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| Hosea 4:1 | 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. | | Give ear to the word of the Lord, O children of Israel; for the Lord has a cause against the people of this land, because there is no good faith in it, and no mercy and no knowledge of God in the land. |
| Hosea 4:2 | By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. | | There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood. |
| Hosea 4:3 | Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yes, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. | | Because of this the land will be dry, and everyone living in it will be wasted away, with the beasts of the field and the birds of heaven; even the fishes of the sea will be taken away. |
| Hosea 4:4 | Yet let no man contend, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that contend with the priest. | | Let no man go to law or make protests, for your people are like those who go to law with a priest. |
| Hosea 4:5 | Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. | | You will not be able to keep on your feet by day, and by night the prophet will be falling down with you, and I will give your mother to destruction. |
| Hosea 4:6 | 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. | | Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory. |
| Hosea 4:7 | As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. | | Even while they were increasing in number they were sinning against me; I will let their glory be changed into shame. |
| Hosea 4:8 | They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. | | The sin of my people is like food to them; and their desire is for their wrongdoing. |
| Hosea 4:9 | And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. | | And the priest will be like the people; I will give them punishment for their evil ways, and the reward of their acts. |
| Hosea 4:10 | For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall be guilty of lewdness, and shall not increase: because they have ceased to take heed to the LORD. | | They will have food, but they will not be full; they will be false to me, but they will not be increased, because they no longer give thought to the Lord. |
| Hosea 4:11 | Lewdness and wine and new wine take away the heart. | | Loose ways and new wine take away wisdom. |
| Hosea 4:12 | My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth to them: for the spirit of lewdness hath caused them to err, and they have gone astray from under their God. | | My people get knowledge from their tree, and their rod gives them news; for a false spirit is the cause of their wandering, and they have been false to their God. |
| Hosea 4:13 | They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shade of them is agreeable: therefore your daughters shall be guilty of lewdness, and your spouses shall commit adultery. | | They make offerings on the tops of mountains, burning perfumes in high places, under trees of every sort, because their shade is good: and so your daughters are given up to loose ways and your brides are false to their husbands. |
| Hosea 4:14 | I will not punish your daughters when they are guilty of lewdness, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for they themselves are separated with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall. | | I will not give punishment to your daughters or your brides for their evil behaviour; for they make themselves separate with loose women, and make offerings with those who are used for sex purposes in the worship of the gods: the people who have no wisdom will be sent away. |
| Hosea 4:15 | Though thou, Israel, playest the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye to Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The LORD liveth. | | Do not you, O Israel, come into error; do not you, O Judah, come to Gilgal, or go up to Beth-aven, or take an oath, By the living Lord. |
| Hosea 4:16 | For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place. | | For Israel is uncontrolled, like a cow which may not be controlled; now will the Lord give them food like a lamb in a wide place. |
| Hosea 4:17 | Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. | | Ephraim is joined to false gods; let him be. |
| Hosea 4:18 | Their drink is sour: they have been guilty of lewd deeds continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye. | | Their drink has become bitter; they are completely false; her rulers take pleasure in shame. |
| Hosea 4:19 | The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. | | They are folded in the skirts of the wind; they will be shamed because of their offerings. |
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