Hosea 2 · Verse 4

Hosea 2:4

And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.
Hosea 2:4, King James Version

Hosea 2:4 in other translations

BSBI will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery.
WEBIndeed, on her children I will have no mercy, for they are children of unfaithfulness.
ASVYea, upon her children will I have no mercy; for they are children of whoredom;
YLTAnd her sons I do not pity, For sons of whoredoms are they,
DARBYAnd I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are the children of whoredoms.
BBEAnd I will have no mercy on her children, for they are the children of her loose ways.
WebsterAnd I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are the children of lewdness.

What does Hosea 2:4 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
4. her children--Not even her individual members shall escape the doom of the nation collectively, for they are individually guilty.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 4 They be the children of whoredoms - They are all idolaters; and have been consecrated to idols, whose marks they bear.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Hosea 2:1-5

The idolatry of the people. (Hos. 2:1-5) God's judgments against them. (Hos. 2:6-13) His promises of reconciliation. (Hos. 2:14-23) Verses 1-5 This chapter continues the figurative address to Israel, in reference to Hosea's wife and children. Let us own and love as brethren, all whom the Lord seems to put among his children, and encourage them in that they have received mercy. But every Christian, by his example and…

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Hosea 2:4 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
בָּנֶ֖יהָba.Nei.hachildren herH1121
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
אֲרַחֵ֑ם'a.ra.ChemI will have compassion onH7355
כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
בְנֵ֥יve.Nei[are] children ofH1121
זְנוּנִ֖יםze.nu.Nimprostitution<s>H2183
הֵֽמָּה\׃He.mahtheyH1992

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Hosea 2:4

  • Ezekiel 8:18

    Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.

  • James 2:13

    For he shall have judgment without mercy, that hath shewed no mercy; and mercy rejoiceth against judgment.

  • Hosea 1:2

    The beginning of the word of the Lord by Hosea. And the Lord said to Hosea, Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and children of whoredoms: for the land hath committed great whoredom, departing from the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 13:14

    And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them.

  • Hosea 1:6

    And she conceived again, and bare a daughter. And God said unto him, Call her name Lo–ruhamah: for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I will utterly take them away.

  • Jeremiah 16:5

    For thus saith the Lord, Enter not into the house of mourning, neither go to lament nor bemoan them: for I have taken away my peace from this people, saith the Lord, even lovingkindness and mercies.

  • Ezekiel 9:10

    And as for me also, mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity, but I will recompense their way upon their head.

  • Romans 11:22

    Behold therefore the goodness and severity of God: on them which fell, severity; but toward thee, goodness, if thou continue in his goodness: otherwise thou also shalt be cut off.

  • Romans 9:18

    Therefore hath he mercy on whom he will have mercy, and whom he will he hardeneth.

  • John 8:41

    Ye do the deeds of your father. Then said they to him, We be not born of fornication; we have one Father, even God.

  • Isaiah 57:3

    But draw near hither, ye sons of the sorceress, the seed of the adulterer and the whore.

  • 2 Kings 9:22

    And it came to pass, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, Is it peace, Jehu? And he answered, What peace, so long as the whoredoms of thy mother Jezebel and her witchcrafts are so many?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
I will not.
1:6; Isa 27:11; Jer 13:14; 16:5; Eze 8:18; 9:10; Zec 1:12; Ro 9:18
Ro 11:22; Jas 2:13
they be.They are all idolaters; and have been consecrated to idols, whose marks they bear.
children of.
1:2; 2Ki 9:22; Isa 57:3; Joh 8:41

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Context

  • Hosea 2:3

    Lest I strip her naked, and set her as in the day that she was born, and make her as a wilderness, and set her like a dry land, and slay her with thirst.

  • Hosea 2:4

    And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.

  • Hosea 2:5

    For their mother hath played the harlot: she that conceived them hath done shamefully: for she said, I will go after my lovers, that give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my drink.

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Hosea 2:4 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Ni tendré misericordia de sus hijos: porque son hijos de fornicaciones.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Plaidez contre votre mère, plaidez! car elle n’est pas ma femme et je ne suis pas son mari; et qu’elle ôte ses prostitutions de devant sa face, et ses adultères d’entre ses seins,
German
Elberfelder 1871
Und ihrer Kinder werde ich mich nicht erbarmen, weil sie Hurenkinder sind.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Et filiorum illius non miserebor, quoniam filii fornicationum sunt.