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18 Their drink has become sour.
    They play the prostitute continually.
    Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.
19 The wind has wrapped her up in its wings;
    and they shall be disappointed because of their sacrifices.

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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