Hosea 4
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Hosea 4:12-19

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.13They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.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.

15Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel,may Judah avoid such guilt!Do not journey to Gilgal,do not go up to Beth-aven,1and do not swear on oath,‘As surely as the LORD lives!’16For Israel is as obstinateas a stubborn heifer.Can the LORD now shepherd themlike lambs in an open meadow?17Ephraim2 is joined to idols;leave him alone!18When their liquor is gone,they turn to prostitution;their rulers3 dearly love disgrace.19The whirlwind has wrapped them4 in its wings,and their sacrifices will bring them shame.
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  1. 1. Hosea 4:15 Beth-aven means house of wickedness. This is a derogatory term for Bethel, which means house of God; see 1 Kings 12:28–29. ↩
  2. 2. Hosea 4:17 That is, the northern kingdom of Israel ↩
  3. 3. Hosea 4:18 Hebrew her shields ↩
  4. 4. Hosea 4:19 Hebrew has wrapped her ↩

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