Hosea 4

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(Hos 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.
(Hos 4:2) By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
(Hos 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.
(Hos 4:4) Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people {are} as they that strive with the priest.
(Hos 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.
(Hos 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.
(Hos 4:7) As they were increased, so they sinned against me: {therefore} will I change their glory into shame.
(Hos 4:8) They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
(Hos 4:9) And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
(Hos 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.
(Hos 4:11) Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
(Hos 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.
(Hos 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.
(Hos 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.
(Hos 4:15) Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, {yet} let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The Lord liveth.
(Hos 4:16) For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
(Hos 4:17) Ephraim {is} joined to idols: let him alone.
(Hos 4:18) Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers {with} shame do love, Give ye.
(Hos 4:19) The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
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