Hosea 4:13

They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, 1 and burn incense upon the hills, 1 under oak and poplar and terebinth, 1 because the shade thereof is tov; 1 therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, 1 and your daughters-in-law shall commit ni'uf (adultery). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

12Ami (My people) consult a piece of wood, 1 and their staff declareth unto them; 1 for the ruach zenunim hath caused them to err, 1 and they have played the zonah, forsaking Eloheihem. 1

14I will not visit punishment upon your daughters when they commit whoredom, 1 nor your daughters-in-law when they commit ni'uf (adultery); 1 because the men consort with zonot, 1 and they sacrifice with kedeshot (temple prostitutes); 1 thus the Am without binah (understanding) shall come to ruin. 1

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Cross References

2 Samuel 12:10Now therefore the cherev shall not depart from thine Bais ad olam; because thou hast despised Me, hast taken the isha Uriyah the Chitti as thy isha.

2 Kings 23:7And he tore down the batim (houses) of hakedeshim (the male and female cult prostitutes) that were in the Beis Hashem, where the nashim were weaving hangings for Asherah.

Isaiah 1:29For they shall be ashamed 1 of the sacred oaks which ye have delighted in, 1 and ye shall blush 1 for the gannot (gardens) that ye have chosen. 1

Isaiah 57:7Upon a lofty and high har 1 hast thou set up thy mishkav (bed i.e., fertility rites); 1 there wentest thou up to offer zevach. 1

Jeremiah 3:6Hashem said also unto me in the days of Yoshiyah HaMelech, Hast thou seen that which meshuvah Yisroel (backsliding Yisroel) hath done? She is gone up upon every high hill and under every green tree, and there hath played the zonah.

Ezekiel 6:13Then shall ye know that I am Hashem, when their slain shall be among their gillulim all around their mizbechot, upon every givah ramah (high hill), in all the tops of the harim, and under every spreading tree, and under every leafy elah (oak tree), the makom (place) where they did offer rei'ach nicho'ach to all their gillulim.

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 →

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