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10 For athey shall eat, but not have enough;
They shall commit harlotry, but not increase;
Because they have ceased obeying the Lord. 

The Idolatry of Israel

11 “Harlotry, wine, and new wine aenslave the heart. 
12 My people ask counsel from their awooden idols,
And their1 staff informs them.
For bthe spirit of harlotry has caused them to stray,
And they have played the harlot against their God. 
13 aThey offer sacrifices on the mountaintops,
And burn incense on the hills,
Under oaks, poplars, and terebinths,
Because their shade is good.
bTherefore your daughters commit harlotry,
And your brides commit adultery. 
14 “I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry,
Nor your brides when they commit adultery;
For the men themselves go apart with harlots,
And offer sacrifices with a aritual harlot.
Therefore people who do not understand will be trampled. 
15 “Though you, Israel, play the harlot,
Let not Judah offend.
aDo not come up to Gilgal,
Nor go up to bBeth Aven,
cNor swear an oath, saying, ‘As the Lord lives’— 
16 “For Israel ais stubborn
Like a stubborn calf;
Now the Lord will let them forage
Like a lamb in1 open country. 
Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
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Hosea 4:12

Instances of their understanding ("heart") being "taken away."

stocks—wooden idols (Jeremiah 2:27; Habakkuk 2:19).

staff—alluding to divination by rods (see on Ezekiel 21:21-22). The diviner, says ROSENMULLER, threw a rod from him, which was stripped of its bark on one side, not on the other: if the bare side turned uppermost, it was a good omen; if the side with the bark, it was a bad omen. The Arabs used two rods, the one marked God bids, the other, God forbids; whichever came out first, in drawing them out of a case, gave the omen for, or against, an undertaking.

declareth—that is, is consulted to inform them of future events.

spirit of whoredoms—a general disposition on the part of all towards idolatry (Hosea 5:4).

err—go astray from the true God.

from under their God—They have gone away from God under whom they were, as a wife is under the dominion of her husband.




Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hosea 4:12:

Job 24:20
Hosea 5:4

 

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