Hosea 4:10

Hosea 4:10 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.
• New International Version (NIV)“They will eat but not have enough; they will engage in prostitution but not flourish, because they have deserted the Lord to give themselves
• English Standard Version (ESV)They shall eat, but not be satisfied; they shall play the whore, but not multiply, because they have forsaken the Lord to cherish
• New King James Version (NKJV)For they shall eat, but not have enough; They shall commit harlotry, but not increase; Because they have ceased obeying the Lord.

Context of Hosea 4:10

8They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity. 9And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings. And they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall play the harlot, and shall not increase; because they have left off taking heed to Jehovah. 11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding. 12My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, departing from under their God.

Hosea 4:10 word by word

וְאָֽכְלוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִשְׂבָּ֔עוּ הִזְנ֖וּ וְלֹ֣א יִפְרֹ֑צוּ כִּֽי־אֶת־יְהוָ֥ה עָזְב֖וּ לִשְׁמֹֽר׃Read the interlinear

• eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• playזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
• leftעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• heedשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: obeyH8104

Cross-references for Hosea 4:10

• Leviticus 26:26When I break your staff of bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
• Proverbs 13:25The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul; But the belly of the wicked shall want.
• Isaiah 65:13Therefore thus saith the Lord Jehovah, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry; behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty; behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be put to shame;
• Micah 6:14Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy humiliation shall be in the midst of thee: and thou shalt put away, but shalt not save; and that which thou savest will I give up to the sword.
• Haggai 1:6Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages to put it into a bag with holes.
• Malachi 2:1And now, O ye priests, this commandment is for you.
• Hosea 4:14I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go apart with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes; and the people that doth not understand shall be overthrown.
• Hosea 9:11As for Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird: there shall be no birth, and none with child, and no conception.
• 2 Chronicles 24:17Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.
• Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are iniquity and deceit: He hath ceased to be wise and to do good.
• Psalms 125:5But as for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, Jehovah will lead them forth with the workers of iniquity. Peace be upon Israel.
• Jeremiah 34:15And ye were now turned, and had done that which is right in mine eyes, in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbor; and ye had made a covenant before me in the house which is called by my name:
• Ezekiel 18:24But when the righteous turneth away from his righteousness, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the abominations that the wicked man doeth, shall he live? None of his righteous deeds that he hath done shall be remembered: in his trespass that he hath trespassed, and in his sin that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.
• Zephaniah 1:6and them that are turned back from following Jehovah; and those that have not sought Jehovah, nor inquired after him.
• 2 Peter 2:20For if, after they have escaped the defilements of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein and overcome, the last state is become worse with them than the first.

Commentaries on Hosea 4:10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 10They shall eat, and not have enough - Whatever means they may use to satisfy or gratify themselves shall be ineffectual.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 10For they shall eat, and not have enough - This is almost a proverbial saying of Holy Scripture, and, as such, has manifold applications. In the way of nature, it comes true in those, who, under God‘s affictive Hand in famine or siege, “eat” what they have, but have “not enough,” and perish with hunger. It comes true in those, who, through bodily disease, are not nourished by their food. Yet not less true is it of those who, through their own insatiate…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 Both priests and people rejected knowledge; God will justly reject them. They forgot the law of God, neither desired nor endeavoured to retain it in mind, and to transmit the remembrance to their posterity; therefore God will justly forget them and their children. If we dishonour God with that which is our honour, it will, sooner or later, be turned into shame to us. Instead of warning the people against sin, from the consideration of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 10God's judgment fits the punishment to the crime. The Israelites worshiped Canaanite fertility gods, hoping for abundant crops and herds. However, God's judgment was that they would remain hungry, and their religious practices would bring them no benefits.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1010. eat, and not have enough--just retribution on those who "eat up (greedily) the sin of My people" (Ho 4:8; Mi 6:14; Hag 1:6). whoredom, and ... not increase--literally, "break forth"; used of giving birth to children (Ge 28:14, Margin; compare Ge 38:29). Not only their wives, but their concubines, shall be barren. To be childless was considered a great calamity among the Jews.Read the comment

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In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Hosea 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings