New International Version
Hosea 4:14
14“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!
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)But why should I punish them for their prostitution and adultery? For your men are doing the same thing, sinning with whores and shrine prostitutes. O foolish people! You refuse to understand, so you will be destroyed.
Context of Hosea 4:14
12My people consult a wooden idol, and a diviner’s rod speaks to them. A spirit of prostitution leads them astray; they are unfaithful to their God. 13They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar and terebinth, where the shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. “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! 15“Though you, Israel, commit adultery, do not let Judah become guilty. “Do not go to Gilgal; do not go up to Beth Aven. And do not swear, ‘As surely as the Lord lives!’ 16The Israelites are stubborn, like a stubborn heifer. How then can the Lord pasture them like lambs in a meadow?
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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
Words taken from the KJV.
- I will not punishפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485
- your daughtersבַּתbath · daughterH1323
- when they commit whoredomזָנָהzânâh · to fornicateH2181
- nor your spousesכַּלָּהkallâh · daughter-in-law: brideH3618
- when they commit adulteryנָאַףnâ'aph · to commit adulteryH5003
- for themselves are separatedפָּרַדpârad · to separateH6504
- and they sacrificeזָבַחzâbach · to sacrificeH2076
- with harlotsקְדֵשָׁהqedêshâh · cult prostituteH6948
- therefore the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
- doth not understandבִּיןbîyn · to understandH995
- shall fallלָבַטlâbaţ · to ruinH3832
Cross-references for Hosea 4:14
- Hosea 4:17Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
- Isaiah 1:5Why should you be beaten anymore? Why do you persist in rebellion? Your whole head is injured, your whole heart afflicted.
- Hebrews 12:8If you are not disciplined—and everyone undergoes discipline—then you are not legitimate, not true sons and daughters at all.
- 1 Corinthians 6:16Do you not know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”
- 1 Kings 14:23They also set up for themselves high places, sacred stones and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every spreading tree.
- 1 Kings 15:12He expelled the male shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made.
- 2 Kings 23:7He also tore down the quarters of the male shrine prostitutes that were in the temple of the Lord, the quarters where women did weaving for Asherah.
- Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites, because the Lord has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: “There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land.
- Hosea 14:9Who is wise? Let them realize these things. Who is discerning? Let them understand. The ways of the Lord are right; the righteous walk in them, but the rebellious stumble in them.
- Proverbs 28:5Evildoers do not understand what is right, but those who seek the Lord understand it fully.
- Isaiah 44:18They know nothing, they understand nothing; their eyes are plastered over so they cannot see, and their minds closed so they cannot understand.
- Isaiah 56:11They are dogs with mighty appetites; they never have enough. They are shepherds who lack understanding; they all turn to their own way, they seek their own gain.
- Daniel 12:10Many will be purified, made spotless and refined, but the wicked will continue to be wicked. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.
- John 8:43Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say.
- Romans 3:11there is no one who understands; there is no one who seeks God.
- Ephesians 4:18They are darkened in their understanding and separated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardening of their hearts.
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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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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