Verse 1
Hosea 4:1
Literal Standard Version
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“Hear a word of YHWH, sons of Israel, || For a strife is to YHWH with inhabitants of the land, || For there is no truth, nor kindness, || Nor knowledge of God (Elohim) in the land;
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.
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Chapter 4 Context
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“Hear a word of YHWH, sons of Israel, || For a strife is to YHWH with inhabitants of the land, || Fo...
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Swearing, and lying, and murdering, || And stealing, and committing adultery—have increased, || And...
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Therefore the land mourns, || And every dweller is weak in it, || With the beast of the field, || An...
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Only, let no one strive, nor reprove a man, || And your people are as those striving with a priest.
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And you have stumbled in the day, || And a prophet has also stumbled with you in the night, || And I...
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My people have been cut off for lack of knowledge, || Because you have rejected knowledge, || I reje...
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According to their abundance so they sinned against Me, || I change their glory into shame.
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The sin of My people they eat, || And to their iniquity lift up their soul.
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And it has been, like people, like priest, || And I have charged on it its ways, || And its habitual...
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And they have eaten, and are not satisfied, || They have gone whoring, and do not increase, || For t...
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Whoredom, and wine, and new wine, take the heart,
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12
My people at its staff asks and its rod declares to it, || For a spirit of whoredoms has caused to e...
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On tops of the mountains they sacrifice, || And on the hills they make incense, || Under oak, and po...
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Therefore your daughters commit whoredom, || And your spouses commit adultery, || I do not see after...
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Though you are a harlot, O Israel, || Do not let Judah become guilty, || And do not come to Gilgal,...
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For Israel has turned aside as a stubborn heifer, || Now YHWH feeds them as a lamb in a large place.
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Ephraim is joined to idols, leave him alone.
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Sour is their drink, || They have gone whoring diligently, || Her protectors have thoroughly loved s...
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Wind has distressed her with its wings, || And they are ashamed of their sacrifices!”
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