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Hosea 4:14 Cross-References
Explore 18 cross-references for Hosea 4:14 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Hosea chapter 4 verse 14 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall. I will not: or, Shall I not fall: or, be punished”
Hosea 4:14 (KJV)
Commentary on Hosea 4:14
God's shocking statement 'I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery' isn't approval but devastating irony: judgment on the men makes their women's punishment irrelevant. The indictment continues: 'for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots' (ki-hem im-ha-zonot yepharedu we-im-ha-qedeshov yezabbehu). The religious leaders engage in ritual prostitution with qedeshov (cult prostitutes, literally 'holy ones'—perverse sanctification of sexual sin in worship). When spiritual leaders model immorality, societal...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Hosea 4:14
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“you children of Israel; for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.,Hear 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., שִׁמְעוּ דְבַר־יְהוָה בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי רִיב לַיהוָה עִם־יוֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ כִּי אֵין־אֱמֶת וְאֵין־חֶסֶד וְאֵין־דַּעַת אֱלֹהִים בָּאָרֶץ׃ ,Hear 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.,ἀκούσατε λόγον κυρίου υἱοὶ ισραηλ διότι κρίσις τῷ κυρίῳ πρὸς τοὺς κατοικοῦντας τὴν γῆν διότι οὐκ ἔστιν ἀλήθεια οὐδὲ ἔλεος οὐδὲ ἐπίγνωσις θεοῦ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς,Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.,,,,”
“The two, says he”
“alienated from the life of God”
“that he may understand these things? Who is prudent”
“that were in the house of Yahweh”
“Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the LORD understand all things.”
“neither shall there be a sodomite of the sons of Israel.”
“and removed all the idols that his fathers had made.”
“of which all have been made partakers”
“and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.”