Hosea 2:4

In 11 translations

BSB

I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery.

KJV

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

WEB

Indeed, on her children I will have no mercy, for they are children of unfaithfulness.

ASV

Yea, upon her children will I have no mercy; for they are children of whoredom;

LSV

And her sons I do not pity, || For they [are] sons of whoredoms,

YLT

And her sons I do not pity, For sons of whoredoms [are] they,

DBY

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

DRC

And I will not have mercy on her children: for they are the children of fornications.

GNV

And I wil haue no pitie vpon her children: for they be the children of fornications.

JPS2:6

And I will not have compassion upon her children; for they are children of harlotry.

LXXE2:6

And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are children of fornication.

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Original-language editions

WLC2:6

וְאֶת־בָּנֶ֖יהָ לֹ֣א אֲרַחֵ֑ם כִּֽי־בְנֵ֥י זְנוּנִ֖ים הֵֽמָּה׃KJV:Hos.2.4

LXX-Br2:6

Καὶ τὰ τέκνα αὐτῆς οὐ μὴ ἐλεήσω, ὅτι τέκνα πορνείας ἐστίν.

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• Jeremiah 16:5Indeed, this is what the LORD says: “Do not enter a house where there is a funeral meal. Do not go to mourn or show sympathy, for I have removed from this people My peace, My loving devotion, and My compassion,”…
• Hosea 1:2When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”
• Ezekiel 9:10But as for Me, I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. I will bring their deeds down upon their own heads.”
• Ezekiel 8:18Therefore I will respond with wrath. I will not look on them with pity, nor will I spare them. Although they shout loudly in My ears, I will not listen to them.”
• James 2:13For judgment without mercy will be shown to anyone who has not been merciful. Mercy triumphs over judgment.
• Jeremiah 13:14I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”
• Hosea 1:6Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.
• Isaiah 27:11When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.
• 2 Kings 9:22When Joram saw Jehu, he asked, “Have you come in peace, Jehu?” “How can there be peace,” he replied, “as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother Jezebel abound?”
• Zechariah 1:12Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”
• Isaiah 57:3“But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes!
• Romans 9:18Therefore God has mercy on whom He wants to have mercy, and He hardens whom He wants to harden.
• John 8:41You are doing the works of your father.” “We are not illegitimate children,” they declared. “Our only Father is God Himself.”
• Romans 11:22Take notice, therefore, of the kindness and severity of God: severity to those who fell, but kindness to you, if you continue in His kindness. Otherwise you also will be cut off.

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