From 2e6f6f511b6494c38c45c3abc3330d15c3b46fdb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: SusanQuigley Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2024 17:17:59 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add hos/front/intro.md Restored file --- hos/front/intro.md | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 19 insertions(+) create mode 100644 hos/front/intro.md diff --git a/hos/front/intro.md b/hos/front/intro.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..b1e4ff8c9d --- /dev/null +++ b/hos/front/intro.md @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +# Hosea 14 General Notes + +### Structure and formatting + +This last chapter of Hosea ends with hope. In this chapter, Hosea calls for Israel to confess to Yahweh and repent. This chapter continues to be written in poetic form, using metaphors and other devices to communicate God's love for his sinful people. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/confess]], [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/repent]], [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/love]], [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sin]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/peopleofgod]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) + +Why are confession and repentance even suggested here for a people that Yahweh has already condemned to be destroyed? It is because this is a teaching that Yahweh is a merciful God who loves his people. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/mercy]]) + +### Other possible translation difficulties in this chapter + +#### Speaker +The use of first and second person in this chapter often signifies a change in speaker. In this chapter, Hosea is speaking to the northern kingdom to tell them that Yahweh loves them. +There are several places in this chapter where the writer switches from the third person to the second or the first person. This may cause some confusion about who is speaking. + +## Links: + +* __[Hosea 14:1 Notes](./01.md)__ + +__[<<](../13/intro.md) | __