Hosea 4:11
Lewdness and wine and new wine take away the heart.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 6:32But whoso committeth adultery with a woman lacketh sense: he that is the destroyer of his soul, will alone do this.
Proverbs 23:27For a harlot is a deep ditch, and a strange woman is a narrow well.
Isaiah 5:12And there are harp and psaltery, tambourine and flute, and wine at their drinking-feasts; but the deeds of the Lord they regard not, and the works of his hands they behold not.
Jeremiah 23:13And on the prophets of Samaria have I seen absurdity: they prophesied by Ba'al, and misled my people Israel.
Hosea 5:4Their doings will not permit them to return unto their God; for the spirit of lewdness is in their bosom, and the Lord they have not known.
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 →