however, this had been Hosea’s intention one would expect him, as in 8:1, to have written ‘my covenant’; the difficilior lectio of the MT which has, apparently, the indefinite ‘covenant’ is more likely to be correct10. In this connection it is worth recording first, that Kimchi (note b above), though he believes that the verse refers to a breach in Yahweh’s covenant, understands that it does so by reference to a breach in a covenant concluded by men11. Secondly, J. J. P. Valeton ZAW 13 (1893),
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