Hosea 4:11

Harlotry, wine, and new wine take away the heart.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

In Context

10And they shall eat, and not have enough, they shall commit harlotry, and shall not increase; because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.

12My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of harlotry hath caused them to err, and they have gone astray from under their God.

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Cross References

Proverbs 6:32He that committeth adultery with a woman lacketh understanding; he doeth it that would destroy his own soul.

Proverbs 23:27For a harlot is a deep ditch; and an alien woman is a narrow pit.

Isaiah 5:12And the harp and the psaltery, the tabret and the pipe, and wine, are in their feasts; but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither have they considered the operation of His hands.

Jeremiah 23:13And I have seen unseemliness in the prophets of Samaria: they prophesied by Baal, and caused My people Israel to err.

Hosea 5:4Their doings will not suffer them to return unto their God; for the spirit of harlotry is within them, and they know not the LORD.

Matthew Henry on Hosea 4:7-12

Grounds of God's Controversy with Israel; The Sins of the Priests and People. ( b. c. 758.) 6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. 7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. 8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. 9 And there shall… Read the whole commentary →

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