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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 Coverdale 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> <script async src="https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtag/js?id=G-LR4HSKRP2H"></script> <script> window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; function gtag(){dataLayer.push(arguments);} gtag('js', new Date()); gtag('config', 'G-LR4HSKRP2H'); </script><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="../">Coverdale Bible</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">Coverdale Bible of 1535</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/parallel/hosea/4-1.htm" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Verses"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">God’s Case against His People<p><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Heare ye worde of the LORDE, o ye children of Israel: For the LORDE must punysh the, yt dwel in the londe. And why? There is no faithfulnesse, there is no mercy, there is no knowlege of God in the lode:<p> <A name="3"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>but swearinge, lyege, maslaughter, theft and aduoutry haue gotten the ouerhande, & one bloudgiltynesse foloweth another.<p> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Therfore shal the londe be in a miserable case, and all they that dwell therin, shal mourne. The beastes in the felde, the foules in ye ayre, and the fishes in the see shall dye.<p> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Yet is there none, that wil chaste nor reproue another. The prestes which shulde refourme other me, are become like the people.<p> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Therfore stomblest thou in ye daye tyme &, the prophet with the in the night. I wil bringe thy mother to sylence, & why?<p> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>my people perish, because they haue no knowlege. Seinge then that thou hast refused vnderstondinge, therfore wil I refuse ye also: so that thou shalt nomore be my prest. And for so moch as thou hast forgotten the lawe of thy God, I wil also forget thy childre.<p> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The more they increased in multitude, the more they synned agaynst me, therfore wil I chaurge their honoure in to shame.<p> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They eate vp the synnes of my people, & corage them in their wickednesse.<p> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>Thus the prest is become like the people. Wherfore I will punysh them for their wicked wayes, & rewarde them acordinge to their owne ymaginacions.<p> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>They shal eate, & not haue ynough: They haue vsed whordome, therfore shall they not prospere: & why? they haue forsaken the LORDE, & not regarded him.<p> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Whordome, wyne and dronckennesse take the herte awaye.<p> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>My people axe councel at their stockes, their staffe must tell them. For an whorish mynde hath disceaued them, so yt they comitte fornicacion agaynst their God.<p> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They make sacrifice vpon the hie mountaynes, & burne their incense vpon the hilles, yee amonge the okes, groues & busshes, for there are good shadowes. Therfore yor doughters are become harlottes, and youre spouses haue broke their wedlocke<p> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I wil not punish yor doughters for beinge defyled, & yor brydes that became whores: seinge the fathers themselues haue medled with harlottes, and offered with vnthriftes: but the people that wil not vnderstonde, must be punyshed.<p> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Though thou Israel art disposed to playe ye harlot, yet shuldest not thou haue offended, o Iuda: thou shuldest not haue runne to Galgala, ner haue gone vp to Bethaue, ner haue sworne: the LORDE lyueth.<p> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For Israel is gone backe, like a waton cowe. The LORDE therfore shal make hir fede, as ye labe yt goeth astraye.<p> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And where as Ephraim is become partaker of Idols, wel, let him go.<p> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>Their dronckenesse hath put the backe, & brought them to whordome. Their rulers loue rewardes, brynge (saye they,) to their owne shame.<p> <span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>A wynde shall take holde of their fethers, & they shall be cofounded in their offeringes.<p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Coverdale Bible of 1535<br><br>Section Headings Courtesy <a href="https://berean.bible">Berean Bible</i><span class="p"><br /><br /></span></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../hosea/3.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 3"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 3" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../hosea/5.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 5"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 5" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhchapnoad.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>