Hos 4:13-14 | JFB | STEP | 13. upon . . . mountains —High places were selected by idolaters on which to sacrifice, because of their greater nearness to the heavenly hosts which they worshipped ( ). elms —rather, "terebinths" [MAURER ]. shadow . . . good —screening the lascivious worshippers from the heat of the sun. daughters . . . commit whoredom . . . spouses . . . adultery —in the polluted worship of Astarte, the Ph nician goddess of love.

Hosea 4:13-14

13. upon . . . mountains—High places were selected by idolaters on which to sacrifice, because of their greater nearness to the heavenly hosts which they worshipped (De 12:2).

elms—rather, "terebinths" [MAURER].

shadow . . . good—screening the lascivious worshippers from the heat of the sun.

daughters . . . commit whoredom . . . spouses . . . adultery—in the polluted worship of Astarte, the Ph nician goddess of love.

14. I will not punish . . . daughters—I will visit with the heaviest punishments "not" the unchaste "daughters and spouses," but the fathers and husbands; for it is these who "themselves" have set the bad example, so that as compared with the punishment of the latter, that of the former shall seem as nothing [MUNSTER].

separated with whores—withdrawn from the assembly of worshippers to some receptacle of impurity for carnal connection with whores.

sacrifice with harlots—They commit lewdness with women who devote their persons to be violated in honor of Astarte. (So the Hebrew for "harlots" means, as distinguished from "whores"). Compare Nu 25:1-3; and the prohibition, De 23:18.

not understand— (Isa 44:18; 45:20).

shall fall—shall be cast down.