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Hosea 10:10

It is in my desire that I should chastise them; and the people shall be gathered against them, when they shall bind themselves in their two furrows.

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בְּאַוָּתִ֖יbeavatiin desireאַוָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 1st person, common, singular — “in desire”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH185longingdesire, lust after, pleasure.וְאֶסֳּרֵ֑םveesoremand chastiseיָסַרconjunction, verb, qal, imperfect, 1st person, common, singular, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “and chastise”, an unfinished actionH3256to chastise, literally (with blows) or figuratively (with words); hence, to instructbind, chasten, chastise, correct, instruct, punish, reform, reprove, sore, teach.וְאֻסְּפ֤וּveusfvand destroyאָסַףconjunction, verb, pual, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and destroy”, a completed action in a sequenceH622to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. remove (destroy, leave behind, put up, restore, etc.)assemble, bring, consume, destroy, felch, gather (in, together, up again), [idiom] generally, get (him), lose, put all together, receive, recover (another from leprosy), (be) rereward, [idiom] surely, take (away, into, up), [idiom] utterly…עֲלֵיהֶם֙aleyhemaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…עַמִּ֔יםamimpeopleעַםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “people”, the ordinary formH5971a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flockfolk, men, nation, people.בְּאָסְרָ֖םbeaseramin bindאָסַרpreposition, verb, qal, infinitive construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “in bind”, the to-form of the verbH631to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battlebind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.לִשְׁתֵּ֥יlishteto twoשְׁנַיִםpreposition, adjective, cardinal, feminine, dual, construct — “to two”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH8147two; also (as ordinal) twofoldboth, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.עינתםyntmeye , , -sightעַיִןnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “eye , , -sight”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5869an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)affliction, outward appearance, [phrase] before, [phrase] think best, colour, conceit, [phrase] be content, countenance, [phrase] displease, eye((-brow), (-d), -sight), face, [phrase] favour, fountain, furrow (from the margin), [idiom] him…עוֹנֹתָֽםonotammightyעֲיָםnoun, common, feminine, plural, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, plural — “mighty”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5868probably meaning strengthmighty.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

When it is My desire, I will chastise them; and the peoples shall be gathered against them, when they are yoked to their two rings.

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American Standard Version (1901)

When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the peoples shall be gathered against them, when they are bound to their two transgressions.

Young’s Literal Translation

When I desire, then I do bind them, And gathered against them have peoples, When they bind themselves to their two iniquities.

World English Bible

When it is my desire, I will chastise them; and the nations will be gathered against them when they are bound to their two transgressions.

Darby Translation

At my pleasure will I chastise them; and the peoples shall be assembled against them, when they are bound for their two iniquities.

Douay-Rheims

According to my desire I will chastise them: and the nations shall be gathered together against them, when they shall be chastised for their two iniquities.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

When it is My desire, I will chastise them; and the peoples shall be gathered against them, when they are yoked to their two rings.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

to chastise them shall not overtake them on the hill, the nations shall be gathered against them, when they are chastened for their two sins.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

παιδεῦσαι αὐτούς· καὶ συναχθήσονται ἐπʼ αὐτοὺς λαοὶ, ἐν τῷ παιδεύεσθαι αὐτοὺς ἐν ταῖς δυσὶν ἀδικίαις αὐτῶν.