Hosea 4:14 But why should I punish them for their prostitution and adultery? For your men are doing the same thing, sinning with whores and shrine prostitutes. O foolis...

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New Living Translation - But why should I punish them for their prostitution and adultery? For your men are doing the same thing, sinning with whores and shrine prostitutes. O foolish people! You refuse to understand, so you will be destroyed.
新标点和合本 - 你们的女儿淫乱，你们的新妇行淫，我却不惩罚她们；因为你们自己离群与娼妓同居，与妓女一同献祭。这无知的民必致倾倒。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我不因你们的女儿行淫或你们的媳妇犯奸淫惩罚她们；因为人自己转去与娼妓同居，与神庙娼妓一同献祭。这无知的百姓必致倾倒。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我不因你们的女儿行淫或你们的媳妇犯奸淫惩罚她们；因为人自己转去与娼妓同居，与神庙娼妓一同献祭。这无知的百姓必致倾倒。
当代译本 - 但我不会因此而惩罚她们，因为你们也与娼妓苟合，与庙妓一起献祭。无知的民族必走向灭亡。
圣经新译本 - 我却不因你们的女儿行淫乱，也不因你们的儿媳犯奸淫而惩罚她们，因为你们男人自己离群与娼妓在一起，又与庙妓一同献祭。这无知的人民必遭毁灭。
现代标点和合本 - 你们的女儿淫乱，你们的新妇行淫，我却不惩罚她们，因为你们自己离群与娼妓同居，与妓女一同献祭。这无知的民必致倾倒！
和合本（拼音版） - 你们的女儿淫乱，你们的新妇行淫，我却不惩罚她们，因为你们自己离群与娼妓同居，与妓女一同献祭。这无知的民必致倾倒。
New International Version - “I will not punish your daughters when they turn to prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, because the men themselves consort with harlots and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes— a people without understanding will come to ruin!
New International Reader's Version - “I will not punish your daughters when they become prostitutes. I will not judge your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. After all, the men themselves have sex with sinful women. They offer sacrifices where temple prostitutes earn their living. People who can’t understand will be destroyed!
English Standard Version - I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go aside with prostitutes and sacrifice with cult prostitutes, and a people without understanding shall come to ruin.
Christian Standard Bible - I will not punish your daughters when they act promiscuously or your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, for the men themselves go off with prostitutes and make sacrifices with cult prostitutes. People without discernment are doomed.
New American Standard Bible - I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, Or your brides when they commit adultery, Because the men themselves slip away with the prostitutes And offer sacrifices with temple prostitutes; So the people without understanding are ruined.
New King James Version - “I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, Nor your brides when they commit adultery; For the men themselves go apart with harlots, And offer sacrifices with a ritual harlot. Therefore people who do not understand will be trampled.
Amplified Bible - I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute Or your brides when they commit adultery, For the men themselves slip away with prostitutes, And they offer sacrifices with temple prostitutes [who give their bodies in honor of the idol]. So the people without understanding [stumble and fall and] come to ruin.
American Standard Version - I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go apart with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes; and the people that doth not understand shall be overthrown.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men consort with harlots, they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. It is true: “A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!”
World English Bible - I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.
新標點和合本 - 你們的女兒淫亂，你們的新婦行淫，我卻不懲罰她們；因為你們自己離羣與娼妓同居，與妓女一同獻祭。這無知的民必致傾倒。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我不因你們的女兒行淫或你們的媳婦犯姦淫懲罰她們；因為人自己轉去與娼妓同居，與神廟娼妓一同獻祭。這無知的百姓必致傾倒。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我不因你們的女兒行淫或你們的媳婦犯姦淫懲罰她們；因為人自己轉去與娼妓同居，與神廟娼妓一同獻祭。這無知的百姓必致傾倒。
當代譯本 - 但我不會因此而懲罰她們，因為你們也與娼妓苟合，與廟妓一起獻祭。無知的民族必走向滅亡。
聖經新譯本 - 我卻不因你們的女兒行淫亂，也不因你們的兒媳犯姦淫而懲罰她們，因為你們男人自己離群與娼妓在一起，又與廟妓一同獻祭。這無知的人民必遭毀滅。
呂振中譯本 - 我卻不因你們女兒的行淫而察罰她們，也不因你們兒媳婦之犯姦淫而懲辦她們；因為宗教領袖們自己也離羣而跟淫婦同居，他們自己也同廟妓行淫而獻祭；無知識的人民準會敗倒的。
現代標點和合本 - 你們的女兒淫亂，你們的新婦行淫，我卻不懲罰她們，因為你們自己離群與娼妓同居，與妓女一同獻祭。這無知的民必致傾倒！
文理和合譯本 - 爾女行姦、爾媳宣淫、我不罰之、緣爾轉就妓女、而偕淫婦獻祭、無知之民、必致傾覆、
文理委辦譯本 - 彼與淫婦、同獻祭祀、故其妻女、雖不節不貞、亦不降罰、無道之民、終必淪亡、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾女不貞、爾媳行淫、我亦不懲罰、蓋彼與妓同居、偕娼獻祭、無知之民、終必淪亡、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Pero no las castigaré por sus prostituciones y adulterios, porque sus propios maridos se juntan con prostitutas y celebran banquetes paganos con las sacerdotisas del templo. ¡Es así como acaba por hundirse un pueblo falto de entendimiento!
현대인의 성경 - 너희 딸들과 며느리들이 그런 짓을 하여도 내가 그들을 벌하지 않을 것이다. 이것은 남자들도 이방 신전의 창녀와 함께 놀아나고 그들과 함께 희생제물을 드리기 때문이다. 그래서 깨달음이 없는 백성은 패망할 것이다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Я не накажу ваших дочерей, когда они будут блудить, и не накажу ваших невесток, когда они будут нарушать супружескую верность, потому что мужчины сами уединяются с блудницами и приносят жертвы с блудницами храмовыми . Невежественный народ погибнет!
Восточный перевод - Я не накажу ваших дочерей, когда они будут блудить, и не накажу ваших невесток, когда они будут нарушать супружескую верность, потому что мужчины сами уединяются с блудницами и приносят жертвы с блудницами храмовыми . Невежественный народ погибнет!
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Я не накажу ваших дочерей, когда они будут блудить, и не накажу ваших невесток, когда они будут нарушать супружескую верность, потому что мужчины сами уединяются с блудницами и приносят жертвы с блудницами храмовыми . Невежественный народ погибнет!
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Я не накажу ваших дочерей, когда они будут блудить, и не накажу ваших невесток, когда они будут нарушать супружескую верность, потому что мужчины сами уединяются с блудницами и приносят жертвы с блудницами храмовыми . Невежественный народ погибнет!
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Je ne punirai pas vos filles ╵pour leurs prostitutions, vos belles-filles à cause de leurs adultères, car les prêtres eux-mêmes ╵vont à l’écart ╵avec des courtisanes, et, avec des prostituées sacrées, ╵les voilà qui offrent leurs sacrifices. Ainsi court à sa ruine ╵un peuple sans intelligence.
リビングバイブル - だが、どうしてわたしが彼女らを罰するだろうか。男のあなたたちも同じことをし、遊女や神殿娼婦と共に罪を犯しているのだから。愚か者め。いっこうに理解しようとしないので、あなたたちの運命は定まっている。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Não castigarei suas filhas por se prostituírem, nem suas noras por adulterarem, porque os próprios homens se associam a meretrizes e participam dos sacrifícios oferecidos pelas prostitutas cultuais— um povo sem entendimento precipita-se à ruína!
Hoffnung für alle - Doch ich werde nicht sie für ihre Hurerei und ihren Ehebruch bestrafen. Denn es sind die Priester, die ein schlechtes Beispiel geben: Gerade sie laufen den Huren nach und feiern Opfermahlzeiten mit den Prostituierten am Tempel. So stürzen sie das Volk, das es nicht besser weiß, ins Verderben.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nhưng tại sao Ta không phạt chúng vì tội mãi dâm và ngoại tình? Vì chính đàn ông các ngươi cũng làm như vậy kia mà! Chúng phạm tội với phường đĩ điếm và dâng tế lễ với bọn mãi dâm. Hỡi dân ngu muội kia! Các ngươi không chịu hiểu biết, nên các ngươi sẽ bị diệt vong.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “เราจะไม่ลงโทษลูกสาวของเจ้า เมื่อพวกเขาหันไปเป็นโสเภณี หรือลงโทษลูกสะใภ้ของเจ้า ที่ไปคบชู้ เพราะพวกผู้ชายเองก็ไปคบค้ากับโสเภณี และทอดตัวให้กับหญิงโสเภณีประจำเทวสถานต่างๆ ประชาชาติที่ไม่มีความเข้าใจจะถึงแก่ความพินาศ!
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เราจะไม่ลงโทษบรรดาลูกสาวของพวกเจ้า เมื่อพวกเขากระทำตนเป็นแพศยา และไม่ลงโทษบรรดาเจ้าสาวของพวกเจ้า เมื่อพวกเขาประพฤติผิดประเวณี เพราะบรรดาผู้ชายเองยังไปกับบรรดาหญิงแพศยา และมอบเครื่องสักการะร่วมกับหญิงแพศยาประจำวิหาร และคนที่ขาดความหยั่งรู้ก็จะพินาศ

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Hosea 4:17 - Leave Israel alone, because she is married to idolatry.
Hosea 14:9 - Let those who are wise understand these things. Let those with discernment listen carefully. The paths of the Lord are true and right, and righteous people live by walking in them. But in those paths sinners stumble and fall.
1 Kings 15:12 - He banished the male and female shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made.
2 Kings 23:7 - He also tore down the living quarters of the male and female shrine prostitutes that were inside the Temple of the Lord, where the women wove coverings for the Asherah pole.
Romans 3:11 - No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God.
Ephesians 4:18 - Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him.
Isaiah 1:5 - Why do you continue to invite punishment? Must you rebel forever? Your head is injured, and your heart is sick.
1 Kings 14:23 - For they also built for themselves pagan shrines and set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
1 Kings 14:24 - There were even male and female shrine prostitutes throughout the land. The people imitated the detestable practices of the pagan nations the Lord had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.
1 Corinthians 6:16 - And don’t you realize that if a man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one body with her? For the Scriptures say, “The two are united into one.”
Proverbs 28:5 - Evil people don’t understand justice, but those who follow the Lord understand completely.
Daniel 12:10 - Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined by these trials. But the wicked will continue in their wickedness, and none of them will understand. Only those who are wise will know what it means.
Deuteronomy 23:17 - “No Israelite, whether man or woman, may become a temple prostitute.
Hebrews 12:8 - If God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all.
Isaiah 56:11 - Like greedy dogs, they are never satisfied. They are ignorant shepherds, all following their own path and intent on personal gain.
John 8:43 - Why can’t you understand what I am saying? It’s because you can’t even hear me!
Hosea 4:5 - So you will stumble in broad daylight, and your false prophets will fall with you in the night. And I will destroy Israel, your mother.
Hosea 4:6 - My people are being destroyed because they don’t know me. Since you priests refuse to know me, I refuse to recognize you as my priests. Since you have forgotten the laws of your God, I will forget to bless your children.
Isaiah 44:18 - Such stupidity and ignorance! Their eyes are closed, and they cannot see. Their minds are shut, and they cannot think.
Isaiah 44:19 - The person who made the idol never stops to reflect, “Why, it’s just a block of wood! I burned half of it for heat and used it to bake my bread and roast my meat. How can the rest of it be a god? Should I bow down to worship a piece of wood?”
Isaiah 44:20 - The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes. He trusts something that can’t help him at all. Yet he cannot bring himself to ask, “Is this idol that I’m holding in my hand a lie?”
Hosea 4:1 - Hear the word of the Lord, O people of Israel! The Lord has brought charges against you, saying: “There is no faithfulness, no kindness, no knowledge of God in your land.

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New Living Translation - But why should I punish them for their prostitution and adultery? For your men are doing the same thing, sinning with whores and shrine prostitutes. O foolish people! You refuse to understand, so you will be destroyed.
新标点和合本 - 你们的女儿淫乱，你们的新妇行淫，我却不惩罚她们；因为你们自己离群与娼妓同居，与妓女一同献祭。这无知的民必致倾倒。
和合本2010（上帝版-简体） - 我不因你们的女儿行淫或你们的媳妇犯奸淫惩罚她们；因为人自己转去与娼妓同居，与神庙娼妓一同献祭。这无知的百姓必致倾倒。
和合本2010（神版-简体） - 我不因你们的女儿行淫或你们的媳妇犯奸淫惩罚她们；因为人自己转去与娼妓同居，与神庙娼妓一同献祭。这无知的百姓必致倾倒。
当代译本 - 但我不会因此而惩罚她们，因为你们也与娼妓苟合，与庙妓一起献祭。无知的民族必走向灭亡。
圣经新译本 - 我却不因你们的女儿行淫乱，也不因你们的儿媳犯奸淫而惩罚她们，因为你们男人自己离群与娼妓在一起，又与庙妓一同献祭。这无知的人民必遭毁灭。
现代标点和合本 - 你们的女儿淫乱，你们的新妇行淫，我却不惩罚她们，因为你们自己离群与娼妓同居，与妓女一同献祭。这无知的民必致倾倒！
和合本（拼音版） - 你们的女儿淫乱，你们的新妇行淫，我却不惩罚她们，因为你们自己离群与娼妓同居，与妓女一同献祭。这无知的民必致倾倒。
New International Version - “I will not punish your daughters when they turn to prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, because the men themselves consort with harlots and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes— a people without understanding will come to ruin!
New International Reader's Version - “I will not punish your daughters when they become prostitutes. I will not judge your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. After all, the men themselves have sex with sinful women. They offer sacrifices where temple prostitutes earn their living. People who can’t understand will be destroyed!
English Standard Version - I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go aside with prostitutes and sacrifice with cult prostitutes, and a people without understanding shall come to ruin.
Christian Standard Bible - I will not punish your daughters when they act promiscuously or your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, for the men themselves go off with prostitutes and make sacrifices with cult prostitutes. People without discernment are doomed.
New American Standard Bible - I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, Or your brides when they commit adultery, Because the men themselves slip away with the prostitutes And offer sacrifices with temple prostitutes; So the people without understanding are ruined.
New King James Version - “I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, Nor your brides when they commit adultery; For the men themselves go apart with harlots, And offer sacrifices with a ritual harlot. Therefore people who do not understand will be trampled.
Amplified Bible - I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute Or your brides when they commit adultery, For the men themselves slip away with prostitutes, And they offer sacrifices with temple prostitutes [who give their bodies in honor of the idol]. So the people without understanding [stumble and fall and] come to ruin.
American Standard Version - I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go apart with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes; and the people that doth not understand shall be overthrown.
King James Version - 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.
New English Translation - I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men consort with harlots, they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. It is true: “A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!”
World English Bible - I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.
新標點和合本 - 你們的女兒淫亂，你們的新婦行淫，我卻不懲罰她們；因為你們自己離羣與娼妓同居，與妓女一同獻祭。這無知的民必致傾倒。
和合本2010（上帝版-繁體） - 我不因你們的女兒行淫或你們的媳婦犯姦淫懲罰她們；因為人自己轉去與娼妓同居，與神廟娼妓一同獻祭。這無知的百姓必致傾倒。
和合本2010（神版-繁體） - 我不因你們的女兒行淫或你們的媳婦犯姦淫懲罰她們；因為人自己轉去與娼妓同居，與神廟娼妓一同獻祭。這無知的百姓必致傾倒。
當代譯本 - 但我不會因此而懲罰她們，因為你們也與娼妓苟合，與廟妓一起獻祭。無知的民族必走向滅亡。
聖經新譯本 - 我卻不因你們的女兒行淫亂，也不因你們的兒媳犯姦淫而懲罰她們，因為你們男人自己離群與娼妓在一起，又與廟妓一同獻祭。這無知的人民必遭毀滅。
呂振中譯本 - 我卻不因你們女兒的行淫而察罰她們，也不因你們兒媳婦之犯姦淫而懲辦她們；因為宗教領袖們自己也離羣而跟淫婦同居，他們自己也同廟妓行淫而獻祭；無知識的人民準會敗倒的。
現代標點和合本 - 你們的女兒淫亂，你們的新婦行淫，我卻不懲罰她們，因為你們自己離群與娼妓同居，與妓女一同獻祭。這無知的民必致傾倒！
文理和合譯本 - 爾女行姦、爾媳宣淫、我不罰之、緣爾轉就妓女、而偕淫婦獻祭、無知之民、必致傾覆、
文理委辦譯本 - 彼與淫婦、同獻祭祀、故其妻女、雖不節不貞、亦不降罰、無道之民、終必淪亡、
施約瑟淺文理新舊約聖經 - 爾女不貞、爾媳行淫、我亦不懲罰、蓋彼與妓同居、偕娼獻祭、無知之民、終必淪亡、
Nueva Versión Internacional - Pero no las castigaré por sus prostituciones y adulterios, porque sus propios maridos se juntan con prostitutas y celebran banquetes paganos con las sacerdotisas del templo. ¡Es así como acaba por hundirse un pueblo falto de entendimiento!
현대인의 성경 - 너희 딸들과 며느리들이 그런 짓을 하여도 내가 그들을 벌하지 않을 것이다. 이것은 남자들도 이방 신전의 창녀와 함께 놀아나고 그들과 함께 희생제물을 드리기 때문이다. 그래서 깨달음이 없는 백성은 패망할 것이다.
Новый Русский Перевод - Я не накажу ваших дочерей, когда они будут блудить, и не накажу ваших невесток, когда они будут нарушать супружескую верность, потому что мужчины сами уединяются с блудницами и приносят жертвы с блудницами храмовыми . Невежественный народ погибнет!
Восточный перевод - Я не накажу ваших дочерей, когда они будут блудить, и не накажу ваших невесток, когда они будут нарушать супружескую верность, потому что мужчины сами уединяются с блудницами и приносят жертвы с блудницами храмовыми . Невежественный народ погибнет!
Восточный перевод, версия с «Аллахом» - Я не накажу ваших дочерей, когда они будут блудить, и не накажу ваших невесток, когда они будут нарушать супружескую верность, потому что мужчины сами уединяются с блудницами и приносят жертвы с блудницами храмовыми . Невежественный народ погибнет!
Восточный перевод, версия для Таджикистана - Я не накажу ваших дочерей, когда они будут блудить, и не накажу ваших невесток, когда они будут нарушать супружескую верность, потому что мужчины сами уединяются с блудницами и приносят жертвы с блудницами храмовыми . Невежественный народ погибнет!
La Bible du Semeur 2015 - Je ne punirai pas vos filles ╵pour leurs prostitutions, vos belles-filles à cause de leurs adultères, car les prêtres eux-mêmes ╵vont à l’écart ╵avec des courtisanes, et, avec des prostituées sacrées, ╵les voilà qui offrent leurs sacrifices. Ainsi court à sa ruine ╵un peuple sans intelligence.
リビングバイブル - だが、どうしてわたしが彼女らを罰するだろうか。男のあなたたちも同じことをし、遊女や神殿娼婦と共に罪を犯しているのだから。愚か者め。いっこうに理解しようとしないので、あなたたちの運命は定まっている。
Nova Versão Internacional - “Não castigarei suas filhas por se prostituírem, nem suas noras por adulterarem, porque os próprios homens se associam a meretrizes e participam dos sacrifícios oferecidos pelas prostitutas cultuais— um povo sem entendimento precipita-se à ruína!
Hoffnung für alle - Doch ich werde nicht sie für ihre Hurerei und ihren Ehebruch bestrafen. Denn es sind die Priester, die ein schlechtes Beispiel geben: Gerade sie laufen den Huren nach und feiern Opfermahlzeiten mit den Prostituierten am Tempel. So stürzen sie das Volk, das es nicht besser weiß, ins Verderben.
Kinh Thánh Hiện Đại - Nhưng tại sao Ta không phạt chúng vì tội mãi dâm và ngoại tình? Vì chính đàn ông các ngươi cũng làm như vậy kia mà! Chúng phạm tội với phường đĩ điếm và dâng tế lễ với bọn mãi dâm. Hỡi dân ngu muội kia! Các ngươi không chịu hiểu biết, nên các ngươi sẽ bị diệt vong.
พระคริสตธรรมคัมภีร์ไทย ฉบับอมตธรรมร่วมสมัย - “เราจะไม่ลงโทษลูกสาวของเจ้า เมื่อพวกเขาหันไปเป็นโสเภณี หรือลงโทษลูกสะใภ้ของเจ้า ที่ไปคบชู้ เพราะพวกผู้ชายเองก็ไปคบค้ากับโสเภณี และทอดตัวให้กับหญิงโสเภณีประจำเทวสถานต่างๆ ประชาชาติที่ไม่มีความเข้าใจจะถึงแก่ความพินาศ!
พระคัมภีร์ ฉบับแปลใหม่ - เราจะไม่ลงโทษบรรดาลูกสาวของพวกเจ้า เมื่อพวกเขากระทำตนเป็นแพศยา และไม่ลงโทษบรรดาเจ้าสาวของพวกเจ้า เมื่อพวกเขาประพฤติผิดประเวณี เพราะบรรดาผู้ชายเองยังไปกับบรรดาหญิงแพศยา และมอบเครื่องสักการะร่วมกับหญิงแพศยาประจำวิหาร และคนที่ขาดความหยั่งรู้ก็จะพินาศ

Hosea 4:17 - Leave Israel alone, because she is married to idolatry.
Hosea 14:9 - Let those who are wise understand these things. Let those with discernment listen carefully. The paths of the Lord are true and right, and righteous people live by walking in them. But in those paths sinners stumble and fall.
1 Kings 15:12 - He banished the male and female shrine prostitutes from the land and got rid of all the idols his ancestors had made.
2 Kings 23:7 - He also tore down the living quarters of the male and female shrine prostitutes that were inside the Temple of the Lord, where the women wove coverings for the Asherah pole.
Romans 3:11 - No one is truly wise; no one is seeking God.
Ephesians 4:18 - Their minds are full of darkness; they wander far from the life God gives because they have closed their minds and hardened their hearts against him.
Isaiah 1:5 - Why do you continue to invite punishment? Must you rebel forever? Your head is injured, and your heart is sick.
1 Kings 14:23 - For they also built for themselves pagan shrines and set up sacred pillars and Asherah poles on every high hill and under every green tree.
1 Kings 14:24 - There were even male and female shrine prostitutes throughout the land. The people imitated the detestable practices of the pagan nations the Lord had driven from the land ahead of the Israelites.
1 Corinthians 6:16 - And don’t you realize that if a man joins himself to a prostitute, he becomes one body with her? For the Scriptures say, “The two are united into one.”
Proverbs 28:5 - Evil people don’t understand justice, but those who follow the Lord understand completely.
Daniel 12:10 - Many will be purified, cleansed, and refined by these trials. But the wicked will continue in their wickedness, and none of them will understand. Only those who are wise will know what it means.
Deuteronomy 23:17 - “No Israelite, whether man or woman, may become a temple prostitute.
Hebrews 12:8 - If God doesn’t discipline you as he does all of his children, it means that you are illegitimate and are not really his children at all.
Isaiah 56:11 - Like greedy dogs, they are never satisfied. They are ignorant shepherds, all following their own path and intent on personal gain.
John 8:43 - Why can’t you understand what I am saying? It’s because you can’t even hear me!
Hosea 4:5 - So you will stumble in broad daylight, and your false prophets will fall with you in the night. And I will destroy Israel, your mother.
Hosea 4:6 - My people are being destroyed because they don’t know me. Since you priests refuse to know me, I refuse to recognize you as my priests. Since you have forgotten the laws of your God, I will forget to bless your children.
Isaiah 44:18 - Such stupidity and ignorance! Their eyes are closed, and they cannot see. Their minds are shut, and they cannot think.
Isaiah 44:19 - The person who made the idol never stops to reflect, “Why, it’s just a block of wood! I burned half of it for heat and used it to bake my bread and roast my meat. How can the rest of it be a god? Should I bow down to worship a piece of wood?”
Isaiah 44:20 - The poor, deluded fool feeds on ashes. He trusts something that can’t help him at all. Yet he cannot bring himself to ask, “Is this idol that I’m holding in my hand a lie?”
Hosea 4:1 - Hear the word of the Lord, O people of Israel! The Lord has brought charges against you, saying: “There is no faithfulness, no kindness, no knowledge of God in your land.