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The Shameful Sinners Will Be Brought to Shame

18 They consume their alcohol,
then engage in cult prostitution;
they dearly love their shameful behavior.
19 A whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings;
they will be brought to shame because of their idolatrous worship.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:19 tn Heb “their altars” (so NAB, NRSV) or “their sacrifices” (so KJV, NASB, NIV). Here זִבְחוֹתָם (zivkhotam, “altars; sacrifices”) is a metonymy of association for Israel’s apostate, idolatrous Baal worship.

18 When their drinking is over,
they turn to promiscuity.
Israel’s leaders[a] fervently love disgrace.[b]
19 A wind with its wings will carry them off,[c](A)
and they will be ashamed of their sacrifices.

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Footnotes

  1. 4:18 Lit Her shields; Ps 47:9; 89:18
  2. 4:18 Hb obscure
  3. 4:19 Lit wind will bind it in its wings