וַיֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה אֵלַ֗י ע֚וֹד לֵ֣ךְ אֱֽהַב־אִשָּׁ֔ה אֲהֻ֥בַת רֵ֖עַ וּמְנָאָ֑פֶת כְּאַהֲבַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְהֵ֗ם פֹּנִים֙ אֶל־אֱלֹהִ֣ים אֲחֵרִ֔ים וְאֹהֲבֵ֖י אֲשִׁישֵׁ֥י עֲנָבִֽים׃
Yang Mahakekal berfirman kepadaku, “Pergilah lagi, kasihilah seorang perempuan yang dikasihi suaminya tetapi berzina, sebagaimana Yang Mahakekal mengasihi bani Israel, padahal mereka berpaling kepada allah lain dan gemar akan piala-piala anggur.”
Rashi
and a flask of wine - Heb. וַאֲשִּׁישָּׁה one sixth of a “hin,” similar to (Hos. 3:1): “goblets (אֲשִּׁישֵּׁי) of grapes,” a flask.
Ibn Ezra
לאשישי קיר חרשת תהגו אך נכאים Some explain, For the foundations of Kir Haresheth shall you mourn, Surely they are stricken; that is, they will think of the present ruins of Kir Haresheth, when people will speak of their former grandeur. As to אשישי foundations, comp. the Chaldæan אֻשַׁיָא the foundations (Ezra 4:12). I, however, prefer to connect לאשישי with אשישי flagons (Hos. 3:1), since the vine of Sibma is mentioned immediately afterwards, and to explain the passage thus—When you will remember the joyful days of the past, which are a contrast to the distress now prevailing, you will lament that you are stricken.13In both explanations the words אך נבאים are the words uttered by the Moabites in their grief; in the first we have to supply הֶם they, that is the foundations; in the second אנחנו we.