Hosea 4:14

“I will not call your daughters to account when they prostitute themselves, or your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; for they themselves go aside with prostitutes and sacrifice with sacred prostitutes; and a people that does not understand will come to ruin.”

Hosea 4:14 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Hosea 4:14, word by word

callאֶפְקוֹדefkod

punish

To call to account, punish.

Where else “efkod” appears
your daughtersבְּנוֹתֵיbenote

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

Where else “benote” appears
they prostitute themselvesתִזְנֶינָהtiznena

prostitute oneself

To give one's body to others outside marriage, often for pay; the woman who does so.

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your daughters-in-lawכַּלּוֹתֵיkalote

daughter-in-law

The son's wife.

Where else “kalote” appears
they commit adulteryתְנָאַפְנָהtenaafna

commit adultery

To sleep with another's spouse.

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go asideיְפָרֵדוּyefaredu

separate

To go one's own way, like Abram and Lot.

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and sacrificeיְזַבֵּחוּyezabechu

sacrifice

To kill an animal as a gift to God or other gods.

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with sacred prostitutesקְּדֵשׁוֹתkedeshot

consecrated woman

"Consecrated woman": a woman tied to a pagan shrine who prostituted herself as part of that worship. The law of Israel forbids it (Deuteronomy 23:17).

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and a peopleעָםam

crowd

The people gathered in a place: the crowd, or the troops that go out to war.

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understandיָבִיןyavin

understand

To understand, realize.

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will come to ruinיִלָּבֵטyilavet

fall, be thrown down

To fall, to be thrown down; to come to ruin.

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The context

13On the tops of the mountains they sacrifice, and on the hills they burn incense, under oak and poplar and terebinth, for their shade is good. Therefore your daughters prostitute themselves, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.

14 · This verse (above)

15Though you, Israel, prostitute yourself, let not Judah become guilty; and do not come to Gilgal, and do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear, “As YHWH lives.”

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