Verse 12
Hosea 4:12
Free Bible Version
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They offer sacrifices on the tops of mountains; they burn incense in the hills under the oak, poplar, and terebinth trees where the shade is pleasant. That's the reason why your daughters practice prostitution and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עַמִּ/י֙ בְּ/עֵצ֣/וֹ יִשְׁאָ֔ל וּ/מַקְל֖/וֹ יַגִּ֣יד ל֑/וֹ כִּ֣י ר֤וּחַ זְנוּנִים֙ הִתְעָ֔ה וַ/יִּזְנ֖וּ מִ/תַּ֥חַת אֱלֹהֵי/הֶֽם
English Translation
The people will ask of their wood, and their staff will tell them, for a spirit of harlotry has led them astray, and they have committed fornication under their gods.
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Chapter 4 Context
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3
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4
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5
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6
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7
The more there were of them, the more they sinned against me, so I will change their glory into sham...
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8
They feed on the sin of my people, greedy for their iniquity.
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9
So it will be for the people like the priests: I will punish them for what they have done, repaying...
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10
They will eat, but they will not be satisfied; they will engage in prostitution, but they will not p...
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11
My people consult their wooden idols and their divining rods give them answers, for a spirit of pros...
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12
They offer sacrifices on the tops of mountains; they burn incense in the hills under the oak, poplar...
13
I will not punish your daughters when they practice prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when the...
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14
Though you, Israel, have become a prostitute, may Judah not offend in the same way and not enter Gil...
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15
For Israel is as stubborn as a stubborn cow. Should the Lord then take care of them like a lamb in a...
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16
Ephraim is bewitched by idols, so leave him alone!
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17
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18
A wind will carry them away; they will be ashamed of their pagan worship.”
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