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Hosea 4:10

King James Version (KJV)

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Hosea 4:10

Verse 10 of 19

Scripture focus

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

Commentary

Commentary on Hosea 4:10

Theological / Devotional

Not have enough. This would be their punishment for eating “up the sin of my people” (v. 8).

Shall not increase. The reference here is probably to religious prostitution connected with fertility cults, around which much of ancient Canaanite worship centered (see Vol. II, pp. 38-41). Despite the worship of the goddess of fertility, the population would not increase, for the blessing of Heaven had been removed from Israel.

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