Hosea 4:14
Konteks4:14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution,
nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery.
For the men consort with harlots,
they sacrifice with temple prostitutes.
It is true: 1 “A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!”
Hosea 5:4
Konteks5:4 Their wicked deeds do not allow them to return to their God;
because a spirit of idolatry 2 controls their heart, 3
and they do not acknowledge the Lord.
[4:14] 1 tn The words “it is true” are supplied in the translation to indicate that this is a conclusion drawn on the preceding behavior. Cf. NAB “So must a people”; NRSV “thus a people”; TEV “As the proverb says, ‘A people.’”
[5:4] 2 tn Heb “a spirit of harlotries”; NIV “a spirit of prostitution”; TEV “Idolatry has a powerful hold on them.” However, CEV takes this literally: “your constant craving for sex keeps you from knowing me.”
[5:4] 3 tn Heb “is in their heart” (so NIV); NASB, NRSV “is within them.”