Use this table to get a word-for-word translation of the original Hebrew Scripture. &c.F18So Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Schmidt. I would redeem them, but they speak lies against Me."). 13:8, 16), and Jesus (Matt. 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. {See Trapp on "Proverbs 5:14"} Some render it, they beget bastards, such as the mule is (which also hath his name pered, from this root, yithparedu). Themselves, the husbands and fathers, are examples to wives and daughters; those are. Hosea 9:10 ) , See caveat regarding this commentary . Separates they were, but of the worst sort. So the Targum, "they associated themselves with whores, and ate and drank with harlots.'. They are threatened thus to be thrown up to their own hearts’ and others’ lusts. 7:13 = "Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! And sacrifice with harlots — Hebrew, עם הקדשׁות, with women set apart, or consecrated to prostitution. The rest of the verse is, according to the English translations, an announcement of judgment; because of their corrupt condition the unthinking people shall be overthrown. To get what Hosea 4:16 means based on its source text, scroll down or follow these links for the original scriptural meaning , biblical context and relative popularity. The chapter ought to end with this verse. Not because men sin only by ignorance, as the Platonists think, Omnis peccans est ignorans; but, 1. harlots. There was no truth, mercy, or knowledge of God in the land: it was full of murders, 2 Kings 21:16. Such lewd practices were frequent in the heathen temples dedicated to Venus and other impure deities. 14.Their shameful acts cannot be justified, but Jehovah knows that the chief fault is not with them; therefore the heaviest punishment will not fall upon the daughters and wives, but upon those leading them astray by their wicked example. (1 Samuel 2:30.). HOSEA 4:16. Hide Footnotes. Jonah. Women, who never relapsed into the sin, sinned in obedience to the dreadful law. (See article “Harlot” in Hastings’s Dictionary of the Bible.) And to these this text may seem to refer; and this people too have separated themselves to that shame. פּרד, piel in an intransitive sense, to separate one's self, to go aside for the purpose of being alone with the harlots. The expressions seem to allude to the practice mentioned Baruch 6:43, and minutely described by Herodotus, lib. There was no truth, mercy, or knowledge of God in the land: it was full of murders, 2 Kings 21:16. Urbin, Ohel Moed, fol. The words are by some rendered interrogatively, "shall I not punish your daughters?" Download PDF. Copyright © 2021, Bible Study Tools. ; verily I will; and not them only, but their parents and husbands too, who deserve more severe corrections: for themselves are separated with whores, and sacrifice with harlots; they separated themselves to Baalpeor, that shameful idol, Hosea 9:10, the Priapus of the Gentiles, in whose idolatrous worship many obscene rites were used; these men separated themselves from their wives, as well as from God and his worship, and from the company and conversation of men, and in private committed uncleanness with the women that attended, and with the female priests that officiated at the worship of idols; those "sanctified" ones, as the word may be rendered; and after that ate of things offered to idols with them. (So the Hebrew for “harlots” means, as distinguished from “whores”). upon the daughters and wives, but upon those leading them astray by their wicked example. Hosea 4:14. When, therefore, men thus willfully determine to be blind, it is no wonder that the Lord delivers them up to final destruction. For their men-folk also went apart with cult prostitutes or drunken female worshippers, and offered sacrifices with prostitutes instead of with and on behalf of their wives. And Jeremiah calleth for correction as a thing that he could not well be without: "Correct me, O Lord," &c. For themselves are separated with whores] God seemeth to speak this to others by change of person: Ac si puderet ipsum cum putidis hircis verba facere, as if he were ashamed to speak any longer to such stinking goats (Rivet). Therefore the people that doth not understand: Their shameful acts cannot be justified, but Jehovah knows that the chief fault is not with them; therefore the heaviest punishment will not fall. This would have brought up short those in Israel who blamed the young women of Israel for their licentiousness, and yet excused their men-folk who were equally guilty. Keil and Delitzsch Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament. Come back – you have fallen because of your sins, but I love you and will bring you home. Found only here and Genesis 38:21, Genesis 38:22, and Deuteronomy 23:17. II. Nahum. Chapter 4. Themselves are separated - There is a reference here to certain debaucheries which should not be described. … Hosea (his name meaning "to save, salvation") is the first of the so-called Minor Prophets. Throughout the book you will see that he refers to Israel and Ephraim. Except for the name of his father Beeri (Hosea 1:1) we do not know anything about the background of this prophet. Hosea 4:14. I will not punish your daughters, &c. — I will suffer your daughters to go on in their iniquity, and to fall from one degree of wickedness to another. The rest of the book is God’s prophecy through Hosea to the people. Related Content previous next. 4 Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites, because the Lord has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: “There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land. This is the most dreadful of God's judgments. The state of the people at this time must have been abominable beyond all precedent; animal, sensual, bestial, diabolical: women consecrating themselves to serve their idols by public prostitution; boys dismembered like the Galli or priests of Cybele, men and women acting unnaturally; and all conjoining to act diabolically. Israel is swallowed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein [is] no pleasure. they separated themselves to Baalpeor, that shameful idol, ( Hosea rejects this idolatry and calls the people to repent (Hos 8:5-6, 10:5). Read Numbers 25:1-9 - 'Litova Biblio' translation and Hosea 4:14 - 'Litova Biblio' translation - Aš nebausiu jūsų dukterų už paleistuvavimą nė sužadėtinių už neištikimybę, nes jūs patys paleistuvaujate ir aukojate su kekšėmis. Daughters are apt to imitate the fathers, wives the husbands. Haggai. The primary meaning of destruction was used by Hosea and here by Joel to express God's reason for the coming Day of the LORD which will bring destruction on His Chosen People (Hos. company and conversation of men, and in private committed 199. Either not punish them at all, so that they shall go on in sin, and to a greater degree, to the disgrace and reproach of their parents and husbands; or not as yet, or not so severely in them, because it was by their example they were led into it. These twelve prophets are comprised in one single book in the Hebrew Bible and are called "the Twelve". When they find themselves without any excuse they run to this asylum, — “But I thought that I was doing right; I am deceived: but be it so, it is a pardonable mistake.” The Prophet here declares these excuses to be vain and fallacious; for the people, who understand not, shall stumble and that deservedly: for how came this ignorance to be in the people of Israel, but that they, as it has been before said, willfully closed their eyes against the light? Malachi. That doth not understand — Those who do not think for themselves. This horrible worship prevailed in Midian, when Israel was entering the promised land, and it suggested the devilish device of Balaam Numbers 31:8, Numbers 31:16 to entangle Israel in sin whereby they might forfeit the favor of God. To taunt and abase the rebellious nature of man, who now is set in gross ignorance, and ready to pitch headlong into hell, as the just reward of his aspiring and reaching after forbidden knowledge; 3. Joel. (14) Jehovah threatens to visit no punishment on the women for their licentiousness, because they are more sinned against than sinning. Harlots [“prostitutes”] — Literally, the consecrated ones (Deuteronomy 23:17-18); that is, women who are consecrated or consecrate themselves to a life of shame in honor of the deity. ‘I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery, for the men themselves go apart with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes, and the people who do not understand will be overthrown.’. And such indeed is the case. I will not punish - Why should you be stricken any more; ye will revolt more and more. For this reason, God spoke through Hosea to warn Israel to repent, lest their sin destroy them and grow to infect their brothers to the south, which it inevitably did (Hosea 4:15, Hosea 8:14). corrections: for themselves are separated with whores, and Daughters are apt to imitate the fathers, wives the husbands. I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom - I will visit with the heaviest punishments, "not" the unchaste "daughters and spouses," but the fathers and husbands. Verse 1. Zephaniah. He preached to the northern kingdom. their wives, as well as from God and his worship, and from the Ashtaroth, (the Greek Astarte) was its chief object. To be chastened severely for lesser sins, is a token of great love of God toward us; to sin on without punishment is a token of God‘s extremest displeasure, and a sign of reprobation. Hosea 4. separated with whores — withdrawn from the assembly of worshippers to some receptacle of impurity for carnal connection with whores. To report dead links, typos, or html errors or suggestions about making these resources more useful use the convenient, Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament, Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary, International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, For themselves are separated with whores -, Therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall -, "I will not punish your daughters ... nor your brides ...", I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredoms, nor your spouses when they commit adultery, for themselves are separated with whores, and sacrifice with harlots, Therefore the people that doth not understand, I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, Therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall. So these prophecies are going to show us what brought Israel into God’s judgment. 6 # Isa 5:13; Hos 4:1 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. All rights reserved. 1. cap. Visit. View Downloads. interrogatively, "shall I not punish your daughters?" They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills. obscene rites were used; these men separated themselves from The words are by some rendered App-92. East, scholars have continued to understand the word qdešɔ in Hosea 4:14 to denote a female officiant who performed sexual acts in a cultic setting. לבט = Arab. Hosea 4—14 in Twentieth-Century Scholarship. However, Yahweh would not punish only the females in Israel, because the males were just as guilty. They separate themselves “from” God, and with the degraded ones and “with” devils. offend. We'll send you an email with steps on how to reset your password. Hosea saw Israel’s past experiences with the Lord as the fundamental pattern, or type, of God’s future dealings with his people. What Paul teaches ought especially to be borne in mind, that God, as the avenger of his own glory, gives men up to a reprobate mind, and suffers them to be covered with many most disgraceful things; for he cannot bear with them, when they turn his glory to shame and his truth to a lie. Proud member Man‘s corrupt heart gave rise to the worship: and the worship in turn fostered the corruption. People, don’t go to Gilgal or Beth Aven. It cannot excuse sin. uncertain. His call to the people was for literal knowledge of God, but the marriage metaphor drew this word into its picture because of the sexual dimension it has in that context. the Priapus of the Gentiles, in whose idolatrous worship many Ver. Download. The sin was both the cause and effect of the superstition. Hosea was a prophet who lived and prophesied just before the destruction of Israel in 722 BC. Jarchi's When God, in judgment, removes his judgments, the case of that people is desperate. They separated themselves with harlots, they got into byways, far from company (especially of those that know them), that they might more freely act filthiness (Auson.). Hosea 4-14 New International Version (NIV) The Charge Against Israel. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you from being My priest. sacrifice with harlots; The first division centers upon Hosea’s marriage to Gomer, itself symbolic of God’s relation to Israel. Therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall - The word comprises both, “that doth not understand,” and, “that will not understand.” They might have understood, if they would. Because ignorance (affected especially) is the source of many sins, and a main support of Satan’s kingdom. This clause should therefore be read in conjunction with the last, "The people that doth not understand shall be overthrown. Hosea 14. The Biblical Illustrator. They sacrifice with harlots; perform the rites of sacrifices, both in offering first and in feasting next, in which feasts wine and women would prove great and prevalent temptations to whoredom among those men. To aggravate the hatefulness of this: sin, which men use so to excuse and extenuate; 2. Hosea's wife. R. Sol. See next verse. ); that is, women who are consecrated or consecrate themselves to a life of shame in honor of the deity. He permits those who offend him to receive discontent from their own families. 5 # Jer 15:8; Hos 2:2 You will stumble in the day, and the prophet also will stumble with you in the night, and I will destroy your mother. Wantonness is commonly punished with want of children. Themselves [“they”] — The fathers and husbands. But there is a change of person; and this ought to be observed: for he ought to have carried on his discourse throughout in the second person, and to have said, “Because ye have separated with strumpets, and accompany harlots;” this is the way in which he ought to have spoken: but through excess, as it were, of indignation, he makes a change in his address, ‘They,’ he says, ‘have played the wanton,’ as though he deemed them unworthy of being spoken to. READ PAPER. The book of Hosea describes Hosea's marriage to Gomer and its prophetic meaning for Israel. 15 "though you commit adultery, o israel, let not judah become guilty. It is evident enough that Hosea speaks not here of God’s true and faithful ministers, but of impostors, who deceived the people by their blandishments, as it is usually the case: for as soon as any Prophet sincerely wished to discharge his office for God, there came forth flatterers before the public, — “This man is too rigid, and makes a wrong use of God’s name, by denouncing so grievous a punishment; we are God’s … The Prophet then uses the word allegorically, or at least metaphorically: and a reason is given, which they do not understand who take this passage as referring literally to adulteries; and their mistake is sufficiently proved to be so by the next clause, ‘and with strumpets they sacrifice.’ The separation then of which he speaks is this, that they sacrificed with strumpets; which they could not do without violating their faith pledged to God. Hosea and His Message Hear the word of the LORD, you Israelites, because the LORD has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: “There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land.” [Hosea 4:1] The prophets were called by God to bring his covenant lawsuit against the nation of Israel. By “strumpets”, he doubtless understands the corruptions by which God’s worship had been perverted, even through wantonness: “they sacrifice”, he says, “with strumpets”, that is, they forsake the true God, and resort to whatever pollutions they please; and this is to play the wanton, as when a husband, leaving his wife, or when a wife, leaving her husband, abandon themselves to filthy lust. Holy harlots, sacrificing harlots, such as Solomon speaketh of, Proverbs 7:14, and as those wicked women that lay with Eli’s sons at the door of the tabernacle, 1 Samuel 2:22. priests that officiated at the worship of idols; those uncleanness with the women that attended, and with the female The second part of the book ( chs. I am aware of a formatting issue in the NIV '84 edition. Jarchi's note is very impertinent, that God threatens them with the disuse of the bitter waters of jealousy. Default. I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom] q.d. "sanctified" ones, as the word may be rendered; and after that The Shameful Sins of Israel - “Israel, just because you act like a prostitute doesn’t mean that Judah should feel guilty too. They who take the verb לבט, labeth, as meaning, “to be perverted,” understand it here in the sense of being “perplexed:” nor is this sense inappropriate. Here to certain debaucheries which should not be described Return '' to Me. `` ) of... 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