New American Standard Bible 1995
Hosea 4:14
14I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot Or your 1brides when they commit adultery, For the men themselves go apart with harlots And offer sacrifices with 2temple prostitutes; So the people without understanding are 3ruined.
Hosea 4:14 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
- New International Version (NIV)“I will not punish your daughters when they turn to prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, because the men themselves consort with harlots and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes— a people without understanding will come to ruin!
- English Standard Version (ESV)I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go aside with prostitutes and sacrifice with cult prostitutes, and a people without understanding shall come to ruin.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, Nor your brides when they commit adultery; For the men themselves go apart with harlots, And offer sacrifices with a ritual harlot. Therefore people who do not understand will be trampled.
Context of Hosea 4:14
12My people consult their wooden idol, and their diviner’s wand informs them; For a spirit of harlotry has led them astray, And they have played the harlot, departing from their God. 13They offer sacrifices on the tops of the mountains And burn incense on the hills, Under oak, poplar and terebinth, Because their shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters play the harlot And your brides commit adultery. I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot Or your brides when they commit adultery, For the men themselves go apart with harlots And offer sacrifices with temple prostitutes; So the people without understanding are ruined. 15Though you, Israel, play the harlot, Do not let Judah become guilty; Also do not go to Gilgal, Or go up to Beth-aven And take the oath: “As the Lord lives!” 16Since Israel is stubborn Like a stubborn heifer, Can the Lord now pasture them Like a lamb in a large field?
Read all of Hosea 4Hosea 4:14 word by word
לֹֽא־אֶפְק֨וֹד עַל־בְּנוֹתֵיכֶ֜ם כִּ֣י תִזְנֶ֗ינָה וְעַל־כַּלּֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ כִּ֣י תְנָאַ֔פְנָה כִּי־הֵם֙ עִם־הַזֹּנ֣וֹת יְפָרֵ֔דוּ וְעִם־הַקְּדֵשׁ֖וֹת יְזַבֵּ֑חוּ וְעָ֥ם לֹֽא־יָבִ֖ין יִלָּבֵֽט׃Read the interlinear
- I will not punishפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485
- your daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
- whenכִּיkîy · forH3588
- they playזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
- bridesכַּלָּהkallâh · daughter-in-law: brideH3618
- they commitנָאַףnâ'aph · to commit adulteryH5003
- goפָּרַדpârad · to separateH6504
- And offerזָבַחzâbach · to sacrificeH2076
- templeקָדֵשׁqâdêsh · male cult prostituteH6945
- So the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- withoutלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
- understandingבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
- ruinedלָבַטlâbaţ · to ruinH3832
Cross-references for Hosea 4:14
- Hosea 4:17Ephraim is joined to idols; Let him alone.
- Isaiah 1:5Where will you be stricken again, As you continue in your rebellion? The whole head is sick And the whole heart is faint.
- Hebrews 12:8But if you are without discipline, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate children and not sons.
- 1 Corinthians 6:16Or do you not know that the one who joins himself to a prostitute is one body with her? For He says, “The two shall become one flesh.”
- 1 Kings 14:23For they also built for themselves high places and sacred pillars and Asherim on every high hill and beneath every luxuriant tree.
- 1 Kings 15:12He also put away the male cult prostitutes from the land and removed all the idols which his fathers had made.
- 2 Kings 23:7He also broke down the houses of the male cult prostitutes which were in the house of the Lord, where the women were weaving hangings for the Asherah.
- Hosea 4:1Listen to the word of the Lord, O sons of Israel, For the Lord has a case against the inhabitants of the land, Because there is no faithfulness or kindness Or knowledge of God in the land.
- Hosea 14:9Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; Whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the Lord are right, And the righteous will walk in them, But transgressors will stumble in them.
- Proverbs 28:5Evil men do not understand justice, But those who seek the Lord understand all things.
- Isaiah 44:18They do not know, nor do they understand, for He has smeared over their eyes so that they cannot see and their hearts so that they cannot comprehend.
- Isaiah 56:11And the dogs are greedy, they are not satisfied. And they are shepherds who have no understanding; They have all turned to their own way, Each one to his unjust gain, to the last one.
- Daniel 12:10Many will be purged, purified and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly; and none of the wicked will understand, but those who have insight will understand.
- John 8:43Why do you not understand what I am saying? It is because you cannot hear My word.
- Romans 3:11There is none who understands, There is none who seeks for God;
- Ephesians 4:18being darkened in their understanding, excluded from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them, because of the hardness of their heart;
Commentaries on Hosea 4:14
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14I will not punish - Why should you be stricken any more; ye will revolt more and more. When God, in judgment, removes his judgments, the case of that people is desperate. While there is hope, there is correction. Themselves are separated - There is a reference here to certain debaucheries which should not be described. The state of the people at this time must have been abominable beyond all precedent; animal, sensual, bestial, diabolical: women…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14I will not punish your daughters - God threatens, as the severest woe, that He will not punish their sins with the correction of a Father in this present life, but will leave the sinners, unheeded, to follow all iniquity. It is the last punishment of persevering stoners, that God leaves them to prosper in their sins and in those things which help them to sin. Hence, we are taught to pray, “O Lord, correct me, but in judgment, not in Thine anger” Jeremiah…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-19Verses 12-19 The people consulted images, and not the Divine word. This would lead to disorder and sin. Thus men prepare scourges for themselves, and vice is spread through a people. Let not Judah come near the idolatrous worship of Israel. For Israel was devoted to idols, and must now be let alone. When sinners cast off the easy yoke of Christ, they go on in sin till the Lord saith, Let them alone. Then they receive no more warnings, feel no more…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14God stated that he would not target young women for their prostitution. This statement contrasts with the double standards common in ancient cultures. prostitutes: The Hebrew word refers to female prostitutes dedicated to serving Baal and Asherah in Baal's temples (Deuteronomy 23:18).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. I will not punish ... daughters--I will visit with the heaviest punishments "not" the unchaste "daughters and spouses," but the fathers and husbands; for it is these who "themselves" have set the bad example, so that as compared with the punishment of the latter, that of the former shall seem as nothing [Munster]. separated with whores--withdrawn from the assembly of worshippers to some receptacle of impurity for carnal connection with whores…Read the comment
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Notes
- 1. Hosea 4:14 Or daughters-in-law ↩
- 2. Hosea 4:14 Deut 23:17 ↩
- 3. Hosea 4:14 Lit thrust down ↩
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
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