Cross References My people have consulted their stocks, and their staff hath declared unto them: for the spirit of fornication hath deceived them, and they have committed fornication against their God. Psalm 73:27 For behold they that go far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that are disloyal to thee. Psalm 106:39 And was defiled with their works: and they went aside after their own inventions. Isaiah 44:19 They do not consider in their mind, nor know, nor have the thought to say: I have burnt part of it in the fire, and I have baked bread upon the coals thereof: I have broiled flesh and have eaten, and of the residue thereof shall I make an idol? shall I fall down before the stock of a tree? Isaiah 44:20 Part thereof is ashes: his foolish heart adoreth it, and he will not save his soul, nor say: Perhaps there is a lie in my right hand. Jeremiah 2:27 Saying to a stock: Thou art my father: and to a stone: Thou hast begotten me: they have turned their back to me, and not their face: and in the time of their affliction they will say: Arise, and deliver us. Hosea 5:4 They will not set their thoughts to return to their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord. Hosea 9:1 Rejoice not, O Israel: rejoice not as the nations do: for thou hast committed fornication against thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor. Hosea 14:3 Assyria shall not save us, we will not ride upon horses, neither will we say any more: The works of our hands are our gods: for thou wilt have mercy on the fatherless that is in thee. Treasury of Scripture Knowledge My people have consulted their stocks, and their staff hath declared unto them: for the spirit of fornication hath deceived them, and they have committed fornication against their God. ask. Jeremiah 2:27 Saying to a stock: Thou art my father: and to a stone: Thou hast begotten me: they have turned their back to me, and not their face: and in the time of their affliction they will say: Arise, and deliver us. Jeremiah 10:8 They shall be all proved together to be senseless and foolish: the doctrine of their vanity is wood. Ezekiel 21:21 For the king of Babylon stood in the highway, at the head of two ways, seeking divination, shuffling arrows: he inquired of the idols, and consulted entrails. Habakkuk 2:19 Woe to him that saith to wood: Awake: to the dumb stone: Arise: can it teach? Behold, it is laid over with gold, and silver, and there is no spirit in the bowels thereof. for. Hosea 5:4 They will not set their thoughts to return to their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord. Isaiah 44:18-20 They have not known, nor understood: for their eyes are covered that they may not see, and that they may not understand with their heart. . . . Micah 2:11 Arise ye, and depart, for there is no rest here for you. For that uncleanness of the land, it shall be corrupted with a grievous corruption. 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11 Whose coming is according to the working of Satan, in all power and signs and lying wonders: . . . gone. Hosea 9:1 Rejoice not, O Israel: rejoice not as the nations do: for thou hast committed fornication against thy God, thou hast loved a reward upon every cornfloor. Leviticus 17:7 And they shall no more sacrifice their victims to devils, with whom they have committed fornication. It shall be an ordinance for ever to them and to their posterity. Leviticus 20:5 I will set my face against that man, and his kindred, and will cut off both him and all that consented with him, to commit fornication with Moloch, out of the midst of their people. Numbers 15:39 That when they shall see them, they may remember all the commandments of the Lord, and not follow their own thoughts and eyes going astray after divers things, Deuteronomy 31:16 And the Lord said to Moses: Behold thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, and this people rising up will go a fornicating after strange gods in the land, to which it goeth in to dwell: there will they forsake me, and will make void the covenant, which I have made with them, 2 Chronicles 21:13 But hast walked in the ways of the kings of Israel, and hast made Juda and the inhabitants of Jerusalem to commit fornication, imitating the fornication of the house of Achab, moreover also thou hast killed thy brethren, the house of thy father, better men than thyself, Psalm 73:27 For behold they that go far from thee shall perish: thou hast destroyed all them that are disloyal to thee. Jeremiah 3:1-3 It is commonly said: If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and marry another man, shall he return to her any more? shall not that woman be polluted, and defiled? but thou hast prostituted thyself to many lovers: nevertheless return to me, saith the Lord, and I will receive thee. . . . Ezekiel 16:1-63 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: . . . Ezekiel 23:1-49 And the word of the Lord came to me, saying: . . . Context God's Charges Against Israel…11Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness, take away the understanding. 12My people have consulted their stocks, and their staff hath declared unto them: for the spirit of fornication hath deceived them, and they have committed fornication against their God.13They offered sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burnt incense upon the hills: under the oak, and the poplar, and the turpentine tree, because the shadow thereof was good: therefore shall your daughters commit fornication, and your spouses shall be adulteresses.… Lexicon My peopleעַמִּי֙ (‘am·mî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's Hebrew 5971: A people, a tribe, troops, attendants, a flock consult יִשְׁאָ֔ל (yiš·’āl) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand their wooden idols, בְּעֵצ֣וֹ (bə·‘ê·ṣōw) Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 6086: Tree, trees, wood and their divining rods וּמַקְל֖וֹ (ū·maq·lōw) Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 4731: A shoot, stick inform them. יַגִּ֣יד (yag·gîḏ) Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5046: To be conspicuous For כִּ֣י (kî) Conjunction Strong's Hebrew 3588: A relative conjunction a spirit ר֤וּחַ (rū·aḥ) Noun - common singular construct Strong's Hebrew 7307: Wind, breath, exhalation, life, anger, unsubstantiality, a region of the sky, spirit of prostitution זְנוּנִים֙ (zə·nū·nîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2183: Adultery, idolatry leads them astray הִתְעָ֔ה (hiṯ·‘āh) Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 8582: To vacillate, reel, stray and they have played the harlot וַיִּזְנ֖וּ (way·yiz·nū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 2181: To commit adultery, to commit idolatry against מִתַּ֥חַת (mit·ta·ḥaṯ) Preposition-m Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of their God. אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃ (’ĕ·lō·hê·hem) Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 430: gods -- the supreme God, magistrates, a superlative Additional Translations My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declares to them: for the spirit of prostitutions has caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, departing from under their God. They asked counsel by means of signs, and they reported answer to them by their staves: they have gone astray in a spirit of whoredom, and gone grievously a-whoring from their God. My people ask counsel of their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredoms causeth [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God: My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth to them: for the spirit of lewdness hath caused them to err, and they have gone astray from under their God. My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God. My people at its staff asketh and its rod declareth to it, For a spirit of whoredoms hath caused to err, And they go a-whoring from under their God. Jump to Previous Astray Cause Caused Consult Counsel Declareth Departing Err False. Gives Harlot Idol Indeed Inquire Led News Oracles Play Played Prostitution Spirit Staff Stick Stock Stocks Tree Unfaithful Wandering Whoredoms Whoring Wood WoodenJump to Next Astray Cause Caused Consult Counsel Declareth Departing Err False. Gives Harlot Idol Indeed Inquire Led News Oracles Play Played Prostitution Spirit Staff Stick Stock Stocks Tree Unfaithful Wandering Whoredoms Whoring Wood WoodenLinks Hosea 4:12 NIVHosea 4:12 NLT Hosea 4:12 ESV Hosea 4:12 NASB Hosea 4:12 KJV Hosea 4:12 Bible Apps Hosea 4:12 Biblia Paralela Hosea 4:12 Chinese Bible Hosea 4:12 French Bible Hosea 4:12 German Bible Alphabetical: a and answered are astray by consult departing diviner's For from God harlot harlotry has have idol informs leads led my of people played prostitution spirit stick the their them They to unfaithful wand wood wooden OT Prophets: Hosea 4:12 My people consult with their wooden idol (Ho Hs Hos.) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |