Parallel Verses

New American Standard Bible

“Also, I will have no compassion on her children,
Because they are children of harlotry.

King James Version

And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they be the children of whoredoms.

Holman Bible

I will have no compassion on her children
because they are the children of promiscuity.

International Standard Version

Furthermore, I'll not show pity on her children, since they are children of prostitution.

A Conservative Version

Yea, I will have no mercy upon her sons, for they are sons of whoredom,

American Standard Version

Yea, upon her children will I have no mercy; for they are children of whoredom;

Amplified


“Also, I will have no mercy on her children,
Because they are the children of prostitution.

Bible in Basic English

And I will have no mercy on her children, for they are the children of her loose ways.

Darby Translation

And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are the children of whoredoms.

Julia Smith Translation

And her sons I will not compassionate, for they are the sons of fornications

King James 2000

And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are the children of harlotry.

Lexham Expanded Bible

And I will not have pity on her children, because [they are] children of whoredom.

Modern King James verseion

And I will not have mercy on her sons, for they are the sons of adulteries.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

I shall have no pity also upon her children, for they be the children of fornication.

NET Bible

I will have no pity on her children, because they are children conceived in adultery.

New Heart English Bible

Indeed, on her children I will have no mercy; for they are children of unfaithfulness;

The Emphasized Bible

And, on her children, not have compassion, - because, the children of paramours, they are.

Webster

And I will not have mercy upon her children; for they are the children of lewdness.

World English Bible

Indeed, on her children I will have no mercy; for they are children of unfaithfulness;

Youngs Literal Translation

And her sons I do not pity, For sons of whoredoms are they,

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
And I will not have mercy
רחם 
Racham 
Usage: 47

Devotionals

Devotionals containing Hosea 2:4

References

Context Readings

Israel's Adultery Rebuked

3 I will strip her naked and make her as in the day that she was born. I will make her as a wilderness, and make her like a dry land, and kill her with thirst. 4 “Also, I will have no compassion on her children,
Because they are children of harlotry.
5 Their mother played the harlot. She that conceived them acted shamefully! For she said, I will go after my lovers, who give me my bread and my water, my wool and my flax, my oil and my drink.

Cross References

Jeremiah 13:14

I will dash them against each other, both the fathers and the sons together, declares Jehovah. 'I will not show pity nor be sorry nor have compassion so as not to destroy them.'

Ezekiel 8:18

They will feel all the force of my anger. I will not spare them or show them any mercy (my eye will not feel sorry). They will shout prayers to me as loud as they can. But I will not listen to them

Hosea 1:2

When Jehovah first spoke through Hosea, Jehovah said to Hosea, Go and marry an adulterous wife and have children with her for the land commits flagrant adultery. They have abandoned Jehovah.

Hosea 1:6

Gomer conceived again, and gave birth to a daughter. Jehovah said to Hosea: Name her Loruhamah for I will no longer have mercy upon the house of Israel and I will not pardon them.

2 Kings 9:22

When Joram saw Jehu he said: Do you come in peace, Jehu? He said in reply: What peace is possible while all the land is full of the disgusting sins of your mother Jezebel, and her secret arts of witchcraft?

Isaiah 27:11

When its twigs are dry, they are broken off and women come and make fires with them. For they have no understanding (discernment). Their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor.

Isaiah 57:3

But come here, you sons of the witch, you offspring of the adulterer and the prostitute!

Jeremiah 16:5

Jehovah says: Do not enter a house of mourning, or go to lament or to console them. I have withdrawn my peace from this people, declares Jehovah, even my loving kindness and compassion.

Ezekiel 9:10

But (my eye will not feel sorry) I will not have compassion or feel sorry. I will do to them what they have done to others.

Zechariah 1:12

Then the Messenger (Angel) of Jehovah said: Jehovah of Hosts, how much longer until you show compassion to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah? You have been angry with them for seventy years.

John 8:41

You do the works of your father. They said: We were not born of fornication. We have one Father, God!

Romans 9:18

He shows mercy to the one he chooses, and he allows others to be stubborn.

Romans 11:22

Observe both God's kindness and severity. Severity is for those who fail to continue. But kindness is for you as long as you continue in his kindness. Otherwise you will be cut off.

James 2:13

For judgment is without mercy to him who shows no mercy. And mercy triumphs over judgment.

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