[Hos 4:1-19 KJV] 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. 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. 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. 4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people [are] as they that strive with the priest. 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. 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. 7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: [therefore] will I change their glory into shame. 8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. 9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. 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. 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. 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. 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. 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. 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. 16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place. 17 Ephraim [is] joined to idols: let him alone. 18 Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers [with] shame do love, Give ye. 19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
[Hos 5:1-15 KJV] 1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment [is] toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. 2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I [have been] a rebuker of them all. 3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, [and] Israel is defiled. 4 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms [is] in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD. 5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them. 6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find [him]; he hath withdrawn himself from them. 7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions. 8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, [and] the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud [at] Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin. 9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be. 10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: [therefore] I will pour out my wrath upon them like water. 11 Ephraim [is] oppressed [and] broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment. 12 Therefore [will] I [be] unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness. 13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah [saw] his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound. 14 For I [will be] unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, [even] I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue [him]. 15 I will go [and] return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
[Hos 6:1-11 KJV] 1 Come, and let us return unto the LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us up. 2 After two days will he revive us: in the third day he will raise us up, and we shall live in his sight. 3 Then shall we know, [if] we follow on to know the LORD: his going forth is prepared as the morning; and he shall come unto us as the rain, as the latter [and] former rain unto the earth. 4 O Ephraim, what shall I do unto thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee? for your goodness [is] as a morning cloud, and as the early dew it goeth away. 5 Therefore have I hewed [them] by the prophets; I have slain them by the words of my mouth: and thy judgments [are as] the light [that] goeth forth. 6 For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. 7 But they like men have transgressed the covenant: there have they dealt treacherously against me. 8 Gilead [is] a city of them that work iniquity, [and is] polluted with blood. 9 And as troops of robbers wait for a man, [so] the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness. 10 I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there [is] the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled. 11 Also, O Judah, he hath set an harvest for thee, when I returned the captivity of my people.
Hos 4:3 - Therefore shall the landH776 mourn,H56 and every one that dwellethH3427 therein shall languish,H535 with the beastsH2416 of the field,H7704 and with the fowlsH5775 of heaven;H8064 yea, the fishesH1709 of the seaH3220 also shall be taken away.H622
Hos 4:5 - Therefore shalt thou fallH3782 in the day,H3117 and the prophetH5030 also shall fallH3782 with thee in the night,H3915 and I will destroyH1820 thy mother.H517
Hos 4:6 - My peopleH5971 are destroyedH1820 for lack of knowledge:H1847 because thou hast rejectedH3988 knowledge,H1847 I will also rejectH3988 thee, that thou shalt be no priestH3547 to me: seeing thou hast forgottenH7911 the lawH8451 of thy God,H430 I will also forgetH7911 thy children.H1121
Hos 4:9 - And there shall be, like people,H5971 like priest:H3548 and I will punishH6485 them for their ways,H1870 and rewardH7725 them their doings.H4611
Hos 4:10 - For they shall eat,H398 and not have enough:H7646 they shall commit whoredom,H2181 and shall not increase:H6555 because they have left offH5800 to take heedH8104 to the LORD.H3068
Hos 4:12 - My peopleH5971 askH7592 counsel at their stocks,H6086 and their staffH4731 declarethH5046 unto them: for the spiritH7307 of whoredomsH2183 hath caused them to err,H8582 and they have gone a whoringH2181 from under their God.H430
Hos 4:13 - They sacrificeH2076 upon the topsH7218 of the mountains,H2022 and burn incenseH6999 upon the hills,H1389 under oaksH437 and poplarsH3839 and elms,H424 because the shadowH6738 thereof is good:H2896 therefore your daughtersH1323 shall commit whoredom,H2181 and your spousesH3618 shall commit adultery.H5003
Hos 4:14 - I will not punishH6485 your daughtersH1323 when they commit whoredom,H2181 nor your spousesH3618 when they commit adultery:H5003 for themselves are separatedH6504 with whores,H2181 and they sacrificeH2076 with harlots:H6948 therefore the peopleH5971that doth not understandH995 shall fall.H3832
Hos 5:6 - They shall goH3212 with their flocksH6629 and with their herdsH1241 to seekH1245 the LORD;H3068 but they shall not findH4672him; he hath withdrawnH2502 himself from them.
Hos 5:7 - They have dealt treacherouslyH898 against the LORD:H3068 for they have begottenH3205 strangeH2114 children:H1121 now shall a monthH2320 devourH398 them with their portions.H2506
Hos 5:14 - For I will be unto EphraimH669 as a lion,H7826 and as a young lionH3715 to the houseH1004 of Judah:H3063 I, even I, will tearH2963 and go away;H3212 I will take away,H5375 and none shall rescueH5337him.
Hos 6:5 - Therefore have I hewedH2672them by the prophets;H5030 I have slainH2026 them by the wordsH561 of my mouth:H6310 and thy judgmentsH4941are as the lightH216that goeth forth.H3318
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