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.
KJV
Hosea 4:12
My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
Parallel Translations
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 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 aske counsell at their stockes, and their staffe teacheth them: for the spirite of fornications hath caused them to erre, and they haue gone a whoring from vnder their God.
Cross References
Jeremiah 2:27Hosea 5:4Habakkuk 2:19Deuteronomy 31:16Numbers 15:39Isaiah 44:18–20Leviticus 20:5Psalms 73:27Jeremiah 3:1–3Leviticus 17:7Ezekiel 21:21Jeremiah 10:8Ezekiel 23:1–492 Thessalonians 2:9–112 Chronicles 21:13
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