Hosea 4:10

They will eat and not be satisfied, they will sleep around but stay childless, because they have abandoned the Lord to give themselves to

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For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.

In Context

9Thus it comes to be, like people, like priest: I will visit upon each punishment for their ways, and their deeds I will repay them.

11prostitution. Old and new wine take away the understanding.

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Cross References

Psalms 36:3First, their speech becomes wicked and false, they give up acting wisely and well.

Hosea 9:11Ephraim – like a bird his glory flies away. There will be no more birth, no more motherhood, no more conception.

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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