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 sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity. 9And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds. They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves 11to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding. 12My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.

Hosea 4:10 word by word

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

• They will eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• but notלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• be satisfiedשָׂבֵעַώâba‛ ώâbêa‛ · to satisfyH7646
• they will be promiscuousזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
• multiplyפָּרַץpârats · to break throughH6555
• Forכִּיkîy · forH3588
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• they have abandonedעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• to give themselvesשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: look atH8104

Cross-references for Hosea 4:10

• Leviticus 26:26When I cut off your supply of bread, ten women will bake your bread in a single oven and dole out your bread by weight, so that you will eat but not be satisfied.
• Proverbs 13:25A righteous man eats to his heart’s content, but the stomach of the wicked is empty.
• Isaiah 65:13Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame.
• Micah 6:14You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword.
• Haggai 1:6You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”
• Malachi 2:1“And now this decree is for you, O priests:
• Hosea 4:14I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.
• Hosea 9:11Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird, with no birth, no pregnancy, and no conception.
• 2 Chronicles 24:17After the death of Jehoiada, however, the officials of Judah came and paid homage to the king, and he listened to them.
• Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth are wicked and deceitful; he has ceased to be wise and well-doing.
• Psalms 125:5But those who turn to crooked ways the LORD will banish with the evildoers. Peace be upon Israel.
• Jeremiah 34:15Recently you repented and did what pleased Me; each of you proclaimed freedom for his neighbor. You made a covenant before Me in the house that bears My Name.
• Ezekiel 18:24But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.
• Zephaniah 1:6and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”
• 2 Peter 2:20If indeed they have escaped the corruption of the world through the knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, only to be entangled and overcome by it again, their final condition is worse than it was at 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

• Languish
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• Hosea
• Zechariah, Book of

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