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Hosea 4:10

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10aThey will eat, but not have enough;

They will bplay the harlot, but not increase,

Because they have 1cstopped giving heed to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. 1Lit forsaken giving heed; or forsaken the Lord to practice (v 11) harlotry

Cross references

  1. aLev 26:26; Is 65:13; Mic 6:14
  2. bHos 7:4
  3. cHos 9:17

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

They shall eat, but not be satisfied;

they shall play the whore, but not multiply,

because they have forsaken the Lord

to cherish

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“They will eat but not have enough;

they will engage in prostitution but not flourish,

because they have deserted the Lord

to give themselves

CSBChristian Standard Bible

They will eat but not be satisfied;

they will be promiscuous but not multiply.

For they have abandoned their devotion to the Lord.

NLTNew Living Translation

They will eat and still be hungry.

They will play the prostitute and gain nothing from it,

for they have deserted the Lord

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

They will eat and not be satisfied;

they will play the whore and not multiply,

because they have forsaken Yahweh to devote themselves to

KJV 1900King James Version

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.