King James Version
Hosea 4:10 in the King James Version says “For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off ...” — study this verse from Hosea chapter 4 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“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.”
Hosea 4:10 · KJV
They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. set: Heb. lift up their soul to
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. punish: Heb. visit upon reward: Heb. cause to return
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.
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
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.
KJV Study — Public Domain
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and not have enough”
H7646to sate, i.e., fill to satisfaction (literally or figuratively)
“they shall commit whoredom”
H2181to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and shall not increase”
H6555to break out (in many applications, direct and indirect, literal and figurative)
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“to the LORD”
H3068(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god
“to take heed”
H8104properly, to hedge about (as with thorns), i.e., guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc
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