Charles Ellicott Commentary Hosea 5:4

"Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah." — Hosea 5:4 (ASV)

The margin, “Their deeds will not suffer (them),” requires the introduction of the word “them,” not in the Hebrew. It is favoured by the Jewish commentators, Schmoller, and others, but it is better to render, with the Authorised version, They frame not their doings, etc. The knowledge of the only true God is life.