Hosea 4:13-15
Legacy Standard Bible
13 They offer sacrifices on the (A)tops of the mountains
And [a](B)burn incense on the hills,
(C)Under oak, poplar, and terebinth
Because their shade is good.
Therefore your daughters play the harlot,
And your [b]brides commit adultery.
14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot
Or your [c]brides when they commit adultery,
For the men themselves go apart with harlots
And offer sacrifices with (D)cult prostitutes;
So the people without understanding are [d]ruined.
15 Though you, Israel, play the harlot,
Do not let Judah become guilty;
Also do not go to (E)Gilgal
Nor go up to Beth-aven
(F)And swear the oath:
“As Yahweh lives!”
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:13 Or offer sacrifices
- Hosea 4:13 Or daughters-in-law
- Hosea 4:14 Or daughters-in-law
- Hosea 4:14 Lit thrust down
Hosea 4:13-15
New International Version
13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops
and burn offerings on the hills,
under oak,(A) poplar and terebinth,
where the shade is pleasant.(B)
Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution(C)
and your daughters-in-law to adultery.(D)
14 “I will not punish your daughters
when they turn to prostitution,
nor your daughters-in-law
when they commit adultery,
because the men themselves consort with harlots(E)
and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes(F)—
a people without understanding(G) will come to ruin!(H)
15 “Though you, Israel, commit adultery,
do not let Judah become guilty.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:15 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).
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