Oséias 4:10

10 “Eles comerão, mas não terão o suficiente;eles se prostituirão, mas não aumentarão a prole,porque abandonaram opara se entregarem

Oséias 4:10 Meaning and Commentary

Hosea 4:10

For they shall eat, and not have enough
Namely, the priests; for of them the words are continued, who ate of the sacrifices of the people, and of feasts made in honour of idols; and yet, either what they ate did not satisfy or nourish them, or else their appetites were still greedy after more of the same kind: or this may respect a famine, either at the siege of Samaria, or in their captivity; when they who had lived so voluptuously should have so little to eat, that it should not satisfy them: or though, as others, they eat to the honour of their idols, expecting to be blessed with plenty by them, they shall not have it: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase;
that is, their offspring; they shall not beget children, so the Targum, Jarchi, and Kimchi; or the children they beget shall quickly die; yea, though they commit whoredom in the idol's temple with that view, where the women prostituted themselves for that purpose: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord;
to his word, and worship, and ordinances, which they formerly had some regard unto, but now had relinquished: or, "the Lord they have forsaken", or "left off to observe" ^F25; his ways, his word, and worship. R. Saadiah connects this with the following words, they have forsaken the Lord to observe fornication and wine; but wrongly.

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (rmvl wbze hwhy ta) "Jehovam desierunt observare", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Rivetus, Liveleus; "ad observandum", Schmidt; "reliquerunt observare", Cocceius; "deseruerunt observare", so some in Vatablus.

Oséias 4:10 In-Context

8 Eles se alimentam dos pecados do meu povoe têm prazer em sua iniquidade.

9 Portanto, castigarei tanto o povo quanto os sacerdotespor causa dos seus caminhos,e lhes retribuirei seus atos.

10 “Eles comerão, mas não terão o suficiente;eles se prostituirão, mas não aumentarão a prole,porque abandonaram opara se entregarem

11 à prostituição,ao vinho velho e ao novo,prejudicando o discernimento do meu povo.

12 Eles pedem conselhos a um ídolo de madeira,e de um pedaço de pau recebem resposta.Um espírito de prostituição os leva a desviar-se;eles são infiéis ao seu Deus.