VERSE 1
Ho:4:1: Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
VERSE 2
Ho:4:2: By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
VERSE 3
Ho:4:3: Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
VERSE 4
Ho:4:4: Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
VERSE 5
Ho:4:5: Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
VERSE 6
Ho:4:6: My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
VERSE 7
Ho:4:7: As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
VERSE 8
Ho:4:8: They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
VERSE 9
Ho:4:9: And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
VERSE 10
Ho:4:10: For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
VERSE 11
Ho:4:11: Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
VERSE 12
Ho: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.
VERSE 13
Ho:4:13: They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
VERSE 14
Ho:4:14: I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
VERSE 15
Ho:4:15: 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.
VERSE 16
Ho:4:16: For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
VERSE 17
Ho:4:17: Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
VERSE 18
Ho:4:18: Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
VERSE 19
Ho:4:19: The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
*** END OF CHAPTER *** HOSEA
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