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HO-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.
HO-4:2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and
committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
HO-4:3 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.
HO-4:4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy
people [are] as they that strive with the priest.
HO-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.
HO-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.
HO-4:7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me:
[therefore] will I change their glory into shame.
HO-4:8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their
heart on their iniquity.
HO-4:9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will
punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
HO-4:10 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.
HO-4:11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
HO-4:12 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.
HO-4:13 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.
HO-4:14 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.
HO-4:15 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.
HO-4:16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the
LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
HO-4:17 Ephraim [is] joined to idols: let him alone.
HO-4:18 Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom
continually: her rulers [with] shame do love, Give ye.
HO-4:19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall
be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
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