Hosea 4:18 BSB — MannaFest

Hosea 4:18

When their liquor is gone, they turn to prostitution; their rulers dearly love disgrace.

BSB

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ASV

Their drink is become sour; they play the harlot continually; her rulers dearly love shame.

KJV

Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.

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Commentary

2 voices

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

Or, unbridled licentiousness; not mere ordinary sin, but as abandoned as drunkards who vomit and smell sour with wine potations [CALVIN]. MAURER not so well translates, "When their drinking is over, they commit whoredoms," namely, in honor of Astarte (Ho 4:13, 14). her rulers--Israel's; literally, "shields" (compare Ps 47:9). with shame . . . love, Give ye-- (Pr 30:15).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

They drove a trade of uncleanness; it was not a single act now and then, but their constant practice, as it is of many that have eyes full of adultery and which cannot cease from that sin, 2 Pet. ii.

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Perhaps this is intended in that part of the charge here, Their drink is sour; it is dead; it is gone. Justice, duly administered, is refreshing, like drink to the thirsty, but when it is perverted, and rulers take rewards either to acquit the guilty or to condemn the innocent, the drink is sour; they turn judgment into wormwood, Amos

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
סָ֖ר	sar	it has come to an end	H5493 →
סָבְאָ֑ם	sa.ve.'Am	drink their	H5435 →
הַזְנֵ֣ה	haz.Neh	certainly <to prostitute themselves>	H2181 →
הִזְנ֔וּ	hiz.Nu	they have prostituted themselves	H2181 →
אָהֲב֥וּ	'a.ha.Vu	they have loved	H157 →
הֵב֛וּ	he.Vu	love	H157 →
קָל֖וֹן	ka.Lon	shame	H7036 →
מָגִנֶּֽיהָ׃	ma.gi.Nei.ha	shields its	H4043 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Micah 3:11
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster…
leads to
- Jeremiah 6:13
  “For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
- Isaiah 1:23
  Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
- Micah 3:5
  This is what the LORD says: “As for the prophets who lead My people astray, who proclaim peace while they chew with their teeth, but declare war against one who puts nothing in their…
- Jeremiah 7:4
  Do not trust in deceptive words, chanting: ‘This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.’
- Acts 8:18–20
  When Simon saw that the Spirit was given through the laying on of the apostles’ hands, he offered them money.
Through
1 Samuel 8:3
But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 16:19
  Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
- 1 Timothy 6:10
  For the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil. By craving it, some have wandered away from the faith and pierced themselves with many sorrows.
- Psalms 15:5
  who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Hosea

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Hosea