Hosea 4:11-19
English Standard Version
11 whoredom, wine, and new wine,
which (A)take away the understanding.
12 My people (B)inquire of a piece of wood,
and their walking staff gives them oracles.
For (C)a spirit of whoredom has led them astray,
and they have left their God to play the whore.
13 (D)They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains
and burn offerings on the hills,
(E)under oak, poplar, and terebinth,
because their shade is good.
Therefore your daughters play the whore,
and your brides commit adultery.
14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore,
nor your brides when they commit adultery;
for (F)the men themselves go aside with prostitutes
and sacrifice with (G)cult prostitutes,
and a people (H)without understanding shall come to ruin.
15 Though you play the whore, O (I)Israel,
let not (J)Judah become guilty.
(K)Enter not into (L)Gilgal,
nor go up to (M)Beth-aven,
and swear not, “As the Lord lives.”
16 Like a stubborn heifer,
Israel is stubborn;
can the Lord now feed them
like a lamb in a broad pasture?
17 (N)Ephraim is joined to idols;
(O)leave him alone.
18 When their drink is gone, they give themselves to whoring;
(P)their rulers[a] dearly love shame.
19 (Q)A wind has wrapped them[b] in its wings,
and they shall (R)be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:18 Hebrew shields
- Hosea 4:19 Hebrew her
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