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Hosea 4 NASB 1995
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class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">NASB 1995</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/nas/esv/hosea/4.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><font color="#000000"><b><i>God’s Controversy with Israel</i></b></font><font size="1"><br><br></font><span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/4-1.htm" target="_top"><b>1</b></a></span>Listen to the word of the L<font size="1">ORD</font>, O sons of Israel,<br> For the L<font size="1">ORD</font> has a case against the inhabitants of the land,<br> Because there is no faithfulness or kindness<br> Or knowledge of God in the land.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/4-2.htm" target="_top"><b>2</b></a></span><i>There is</i> swearing, deception, murder, stealing and adultery.<br> They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/4-3.htm" target="_top"><b>3</b></a></span>Therefore the land mourns,<br> And everyone who lives in it languishes<br> Along with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky,<br> And also the fish of the sea disappear.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/4-4.htm" target="_top"><b>4</b></a></span>Yet let no one find fault, and let none offer reproof;<br> For your people are like those who contend with the priest.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/4-5.htm" target="_top"><b>5</b></a></span>So you will stumble by day,<br> And the prophet also will stumble with you by night;<br> And I will destroy your mother.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/4-6.htm" target="_top"><b>6</b></a></span>My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.<br> Because you have rejected knowledge,<br> I also will reject you from being My priest.<br> Since you have forgotten the law of your God,<br> I also will forget your children.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/4-7.htm" target="_top"><b>7</b></a></span>The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me;<br> I will change their glory into shame.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/4-8.htm" target="_top"><b>8</b></a></span>They feed on the sin of My people<br> And direct their desire toward their iniquity.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/4-9.htm" target="_top"><b>9</b></a></span>And it will be, like people, like priest;<br> So I will punish them for their ways<br> And repay them for their deeds.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/4-10.htm" target="_top"><b>10</b></a></span>They will eat, but not have enough;<br> They will play the harlot, but not increase,<br> Because they have stopped giving heed to the L<font size="1">ORD</font>.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/4-11.htm" target="_top"><b>11</b></a></span>Harlotry, wine and new wine take away the understanding.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/4-12.htm" target="_top"><b>12</b></a></span>My people consult their wooden idol, and their <i>diviner’s</i> wand informs them;<br> For a spirit of harlotry has led <i>them</i> astray,<br> And they have played the harlot, <i>departing</i> from their God.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/4-13.htm" target="_top"><b>13</b></a></span>They offer sacrifices on the tops of the mountains<br> And burn incense on the hills,<br> Under oak, poplar and terebinth,<br> Because their shade is pleasant.<br> Therefore your daughters play the harlot<br> And your brides commit adultery.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/4-14.htm" target="_top"><b>14</b></a></span>I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot<br> Or your brides when they commit adultery,<br> For <i>the men</i> themselves go apart with harlots<br> And offer sacrifices with temple prostitutes;<br> So the people without understanding are ruined.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/4-15.htm" target="_top"><b>15</b></a></span>Though you, Israel, play the harlot,<br> Do not let Judah become guilty;<br> Also do not go to Gilgal,<br> Or go up to Beth-aven<br> And take the oath:<br> “As the L<font size="1">ORD</font> lives!”<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/4-16.htm" target="_top"><b>16</b></a></span>Since Israel is stubborn<br> Like a stubborn heifer,<br> Can the L<font size="1">ORD</font> now pasture them<br> Like a lamb in a large field?<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/4-17.htm" target="_top"><b>17</b></a></span>Ephraim is joined to idols;<br> Let him alone.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/4-18.htm" target="_top"><b>18</b></a></span>Their liquor gone,<br> They play the harlot continually;<br> Their rulers dearly love shame.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="http://biblehub.com/hosea/4-19.htm" target="_top"><b>19</b></a></span>The wind wraps them in its wings,<br> And they will be ashamed because of their sacrifices.<p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">NASB 1995 Copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, La Habra, Calif. 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