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href="/hosea/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Therefore doth the land mourn,</div><div class="po2">And every one that dwelleth therein doth languish,</div><div class="po2">With the beasts of the field, and the fowls of heaven;</div><div class="po2">Yea, the fishes of the sea also are taken away.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove;</div><div class="po2">For thy people are as they that strive with the priest.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Therefore shalt thou stumble in the day,</div><div class="po2">And the prophet also shall stumble with thee in the night;</div><div class="po2">And I will destroy thy mother.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge;</div><div class="po2">Because thou hast rejected knowledge,</div><div class="po2">I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to Me;</div><div class="po2">Seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God,</div><div class="po2">I also will forget thy children.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The more they were increased, the more they sinned against Me;</div><div class="po2">I will change their glory into shame.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They feed on the sin of My people,</div><div class="po2">And set their heart on their iniquity.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And it is like people, like priest;</div><div class="po2">And I will punish him for his ways,</div><div class="po2">And will recompense him his doings.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And they shall eat, and not have enough,</div><div class="po2">They shall commit harlotry, and shall not increase;</div><div class="po2">Because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Harlotry, wine, and new wine take away the heart.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>My people ask counsel at their stock,</div><div class="po2">And their staff declareth unto them;</div><div class="po2">For the spirit of harlotry hath caused them to err,</div><div class="po2">And they have gone astray from under their God.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains,</div><div class="po2">And offer upon the hills,</div><div class="po2">Under oaks and poplars and terebinths,</div><div class="po2">Because the shadow thereof is good;</div><div class="po2">Therefore your daughters commit harlotry,</div><div class="po2">And your daughters-in-law commit adultery.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry,</div><div class="po2">Nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery;</div><div class="po2">For they themselves consort with lewd women,</div><div class="po2">And they sacrifice with harlots;</div><div class="po2">And the people that is without understanding is distraught.</div> <p class="section"></p><div class="po3"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Though thou, Israel, play the harlot,</div><div class="po2">Yet let not Judah become guilty;</div><div class="po2">And come not ye unto Gilgal,</div><div class="po2">Neither go ye up to Beth-aven,</div><div class="po2">Nor swear: ‘As the LORD liveth.’</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For Israel is stubborn like a stubborn heifer;</div><div class="po2">Now shall the LORD feed them as a lamb in a large place?</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Ephraim is joined to idols;</div><div class="po2">Let him alone.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When their carouse is over,</div><div class="po2">They take to harlotry;</div><div class="po2">Her rulers deeply love dishonour.</div> <div class="po1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The wind hath bound her up in her skirts;</div><div class="po2">And they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.</div></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">THE HOLY SCRIPTURES<br>ACCORDING TO THE MASORETIC TEXT<br>A NEW TRANSLATION<p><a href="//www.jps.org/">Jewish Publication Society</a><br>1917<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div 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