Hosea 4:11
Zenut (prostitution, whoredom) and yayin and tirosh 1 take away the lev (understanding). 1
Orthodox Jewish Bible
In The King James Version
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
In Context
Cross References
Proverbs 6:32But the no'ef (one who committeth adultery) with an isha lacketh lev; + 6:32 of understanding 1 he that doeth it destroyeth his own nefesh. 1
Proverbs 23:27For a zonah is a deep pit, 1 and a nokhriyah (strange woman, foreign woman, seductress, unfaithful wife) is a narrow well. 1
Isaiah 5:12And the kinnor, and the nevel, the tambourine, and flute, 1 and yayin, are in their mishtehim; 1 but they regard not the Po'al Hashem (the work of Hashem ), 1 neither consider the ma'aseh of His hands. 1
Jeremiah 23:13And I have seen a repulsive thing in the nevi'im of Shomron; 1 they prophesied by Ba'al, 1 and caused My people Yisroel to err. 1
Hosea 5:4Their doings do not permit them to turn unto Eloheihem; 1 for the ruach zenunim is in the midst of them, 1 and they have not known Hashem. 1
Luke 21:34And be shomer regarding yourselves lest your levavot (hearts) may be burdened with dissipation and drunkenness and the cares of the Olam HaZeh and Yom HaHu (That Day) may come upon you PITOM + 21:34 Mal 3:1 (suddenly).
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 →