Hosea 4:18
When their carouse is over, they take to harlotry; her rulers deeply love dishonour.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
In Context
17Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.
19The wind hath bound her up in her skirts; and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
Cross References
Exodus 23:8And thou shalt take no gift; for a gift blindeth them that have sight, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Deuteronomy 32:32For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah; their grapes are grapes of gall, their clusters are bitter;
1 Samuel 12:3Here I am; witness against me before the LORD, and before His anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? or whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.'
Psalms 47:9(47-10) The princes of the peoples are gathered together, the people of the God of Abraham; for unto God belong the shields of the earth; He is greatly exalted.
Isaiah 1:21How is the faithful city become a harlot! She that was full of justice, righteousness lodged in her, but now murderers.
Ezekiel 16:15But thou didst trust in thy beauty and play the harlot because of thy renown, and didst pour out thy harlotries on every one that passed by; his it was.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 4:13-19
The Sins of the Priests and the People; Warning to Judah. ( b. c. 758.) 12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. 13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. 14 I will not punish… Read the whole commentary →