Hosea 4:15
Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the Lord lives!’
Note Beth-aven means house of wickedness. This is a derogatory term for Bethel, which means house of God; see 1 Kings 12:28–29.
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The Lord liveth.
“Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet don’t let Judah offend; and don’t come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, ‘As the Lord lives.’
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, As Jehovah liveth.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- play
- Hosea 4:12; Jeremiah 3:6–10; Ezekiel 23:4–8
- yet
- Hosea 11:12; 2 Kings 17:18, 19; Jeremiah 3:10, 11; Luke 12:47, 48; Ephesians 5:11
- Gilgal
- Hosea 9:15; Hosea 12:11; Amos 4:4; Amos 5:5
- Beth-aven
- Hosea 5:8; Hosea 10:5, 8; 1 Kings 12:28, 29
- nor
- Isaiah 48:1; Jeremiah 5:2; Ezekiel 20:39; Amos 6:10; Amos 8:14; Zephaniah 1:5, 6