Hosea 3:5

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

Afterward the children of Israel will return and seek the Lord their God and David their king. They will come in awe to the Lord and to His goodness in the latter days.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אַחַ֗ר יָשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּבִקְשׁוּ֙ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֔ם וְאֵ֖ת דָּוִ֣ד מַלְכָּ֑ם וּפָחֲד֧וּ אֶל־יְהוָ֛ה וְאֶל־טוּב֖וֹ בְּאַחֲרִ֥ית הַיָּמִֽים׃

Transliteration

Afterward yāšubû sons-of Yiśrāʾēl and-biqšû ʾet-YHWH ʾĕlōhêhem and-ʾēt Dāwid malkām and-pāḥădû to-YHWH and-to-ṭûbô in-ʾaḥărît the-hayyāmîm.

Grammar Details

• *yāšubû*: qal imperfect, 3rd masculine plural - they will return
• *biqšû*: piel perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - they will seek
• *ʾĕlōhêhem*: noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix, masculine plural - their God
• *malkām*: noun with 3rd masculine plural suffix, masculine singular - their king
• *pāḥădû*: qal perfect with waw consecutive, 3rd masculine plural - they will fear/tremble
• *ṭûbô*: noun with 3rd masculine singular suffix, masculine singular - his goodness
• *ʾaḥărît*: noun construct, feminine singular - end of/latter part of
• *hayyāmîm*: noun with definite article, masculine plural - the days

Word Meanings

• *yāšubû*: they will return/repent/turn back
• *biqšû*: they will seek/search for/inquire of
• *pāḥădû*: they will fear/tremble/come in awe/be in dread of
• *ṭûbô*: his goodness/prosperity/blessing/favor
• *ʾaḥărît hayyāmîm*: latter days/end of days/future time/latter times

Other Translations

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.

• KJV1611 – Modern English

  Afterward, the children of Israel shall return, and seek the LORD their God and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the last days.

• King James Version 1611 (Original)

  Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.

• American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

  afterward{H310} shall the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} return,{H7725} and seek{H1245} Jehovah{H3068} their God,{H430} and David{H1732} their king,{H4428} and shall come with fear{H6342} unto Jehovah{H3068} and to his goodness{H2898} in the latter{H319} days.{H3117}

• King James Version with Strong's Numbers

  Afterward{H310} shall the children{H1121} of Israel{H3478} return{H7725}{(H8799)}, and seek{H1245}{(H8765)} the LORD{H3068} their God{H430}, and David{H1732} their king{H4428}; and shall fear{H6342}{(H8804)} the LORD{H3068} and his goodness{H2898} in the latter{H319} days{H3117}.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  But afterwarde shal the children of Israel conuerte, and seke the LORDE their God, and Dauid their kinge: and in ye latter dayes they shal worshipe the LORDE, and his louynge kyndnesse.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  Afterward shall the children of Israel conuert, and seeke the Lorde their God, and Dauid their King, and shall feare the Lord, and his goodnes in the latter dayes.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  But afterward the chyldren of Israel shalbe conuerted and seeke the Lord their God, and Dauid their kyng, and in the latter dayes they shall worship the Lorde, and his louing kindnesse.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  Afterward the children of Israel shall return, and seek Yahweh their God, and David their king, and shall come with trembling to Yahweh and to his blessings in the last days.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  Afterwards turned back have the sons of Israel, and sought Jehovah their God, and David their king, and have hastened unto Jehovah, and unto His goodness, in the latter end of the days.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king, and shall come with fear unto Jehovah and to his goodness in the latter days.

• American Standard Version (1901)

  afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king, and shall come with fear unto Jehovah and to his goodness in the latter days.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And after that, the children of Israel will come back and go in search of the Lord their God and David their king; and they will come in fear to the Lord and to his mercies in the days to come.

• World English Bible (2000)

  Afterward the children of Israel shall return, and seek Yahweh their God, and David their king, and shall come with trembling to Yahweh and to his blessings in the last days.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  Afterward, the Israelites will turn and seek the LORD their God and their Davidic king. Then they will submit to the LORD in fear and receive his blessings in the future.

Referenced Verses

• Jer 50:4-5 : 4 In those days and at that time,' declares the LORD, 'the people of Israel and the people of Judah will come together, weeping as they go, seeking the LORD their God. 5 They will ask the way to Zion and turn their faces toward it. They will come and join themselves to the LORD in an everlasting covenant that will never be forgotten.
• Jer 30:9 : 9 Instead, they will serve the LORD their God and David their king, whom I will raise up for them.
• Isa 2:2 : 2 In the last days, the mountain of the Lord's house will be firmly established at the top of the mountains, lifted above the hills, and all nations will flow to it.
• Ezek 34:23-24 : 23 I will place over them one shepherd, My servant David, and he will tend them; he will tend them and be their shepherd. 24 I, the LORD, will be their God, and My servant David will be a prince among them. I, the LORD, have spoken.
• Ezek 37:22-25 : 22 I will make them one nation in the land, on the mountains of Israel, and one king will rule over them all. They will no longer be two nations or divided into two kingdoms. 23 They will no longer defile themselves with their idols, their vile images, or any of their transgressions. I will save them from all the places where they have sinned, and I will purify them. They will be My people, and I will be their God. 24 My servant David will be king over them, and there will be one shepherd for all of them. They will follow My laws and carefully obey My decrees. 25 They will live in the land I gave to My servant Jacob, the land where your ancestors lived. They and their children and their descendants will dwell there forever, and My servant David will be their prince forever.
• Ezek 38:8 : 8 After many days, you will be called to attention. In the latter years, you will go against a land that has been brought back from the sword and gathered from many peoples upon the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. Its people were brought out from the nations, and now they dwell securely, all of them.
• Mic 4:1 : 1 In the last days, the mountain of the house of the LORD will be firmly established at the top of the mountains, and it will be raised above the hills, and peoples will stream to it.
• Isa 55:3-4 : 3 Incline your ear and come to me; listen, so that your soul may live. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, my faithful love promised to David. 4 See, I have made him a witness to the nations, a leader and commander of the peoples.
• Ezek 16:63 : 63 So that you may remember and be ashamed, and never again open your mouth because of your disgrace, when I forgive you for all you have done, declares the Lord GOD.
• Jer 23:5 : 5 Behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch. He will reign as king, act wisely, and execute justice and righteousness in the land.
• Jer 33:17 : 17 For this is what the Lord says: David will never fail to have a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel.
• Jer 3:22-23 : 22 Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your waywardness. 'Here we are,' they reply, 'for you are the LORD our God.' 23 Surely the false worship on the hills and the commotion on the mountains is a deception. Truly, the salvation of Israel is in the LORD our God.
• Isa 27:12-13 : 12 On that day, the LORD will thresh from the flowing stream of the Euphrates to the Wadi of Egypt, and you, Israelites, will be gathered one by one. 13 On that day, a great trumpet will be blown, and those who were lost in the land of Assyria and those who were scattered in the land of Egypt will come and worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
• Num 24:14 : 14 'Now I am going back to my people, but let me warn you what this people will do to your people in the days to come.'
• Deut 4:30 : 30 When you are in distress and all these things have happened to you in the latter days, you will return to the LORD your God and listen to His voice.
• 1 Kgs 12:16 : 16 When all Israel saw that the king refused to listen to them, they answered the king: "What share do we have in David, what part in Jesse's son? To your tents, Israel! Look after your own house, David!" So the Israelites went home.
• Ps 130:3-4 : 3 If You, LORD, keep a record of iniquities, Lord, who could stand? 4 But with You there is forgiveness, so that You may be feared.
• Acts 15:16-18 : 16 'After these things I will return and rebuild the fallen tent of David. I will rebuild its ruins and restore it, 17 so that the rest of humanity may seek the Lord, including all the Gentiles who are called by My name, says the Lord, who does these things' 18 '—things known long ago.'
• Rom 2:4 : 4 Or do you disrespect the riches of His kindness, forbearance, and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness is meant to lead you to repentance?
• Rom 11:25 : 25 I do not want you to be ignorant of this mystery, brothers and sisters, so that you may not become conceited: Israel has experienced a hardening in part until the fullness of the Gentiles has come in.
• Ezek 38:16 : 16 You will advance against my people Israel like a cloud covering the land. In the latter days I will bring you against my land so that the nations may know me, as I show myself holy through you before their eyes, O Gog.
• Dan 2:28 : 28 However, there is a God in heaven who reveals mysteries. He has made known to King Nebuchadnezzar what will happen in the latter days. Your dream and the visions in your mind as you lay on your bed are as follows.
• Dan 10:14 : 14 Now I have come to explain to you what will happen to your people in the latter days, for the vision concerns the days yet to come.
• Hos 5:6 : 6 With their flocks and herds they will go to seek the Lord, but they will not find him; he has withdrawn from them.
• Hos 5:15 : 15 I will return to my place until they acknowledge their guilt and seek my face; in their distress they will earnestly seek me.
• Amos 9:11 : 11 On that day, I will raise up the fallen booth of David. I will repair its breaches and restore its ruins, and I will rebuild it as it was in days of old.
• Jer 30:24 : 24 The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He fully accomplishes the purposes of His heart. In the days to come, you will understand this.
• Jer 31:6-9 : 6 For there will be a day when the watchmen call out on the hills of Ephraim, saying: Arise, let us go up to Zion, to the LORD our God. 7 For this is what the LORD says: Sing with joy for Jacob, shout for the chief of the nations. Proclaim, give praise, and say: Save, O LORD, your people, the remnant of Israel. 8 Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth. Among them will be the blind and the lame, the pregnant woman and she who is giving birth—all together. They will return as a great company. 9 They will come with weeping, and with pleas for mercy, I will lead them. I will guide them to streams of water on a straight path where they will not stumble, for I have become a father to Israel, and Ephraim is my firstborn. 10 Hear the word of the LORD, you nations; declare it in the distant coastlands and say: He who scattered Israel will gather them and watch over them like a shepherd cares for his flock.
• Jer 33:9 : 9 Then this city will bring me joy, praise, and glory before all the nations of the earth who hear of all the good I do for it. They will tremble in awe because of all the goodness and peace I provide for it.