Hosea 4:14
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“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 that doth not understand shall fall.”
זָנָה
they prostitute themselves
to commit adultery (usually of the female, and less often of simple fornication, rarely of involuntary ravishment); figuratively, to commit idolatry (the Jewish people being regarded as the spouse of Jehovah)
פָּקַד
I will visit judgment
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פָּקַד
To visit, to attend to, to appoint. Paqad. God pays personal attention. He comes to attend to your needs. His visits always produce change.
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כִּי
if
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כִּי
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
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בַּת
daughters/ your
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בַּת
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
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לֹא
which not
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לֹא
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
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פָּרַד
they go apart
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פָּרַד
to break through, i.e. spread or separate (oneself)
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נָאַף
they commit adultery
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נָאַף
to commit adultery; figuratively, to apostatize
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זָבַח
they sacrifice
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זָבַח
to slaughter an animal (usually in sacrifice)
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כַּלָּה
brides/ your
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כַּלָּה
a bride (as if perfect); hence, a son's wife
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לָבַט
it will be ruined
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לָבַט
to overthrow; intransposed, to fall
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הֵם
they masc
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הֵם
they (only used when emphatic)
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