Text -- Hosea 4:17-19 (NET)

4:17 Ephraim has attached himself to idols; Do not go near him!

The Shameful Sinners Will Be Brought to Shame

4:18 They consume their alcohol, then engage in cult prostitution; they dearly love their shameful behavior. 4:19 A whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings; they will be brought to shame because of their idolatrous worship.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Hos 4:19

¹ tn Heb “their altars” (so NAB, NRSV) or “their sacrifices” (so KJV, NASB, NIV). Here זִבְחוֹתָם (zivkhotam, “altars; sacrifices”) is a metonymy of association for Israel’s apostate idolatrous Baal worship.