Hosea 4
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Hosea 4:12-19

12My people ask counsel of their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredoms causeth [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their 1God: 13they sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oak and poplar and terebinth, because the shade thereof is good; therefore your daughters play the harlot and your daughters-in-law commit adultery. 14I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your daughters-in-law for their committing adultery; for they themselves go aside with harlots, and they sacrifice with prostitutes: and the people that doth not understand shall come to ruin. 15Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, let not Judah trespass; and come ye not unto Gilgal, neither go up to Beth-aven, nor swear [As] Jehovah liveth! 16For Israel is refractory as an untractable heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide [pasture]. 17— Ephraim is joined to idols: leave him alone. 18Their drink is sour; they give themselves up to whoredom; her great men passionately love [their] shame. 19The wind hath wrapped her up in its wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

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  1. 1. Hosea 4:12 4.12 Elohim ↩

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Darby Bible — 1889 — Public Domain