Hosea 4
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Hosea 4:12-19

12My people ask counsel at their idols, and their staff declareth to them: for the spirit of harlotry hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot departing from under their God. 13They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because their shadow is pleasant: therefore your daughters shall commit harlotry, and your spouses shall commit adultery. 14I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for they themselves are separated with harlots, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.12 15Though thou, Israel, playest the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye to Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth. 16For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place. 17Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. 18Their drink is sour: they have committed harlotry continually: her rulers with love shame more than glory.34 19The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

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Notes

  1. 1. Hosea 4:14 I will not: or, Shall I not ↩
  2. 2. Hosea 4:14 fall: or, be punished ↩
  3. 3. Hosea 4:18 sour: Heb. gone ↩
  4. 4. Hosea 4:18 rulers: Heb. shields ↩

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Revised Webster's Bible — 1833 — Public Domain