Targum Jonathan on the Prophets Hosea · chapter 1

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1. 1

   פִּתְגַם נְבוּאָה מִן קֳדָם יְיָ דַהֲוָה עִם הוֹשֵׁעַ בַּר בְּאֵרִי בְּיוֹמֵי עֻזִיָה יוֹתָם אָחָז יְחִזְקִיָה מַלְכַיָא דְבֵית יְהוּדָה וּבִימֵי יָרָבְעָם בַּר יוֹאָשׁ מַלְכָּא דְיִשְׂרָאֵל:

   This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.

2. 2

   שְׁרָיוּת פִּתְגָמָא דַייָ בְּהוֹשֵׁעַ וַאֲמַר יְיָ לְהוֹשֵׁעַ אֱזֵיל אִתְנַבֵּי נְבוּאָה עַל יָתְבֵי קַרְתָּא טַעֲוָתָא דְאִינוּן מוֹסִיפִין לְמֶחְטֵי אֲרֵי מִטְעָא יִטְעוּן דַיְרֵי אַרְעָא מִבָּתַר פּוּלְחָנָא דַיָי:

   When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”

3. 3

   וַאֲזֵל וְאִתְנַבֵּי עֲלֵיהוֹן דְאִם יְתוּבוּן יִשְׁתְּבֵיק לְהוֹן וְאִם לָא כִּמְתַּר עֲלֵי תֵינִין יִתְּרוּן וְאוֹסִיפוּ וַעֲבְדוּ עוֹבָדִין בִּישִׁין:

   So Hosea went and married Gomer daughter of Diblaim, and she conceived and bore him a son.

4. 4

   וַאֲמַר יְיָ לֵיהּ קְרָא שׁוּמְהוֹן מְבַדְרַיָא אֲרֵי עוֹד צִבְחַר כִּזְעֵיר וְאַסְעַר דַם פָּלְחֵי טַעֲוָתָא דַאֲשַׁד יֵהוּא בְּיִזְרְעֶאל דְקַטְלִינוּן עַל דִפְלָחוּ לְבַעֲלָא תָּבוּ אִינוּן לְמִטְעֵי בְּתַר עֶגְלַיָא דִבְבֵית אֵל בְּכֵן אֲחַשְׁבִינֵיהּ דַם זַכַּאי עַל בֵּית יֵהוּא וַאֲבַטֵיל מַלְכוּתָא מִבֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל:

   Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

5. 5

   וִיהֵי בְּעִדָנָא הַהִיא וַאֶתְּבַר יַת תְּקוֹף עָבְדֵי קְרָב יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּמֵישַׁר יִזְרְעֶאל:

   And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.”

6. 6

   וְאוֹסִיפוּ וַעֲבַדוּ עוֹבָדִין בִּישִׁין וַאֲמַר לֵיהּ קְרֵי שׁוּמְהוֹן דְלָא רְחִימִין בְּעוֹבָדֵיהוֹן אֲרֵי לָא אוֹסִיף עוֹד לְרָחָמָא עַל בֵּית יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּרַם אִם יְתוּבוּן מִשְׁבַק אֶשְׁבּוֹק לְהוֹן:

   Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.

7. 7

   וְעַל דְבֵית יְהוּדָה אֲרַחֵם וְאַפְרְקִינוּן בְּמֵימְרָא דַייָ אֱלָהָהוֹן וְלָא יִתְפָּרְקוּן בְּקַשְׁתָּא וּבְחַרְבָּא וּבְעַבְדֵי קְרָבָא בְּסוּסְוָן וּבְפָרָשִׁין:

   Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them — not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”

8. 8

   וְדָרֵיהוֹן דְאִתְגְלִיאוּ לְבֵינֵי עַמְמַיָא אִשְׁתַּכָחוּ דְלָא הֲווֹ רְחִימִין בְּעוֹבָדֵיהוֹן וְאוֹסִיפוּ וַעֲבָדוּ עוֹבָדִין בִּישִׁין:

   After she had weaned Lo-ruhamah, Gomer conceived and gave birth to a son.

9. 9

   וַאֲמַר קְרֵי שׁוּמְהוֹן לָא עַמִי אֲרֵי אַתּוּן לָא עַמִי בִּדְלֵית אַתּוּן מְקַיְמִין פִּתְגְמֵי אוֹרַיְתִי וּמֵימְרִי לָא הֲוָה בְּסַעֲדֵ יכוֹן:

   And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.

10. 10

    (The original for this passage is being added.)

    Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

11. 11

    (The original for this passage is being added.)

    Then the people of Judah and of Israel will be gathered together, and they will appoint for themselves one leader, and will go up out of the land. For great will be the day of Jezreel.[’’]