Hosea 4:14
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Hosea 4:14 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Hosea 4:14 is a verse from the book of Hosea in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves a..." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Hosea 4:14 — KJV
“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. I will not: or, Shall I not fall: or, be punished”
— Hosea 4:14 (KJV)
Hosea 4:14 in Context — About the Book of Hosea
Hosea lived his sermon: commanded to marry an unfaithful wife and keep bringing her home, he became a walking picture of God's scandalous love for wandering Israel. The book aches with betrayal yet ends with healing for backsliders and love that will not let go.
Cross-References for Hosea 4:14
“And the rest of the people, the priests, the Levites, the porters, the singers, the Nethinims, and all they that had separated themselves from the people of the lands unto the law of God, their wives, their sons, and their daughters, every one having knowledge, and having understanding;”
Shares key themes with Hosea 4:14: daughters, themselves, separated
“And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.”
Shares key themes with Hosea 4:14: daughters, commit, whoredom
“As soon as ye be come into the city, ye shall straightway find him, before he go up to the high place to eat: for the people will not eat until he come, because he doth bless the sacrifice; and afterwards they eat that be bidden. Now therefore get you up; for about this time ye shall find him. this time: Heb. to day”
Shares key themes with Hosea 4:14: sacrifice, therefore, people
“How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses.”
Shares key themes with Hosea 4:14: commit, adultery, themselves
“And Joseph was the governor over the land, and he it was that sold to all the people of the land: and Joseph's brethren came, and bowed down themselves before him with their faces to the earth.”
Shares key themes with Hosea 4:14: nor, themselves, people
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