Hosea 4:11
9 And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
10 They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have stopped obeying the LORD.
Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
12 My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.
13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
- KJV
- Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
- WEB
- Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
- ASV
- Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.
- DARBY
- Fornication, and wine, and new wine take away the heart.
- BLB
- Prostitution and wine and new wine take the heart.
- ÅB
- Hor og vin og most tar forstanden bort.
- OTB
- Utrohet, vin og ny vin tar bort deres forstand.
- B1930
- Hor og vin og most tar forstanden bort.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 20:1
Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
Read in contextLuke 21:34
But watch yourselves, or your hearts will be weighed down by dissipation, drunkenness, and the worries of life—and that day will spring upon you suddenly like a snare.
Read in contextIsaiah 28:7
These also stagger from wine and stumble from strong drink: Priests and prophets reel from strong drink and are befuddled by wine. They stumble because of strong drink, muddled in their visions and stumbling in their judgments.
Read in contextProverbs 6:32
He who commits adultery lacks judgment; whoever does so destroys himself.
Read in contextEcclesiastes 7:7
Surely extortion turns a wise man into a fool, and a bribe corrupts the heart.
Read in contextProverbs 23:27–35
For a prostitute is a deep pit, and an adulteress is a narrow well.
Read in contextIsaiah 5:12
At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.
Read in contextHosea 4:12
My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.
Read in context