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Hosea 4:11-19
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
Hosea 4:11-19
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
The Idolatry of Israel
11 Wine and new wine
take away the understanding.
12 My people inquire of a thing of wood,
and their staff gives them oracles.
For a spirit of harlotry has led them astray,
and they have left their God to play the harlot.
13 They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains,
and make offerings upon the hills,
under oak, poplar, and terebinth,
because their shade is good.
Therefore your daughters play the harlot,
and your brides commit adultery.
14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot,
nor your brides when they commit adultery;
for the men themselves go aside with harlots,
and sacrifice with cult prostitutes,
and a people without understanding shall come to ruin.
15 Though you play the harlot, O Israel,
let not Judah become guilty.
Enter not into Gilgal,
nor go up to Beth-a′ven,
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 E′phraim is joined to idols,
let him alone.
18 A band[a] of drunkards, they give themselves to harlotry;
they love shame more than their glory.[b]
19 A wind has wrapped them[c] in its wings,
and they shall be ashamed because of their altars.[d]
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:18 Cn: Heb uncertain
- Hosea 4:18 Cn Compare Gk: Heb of this line uncertain
- Hosea 4:19 Heb her
- Hosea 4:19 Gk Syr: Heb sacrifices
Hosea 4:11-19
New International Version
Hosea 4:11-19
New International Version
11 to prostitution;(A)
old wine(B) and new wine
take away their understanding.(C)
12 My people consult a wooden idol,(D)
and a diviner’s rod speaks to them.(E)
A spirit of prostitution(F) leads them astray;(G)
they are unfaithful(H) to their God.
13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops
and burn offerings on the hills,
under oak,(I) poplar and terebinth,
where the shade is pleasant.(J)
Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution(K)
and your daughters-in-law to adultery.(L)
14 “I will not punish your daughters
when they turn to prostitution,
nor your daughters-in-law
when they commit adultery,
because the men themselves consort with harlots(M)
and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes(N)—
a people without understanding(O) will come to ruin!(P)
15 “Though you, Israel, commit adultery,
do not let Judah become guilty.
“Do not go to Gilgal;(Q)
do not go up to Beth Aven.[a](R)
And do not swear, ‘As surely as the Lord lives!’(S)
16 The Israelites are stubborn,(T)
like a stubborn heifer.(U)
How then can the Lord pasture them
like lambs(V) in a meadow?
17 Ephraim is joined to idols;
leave him alone!
18 Even when their drinks are gone,
they continue their prostitution;
their rulers dearly love shameful ways.
19 A whirlwind(W) will sweep them away,
and their sacrifices will bring them shame.(X)
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:15 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).
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