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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"><title>Hosea 4 Legacy Standard Bible</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="/chapnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="../spec.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="../cmenus/hosea/4.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="../topmenuchap/hosea/4-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="http://biblehub.com">Bible</a> > <a href="../">LSB</a> > Hosea 4</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="../menu.htm" width="100%" height="48" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hosea/3.htm" title="Hosea 3">◄</a> Hosea 4 <a href="../hosea/5.htm" title="Hosea 5">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">Legacy Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb_/hosea/4.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB">►► </a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Yahweh’s Contention with Israel</p><p><CC><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Listen to the word of Yahweh, O sons of Israel, <p class="indent2">For Yahweh has a contention against the inhabitants of the land, <p class="indent2">Because there is no truth or <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>lovingkindness <p class="indent2">Or knowledge of God in the land. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span><i>There is</i> swearing of oaths, deception, murder, stealing, and adultery. <p class="indent2">They break forth <i>in violence</i> so that bloodshed <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>follows bloodshed. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Therefore the land mourns, <p class="indent2">And everyone who inhabits it languishes <p class="indent2">Along with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky, <p class="indent2">And also the fish of the sea <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>disappear. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Yet let no man contend, and let no man offer reproof; <p class="indent2">Indeed, your people are like those who contend with the priest. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>So you will stumble by day, <p class="indent2">And the prophet also will stumble with you by night; <p class="indent2">And I will destroy your mother. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. <p class="indent2">Because you have rejected knowledge, <p class="indent2">I also will reject you from ministering as My priest. <p class="indent2">Since you have forgotten the law of your God, <p class="indent2">I Myself also will forget your children. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; <p class="indent2">I will change their glory into disgrace. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They eat the <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>sin of My people <p class="indent2">And lift up <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>their soul toward their iniquity. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And it will be like people, like priest; <p class="indent2">So I will punish them for their ways <p class="indent2">And cause their deeds to return to them. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They will eat, but not be satisfied; <p class="indent2">They will play the harlot, but not break forth <i>in number</i>, <p class="indent2">Because they have <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>forsaken Yahweh to keep <i>harlotry</i>. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Harlotry, wine, and new wine take away a heart <i>of wisdom</i>. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>My people ask their wooden idol, and their <i>diviner’s</i> wand declares to them; <p class="indent2">For a spirit of harlotry has led <i>them</i> astray, <p class="indent2">And they have played the harlot, <i>departing</i> <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>from their God. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They offer sacrifices on the tops of the mountains <p class="indent2">And <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>burn incense on the hills, <p class="indent2">Under oak, poplar, and terebinth <p class="indent2">Because their shade is good. <p class="indent2">Therefore your daughters play the harlot, <p class="indent2">And your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>brides commit adultery. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot <p class="indent2">Or your <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>brides when they commit adultery, <p class="indent2">For <i>the men</i> themselves go apart with harlots <p class="indent2">And offer sacrifices with cult prostitutes; <p class="indent2">So the people without understanding are <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>ruined. <p class="reg"><p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Though you, Israel, play the harlot, <p class="indent2">Do not let Judah become guilty; <p class="indent2">Also do not go to Gilgal <p class="indent2">Nor go up to Beth-aven <p class="indent2">And swear the oath: <p class="indent2">“As Yahweh lives!” <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>Since Israel is stubborn <p class="indent2">Like a stubborn heifer, <p class="indent2"><span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>Can Yahweh now feed them <p class="indent2">Like a lamb in a large field? <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Ephraim is joined to idols; <p class="indent2">Let him alone. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Their drink gone; <p class="indent2">They play the harlot continually; <p class="indent2">Their <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[†]</a></span>rulers dearly love disgrace. <p class="indent1"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The wind binds them up in its wings, <p class="indent2">And they will be ashamed because of their sacrifices.<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="fnverse">1</span> Or <i>loyalty</i><br><span class="fnverse">2</span> Lit <i>touches</i><br><span class="fnverse">3</span> Lit <i>are gathered up</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Or <i>sin offering</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> Lit <i>his</i><br><span class="fnverse">10</span> Or <i>forsaken Yahweh to practice</i> (v 11) <i>harlotry</i>; lit <i>forsaken giving heed</i><br><span class="fnverse">12</span> Lit <i>from under</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Or <i>offer sacrifices</i><br><span class="fnverse">13</span> Or <i>daughters-in-law</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Or <i>daughters-in-law</i><br><span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>thrust down</i><br><span class="fnverse">16</span> Or <i>Now Yahweh will pasture...field</i><br><span class="fnverse">18</span> Lit <i>shields</i><br></div><br /><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Legacy Standard Bible Copyright ©2021 by The Lockman Foundation<br>All rights reserved. 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