18 Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.

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18 Even when their drinks are gone,
    they continue their prostitution;
    their rulers dearly love shameful ways.

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18 Their drink [a]is rebellion,
They commit harlotry continually.
(A)Her [b]rulers [c]dearly love dishonor.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:18 Or has turned aside
  2. Hosea 4:18 Lit. shields
  3. Hosea 4:18 Heb. difficult; a Jewish tradition shamefully love, ‘Give!’