Hosea Chapter 4

• Hosea 4:1
  Hosea.
• Hosea 4:2
  Hear the LORD’s word, you children of Israel, for the LORD has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, ...
• Hosea 4:3
  There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
• Hosea 4:4
  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 bir...
• Hosea 4:5
  “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 4:6
  You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.
• Hosea 4:7
  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 y...
• Hosea 4:8
  As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.
• Hosea 4:9
  They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
• Hosea 4:10
  It will be like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.
• Hosea 4:11
  They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned listening to the LORD.
• Hosea 4:12
  Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
• Hosea 4:13
  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 unf...
• Hosea 4:14
  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 ...
• Hosea 4:15
  I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, a...
• Hosea 4:16
  “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 the LORD li...
• Hosea 4:17
  For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will the LORD feed them like a lamb in a meadow?
• Hosea 4:18
  Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone!
• Hosea 4:19
  Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.
• Hosea 4:20
  The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be disappointed because of their sacrifices.