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Septuagint · Hosea §10.1-10.15

Destruction of Calf Idols and the Call to Seek the Lord

Passage 10 of 14 · Greek

Summary

The prophet declares Israel's idolatry and the Lord's impending judgment, warning that they will perish along with their king and calf idols, while urging them to seek righteousness.

§10.1Ἄμπελος εὐκληματοῦσα Ἰσραήλ, ὁ καρπὸς εὐθηνῶν αὐτῆς· κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος τῶν καρπῶν αὐτῆς ἐπλήθυνεν θυσιαστήρια, κατὰ τὰ ἀγαθὰ τῆς γῆς αὐτοῦ ᾠκοδόμησεν στήλας.
Israel is a vine with goodly branches, her fruit is abundant; according to the multitude of her fruits he multiplied altars, according to the good things of his land he built pillars.
§10.2ἐμέρισαν καρδίας αὐτῶν, νῦυ ἀφανισθήσονται· αὐτὸς § κατασκάψει τὰ θυσιαστήρια αὐτῶν, ταλαιπωρήσουσιν αἱ στῆλαι αὐτῶν.
They divided their hearts, now they shall be destroyed; he himself § shall demolish their altars, and their pillars shall be brought to misery.
§10.3διότι νῦν ἐροῦσιν Οὐκ ἔστιν βασιλεὺς ἡμῖν, ὅτι οὐκ ἐφοβήθημεν τὸν κύριον. ὁ δὲ βασιλεὺς τί ποιήσει ἡμῖν, §10.4λαλῶν ῥήματα προφάσεις ψευδεῖς;
For now they shall say, "We have no king, because we did not fear the Lord; and what shall the king do for us?" speaking words of false pretenses?
διαθήσεται διαθήκην, ἀνατελεῖ ὡς ἄγρωστις κρίμα ἐπὶ χέρσον ἀγροῦ.
He will make a covenant, and judgment shall spring up like wild grass upon the dry land of a field.
§10.5τῷ μόσχῳ τοῦ οἴκου Ὢν παροικήσουσιν κατοικοῦντες Σαμάρειαν, ὅτι ἐπένθησεν λαὸς αὐτοῦ ἐπʼ αὐτόν· καὶ καθὼς παρεπίκραναν αὐτόν, ἐπιχαροῦνται ἐπὶ τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ, ὅτι μετῳκίσθη ἀπʼ αὐτοῦ.
For the calf of the house of On the inhabitants of Samaria shall fear; because his people mourned over him, and as they provoked him, they shall rejoice over his glory, because it has departed from him.
§10.6καὶ αὐτὸν εἰς Ἀσσυρίους δήσαντες, ἀπήνεγκαν ξένια τῷ βασιλεῖ Ἰαρείμ· ἐν δόματι Ἐφράιμ δέξεται, καὶ αἰσχυνθήσεται Ἰσραὴλ ἐν τῇ βουλῇ αὐτοῦ.
And they bound him and carried him into Assyria, as a present to King Iareim; Ephraim shall receive a gift, and Israel shall be ashamed of his counsel.
§10.7ἀπέρριψεν Σαμάρεια βασιλέα αὐτῆς ὡς φρύγανον ἐπὶ προσώπου ὕδατος·
Samaria has cast off her king like a twig upon the face of the water.
§10.8καὶ ἐξαρθήσονται βωμοὶ Ὤν ἁμαρτήματα τοῦ Ἰσραήλ· ἄκανθαι καὶ τρίδολοι ἀναβήσονται ἐπὶ τὰ θυσιαστήρια αὐτῶν· καὶ ἐροῦσιν τοῖς ὄρεσιν Καλύψατε ἡμᾶς, καὶ τοῖς βουνοῖς Πέσατε ἐφʼ ἡμᾶς. §10.9ἀφʼ οὗ οἱ βουνοί, ἥμαρτεν Ἰσραήλ, ἐκεῖ ἔστησαν· οὐ μὴ καταλάβῃ αὐτοὺς¶ ἐν τῷ βουνῷ πόλεμος ἐπὶ τὰ τέκνα ἀδικίας
And the altars of On, the sins of Israel, shall be taken away; thorns and thistles shall come up upon their altars, and they shall say to the mountains, "Cover us," and to the hills, "Fall upon us." From the days of the hills Israel has sinned, there they stood; shall not war against the children of iniquity overtake them on the hill?
§10.10παιδεῦσαι αὐτούς· καὶ συναχθήσονται ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς λαοί, ἐν τῷ παιδεύεσθαι αὐτοὺς ἐν ταῖς δυσὶν ἀδικίαις αὐτῶν.
to chastise them; and nations shall be gathered against them when they are chastised for their two iniquities.
§10.11Ἐφράιμ δάμαλις δεδιδαγμένη ἀγαπᾷν νεῖκος, ἐγὼ δὲ ἐπελεύσομαι ἐπὶ τὸ κάλλιστον τοῦ τραχήλου αὐτῆς· ἐπιβιβῶ Ἐφράιμ, παρασιωπήσομαι Ἰούδαν, ἐνισχύσει αὐτῷ Ἰακώβ.
Ephraim is a heifer taught to love strife, but I will come upon the fairest part of her neck; I will mount Ephraim, I will pass over Judah in silence, Jacob shall strengthen himself.
§10.12σπείρατε ἑαυτοῖς εἰς δικαιοσύνην, τρυγήσατε εἰς καρπὸν ζωῆς, φωτίσατε ἑαυτοῖς φῶς γνώσεως, ἐκζητήσατε τὸν κύριον ἕως τοῦ ἐλθεῖν γενήματα δικαιοσύνης ἡμῖν.
Sow for yourselves for righteousness, reap for the fruit of life, light for yourselves the light of knowledge; seek the Lord until the fruits of righteousness come to us.
§10.13ἵυα τί παρεσιωπήσατε ἀσέβειαν, καὶ τὰς ἀδικίας αὐτῆς ἐτρυγήσατε, ἐφάγετε καρπὸν ψευδῆ;
Why have you passed over ungodliness in silence, and reaped her iniquities, and eaten false fruit?
ὅτι ἤλπισας ἐν τοῖς ἁμαρτήμασίν σου, ἐν πλήθει δυνάμεώς σου,
Because you trusted in your sins, in the multitude of your power.
§10.14καὶ ἐξαναστήσεται ἀπώλεια ἐν τῷ λαῷ σου, καὶ πάντα τὰ περιτετειχισμένα σου οἰχήσεται. ὡς ἄρχων Σαλαμὰν ἐκ τοῦ οἴκου Ἰεροβοάμ, ἐν ἡμέραις πολέμου μητέρα ἐπὶ τέκνοις ἠδάφισαν,
And destruction shall rise up among your people, and all your fortified places shall pass away; as Prince Salaman from the house of Ieroboam, in the days of war they dashed the mother to the ground upon her children.
§10.15οὕτως ποιήσω ὑμῖν, οἶκος τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, ἀπὸ προσώπου ἀδικίας κακιῶν ὑμῶν.
So will I do to you, O house of Israel, because of the presence of the injustice of your wicked deeds.

Notes

  1. 10.4κρίμα — The noun `κρίμα` (judgment) serves as the subject of the verb `ἀνατελεῖ` (shall spring up/rise). It is compared to wild grass (`ὡς ἄγρωστις`) growing in a dry field (`χέρσον ἀγροῦ`), depicting the rapid and unwelcome spread of judgment.
  2. 10.9οὐ μὴ καταλάβῃ — The combination of the double negative `οὐ μή` with the subjunctive (`καταλάβῃ`) usually expresses strong negation ("shall by no means overtake"), but here it functions as a rhetorical question meaning "shall it not surely overtake?", conveying an inevitable event.
  3. 10.11ἐνισχύσει — The future tense of the verb `ἐνισχύω` (to strengthen). It is used intransitively or reflexively here, meaning "Jacob shall strengthen himself" or "Jacob shall labor with strength (in harrowing/ploughing)."
  4. 10.12ἕως τοῦ ἐλθεῖν — The prepositional adverb `ἕως` (until) is followed by the articular infinitive in the genitive `τοῦ ἐλθεῖν` to indicate a temporal limit. The semantic subject of the infinitive is the subsequent nominative plural `γενήματα`.

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Septuagint, Hosea §10.1-10.15. Humanitext Reader, https://reader.humanitext.ai/en/text/urn:cts:greekLit:tlg0527.tlg036.humanitext-grc1:10.1-10.15

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