Text -- Hosea 5:4 (NET)

5:4 Their wicked deeds do not allow them to return to their God; because a spirit of idolatry controls their heart, and they do not acknowledge the Lord.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Hos 5:4

¹ tn Heb “a spirit of harlotries”; NIV “a spirit of prostitution”; TEV “Idolatry has a powerful hold on them.” However, CEV takes this literally: “your constant craving for sex keeps you from knowing me.”

² tn Heb “is in their heart” (so NIV); NASB, NRSV “is within them.”