The Lord Accuses Israel
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. Hos. 4:13
They sacrifice upon... Bereft of righteous teaching and understanding, they sacrificed to idols. Hilltops and groves of trees were favorite places for idolatrous worship (Deut. 12:2; Jer. 2:20; Eze. 6:13), including religious prostitution.
This is a description of the various types of false worship that went on in the country.
and your spouses... Spouse—one’s husband or wife. God caused their wives to be unfaithful to them, as they had been to Him.
The Canaanite shrines, which Moses had commanded Israel to destroy (cf. Deut.12:2-3), were located on hills and/or under shady trees (oak, poplar, and terebinth) throughout the Northern Kingdom (cf. 2Kgs. 17:10-11). Here many young women (daughters) of Israel took part in sexual rites with male cult prostitutes (cf. Deut. 23:17-18; 1Kgs. 14:24).
But if the soul of man refuses God's help and grace, when he obstinately and persistently sins, a time arrives when God gives him up to reap as he has sown.
The Canaanite shrines, which Moses had commanded Israel to destroy (cf. Deut. 12:2-3), were located on hills and/or under shady trees (oak, poplar, and terebinth) throughout the Northern Kingdom (cf. 2Kgs. 17:10-11). Here many young women (daughters) of Israel took part in sexual rites with male cult prostitutes (cf. Deut. 23:17-18; 1Kgs. 14:24).
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