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Hosea 5:4

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5:4 Their wicked deeds do not allow them to return to their God;

because a spirit of idolatry 1  controls their heart, 2 

and they do not acknowledge the Lord.

Hosea 10:2

Context

10:2 Their heart is slipping;

soon they will be punished for their guilt.

The Lord 3  will break their altars;

he will completely destroy their fertility pillars.

1 tn Heb “a spirit of harlotries”; NIV “a spirit of prostitution”; TEV “Idolatry has a powerful hold on them.” However, CEV takes this literally: “your constant craving for sex keeps you from knowing me.”

2 tn Heb “is in their heart” (so NIV); NASB, NRSV “is within them.”

3 tn Heb “he”; the referent (the Lord) has been specified in the translation for clarity.



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