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HOS 4:1
Hosea 4:1
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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. |
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HOS 4:2
Hosea 4:2
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By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing,
and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. |
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HOS 4:3
Hosea 4:3
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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. |
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HOS 4:4
Hosea 4:4
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Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another:
for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. |
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HOS 4:5
Hosea 4:5
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Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the
prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. |
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HOS 4:6
Hosea 4:6
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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. |
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HOS 4:7
Hosea 4:7
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As they were increased, so they sinned against
me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. |
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HOS 4:8
Hosea 4:8
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They eat up the sin of my people, and they set
their heart on their iniquity. |
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HOS 4:9
Hosea 4:9
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And there shall be, like people, like priest:
and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. |
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HOS 4:10
Hosea 4:10
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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. |
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HOS 4:11
Hosea 4:11
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Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the
heart. |
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HOS 4:12
Hosea 4:12
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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. |
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HOS 4:13
Hosea 4:13
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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 |
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HOS 4:14
Hosea 4:14
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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. |
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HOS 4:15
Hosea 4:15
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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. |
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HOS 4:16
Hosea 4:16
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For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer:
now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place. |
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HOS 4:17
Hosea 4:17
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Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone. |
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HOS 4:18
Hosea 4:18
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Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom
continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye. |
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HOS 4:19
Hosea 4:19
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The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and
they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. |
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