Hosea 4:14 meaning and explanation
I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin.
Hosea 4:14, Berean Standard Bible
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God is speaking through Hosea, filing a covenant lawsuit against Israel for broken faithfulness (verses 1 to 2). In verse 14 he addresses the double standard in worship: the men who pursued shrine prostitutes at the high places would not be allowed to scapegoat the women who imitated them.
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