Hosea 4:14
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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.I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.
In other translations
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.I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.
Hebrew words
לֹא־lo'-notH3808אֶפְקוֹד'efkodI will visit [judgment]H6485עַל־'al-onH5921בְּנוֹתֵיכֶםbenoteikhemdaughters yourH1323כִּיkiifH3588תִזְנֶינָהtizneinahthey prostitute themselvesH2181וְעַל־ve'al-and onH5921כַּלּוֹתֵיכֶםkaloteikhembrides yourH3618כִּיkiifH3588תְנָאַפְנָהtena'afnahthey commit adulteryH5003כִּי־ki-forH3588הֵםhemthey [masc]H1992עִם־'im-withH5973הַזֹּנוֹתhazonotthe prostitutesH2181יְפָרֵדוּyefareduthey go apartH6504וְעִם־ve'im-and withH5973הַקְּדֵשׁוֹתhakedeshotthe cult prostitutesH6948יְזַבֵּחוּyezabechuthey sacrificeH2076וְעָםve'amand a peopleH5971לֹא־lo'-[which] notH3808יָבִיןyavinit understandsH995יִלָּבֵט׃yilavetit will be ruinedH3832
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Related verses
- Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
- Ephesians 4:18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart:They are darkened in their understanding and alienated from the life of God because of the ignorance that is in them due to the hardness of their hearts.
- 1 Corinthians 6:16What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh.Or don’t you 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.”
- Hosea 14:9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein.Whoever 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 walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.
- Romans 3:11There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God.There is no one who understands, no one who seeks God.
- Isaiah 56:11Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter.Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
- Hebrews 12:8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons.If you do not experience discipline like everyone else, then you are illegitimate children and not true sons.
- Hosea 4:17Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!
- Daniel 12:10Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand.Many will be purified, made spotless, and refined, but the wicked will continue to act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but the wise will understand.
- Isaiah 44:18-2018 They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand. 19 And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree? 20 He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand?18 They do not comprehend or discern, for He has shut their eyes so they cannot see and closed their minds so they cannot understand. 19 And no one considers in his heart, no one has the knowledge or insight to say, “I burned half of it in the fire, and I baked bread on its coals; I roasted meat and I ate. Shall I make something detestable with the rest of it? Shall I bow down to a block of wood?” 20 He feeds on ashes. His deluded heart has led him astray, and he cannot deliver himself or say, “Is not this thing in my right hand a lie?”
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