Berean Standard Bible

Hosea 4:12-19

12My peopleH5971 consultH7592 their wooden idolsH6086, and their divining rodsH4731 informH5046 them. ForH3588 a spiritH7307 of prostitutionH2183 leads them astrayH8582 and they have played the harlotH2181 againstH8478 their GodH430.13They sacrificeH2076 onH5921 the mountaintopsH7218 H2022 and burn offeringsH6999 onH5921 the hillsH1389, underH8478 oakH437, poplarH3839, and terebinthH424, becauseH3588 their shadeH6738 is pleasantH2896. And soH5921 H3651 your daughtersH1323 turn to prostitutionH2181 and your daughters-in-lawH3618 to adulteryH5003.14I will notH3808 punishH6485 H5921 your daughtersH1323 whenH3588 they prostitute themselvesH2181, norH5921 your daughters-in-lawH3618 whenH3588 they commit adulteryH5003. ForH3588 the men themselvesH1992 go offH6504 withH5973 prostitutesH2181 and offer sacrificesH2076 withH5973 shrine prostitutesH6948. So a peopleH5971 withoutH3808 understandingH995 will come to ruinH3832.

15ThoughH518 youH859 prostitute yourselfH2181, O IsraelH3478,may JudahH3063 avoidH408 such guiltH816!Do notH408 journeyH935 to GilgalH1537,do not go upH5927 to Beth-avenH1007 H408,1and do notH408 swear on oathH7650,‘As surely as the LORDH3068 livesH2416!’16ForH3588 IsraelH3478 is as obstinateH5637as a stubbornH5637 heiferH6510.Can the LORDH3068 nowH6258 shepherd themH7462like lambsH3532 in an open meadowH4800?17EphraimH669 2 is joinedH2266 to idolsH6091;leave him aloneH5117!18When their liquorH5435 is goneH5493,they turn to prostitutionH2181;their rulersH4043 H157 3 dearly loveH157 disgraceH7036.19The whirlwindH7307 has wrappedH6887 themH853 4 in its wingsH3671,and their sacrificesH2077 will bring them shameH954.

Notes

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. Hosea 4:17 That is, the northern kingdom of Israel ↩
3. Hosea 4:18 Hebrew her shields ↩
4. Hosea 4:19 Hebrew has wrapped her ↩