Hosea 10 | |
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![]() 4Q166 "The Hosea Commentary Scroll", late first century B.C. | |
Book | Book of Hosea |
Category | Nevi'im |
Christian Bible part | Old Testament |
Order in the Christian part | 28 |
Hosea 10 is the tenth chapter of the Book of Hosea in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. [1] [2] In the Hebrew Bible it is a part of the Book of the Twelve Minor Prophets. [3] [4] This chapter contains prophecies attributed to the prophet Hosea, son of Beeri, dated by the Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary to the period between Shalmaneser V's first and second invasions of Israel. Israel is reproved and threatened for its impiety and idolatry, and exhorted to repentance (cf. Hosea 10:14; Hosea 10:6 referring to Hoshea's calling pharaoh So of Egypt to his aid; also Hosea 10:4, 13). [5]
The original text was written in Hebrew. This chapter is divided into 15 verses.
Some early manuscripts containing the text of this chapter in Hebrew are of the Masoretic Text tradition, which includes the Codex Cairensis (895), the Petersburg Codex of the Prophets (916), Aleppo Codex (10th century), Codex Leningradensis (1008). [6] Fragments containing parts of this chapter in Hebrew were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls, including 4Q82 (4QXIIg; 25 BCE) with extant verses 1–14. [7] [8] [9] [10]
There is also a translation into Koine Greek known as the Septuagint, made in the last few centuries BCE. Extant ancient manuscripts of the Septuagint version include Codex Vaticanus (B; B; 4th century), Codex Alexandrinus (A; A; 5th century) and Codex Marchalianus (Q; Q; 6th century). [11] [a]
Charles Ellicott's commentary argues that "Empty in the English version is wrong, being inconsistent with what follows" and suggests "luxuriant" as a preferable translation. [14] Many more recent translations than the King James Version have adopted this usage. [15]
It is noteworthy that Aramaic translations of the book of Hosea include an instruction to "light a lamp" in preface to the line "it is time to seek the LORD." [18] [19]