English Translation of Hosea Commentary (Pesher Hoshe`a)
4Q166 (4QpHosa)
Courtesy of the Israel Antiquities Authority (6)
Hos. 2:10-14
- (10)[SHE DID NOT KNOW THAT] I MYSELF HAD GIVEN HER THE GRAIN [AND THE
WINE]
- [AND THE OIL, AND] (THAT) I HAD SUPPLIED [SILVER] AND GOLD ... (WHICH)
THEY MADE [INTO BAAL. The interpretation of it is]
- that [they] ate [and] were satisfied, and they forgot God who [had fed
them, and all]
- his commandments they cast behind them, which he had sent to them [by]
- his servants the prophets. But to those who led them astray they listened,
and they honored them [ ]
- and as if they were gods, they fear them in their blindness.
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- (11)THEREFORE, I SHALL TAKE BACK MY GRAIN AGAIN IN ITS TIME AND MY WINE
[IN ITS SEASON,]
- AND I SHALL WITHDRAW MY WOOL AND MY FLAX FROM COVERING [HER NAKEDNESS.]
- (12)I SHALL NOW UNCOVER HER PRIVATE PARTS IN THE SIGHT OF [HER] LO[VERS
AND]
- NO [ONE] WILL WITHDRAW HER FROM MY HAND.
- The interpretation of it is that he smote them with famine and with
nakedness so that they became a disgra[ce]
- and a reproach in the sight of the nations on whom they had leaned for
support, but they
- will not save them from their afflictions. (13)AND I SHALL PUT AN END TO
ALL HER JOY,
- [HER] PIL[GRIMAGE,] HER [NEW] MOON, AND HER SABBATH, AND ALL HER FEASTS.
The interpretation of it is that
- they make [the fe]asts go according to the appointed times of the nation.
And [all]
- [joy] has been turned for them into mourning. (14)AND I SHALL MAKE
DESOLATE [HER VINE]
- [AND HER FIG TREE,] OF WHICH SHE SAID, "THEY ARE THE HIRE [THAT MY LOVERS
HAVE GIVEN] ME."
- AND I SHALL MAKE THEM A FOREST, AND THE W[ILD BEAST OF THE FIELD] WILL
DEVOUR THEM.
Transcription and translation by M. Horgan
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