Hos 4:14 | NET2full | STEP | I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution , nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery . For the men consort with harlots ; they sacrifice with temple prostitutes . It is true: “A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin !”

‏ Hosea 4:14

14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution,
nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery.
For the men consort with harlots;
they sacrifice with temple prostitutes.
It is true: ^{▼▼tn The words “it is true” are supplied in the translation to indicate that this is a conclusion drawn on the preceding behavior (cf. NAB “So must a people”; NRSV “thus a people”; TEV “As the proverb says, ‘A people’”).} “A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!”