Hosea 4 :: King James Version (KJV)

God's Controversy with Israel

Hos 4:1Hear 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

Hos 4:2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

Hos 4:3

Hos 4:3Therefore 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

Hos 4:4Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

Hos 4:5

Hos 4:5Therefore 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

Hos 4:6My 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

Hos 4:7As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.

Hos 4:8

Hos 4:8They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

Hos 4:9

Hos 4:9And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

Hos 4:10

Hos 4:10For 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

Hos 4:11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

Hos 4:12

Hos 4:12My 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

Hos 4:13They 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

Hos 4:14I 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

Hos 4:15Though 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

Hos 4:16For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

Hos 4:17

Hos 4:17Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

Hos 4:18

Hos 4:18Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.

Hos 4:19

Hos 4:19The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

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God's Controversy with Israel

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