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Hosea 4:10-12
New Catholic Bible
Hosea 4:10-12
New Catholic Bible
10 They will eat but never be satisfied;
they will engage in prostitution but never have children,
because they have abandoned the Lord
11 to devote themselves to immorality.
Idolatry and Debauchery
Wine, both old and new,
deprives my people of understanding.
12 They consult a piece of wood for advice,
and their divining rod[a] provides the answers they seek.
For a spirit of promiscuity has led them astray,
and their immorality causes them to forsake their God.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:12 Piece of wood . . . divining rod: i.e., an idol used to foretell the future.
