Verse 7
Hosea 4:7
Free Bible Version
7
The more there were of them, the more they sinned against me, so I will change their glory into shame.
Original Language Text
hebrew
כְּ/רֻבָּ֖/ם כֵּ֣ן חָֽטְאוּ לִ֑/י כְּבוֹדָ֖/ם בְּ/קָל֥וֹן אָמִֽיר
English Translation
As for their abundance, thus they have sinned against me, their glory in disgrace.
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Chapter 4 Context
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Hear the word of the Lord, people of Israel, for the Lord has an accusation against the inhabitants...
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Instead there is only cursing, lying, murdering, stealing, and adultery. They commit violence, and b...
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3
As a result the land dries up, and everyone who lives there is wasting away, along with the wild ani...
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4
But no one should accuse or blame anyone else. My quarrel is with you the priests—you are the ones r...
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5
Consequently you will stumble in daylight, and the prophet will stumble together with you in the nig...
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6
My people are dying because they don't know me. Because you have refused to know me, I refuse to acc...
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7
The more there were of them, the more they sinned against me, so I will change their glory into sham...
8
They feed on the sin of my people, greedy for their iniquity.
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9
So it will be for the people like the priests: I will punish them for what they have done, repaying...
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10
They will eat, but they will not be satisfied; they will engage in prostitution, but they will not p...
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11
My people consult their wooden idols and their divining rods give them answers, for a spirit of pros...
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12
They offer sacrifices on the tops of mountains; they burn incense in the hills under the oak, poplar...
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13
I will not punish your daughters when they practice prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when the...
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14
Though you, Israel, have become a prostitute, may Judah not offend in the same way and not enter Gil...
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15
For Israel is as stubborn as a stubborn cow. Should the Lord then take care of them like a lamb in a...
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16
Ephraim is bewitched by idols, so leave him alone!
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17
Once the leaders finish drinking, they go off and find prostitutes to sleep with. They love their sh...
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18
A wind will carry them away; they will be ashamed of their pagan worship.”
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