Hosea 4:14

I will not punish your daughters when they choose to commit sexual immorality, 1 nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. 1 For the men also give themselves to the prostitutes, 1 and they offer sacrifices so they can commit immoral acts with sacred prostitutes. 1 So this people who does not understand will be thrown down. 1

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I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

In Context

13They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains 1 and burn incense on the hills, 1 under oaks, poplars and terebinths, 1 because the shade is good. 1 So your daughters commit sexual immorality, 1 and your daughters-in-law commit adultery. 1

15Though you, Israel, have committed adultery, 1 may Judah not become guilty. 1 Do not go to Gilgal, you people; 1 do not go up to Beth Aven, 1 and do not swear, saying, “As Yahweh lives.” 1

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Cross References

Numbers 25:3The men of Israel joined in worshiping Baal of Peor, and Yahweh's anger was kindled against Israel.

1 Kings 14:23For they also built for themselves high places, stone pillars, and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.

2 Kings 23:7He cleared out the rooms of the cultic prostitutes who were in the temple of Yahweh, where the women wove garments for Asherah.

Isaiah 1:5Why are you still being beaten? Why do you rebel more and more? 1 The whole head is sick, the whole heart is weak. 1

Isaiah 44:18They do not know, nor do they understand, for their eyes are blind and cannot see, and their hearts cannot perceive. 1

Daniel 12:10Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined, but the wicked will act wickedly. None of the wicked will understand, but those who are wise will understand.

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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