Hosea 5:4

Translations

Modern

Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.

Traditional

They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.

Literal

Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God; for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and YHWH they do not know.

Latin

Non dabunt cogitationes suas ut revertantur ad Deum suum, quia spiritus fornicationum in medio eorum, et Dominum non cognoverunt.

Original

Hebrew

English

Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.

Notes

Hosea 5:4

Israel’s worship of idols was so deeply rooted that the people seemed unable to return to the Lord.
the spirit of prostitution is within them: Israel’s sin was not only an action. It had become part of the nation’s basic character. The people naturally chose what was corrupt instead of what was pure. Only through God’s saving work could Israel be freed from this.

Theme notes and profiles

Joseph The Broken Covenant

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Prophecies of Hosea

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Glossary

Demon Ephraim (Person) Ephraim (Place) Hosea, Book of

Topics

Backsliders: Backsliding of Israel Blindness: Spiritual Impenitence: General Scriptures Concerning

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