18 Their liquor is gone,
They prostitute themselves continually;
[a](A)Their [b]rulers dearly love shame.
19 (B)The wind wraps them in its wings,
And they will be [c]put to shame because of their sacrifices.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:18 Another reading is They dearly love the shame of gifts
  2. Hosea 4:18 Lit shields
  3. Hosea 4:19 Or ashamed

18 When their drinking has ended,
    they surely indulge in sexual orgies.
    They love lewdness more than their[a] glory.
19 A wind has wrapped them[b] in its wings,
    and they will be ashamed because of their altars.

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  1. Hosea 4:18 Hebrew “her”
  2. Hosea 4:19 Hebrew “her”