Charles Ellicott Commentary


Charles Ellicott Commentary
"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." — Hosea 4:14 (ASV)
Jehovah threatens to inflict no punishment on the women for their licentiousness, because they are more sinned against than sinning.
Sacrifice with harlots.— Referring to the sensuality of the religious rites, as represented by the women (q’dçshôth) who dedicated themselves to these impurities.