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Hosea 4

Hos. 4:14 KJV (With Strong’s)

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γI will not punish
paqad (Hebrew #6485)
to visit (with friendly or hostile intent); by analogy, to oversee, muster, charge, care for, miss, deposit, etc.
KJV usage: appoint, X at all, avenge, bestow, (appoint to have the, give a) charge, commit, count, deliver to keep, be empty, enjoin, go see, hurt, do judgment, lack, lay up, look, make, X by any means, miss, number, officer, (make) overseer, have (the) oversight, punish, reckon, (call to) remember(-brance), set (over), sum, X surely, visit, want.
Pronounce: paw-kad'
Origin: a primitive root
your daughters
bath (Hebrew #1323)
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
KJV usage: apple (of the eye), branch, company, daughter, X first, X old, + owl, town, village.
Pronounce: bath
Origin: from 1129 (as feminine of 1121)
when they commit whoredom
zanah (Hebrew #2181)
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
KJV usage: (cause to) commit fornication, X continually, X great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.
Pronounce: zaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root (highly-fed and therefore wanton)
, nor your spouses
kallah (Hebrew #3618)
a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
KJV usage: bride, daughter-in-law, spouse.
Pronounce: kal-law'
Origin: from 3634
when they commit adultery
na'aph (Hebrew #5003)
to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize
KJV usage: adulterer(-ess), commit(-ing) adultery, woman that breaketh wedlock.
Pronounce: naw-af'
Origin: a primitive root
: for themselves are separated
parad (Hebrew #6504)
to break through, i.e. spread or separate (oneself)
KJV usage: disperse, divide, be out of joint, part, scatter (abroad), separate (self), sever self, stretch, sunder.
Pronounce: paw-rad'
Origin: a primitive root
b with whores
zanah (Hebrew #2181)
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
KJV usage: (cause to) commit fornication, X continually, X great, (be an, play the) harlot, (cause to be, play the) whore, (commit, fall to) whoredom, (cause to) go a-whoring, whorish.
Pronounce: zaw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root (highly-fed and therefore wanton)
, and they sacrifice
zabach (Hebrew #2076)
to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
KJV usage: kill, offer, (do) sacrifice, slay.
Pronounce: zaw-bakh'
Origin: a primitive root
with harlots
qdeshah (Hebrew #6948)
a female devotee (i.e. prostitute)
KJV usage: harlot, whore.
Pronounce: ked-ay-shaw'
Origin: feminine of 6945
: therefore the people
`am (Hebrew #5971)
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
KJV usage: folk, men, nation, people.
Pronounce: am
Origin: from 6004
that doth not understand
biyn (Hebrew #995)
to separate mentally (or distinguish), i.e.(generally) understand
KJV usage: attend, consider, be cunning, diligently, direct, discern, eloquent, feel, inform, instruct, have intelligence, know, look well to, mark, perceive, be prudent, regard, (can) skill(-full), teach, think, (cause, make to, get, give, have) understand(-ing), view, (deal) wise(-ly, man).
Pronounce: bene
Origin: a primitive root
c shall βfall
labat (Hebrew #3832)
to overthrow; intransposed, to fall
KJV usage: fall.
Pronounce: law-bat'
Origin: a primitive root
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or, Shall I not.
b
1 Cor. 6:16• 16What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. (1 Cor. 6:16)
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Hos. 4:1,5‑6• 1Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
 5Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
 6My 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. (Hos. 4:1,5‑6)
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or, be punished.

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Daughter,
Sacrifice,
Spouse

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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I will not.
or, Shall I not, etc.
punish.
Hos. 4:17• 17Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. (Hos. 4:17)
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Isa. 1:5• 5Why should ye be stricken any more? ye will revolt more and more: the whole head is sick, and the whole heart faint. (Isa. 1:5)
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Heb. 12:8• 8But if ye be without chastisement, whereof all are partakers, then are ye bastards, and not sons. (Heb. 12:8)
for.
1 Cor. 6:16• 16What? know ye not that he which is joined to an harlot is one body? for two, saith he, shall be one flesh. (1 Cor. 6:16)
and they.
1 Kings 14:23‑24• 23For they also built them high places, and images, and groves, on every high hill, and under every green tree.
 24And there were also sodomites in the land: and they did according to all the abominations of the nations which the Lord cast out before the children of Israel. (1 Kings 14:23‑24)
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1 Kings 15:12• 12And he took away the sodomites out of the land, and removed all the idols that his fathers had made. (1 Kings 15:12)
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2 Kings 23:7• 7And he brake down the houses of the sodomites, that were by the house of the Lord, where the women wove hangings for the grove. (2 Kings 23:7)
therefore.
Hos. 4:1,5‑6• 1Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
 5Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
 6My 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. (Hos. 4:1,5‑6)
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Hos. 14:9• 9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the Lord are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the transgressors shall fall therein. (Hos. 14:9)
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Prov. 28:5• 5Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the Lord understand all things. (Prov. 28:5)
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Isa. 44:18‑20• 18They have not known nor understood: for he hath shut their eyes, that they cannot see; and their hearts, that they cannot understand.
 19And none considereth in his heart, neither is there knowledge nor understanding to say, I have burned part of it in the fire; yea, also I have baked bread upon the coals thereof; I have roasted flesh, and eaten it: and shall I make the residue thereof an abomination? shall I fall down to the stock of a tree?
 20He feedeth on ashes: a deceived heart hath turned him aside, that he cannot deliver his soul, nor say, Is there not a lie in my right hand? (Isa. 44:18‑20)
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Isa. 56:11• 11Yea, they are greedy dogs which can never have enough, and they are shepherds that cannot understand: they all look to their own way, every one for his gain, from his quarter. (Isa. 56:11)
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Dan. 12:10• 10Many shall be purified, and made white, and tried; but the wicked shall do wickedly: and none of the wicked shall understand; but the wise shall understand. (Dan. 12:10)
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John 8:43• 43Why do ye not understand my speech? even because ye cannot hear my word. (John 8:43)
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Rom. 3:11• 11There is none that understandeth, there is none that seeketh after God. (Rom. 3:11)
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Eph. 4:18• 18Having the understanding darkened, being alienated from the life of God through the ignorance that is in them, because of the blindness of their heart: (Eph. 4:18)
fall.
or, be punished.
• “Sacrifice with prostitutes” (literally, consecrated to this demoralizing false worship, which made their debasement a religious duty and a gain). (“Hosea 4” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your daughters-in-lawd for their committing adultery; for they themselves go aside with harlots, and they sacrifice with prostitutes: and the people that doth not understand shall come to ruine.

JND Translation Notes

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d
Or "brides," as Jer. 2.32.
e
Or "shall fall," as Prov. 10.8,10.