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Hosea 4:12 Cross-References
Explore 18 cross-references for Hosea 4:12 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Hosea chapter 4 verse 12 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“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.”
Hosea 4:12 (KJV)
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Commentary on Hosea 4:12
Divination and idolatry: '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.' The irony is devastating: God's people consult wooden idols ('stocks,' עֵץ, ets—literally 'wood/tree') and staffs (מַקֵּל, maqqel—divination rod) instead of the living God. This refers to practices like belomancy (divination by arrows/rods, Ezekiel 21:21). The 'spirit of whoredoms' (רוּחַ זְנוּנִים, ruach zenunim) indicates demonic deception or disposition toward spiritual adultery. The phr...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Hosea 4:12
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“You are my father; and to a stone”
“and they don't know Yahweh.”
“'Awake!' or to the mute stone”
“Behold”
“tassel}”
“neither do they consider: for he has shut their eyes”
“saying”
“If a man walking in the spirit and falsehood do lie”
“behold”