Hosea 4:10

And they shall eat, and not be satisfied, they have encouraged unchastity, yet have not been making increase,—for unto, Yahweh, have they left off giving heed:—

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

9So doth it come to be—like people, like priest,—therefore will I visit upon him his ways, and, his doings, will I bring back to him;

11Unchastity, and wine, and new wine, take away the heart.

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Cross References

Leviticus 26:26When I have broken your staff of bread, then shall ten women bake your bread in one oven, And give back your bread by weight,—And ye shall eat and not be filled.

Psalms 36:3The words of his mouth, are iniquity and deceit, he hath left off to show discretion by doing well:

Proverbs 13:25The righteous, eateth to satisfy his appetite, but, the belly of the lawless, shall want.

Jeremiah 9:12Who, is the man that is wise That he may discern this? And, unto whom, hath the mouth of Yahweh spoken, That he may declare it? For what cause Hath the land perished, Hath it been burned as a wilderness that no man passeth through?

Ezekiel 18:24But, when a righteous man, shall turn away, from his righteousness and do that which is perverse, Shall do, according to all the abominations which the lawless man hath done, Shall he live? None of his righteous acts which he hath done, shall be remembered, In his treachery wherein he hath been treacherous, And in his sin wherein he hath sinned, In them, shall he die.

Hosea 9:11As for Ephraim! like a bird, did their glory, fly away,—no birth, and none with child, no conception.

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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