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.
WEB
Hosea 4:12
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.
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 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.
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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