Hosea 2:4

Hosea 2:4 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
• New International Version (NIV)I will not show my love to her children, because they are the children of adultery.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Upon her children also I will have no mercy, because they are children of whoredom.
• New King James Version (NKJV)“I will not have mercy on her children, For they are the children of harlotry.

Context of Hosea 2:4

2Plead earnestly with your mother (for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband), so that she might put an end to her adulterous lifestyle, and turn away from her sexually immoral behavior. 3Otherwise, I will strip her naked, and expose her like she was when she was born. I will turn her land into a wilderness and make her country a parched land, so that I might kill her with thirst. I will have no pity on her children, because they are children conceived in adultery. 5For their mother has committed adultery; she who conceived them has acted shamefully. For she said, “I will seek out my lovers; they are the ones who give me my bread and my water, my wool, my flax, my olive oil, and my wine. 6Therefore, I will soon fence her in with thorns; I will wall her in so that she cannot find her way.

Hosea 2:4 word by word

וְאֶת־בָּנֶ֖יהָ לֹ֣א אֲרַחֵ֑ם כִּֽי־בְנֵ֥י זְנוּנִ֖ים הֵֽמָּה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• And I will not have mercyרָחַםrâcham · to have compassionH7355
• upon her childrenבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of whoredomsזְנוּנִיםzânûn · fornicationH2183

Cross-references for Hosea 2:4

• Hosea 1:6She conceived again and gave birth to a daughter. Then the Lord said to him, “Name her ‘No Pity’ (Lo-Ruhamah) because I will no longer have pity on the nation of Israel. For I will certainly not forgive their guilt.
• Isaiah 27:11When its branches get brittle, they break; women come and use them for kindling. For these people lack understanding, therefore the one who made them has no compassion on them; the one who formed them has no mercy on them.
• Jeremiah 13:14And I will smash them like wine bottles against one another, children and parents alike. I will not show any pity, mercy, or compassion. Nothing will keep me from destroying them,’ says the Lord.”
• Jeremiah 16:5“Moreover I, the Lord, tell you: ‘Do not go into a house where they are having a funeral meal. Do not go there to mourn and express your sorrow for them. For I have stopped showing them my good favor, my love, and my compassion. I, the Lord, so affirm it!
• Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will act with fury! My eye will not pity them nor will I spare them. When they have shouted in my ears, I will not listen to them.”
• Ezekiel 9:10But as for me, my eye will not pity them nor will I spare them; I hereby repay them for what they have done.”
• Zechariah 1:12The angel of the Lord then asked, “Lord who rules over all, how long before you have compassion on Jerusalem and the other cities of Judah which you have been so angry with for these seventy years?”
• Romans 9:18So then, God has mercy on whom he chooses to have mercy, and he hardens whom he chooses to harden.
• Romans 11:22Notice therefore the kindness and harshness of God – harshness toward those who have fallen, but God’s kindness toward you, provided you continue in his kindness; otherwise you also will be cut off.
• James 2:13For judgment is merciless for the one who has shown no mercy. But mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Hosea 1:2When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, he said to him, “Go marry a prostitute who will bear illegitimate children conceived through prostitution, because the nation continually commits spiritual prostitution by turning away from the Lord.”
• 2 Kings 9:22When Jehoram saw Jehu, he asked, “Is everything all right, Jehu?” He replied, “How can everything be all right as long as your mother Jezebel promotes idolatry and pagan practices?”
• Isaiah 57:3But approach, you sons of omen readers, you offspring of adulteresses and prostitutes!
• John 8:41You people are doing the deeds of your father.” Then they said to Jesus, “We were not born as a result of immorality! We have only one Father, God himself.”

Commentaries on Hosea 2:4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 4They be the children of whoredoms - They are all idolaters; and have been consecrated to idols, whose marks they bear.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2-23Rebuke your mother, rebuke her: At first glance, the Lord, like an upset husband, seems to be giving a divorce to his unfaithful wife, Israel (see Deuteronomy 24:1). However, as the passage continues, it becomes clear that God’s goal in this lawsuit is not divorce, but reconciliation (Hosea 2:14–23). God’s case against Israel aims to make Israel aware of her sin and offer her a chance to return to her true husband. The Lord’s desire for reconciliation…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 44. her children--Not even her individual members shall escape the doom of the nation collectively, for they are individually guilty.Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 2:4

• Idolatry
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning

In the dictionaries

• Fornication
• Hedge
• Thorn
• Crime; Crimes
• Envy
• Hosea
• Mother
• Song of Songs
• Zechariah, Book of
• conceive, conceived, conception

Commentaries on Hosea 2

• 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
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings