Hosea 4:12

“My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.”

"My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God." - Hosea 4:12
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What does Hosea 4:12 mean?

Hosea 4:12 (KJV) states: "My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God." This verse is part of the book of Hosea in the Old Testament, and it is…

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Seeking Guidance Amidst Idolatry

Hosea 4:12 in the King James Version presents a stark and sobering picture of a people who have strayed from their God, turning towards false idols for guidance: "My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused…

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A Prayer for Renewal and Divine Guidance

Heavenly Father, As I come before You today, I bow my heart and spirit in reverence of Your holy name. I acknowledge Your sovereignty over all that exists, and I thank You for Your eternal love and grace that continually sustains us. In the midst of chaos and confusion, I seek…

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Hosea 4:12 - "¶ My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God." bible verse art
Hosea 12:4 - "Yea, he had power over the angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made supplication unto him: he found him in Beth-el, and there he spake with us;"
Hosea 12:12 - "And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep."
Hosea 12:5 - "Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial."
Hosea 4:4 - "Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest."
Hosea 5:12 - "Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness."
Hosea 13:12 - "The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid."
Hosea 12:13 - "And by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet was he preserved."
Hosea 4:17 - "Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone."
Hosea 2:4 - "And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms."
Hosea 4:8 - "They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity."
Hosea 12:3 - "¶ He took his brother by the heel in the womb, and by his strength he had power with God:"
Hosea 8:12 - "I have written to him the great things of my law, but they were counted as a strange thing."
Hosea 12:11 - "Is there iniquity in Gilead? surely they are vanity: they sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their altars are as heaps in the furrows of the fields."
Hosea 12:6 - "Therefore turn thou to thy God: keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy God continually."
Hosea 4:19 - "The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices."
Hosea 4:2 - "By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood."
Hosea 12:10 - "I have also spoken by the prophets, and I have multiplied visions, and used similitudes, by the ministry of the prophets."
Hosea 4:7 - "As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame."
Hosea 11:12 - "Ephraim compasseth me about with lies, and the house of Israel with deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and is faithful with the saints."
"And Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept sheep." - Hosea 12:12
Hosea 4:16 - "For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place."
Hosea 4:9 - "And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings."
Hosea 12:9 - "And I that am the LORD thy God from the land of Egypt will yet make thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the days of the solemn feast."
Hosea 12:2 - "The LORD hath also a controversy with Judah, and will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him."
Hosea 14:4 - "¶ I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him."
"The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; his sin is hid." - Hosea 13:12
"Even the LORD God of hosts; the LORD is his memorial." - Hosea 12:5
Hosea 12:7 - "¶ He is a merchant, the balances of deceit are in his hand: he loveth to oppress." The image should not depict explicit or offensive content but be symbolic.