Hosea 4:10 · KJV
“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.”
— Hosea 4:10
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. {punish: Heb. visit upon} {reward: Heb. cause to return}
Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
Hosea 4 — Context
They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. {set...: Heb. lift up their soul to}
9And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. {punish: Heb. visit upon} {reward: Heb. cause to return}
10For 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.
11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
12My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused {them} to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
Cross References
Micah 6:14
Thou shalt eat, but not be satisfied; and thy casting down {shall be} in the midst of thee; and thou shalt take hold, but shalt not deliver; and {that} which thou deliverest will I give up to the sword.
Leviticus 26:26
{And} 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.
Haggai 1:6
Ye have sown much, and bring in little; ye eat, but ye have not enough; ye drink, but ye are not filled with drink; ye clothe you, but there is none warm; and he that earneth wages earneth wages {to put it} into a bag with holes. {with holes: Heb. pierced through}
Proverbs 13:25
The righteous eateth to the satisfying of his soul: but the belly of the wicked shall want.
Zephaniah 1:6
And them that are turned back from the LORD; and {those} that have not sought the LORD, nor enquired for him.
Psalms 125:5
As for such as turn aside unto their crooked ways, the LORD shall lead them forth with the workers of iniquity: {but} peace {shall be} upon Israel.
Psalms 36:3
The words of his mouth {are} iniquity and deceit: he hath left off to be wise, {and} to do good.
Malachi 2:1-3
And now, O ye priests, this commandment {is} for you.