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Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>It will be like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned listening to Yahweh. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, and your brides commit adultery. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet don’t let Judah offend; and don’t come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, ‘As Yahweh lives.’ </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow? </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone! </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way. </p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be disappointed because of their sacrifices. </p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The World English Bible is a 1997 revision of the American Standard Version of the Holy Bible, first published in 1901. It is in the Public Domain. Please feel free to copy and distribute it freely. Thank you to Michael Paul Johnson for making this work available. 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