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Hosea 9:9

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9:9They have sunk deep into corruption27

as in the days of Gibeah.

He will remember their wrongdoing.

He will repay them for their sins.

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  1. 27 Or more literally, “they are deeply corrupted.” The two verbs הֶעְמִיקוּ־שִׁחֵתוּ (he’miqu-shikhetu; literally, “they have made deep, they act corruptly”) are coordinated without a conjunction vav to form a verbal hendiadys: the second verb represents the main idea, while the first functions adverbially ( §120.g). Here Gesenius suggests “they are deeply/radically corrupted.” Several translations mirror the syntax of this hendiadys: “They have deeply corrupted themselves” (, , ), “They have been grievously corrupt” (), and “They are hopelessly evil” (). Others reverse the syntax for the sake of a more graphic English idiom: “They have gone deep in depravity” () and “They have sunk deep into corruption” (). Some translations fail to represent the hendiadys at all: “You are brutal and corrupt” (). The translation “They are deeply corrupted” mirrors the Hebrew syntax, but “They have sunk deep into corruption” is a more graphic English idiom and is preferred here (cf. “They have sunk to the depths of corruption”).

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

They have deeply corrupted themselves

as in the days of Gibeah:

he will remember their iniquity;

he will punish their sins.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They have sunk deep into corruption,

as in the days of Gibeah.

God will remember their wickedness

and punish them for their sins.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They have deeply corrupted themselves

as in the days of Gibeah.

He will remember their iniquity;

he will punish their sins.

NLTNew Living Translation

The things my people do are as depraved

as what they did in Gibeah long ago.

God will not forget.

He will surely punish them for their sins.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They deeply corrupted themselves

as in the days of Gibeah;

he will remember their sin,

he will punish their sins.

KJV 1900King James Version

They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah:

Therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.