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Hosea 5:4

King James Version (KJV)

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Hosea 5:4

Verse 4 of 15

Scripture focus

They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms [is] in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.

Hosea 5:4 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Hosea 5:4

Theological / Devotional

Not frame their doings. Or, “their doings do not allow.” So far have they gone into transgression that they find it impossible now to turn back to repentance as a nation. How forcefully this indicates the power of habit in human experience (see Jer. 13:23; 2 Peter 2:12-14). The outward actions of the people indicate that they had become so corrupt that the “inner man” could not be reached by the Spirit (see Eph. 3:16).

The spirit of whoredoms. For comment see on ch. 4:12.

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