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Hosea 4:14

King James Version (KJV)

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Hosea 4:14

Verse 14 of 19

Scripture focus

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.

Hosea 4:14 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Hosea 4:14

Theological / Devotional

I will not punish. These “daughters” and “spouses” were less guilty than the lascivious fathers and husbands who had led them astray.

Harlots. That is, “temple prostitutes.” These were women who devoted themselves to licentiousness in the service of the gods. Since ancient times such persons have been connected with idolatrous worship in many heathen lands (see on Deut. 23:17).

Doth not understand. See on v. 6.

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