Verse 1
Hosea 4:1
New Living Translation
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Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel!<br>The LORD has brought charges against you, saying:<br>“There is no faithfulness, no kindness,<br>no knowledge of God (Elohim) in your land.<br>
Original Language Text
hebrew
שִׁמְע֥וּ דְבַר יְהוָ֖ה בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּ֣י רִ֤יב לַֽ/יהוָה֙ עִם יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָ/אָ֔רֶץ כִּ֠י אֵין אֱמֶ֧ת וְֽ/אֵין חֶ֛סֶד וְ/אֵֽין דַּ֥עַת אֱלֹהִ֖ים בָּ/אָֽרֶץ
English Translation
Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, and there is no mercy, and there is no knowledge of God in the land.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
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Chapter 4 Context
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Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel!<br>The LORD has brought charges against you, saying:<...
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You make vows and break them;<br>you kill and steal and commit adultery.<br>There is violence everyw...
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3
That is why your land is in mourning,<br>and everyone is wasting away.<br>Even the wild animals, the...
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4
“Don’t point your finger at someone else<br>and try to pass the blame!<br>My complaint, you priests,...
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5
So you will stumble in broad daylight,<br>and your false prophets will fall with you in the night.<b...
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6
My people are being destroyed<br>because they don’t know me.<br>Since you priests refuse to know me,...
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7
The more priests there are,<br>the more they sin against me.<br>They have exchanged the glory of God...
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8
“When the people bring their sin offerings, the priests get fed.<br>So the priests are glad when the...
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9
‘And what the priests do, the people also do.’<br>So now I will punish both priests and people<br>fo...
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10
They will eat and still be hungry.<br>They will play the prostitute and gain nothing from it,<br>for...
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11
to worship other gods.<br> “Wine has robbed my people<br>of their understanding.<br>
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12
They ask a piece of wood for advice!<br>They think a stick can tell them the future!<br>Longing afte...
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13
They offer sacrifices to idols on the mountaintops.<br>They go up into the hills to burn incense<br>...
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14
But why should I punish them<br>for their prostitution and adultery?<br>For your men are doing the s...
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15
“Though you, Israel, are a prostitute,<br>may Judah not be guilty of such things.<br>Do not join the...
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16
Israel is stubborn,<br>like a stubborn heifer.<br>So should the LORD feed her<br>like a lamb in a lu...
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17
Leave Israel alone,<br>because she is married to idolatry.<br>
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18
When the rulers of Israel finish their drinking,<br>off they go to find some prostitutes.<br>They lo...
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So a mighty wind will sweep them away.<br>Their sacrifices to idols will bring them shame.<br>
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