Hosea 4:18
18 Even when their drinks are gone, they continue their prostitution; their rulers dearly love shameful ways.
Other Translations of Hosea 4:18
King James Version
18 Their drink is sour:
English Standard Version
18 When their drink is gone, they give themselves to whoring; their rulers
The Message
18 When the beer runs out, it's sex, sex, and more sex. Bold and sordid debauchery - how they love it!
New King James Version
18 Their drink is rebellion, They commit harlotry continually. Her rulers dearly love dishonor.
New Living Translation
18 When the rulers of Israel finish their drinking, off they go to find some prostitutes. They love shame more than honor.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Hosea 4:18
Commentary on Hosea 4:12-19
(Read Hosea 4:12-19)
The people consulted images, and not the Divine word. This would lead to disorder and sin. Thus men prepare scourges for themselves, and vice is spread through a people. Let not Judah come near the idolatrous worship of Israel. For Israel was devoted to idols, and must now be let alone. When sinners cast off the easy yoke of Christ, they go on in sin till the Lord saith, Let them alone. Then they receive no more warnings, feel no more convictions: Satan takes full possession of them, and they ripen for destruction. It is a sad and sore judgment for any man to be let alone in sin. Those who are not disturbed in their sin, will be destroyed for their sin. May we be kept from this awful state; for the wrath of God, like a strong tempest, will soon hurry impenitent sinners into ruin.