufe laut wie eine Posaune (und sprich): Er kommt schon über das Haus des HErr’s wie ein Adler, darum daß sie meinen Bund übertreten und von meinem Gesetz abtrünnig werden.
(Rufe loud as/like a/one Posaune (and say): He comes already above the house the LORD’s as/like a eagle(s), therefore that they/she/them my federation/agreement transgressed and from my law apostate/disloyal become.)

ClVg [In gutture tuo sit tuba quasi aquila super domum Domini, pro eo quod transgressi sunt fœdus meum, et legem meam prævaricati sunt.
([In throat your be tuba as_if eagle over house/home Master, for by_him that transgressed are covenant mine, and the_law of_mine transgressed are. )

SOTN SIL Open Translation Notes:

Section 8:1–14: The Israelites will be punished for rejecting the LORD

In this section, the LORD warned the nation of Israel that enemies were ready to attack them, because they had rejected him and broken their agreement to obey his laws (8:1–3). They disobeyed him by choosing their own leaders (8:4a–b) and making idols (8:4c–6). Their alliance with Assyria failed, and they became weak agriculturally and also politically as a nation. Verse 8:10 predicts their future punishment as slaves in Assyria (8:7–10). The LORD did not accept the sacrifices they offered to him, because they continued to sin, so their cities faced total destruction (11–14).The TN analysis of this section follows the paragraph divisions used in a majority of English versions. The summary combines ideas from McComiskey (page 118), Davies (page 193), and Stuart (pages 126–127).

Here are some other examples of section headings:

The Lord Will Punish Israel for Its Rebellion (GW)

The LORD warned Israel that enemies would attack them

Warning that Israel will be Punished

Throughout this section, the LORD is the speaker. He referred to himself using first person pronouns (“I/me/my”) except for verse 13b–d, which has “he.” In this section, the Hebrew text almost always uses “they” or “he/it” to refer to the people or nation of Israel. The only exceptions are 8:1 and 8:5, which use the pronoun “your.” The CEV uses “you/your” consistently to refer to Israel. Most other versions use third person pronouns. The Display will follow the BSB pronoun choice in the first meaning line. It will often use “you/your” in the second meaning line.

Paragraph 8:1–3 and 8:4–6

TN will divide these verses into 8:1–3 and 8:4–6 along with many English versions. In the first paragraph, the LORD warns Israel that they will be punished, because they had rejected his covenant. In the second paragraph, he specifies two ways that Israel had rejected him. In other versions the first paragraph in this chapter is 8:1–6. You should follow a paragraph structure that is natural in your language.

8:1a

Put the ram’s horn to your lips!

¶ “Blow^(sing) a warning on a ram’s horn!
¶ Yahweh says, “Warn the people that their enemies are coming.

Put the ram’s horn to your lips!: The LORD is the implied speaker of these words. In some languages, it will be helpful to make this explicit. For example:

The Lord says, “…. (GNT)

The clause that the BSB translates as Put the ram’s horn to your lips! is literally “to your mouth a horn.” This clause implies that the person should blow the horn. This clause is similar to the cultural gesture “Blow the ram’s horn” in 5:8. In both contexts, the purpose of blowing the horn is to warn the people of danger. Here the danger is specified as an approaching enemy (8:1b).

Here are some ways to translate this cultural gesture:

Keep the gesture. This option is appropriate if the gesture has the same meaning in your culture. For example:
Put a ram’s horn to your mouth (NJPS)
Keep the gesture and add the purpose of the gesture. For example:
“Sound the alarm on the ram’s horn (GW)
Blow the ram’s horn to sound the alarm! (Voice)
Translate the purpose or meaning of the gesture. For example:
“Sound the alarm! (NLT)
“Warn the people that their enemies are coming.

ram’s horn: If people in your culture do not blow instruments made from an animal’s horn,The Hebrew word used here is šopar. A different Hebrew word, ḥaṣoṣrah, is used to refer to a metal trumpet. you may use a word like “trumpet” that has a similar function, as many English versions have done.

8:1b

An eagle looms over the house of the LORD,

The enemy is about to attack Israel like an eagle that attacks its prey,
They are swooping down on my land like eagles! (adapted from GNT)

An eagle looms over the house of the LORD: In the BSB, this clause is a metaphor. In Hebrew, it is a simile: “like the eagle over the house of the LORD.” Both figures of speech compare the implied topic (an enemy) to an eagle that flies or circles over the house of the LORD. An enemy army and an eagle are similar, because both are large, strong, and swift. An army and an eagle also attack their opponents or prey.

Here are some ways to translate these figures of speech:

Use a metaphor. Make the similarity explicit if it will be helpful. For example:
Now an eagle is swooping down to attack my land. (CEV)
Use a simile. Make the topic or the similarity explicit if it will be helpful. For example:
The enemy descends like an eagle on the people of the Lord (NLT)
A powerful army will soon attack my people like an eagle.

eagle: In Hebrew, this word can refer to an eagle, a vulture, or a similar kind of large bird that eats other birds or small animals. English versions interpret this word in two ways:

The word refers here to an eagle. For example:
Like an eagle (NASB) (BSB, CEV, GNT, GW, KJV, NASB, NET, NIV, NJB, NJPS, NLT, REB)
The word refers here to a vulture. For example:
One like a vulture (ESV) (ESV, NRSV)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1) along with most versions and commentaries. Eagles attack and eat live animals. Most vultures eat only dead animals.

If eagles are not known in your area, here are two ways to translate the word:

Use a descriptive phrase. For example:
a large fierce bird
Substitute another large bird that attacks and eats smaller birds or animals.

over the house of the LORD: This phrase indicates that the eagle is ready to attack or has already started to attack the house of the LORD. There are two main ways to interpret the meaning of the phrase the house of the LORD in this context:

It refers to the nation of Israel. For example:
Enemies are swooping down on my land like eagles! (GNT) (CEV, GNT, NCV, NLT)Versions like the NJB (“disaster is swooping on Yahweh’s home”) or the BSB (“the house of the LORD”) have not been listed, because they could be interpreted either way.
It refers to the temple. For example:
The enemy swoops down on the Lord’s temple like an eagle. (GW) (GW, NET, REB)

It is recommended that you follow interpretation (1). In this context, it is the northern kingdom of Israel that is threatened by Assyria.The identity of the enemy is not stated. However, according to Jewish tradition the eagle refers to the Assyrian army that was about to attack the northern kingdom of Israel. Hubbard (page 145) and Dearman (pages 216–217). The temple of the LORD was in Jerusalem, in the southern kingdom of Judah.

Here are some other ways to translate this verse part:

An eagle flies/circles over Israel, ready to attack

The enemy swoops down on the Lord’s people like an eagle. (NCV)

8:1c

because the people have transgressed My covenant

because the people of Israel have violated my agreement with them,
The reason is that you^(plur) have broken/disobeyed my covenant

8:1d

and rebelled against My law.

and they have turned away from the law/commands that I gave to them.
and you^(plur) have refused to obey my instructions/teaching.

8:1c–d

Notice the parallel parts that are similar in meaning:

^1cbecause the people have transgressed My covenant

^1dand rebelled against My law.

In these lines, the LORD gives the reason why an enemy will soon attack Israel.

because: The Hebrew text and many versions introduce this reason with a conjunction. For example:

for they have broken their covenant with me, and have rebelled against my law. (NET)

In some languages, it may be more natural to introduce the reason without a conjunction. For example:

they have violated my covenant (REB)

Use a natural way in your language to introduce the reason.

the people have transgressed My covenant: In this clause, the words the people refer to the people of Israel. In some languages, it may be helpful to make this explicit. For example:

The Israelites have broken my agreement (NCV)

Israel, you broke our agreement (CEV)

My covenant…My law: In this context, the phrase My covenant probably refers to the covenant that the LORD made with Moses on Mount Sinai.McComiskey (page 119). That covenant included the people's promise that they would obey his laws. See Exodus 19:5–8. In Hebrew, the word law also means “instruction” or “teaching.”Macintosh (page 293), Davies (page 197), and TWOT (#910d).

Here are some other ways to translate these clauses:

they have violated my covenant and rebelled against my instruction (REB)

The Israelites have broken my agreement and have turned against my teachings. (NCV)

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