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They will play the prostitute and gain nothing from it, for they have deserted the LORD<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/hosea/4.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />They shall eat, but not be satisfied; they shall play the whore, but not multiply, because they have forsaken the LORD to cherish<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/hosea/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/hosea/4.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/hosea/4.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />For they shall eat, but not have enough; They shall commit harlotry, but not increase; Because they have ceased obeying the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />They will eat, but not have enough; They will play the prostitute, but not increase, Because they gave up devoting themselves to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/hosea/4.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />They will eat, but not have enough; They will play the harlot, but not increase, Because they have stopped giving heed to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/hosea/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />And they will eat, but not have enough; They will play the harlot, but not increase, Because they have stopped giving heed to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/hosea/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />They will eat, but not be satisfied; They will play the harlot, but not break forth <i>in number</i>, Because they have forsaken Yahweh to keep <i>harlotry</i>.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/hosea/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />They will eat, but not have enough; They will play the prostitute, but not increase [their descendants], Because they have stopped giving heed to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/hosea/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned their devotion to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/hosea/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned their devotion to the LORD. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/hosea/4.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />And they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall play the harlot, and shall not increase; because they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/hosea/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Their food won't satisfy, and having sex at pagan shrines won't produce children. My people have rebelled <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/hosea/4.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />And they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/hosea/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"They will eat, but they'll never be full. They will have sex with prostitutes, but they'll never have children. They have abandoned the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/hosea/4.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />You will eat your share of the sacrifices, but still be hungry. You will worship the fertility gods, but still have no children, because you have turned away from me to follow other gods." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/hosea/4.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />They will eat, but will not be satisfied. They will engage in prostitution, but they won't increase, because they have stopped listening to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/hosea/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/hosea/4.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />They will eat, but not be satisfied; they will engage in prostitution, but not increase in numbers; because they have abandoned the LORD by pursuing other gods. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/hosea/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned giving to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/hosea/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall be guilty of lewdness, and shall not increase: because they have ceased to take heed to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/hosea/4.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned listening to Yahweh. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/hosea/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And they have eaten, and are not satisfied, "" They have gone whoring, and do not increase, "" For they have left off taking heed to YHWH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/hosea/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And they have eaten, and are not satisfied, They have gone a-whoring, and increase not, For they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/hosea/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />For they ate and they shall not be satisfied, and they committed fornication and they shall not spread abroad: for with Jehovah they left off to watch.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/hosea/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And they shall eat and shall not be filled: they have committed fornication, and have not ceased: because they have forsaken the Lord in not observing his law. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/hosea/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And they will eat and not be satisfied. They have been committing fornication, and they did not cease. Since they have abandoned the Lord, they will not be safeguarded.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/hosea/4.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />They will eat but not be satisfied, they will promote prostitution but not increase, Because they have abandoned the LORD, devoting themselves <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/hosea/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They shall eat, but not be satisfied; they shall play the whore, but not multiply; because they have forsaken the LORD to devote themselves to <div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/hosea/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />For they shall eat and not be satisfied; they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase, because they have forsaken the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/hosea/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And they shall eat and they will not be satisfied; they fornicated and they have not increased, because they have forsaken the LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/hosea/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />And they shall eat, and not have enough, They shall commit harlotry, and shall not increase; Because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/hosea/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And they shall eat, and shall not be satisfied: they have gone a-whoring, and shall by no means prosper: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/hosea/4-10.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=559" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/hosea/4.htm">God's Charges Against Israel</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">9</span>And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds. <span class="reftext">10</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/398.htm" title="398: wə·’ā·ḵə·lū (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConjPerf-3cp) -- To eat. A primitive root; to eat.">They will eat</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">but not</a> <a href="/hebrew/7646.htm" title="7646: yiś·bā·‘ū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To be sated, satisfied or surfeited. Or sabeay; a primitive root; to sate, i.e. Fill to satisfaction.">be satisfied;</a> <a href="/hebrew/2181.htm" title="2181: hiz·nū (V-Hifil-Perf-3cp) -- To commit fornication, be a harlot. A primitive root; to commit adultery; figuratively, to commit idolatry.">they will be promiscuous</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: wə·lō (Conj-w:: Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">but not</a> <a href="/hebrew/6555.htm" title="6555: yip̄·rō·ṣū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp) -- To break through. A primitive root; to break out.">multiply.</a> <a href="/hebrew/3588.htm" title="3588: kî- (Conj) -- That, for, when. ">For</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5800.htm" title="5800: ‘ā·zə·ḇū (V-Qal-Perf-3cp) -- To loosen, relinquish, permit. A primitive root; to loosen, i.e. Relinquish, permit, etc.">they have stopped</a> <a href="/hebrew/8104.htm" title="8104: liš·mōr (Prep-l:: V-Qal-Inf) -- To keep, watch, preserve. A primitive root; properly, to hedge about, i.e. Guard; generally, to protect, attend to, etc.">obeying</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD.</a> </span><span class="reftext">11</span>Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Jeremiah 5:7-9</a></span><br />“Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes. / They are well-fed, lusty stallions, each neighing after his neighbor’s wife. / Should I not punish them for these things?” declares the LORD. “Should I not avenge Myself on such a nation as this?<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/65-13.htm">Isaiah 65:13-14</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: “My servants will eat, but you will go hungry; My servants will drink, but you will go thirsty; My servants will rejoice, but you will be put to shame. / My servants will shout for joy with a glad heart, but you will cry out with a heavy heart and wail with a broken spirit.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/6-14.htm">Micah 6:14</a></span><br />You will eat but not be satisfied, and your hunger will remain with you. What you acquire, you will not preserve; and what you save, I will give to the sword.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/4-6.htm">Amos 4:6-8</a></span><br />“I afflicted all your cities with cleanness of teeth and all your towns with lack of bread, yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD. / “I also withheld the rain from you when the harvest was three months away. I sent rain on one city but withheld it from another. One field received rain; another without rain withered. / People staggered from city to city for water to drink, but they were not satisfied; yet you did not return to Me,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/7-19.htm">Ezekiel 7:19</a></span><br />They will throw their silver into the streets, and their gold will seem unclean. Their silver and gold cannot save them in the day of the wrath of the LORD. They cannot satisfy their appetites or fill their stomachs with wealth, for it became the stumbling block that brought their iniquity.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/27-20.htm">Proverbs 27:20</a></span><br />Sheol and Abaddon are never satisfied; so the eyes of man are never satisfied.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/5-10.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:10</a></span><br />He who loves money is never satisfied by money, and he who loves wealth is never satisfied by income. This too is futile.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/9-20.htm">Isaiah 9:20</a></span><br />They carve out what is on the right, but they are still hungry; they eat what is on the left, but they are still not satisfied. Each one devours the flesh of his own offspring.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/haggai/1-6.htm">Haggai 1:6</a></span><br />You have planted much but harvested little. You eat but never have enough. You drink but never have your fill. You put on clothes but never get warm. You earn wages to put into a bag pierced through.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/2-19.htm">Jeremiah 2:19</a></span><br />Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/1-28.htm">Romans 1:28-32</a></span><br />Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done. / They have become filled with every kind of wickedness, evil, greed, and depravity. They are full of envy, murder, strife, deceit, and malice. They are gossips, / slanderers, God-haters, insolent, arrogant, and boastful. They invent new forms of evil; they disobey their parents. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/galatians/6-7.htm">Galatians 6:7-8</a></span><br />Do not be deceived: God is not to be mocked. Whatever a man sows, he will reap in return. / The one who sows to please his flesh, from the flesh will reap destruction; but the one who sows to please the Spirit, from the Spirit will reap eternal life.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/philippians/3-19.htm">Philippians 3:19</a></span><br />Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_peter/2-13.htm">2 Peter 2:13-14</a></span><br />The harm they will suffer is the wages of their wickedness. They consider it a pleasure to carouse in broad daylight. They are blots and blemishes, reveling in their deception as they feast with you. / Their eyes are full of adultery; their desire for sin is never satisfied; they seduce the unstable. They are accursed children with hearts trained in greed.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/james/4-3.htm">James 4:3</a></span><br />And when you do ask, you do not receive, because you ask with wrong motives, that you may squander it on your pleasures.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit prostitution, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">they shall eat.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Leviticus 26:26</a></b></br> <i>And</i> when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver <i>you</i> your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/13-25.htm">Proverbs 13:25</a></b></br> The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/65-13.htm">Isaiah 65:13-16</a></b></br> Therefore thus saith the Lord GOD, Behold, my servants shall eat, but ye shall be hungry: behold, my servants shall drink, but ye shall be thirsty: behold, my servants shall rejoice, but ye shall be ashamed: … </p><p class="hdg">they shall commit.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/4-14.htm">Hosea 4:14</a></b></br> 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 <i>that</i> doth not understand shall fall.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/hosea/9-11.htm">Hosea 9:11-17</a></b></br> <i>As for</i> Ephraim, their glory shall fly away like a bird, from the birth, and from the womb, and from the conception… </p><p class="hdg">left.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/2_chronicles/24-17.htm">2 Chronicles 24:17</a></b></br> Now after the death of Jehoiada came the princes of Judah, and made obeisance to the king. Then the king hearkened unto them.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/36-3.htm">Psalm 36:3</a></b></br> The words of his mouth <i>are</i> iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, <i>and</i> to do good.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/psalms/125-5.htm">Psalm 125:5</a></b></br> As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: <i>but</i> peace <i>shall be</i> upon Israel.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/lamentations/2-7.htm">Abandoned</a> <a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">A-Whoring</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-28.htm">Ceased</a> <a href="/psalms/83-3.htm">Cherish</a> <a href="/hosea/1-2.htm">Commit</a> <a href="/ezekiel/14-5.htm">Deserted</a> <a href="/hosea/4-8.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/daniel/10-3.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-15.htm">Engage</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-5.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/daniel/11-27.htm">False.</a> <a href="/hosea/4-8.htm">Food</a> <a href="/ezekiel/36-4.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/daniel/11-30.htm">Full</a> <a href="/ezekiel/35-6.htm">Guilty</a> <a href="/hosea/3-3.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/hosea/2-4.htm">Harlotry</a> <a href="/daniel/11-37.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/daniel/12-4.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/hosea/4-7.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/hosea/2-10.htm">Lewdness</a> <a href="/ezekiel/37-26.htm">Multiply</a> <a href="/hosea/3-3.htm">Play</a> <a href="/hosea/3-3.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/ezekiel/39-20.htm">Satisfied</a> <a href="/daniel/11-19.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/hosea/1-11.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/daniel/9-23.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/hosea/2-4.htm">Whoredom</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/zephaniah/2-4.htm">Abandoned</a> <a href="/hosea/5-3.htm">A-Whoring</a> <a href="/jonah/1-15.htm">Ceased</a> <a href="/acts/24-15.htm">Cherish</a> <a href="/hosea/4-13.htm">Commit</a> <a href="/amos/5-2.htm">Deserted</a> <a href="/hosea/8-13.htm">Eat</a> <a href="/hosea/10-13.htm">Eaten</a> <a href="/titus/3-8.htm">Engage</a> <a href="/joel/2-19.htm">Enough</a> <a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">False.</a> <a href="/hosea/4-16.htm">Food</a> <a href="/amos/5-2.htm">Forsaken</a> <a href="/hosea/10-1.htm">Full</a> <a href="/hosea/4-13.htm">Guilty</a> <a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Harlot</a> <a href="/hosea/4-11.htm">Harlotry</a> <a href="/hosea/5-1.htm">Heed</a> <a href="/joel/2-22.htm">Increase</a> <a href="/hosea/10-1.htm">Increased</a> <a href="/hosea/4-11.htm">Lewdness</a> <a href="/hosea/8-11.htm">Multiply</a> <a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Play</a> <a href="/hosea/4-13.htm">Prostitute</a> <a href="/hosea/13-6.htm">Satisfied</a> <a href="/jonah/1-15.htm">Stopped</a> <a href="/hosea/4-14.htm">Themselves</a> <a href="/amos/1-9.htm">Thought</a> <a href="/hosea/4-11.htm">Whoredom</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 4</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/4-1.htm">God denounces judgments on Israel, for their aggravated impieties and iniquities.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">He exposes the ignorance and wickedness of the priests, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">13. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/4-13.htm">and moral dissolution of the people, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/4-14.htm">he will leave their wives and daughters to commit lewdness, without present punishment.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/hosea/4-15.htm">He warns Judah, not to imitate Israel's crimes, which are still further reproved.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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In the context of Hosea, it reflects the spiritual and physical consequences of Israel's unfaithfulness to God. The Israelites were engaging in idolatry and turning away from the covenant with God, which led to a lack of true fulfillment. This echoes the curse of disobedience found in <a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Leviticus 26:26</a>, where God warns that despite having bread, they will not be satisfied. It also parallels the spiritual hunger described in <a href="/amos/8-11.htm">Amos 8:11</a>, where there is a famine of hearing the words of the Lord. The idea is that without God, even the most basic needs cannot truly satisfy.<p><b>they will be promiscuous but not multiply.</b><br>This phrase addresses the moral and social decay resulting from Israel's idolatry and infidelity. The promiscuity mentioned here is both literal and metaphorical, referring to the worship of foreign gods and the associated immoral practices. In ancient Near Eastern cultures, fertility was often linked to religious rites, and the Israelites' participation in these practices was a direct violation of their covenant with God. The lack of multiplication is a direct consequence of their actions, as God had promised fruitfulness and multiplication to those who remained faithful (<a href="/genesis/1-28.htm">Genesis 1:28</a>, <a href="/deuteronomy/28-4.htm">Deuteronomy 28:4</a>). This barrenness serves as a judgment and a sign of God's displeasure.<p><b>For they have abandoned the LORD</b><br>This phrase underscores the root cause of Israel's plight: their abandonment of the LORD. The covenant relationship between God and Israel was central to their identity and prosperity. By turning away from God, they forfeited His protection and blessings. This abandonment is a recurring theme in the prophetic books, where the prophets call Israel to repentance and return to the LORD (<a href="/jeremiah/2-13.htm">Jeremiah 2:13</a>, <a href="/isaiah/1-4.htm">Isaiah 1:4</a>). The spiritual adultery of Israel is likened to a wife leaving her husband, a powerful image used throughout Hosea to illustrate the broken relationship between God and His people.<p><b>to give themselves</b><br>This final phrase indicates a deliberate choice to pursue other gods and desires. It reflects a willful decision to engage in idolatry and immorality, prioritizing their own desires over their commitment to God. This self-giving to false gods is a betrayal of the exclusive relationship they were to have with the LORD. The language of giving themselves is reminiscent of <a href="/romans/1-24.htm">Romans 1:24-25</a>, where people exchanged the truth of God for a lie and worshiped created things rather than the Creator. It highlights the depth of Israel's spiritual infidelity and the resulting consequences.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a></b><br>A prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a></b><br>The Northern Kingdom, often depicted as unfaithful to God, engaging in idolatry and immorality.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who desires faithfulness and obedience from His people.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/p/prostitution.htm">Prostitution</a></b><br>Used metaphorically to describe Israel's spiritual unfaithfulness and idolatry.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a></b><br>The consequence of Israel's abandonment of God, leading to dissatisfaction and lack of increase.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_futility_of_idolatry.htm">The Futility of Idolatry</a></b><br>Just as Israel sought satisfaction in false gods and practices, modern believers must guard against placing anything above God in their lives.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/true_satisfaction_in_god.htm">True Satisfaction in God</a></b><br>Only a relationship with God can truly satisfy the deepest needs of the human heart. Pursuing Him leads to spiritual fulfillment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/consequences_of_abandoning_god.htm">Consequences of Abandoning God</a></b><br>Turning away from God leads to spiritual barrenness and dissatisfaction, as seen in Israel's experience.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a></b><br>Like Israel, believers are called to return to God, forsaking idols and seeking His forgiveness and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faithfulness_in_relationship_with_god.htm">Faithfulness in Relationship with God</a></b><br>Emphasizes the importance of maintaining a faithful and obedient relationship with God, avoiding spiritual adultery.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 4</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_did_assyria_conquer_israel.htm">Why did Assyria conquer Israel?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_do_sacrifices_compare_in_psalms.htm">Psalm 4:5: How do sacrifices of righteousness compare to other biblical texts that claim God does not desire sacrifice (e.g., Psalm 51:16), creating potential inconsistency?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_hosea_10_15_align_with_god's_mercy.htm">Hosea 10:15: How does the severe punishment described reconcile with portrayals of a merciful God elsewhere in the Bible?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_is_true_righteousness_in_the_bible.htm">What offerings are pleasing to God?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 10.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase.</span> This part of the verso states the punishment to be inflicted and the reward to be received; it is thus an expansion of the closing clause of the preceding verse, with an obvious allusion to the sin specified in the eighth verse. To eat and not be satisfied may occur in time of famine, or be the effect of disease or the consequence of insatiable craving. "Since," says Kimchi, "they eat in an unlawful manner, their food shall not be to them a blessing." This was one of the punishments threatened for violation of the Law, as we read in <a href="/leviticus/26-26.htm">Leviticus 26:26</a>, "When I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied." Further, the multiplication of wives or concubines would not increase their posterity; Solomon long previously had been a notable exemplification of this. "So in their cohabitation with their women, since it is in a whorish manner, they shall not increase, for they shall not have children by them; or, if they have, they shall die from the birth." The Hiph. <span class="accented">hiznu</span> has rather the intensive sense of Qal than that of causing or encouraging whoredom. <span class="cmt_word">Because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.</span> The verbal <span class="accented">lishmor</span> either <p><span class="note_emph">(1)</span> has Jehovah for its object, as in the Authorized Version; or <p><span class="note_emph">(2)</span> <span class="accented">durko</span> or <span class="accented">darkair</span> may be supplied, as is done by Kimchi and Aben Ezra. The former has, "To observe his <span class="accented">ways</span>, for they have no delight in him and in his ways; to observe his ways they have left off;" the latter <span class="accented">has</span>, "They have forsaken Jehovah, to observe his way or his Laws." But <p><span class="note_emph">(3)</span> Kimchi informs us that "Saadiah Gaon of blessed memory has connected the word with the verse that comes after it; they have forsaken the Lord to observe whoredom and wine and new wine." <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/hosea/4-10.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">They will eat</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאָֽכְלוּ֙</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’ā·ḵə·lū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_398.htm">Strong's 398: </a> </span><span class="str2">To eat</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">be satisfied;</span><br /><span class="heb">יִשְׂבָּ֔עוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yiś·bā·‘ū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7646.htm">Strong's 7646: </a> </span><span class="str2">To be sated, satisfied or surfeited</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they will be promiscuous</span><br /><span class="heb">הִזְנ֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(hiz·nū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2181.htm">Strong's 2181: </a> </span><span class="str2">To commit adultery, to commit idolatry</span><br /><br /><span class="word">but not</span><br /><span class="heb">וְלֹ֣א</span> <span class="translit">(wə·lō)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> </span><span class="str2">Not, no</span><br /><br /><span class="word">multiply.</span><br /><span class="heb">יִפְרֹ֑צוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yip̄·rō·ṣū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6555.htm">Strong's 6555: </a> </span><span class="str2">To break through</span><br /><br /><span class="word">For</span><br /><span class="heb">כִּֽי־</span> <span class="translit">(kî-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> </span><span class="str2">A relative conjunction</span><br /><br /><span class="word">they have stopped</span><br /><span class="heb">עָזְב֖וּ</span> <span class="translit">(‘ā·zə·ḇū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5800.htm">Strong's 5800: </a> </span><span class="str2">To loosen, relinquish, permit</span><br /><br /><span class="word">obeying</span><br /><span class="heb">לִשְׁמֹֽר׃</span> <span class="translit">(liš·mōr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8104.htm">Strong's 8104: </a> </span><span class="str2">To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֥ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/4-10.htm">Hosea 4:10 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/hosea/4-10.htm">Hosea 4:10 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/hosea/4-10.htm">Hosea 4:10 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/hosea/4-10.htm">Hosea 4:10 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/hosea/4-10.htm">Hosea 4:10 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/4-10.htm">Hosea 4:10 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/4-10.htm">Hosea 4:10 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/4-10.htm">Hosea 4:10 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/4-10.htm">Hosea 4:10 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/hosea/4-10.htm">Hosea 4:10 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/hosea/4-10.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 4:10 They will eat and not have enough (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/4-9.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 4:9"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 4:9" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/4-11.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 4:11"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 4:11" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>