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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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