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HoseaWEB
Hosea 4:1WEB
Hear Yahweh’s word, you children of Israel, for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Hosea 4:2WEB
There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
Hosea 4:3WEB
Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells in it will waste away, with all living things in her, even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of the sea also die.
Hosea 4:4WEB
“Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.
Hosea 4:5WEB
You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.
Hosea 4:6WEB
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.
Hosea 4:7WEB
As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.
Hosea 4:8WEB
They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
Hosea 4:9WEB
It will be like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.
Hosea 4:10WEB
They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned listening to Yahweh.
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Hosea 4:11WEB
Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
Hosea 4:12WEB
My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God.
Hosea 4:13WEB
They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, and your brides commit adultery.
Hosea 4:14WEB
I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.
Hosea 4:15WEB
“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 Yahweh lives.’
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Hosea 4:16WEB
For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow?
“Yahweh” is the divine name in this translation. Many Bibles say “the LORD.”
Hosea 4:17WEB
Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone!
Hosea 4:18WEB
Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.
Hosea 4:19WEB
The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be disappointed because of their sacrifices.
Scripture quotations are from the World English Bible, which is in the public domain.