CINXE.COM

<!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 BSB</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" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></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="../">BSB</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="/berean/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">Berean Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/p/bsb/heb/hosea/4.shtml" style="color:#001320" title="Parallel Chapters"> Par ▾ </a></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><A name="2"></a><p class="hdg">God’s Case against His People<p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Hear the word of the LORD, <p class="indent2"> O children of Israel, <p class="indent1"> for the LORD has a case <p class="indent2"> against the people of the land: <p class="indent1stline">“There is no truth, no loving devotion, <p class="indent2"> and no knowledge of God in the land! <A name="3"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>Cursing and lying, <p class="indent2"> murder and stealing, <p class="indent1"> and adultery are rampant; <p class="indent2"> one act of bloodshed follows another. <A name="4"></a><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 all who dwell in it will waste away <p class="indent1"> with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; <p class="indent2"> even the fish of the sea disappear. <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>But let no man contend; <p class="indent2"> let no man offer reproof; <p class="indent1"> for your people are like those <p class="indent2"> who contend with a priest.<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">a</a></span> <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>You will stumble by day, <p class="indent2"> and the prophet will stumble with you by night; <p class="indent2"> so I will destroy your mother— <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>My people are destroyed <p class="indent2"> for lack of knowledge. <p class="indent1"> Because you have rejected knowledge, <p class="indent2"> I will also reject you as My priests. <p class="indent1"> Since you have forgotten the law of your God, <p class="indent2"> I will also forget your children. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>The more they multiplied, <p class="indent2"> the more they sinned against Me; <p class="indent1"> they exchanged their Glory<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">b</a></span> <p class="indent2"> for a thing of disgrace. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>They feed on the sins<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">c</a></span> of My people <p class="indent2"> and set their hearts on iniquity. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>And it shall be <p class="indent2"> like people, like priest. <p class="indent1"> I will punish both of them for their ways <p class="indent2"> and repay them for their deeds. <A name="11"></a><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 be promiscuous but not multiply. <p class="indent1"> For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves <A name="12"></a><p class="indent2"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, <p class="indent2"> which take away understanding. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>My people consult their wooden idols, <p class="indent2"> and their divining rods inform them. <p class="indent1"> For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray <p class="indent2"> and they have played the harlot against their God. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>They sacrifice on the mountaintops <p class="indent2"> and burn offerings on the hills, <p class="indent1"> under oak, poplar, and terebinth, <p class="indent2"> because their shade is pleasant. <p class="indent1"> And so your daughters turn to prostitution <p class="indent2"> and your daughters-in-law to adultery. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>I will not punish your daughters <p class="indent2"> when they prostitute themselves, <p class="indent1"> nor your daughters-in-law <p class="indent2"> when they commit adultery. <p class="indent1"> For the men themselves go off with prostitutes <p class="indent2"> and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. <p class="indent1"> So a people without understanding <p class="indent2"> will come to ruin. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, <p class="indent2"> may Judah avoid such guilt! <p class="indent1"> Do not journey to Gilgal, <p class="indent2"> do not go up to Beth-aven,<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">d</a></span> <p class="indent1"> and do not swear on oath, <p class="indent2">‘As surely as the LORD lives!’ <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>For Israel is as obstinate <p class="indent2"> as a stubborn heifer. <p class="indent1"> Can the LORD now shepherd them <p class="indent2"> like lambs in an open meadow? <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>Ephraim<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">e</a></span> is joined to idols; <p class="indent2"> leave him alone! <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>When their liquor is gone, <p class="indent2"> they turn to prostitution; <p class="indent2"> their rulers<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">f</a></span> dearly love disgrace. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/hosea/4-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>The whirlwind has wrapped them<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">g</a></span> in its wings, <p class="indent2"> and their sacrifices will bring them shame.</p><A name="fn"></a><div id="fnlink"><br /><br /><b>Footnotes:</b><br><br><span class="fnverse">4</span> <span class="footnotesbot">a</span> Or <i>for My case is against you, O priests</i><br><span class="fnverse">7</span> <span class="footnotesbot">b</span> Or <i>they exchanged their glorious God</i> (Syriac); MT <i>I will exchange their glory</i><br><span class="fnverse">8</span> <span class="footnotesbot">c</span> Or <i>the sin offerings</i><br><span class="fnverse">15</span> <span class="footnotesbot">d</span> <i>Beth-aven</i> means <i>house of wickedness</i>. This is a derogatory term for Bethel, which means <i>house of God</i>; see <a href="../1_kings/12.htm#28">1 Kings 12:28</a>–29.<br><span class="fnverse">17</span> <span class="footnotesbot">e</span> That is, the northern kingdom of Israel<br><span class="fnverse">18</span> <span class="footnotesbot">f</span> Hebrew <i>her shields</i><br><span class="fnverse">19</span> <span class="footnotesbot">g</span> Hebrew <i>has wrapped her</i><br><br /></div><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. Produced in cooperation with Bible Hub, Discovery Bible, unfoldingWord, Bible Aquifer, OpenBible.com, and the Berean Bible Translation Committee. This text of God's Word has been dedicated to the public domain. Free <a href=http://berean.bible/downloads.htm>downloads</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible/licensing.htm>unlimited usage</a> available. See also the <a href=http://literalbible.com>Berean Literal Bible</a> and <a href=http://interlinearbible.com>Berean Interlinear Bible</a>.<span class=p><br /><br /></span><a href=/>Bible Hub</a><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="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>