Hosea 4:10-14
Legacy Standard Bible
10 (A)They will eat, but not be satisfied;
They will (B)play the harlot, but not break forth in number,
Because they have [a](C)forsaken Yahweh to keep harlotry.
11 Harlotry, (D)wine, and new wine take away a heart of wisdom.
12 My people (E)ask their wooden idol, and their diviner’s wand declares to them;
For a spirit of harlotry has led them astray,
And they have played the harlot, departing [b]from their God.
13 They offer sacrifices on the (F)tops of the mountains
And [c](G)burn incense on the hills,
(H)Under oak, poplar, and terebinth
Because their shade is good.
Therefore your daughters play the harlot,
And your [d]brides commit adultery.
14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot
Or your [e]brides when they commit adultery,
For the men themselves go apart with harlots
And offer sacrifices with (I)cult prostitutes;
So the people without understanding are [f]ruined.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:10 Or forsaken Yahweh to practice (v 11) harlotry; lit forsaken giving heed
- Hosea 4:12 Lit from under
- Hosea 4:13 Or offer sacrifices
- Hosea 4:13 Or daughters-in-law
- Hosea 4:14 Or daughters-in-law
- Hosea 4:14 Lit thrust down
Hosea 4:10-14
New Living Translation
10 They will eat and still be hungry.
They will play the prostitute and gain nothing from it,
for they have deserted the Lord
11 to worship other gods.
“Wine has robbed my people
of their understanding.
12 They ask a piece of wood for advice!
They think a stick can tell them the future!
Longing after idols
has made them foolish.
They have played the prostitute,
serving other gods and deserting their God.
13 They offer sacrifices to idols on the mountaintops.
They go up into the hills to burn incense
in the pleasant shade of oaks, poplars, and terebinth trees.
“That is why your daughters turn to prostitution,
and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
14 But why should I punish them
for their prostitution and adultery?
For your men are doing the same thing,
sinning with whores and shrine prostitutes.
O foolish people! You refuse to understand,
so you will be destroyed.
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