Hosea 4:10-14
New International Version
10 “They will eat but not have enough;(A)
they will engage in prostitution(B) but not flourish,
because they have deserted(C) the Lord
to give themselves 11 to prostitution;(D)
old wine(E) and new wine
take away their understanding.(F)
12 My people consult a wooden idol,(G)
and a diviner’s rod speaks to them.(H)
A spirit of prostitution(I) leads them astray;(J)
they are unfaithful(K) to their God.
13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops
and burn offerings on the hills,
under oak,(L) poplar and terebinth,
where the shade is pleasant.(M)
Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution(N)
and your daughters-in-law to adultery.(O)
Hosea 4:10-14
Lexham English Bible
10 They will eat and not be satisfied;
they will play the whore and not multiply,
because they have forsaken Yahweh to devote themselves to
11 whoredom.[a]
Wine and new wine take away the understanding.[b]
12 My people,
consult their wooden idols,[c]
and their divining rod gives them oracles;
because a spirit of whoredom led them astray,
and they played the whore from under their God.[d]
13 On the tops of the mountains they sacrifice,
and on the hills they make offerings,
under oak, poplar, and terebinth,
because their[e] shade is good.
Therefore your daughters play the whore,
and all your daughters-in-law[f] commit adultery.
14 I will not punish your daughters[g] when they play the whore,
or your daughters-in-law[h] when they commit adultery;
because they go aside with whores,
and they sacrifice with temple prostitutes,
a people that does not understand comes to ruin.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:11 Literally “to watch over whoredom”
- Hosea 4:11 Literally “take away heart”
- Hosea 4:12 Literally “their wood”
- Hosea 4:12 That is, “they played the whore forsaking their God”; See Ezek 23:5
- Hosea 4:13 Hebrew “its”
- Hosea 4:13 Or “brides”
- Hosea 4:14 Literally “I will not visit sins upon your daughters”
- Hosea 4:14 Or “brides”
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