Hosea 4:18
Even when their strong drink is gone, 1 they continue to commit adultery; 1 her rulers dearly love their shame. 1
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In Context
17Ephraim united himself with idols; 1 leave him alone. 1
19The wind will wrap her up in its wings; 1 and they will be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
Cross References
Exodus 23:8Never take a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see, and perverts honest people's words.
Deuteronomy 32:32For their vine comes from the vine of Sodom, 1 and from the fields of Gomorrah; 1 their grapes are grapes of poison; 1 their clusters are bitter. 1
1 Samuel 12:3Here I am; testify against me before Yahweh and before his anointed one. Whose ox have I taken? Whose donkey have I taken? Whom have I defrauded? Whom have I oppressed? From whose hand have I taken a bribe to blind my eyes with? Testify against me, and I will restore it to you.”
Psalms 47:9The princes of the peoples have gathered together 1 to the people of the God of Abraham; 1 for the shields of the earth belong to God; 1 he is greatly exalted.
Isaiah 1:21How the faithful city has become a prostitute! 1 She who was full of justice—she was full of righteousness, 1 but now she is full of murderers. 1
Ezekiel 16:15But you trusted in your own beauty, and you acted like a prostitute because of your fame; you poured out your acts of prostitution on everyone who passed by, so that your beauty became his.
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 →