Hosea 4:10

For they shall eat, and not have enough; 1 they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase; 1 because they have abandoned being shomer to heed Hashem. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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

9And there shall be, like Am (People), like kohen; 1 and I will visit them with punishment for their ways, 1 and repay them for their doings. 1

11Zenut (prostitution, whoredom) and yayin and tirosh 1 take away the lev (understanding). 1

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:26And when I have broken the matteh (staff, supply) of your lechem, eser nashim shall bake your lechem in one oven, and they shall dole out your lechem by weight; and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.

Psalms 36:3For he flattereth himself in his own eyes, 1 until his avon (iniquity) be found to be hateful. 1

Proverbs 13:25The tzaddik (righteous) eateth to the satisfying of his nefesh (soul), 1 but the beten (stomach) of the resha'im shall want.

Jeremiah 9:12And Hashem saith, Because they have forsaken My torah which I set before them, and have not obeyed My voice, neither walked therein;

Ezekiel 18:24But when the tzaddik turneth away from his tzedek, and committeth iniquity, and doeth according to all the to'evot that the rashah doeth, shall he live? All his tzedek that he hath done shall not be remembered; in his ma'al (unfaithfulness) that he hath committed treachery, and in his chattat that he hath sinned, in them shall he die.

Hosea 9:11As for Ephrayim, their kavod shall fly away like a bird, 1 from the birth, and from the beten (womb), and from the conception. 1

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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