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 they want them to do wicked things. 9So the priests will be punished like the people. I will punish them for their wicked ways and pay them back for what they have done. “They will eat, but they’ll never be full. They will have sex with prostitutes, but they’ll never have children. They have abandoned the Lord. 11Prostitutes, old wine, and new wine have robbed them of their senses. 12My people ask their wooden idols for help. A piece of wood tells them what to do. A spirit of prostitution leads them astray. They commit adultery by giving themselves to other gods.

Hosea 4:10 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• For they shall eatאָכַל'âkal · to eatH398
• and not have enoughשָׂבֵעַώâba‛ ώâbêa‛ · to satisfyH7646
• they shall commit whoredomזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
• and shall not increaseפָּרַץpârats · to break throughH6555
• because they have left offעָזַב‛âzab · to leave: forsakeH5800
• to take heedשָׁמַרshâmar · to keep: look atH8104
• to the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068

Cross-references for Hosea 4:10

• Leviticus 26:26I will destroy your food supply. Ten women will need only one oven to prepare your food. You will eat and go away hungry.
• Proverbs 13:25A righteous person eats to satisfy his appetite, but the bellies of wicked people are always empty.
• Isaiah 65:13This is what the Lord God says: My servants will eat, but you will be hungry. My servants will drink, but you will be thirsty. My servants will be glad, but you will be ashamed.
• Micah 6:14You will eat, but you won’t be full. So you will always be hungry. You will put things away, but you won’t save them. Anything you save I will destroy.
• Haggai 1:6You planted a lot, but you harvested little. You eat, but you’re never full. You drink, but you’re still thirsty. You wear clothing, but you never have enough to keep you warm. You spend money as fast as you earn it.
• Malachi 2:1“And now, you priests, this warning is for you.
• Hosea 4:14Yet, I will not punish your daughters when they become prostitutes or your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. The men go to prostitutes and offer sacrifices with temple prostitutes. These foolish people will be trampled.
• Hosea 9:11“Ephraim’s glory will fly away like a bird. There will be no more pregnancies, births, or babies.
• 2 Chronicles 24:17After he died, the officials of Judah bowed in front of the king with their faces touching the ground. Then the king listened to their advice.
• Psalms 36:3The words from his mouth are ⌞nothing but⌟ trouble and deception. He has stopped doing what is wise and good.
• Psalms 125:5But when people become crooked, the Lord will lead them away with troublemakers. Let there be peace in Israel!
• Jeremiah 34:15Recently, you changed and did what I consider right. You agreed to free your neighbors, and you made a promise in my presence, in the temple that is called by my name.
• Ezekiel 18:24“But suppose a righteous person turns away from doing right and he does evil things. He does all the disgusting things that the wicked person did. Will he live? All the right things that he has done will not be remembered because of his unfaithfulness and because of his sin. He will die because of them.
• Zephaniah 1:6I will remove those who have turned away from following the Lord and those who no longer seek the Lord or ask him for help.”
• 2 Peter 2:20People can know our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and escape the world’s filth. But if they get involved in this filth again and give in to it, they are worse off than they were before.

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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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