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Even the wild animals, the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea are disappearing. <a href="/esv/hosea/4.htm">English Standard Version</a> Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, and even the fish of the sea are taken away. <a href="/bsb/hosea/4.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear. <a href="/kjv/hosea/4.htm">King James Bible</a> Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. <a href="/nkjv/hosea/4.htm">New King James Version</a> Therefore the land will mourn; And everyone who dwells there will waste away With the beasts of the field And the birds of the air; Even the fish of the sea will be taken away. <a href="/nasb_/hosea/4.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> Therefore the land mourns, And everyone who lives in it languishes Along with the animals of the field and the birds of the sky, And even the fish of the sea disappear. <a href="/nasb/hosea/4.htm">NASB 1995</a> Therefore the land mourns, And everyone who lives in it languishes Along with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky, And also the fish of the sea disappear. <a href="/nasb77/hosea/4.htm">NASB 1977 </a> Therefore the land mourns, And everyone who lives in it languishes Along with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky; And also the fish of the sea disappear. <a href="/lsb/hosea/4.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> Therefore the land mourns, And everyone who inhabits it languishes Along with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky, And also the fish of the sea disappear. <a href="/amp/hosea/4.htm">Amplified Bible</a> Therefore the land [continually] mourns, And everyone who lives in it languishes [in tragic suffering] Together with the animals of the open country and the birds of the heavens; Even the fish of the sea disappear. <a href="/csb/hosea/4.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> For this reason the land mourns, and everyone who lives in it languishes, along with the wild animals and the birds of the sky; even the fish of the sea disappear. <a href="/hcsb/hosea/4.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> For this reason the land mourns, and everyone who lives in it languishes, along with the wild animals and the birds of the sky; even the fish of the sea disappear. <a href="/asv/hosea/4.htm">American Standard Version</a> Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. <a href="/cev/hosea/4.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> And so your land is a desert. Every living creature is dying--people and wild animals, birds and fish. <a href="/erv/hosea/4.htm">English Revised Version</a> Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. <a href="/gwt/hosea/4.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> That is why the land is drying up, and everyone who lives in it is passing away. Wild animals, birds, and fish are dying. <a href="/gnt/hosea/4.htm">Good News Translation</a> And so the land will dry up, and everything that lives on it will die. All the animals and birds, and even the fish, will die." <a href="/isv/hosea/4.htm">International Standard Version</a> Therefore the land will mourn, and all who live there will languish, along with the wild animals of the field and the birds of the air. Even the fish in the sea will disappear. <a href="/msb/hosea/4.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear. <a href="/net/hosea/4.htm">NET Bible</a> Therefore the land will mourn, and all its inhabitants will perish. The wild animals, the birds of the sky, and even the fish in the sea will perish. <a href="/nheb/hosea/4.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> Therefore the land mourns, and all those who dwell in it will waste away, along with the animals of the field and the crawling creatures of the earth and the birds of the sky, and even the fish of the sea will be taken away. <a href="/wbt/hosea/4.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yes, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. <a href="/web/hosea/4.htm">World English Bible</a> Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells in it will waste away, with all living things in her, even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of the sea also die. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/hosea/4.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Therefore the land mourns, "" And every dweller is weak in it, "" With the beast of the field, "" And with the bird of the heavens, "" And the fishes of the sea—they are removed. <a href="/ylt/hosea/4.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Therefore mourn doth the land, And weak is every dweller in it, With the beast of the field, And with the fowl of the heavens, And the fishes of the sea -- they are removed. <a href="/slt/hosea/4.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> For this the land shall mourn, and every one in it languished with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of the heavens; and also the fish of the sea shall be taken away.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/hosea/4.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of the air: yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be gathered together. <a href="/cpdv/hosea/4.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> Because of this, the land will mourn, and all who dwell in it will languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air. And the fishes of the sea also will be gathered together. <a href="/nabre/hosea/4.htm">New American Bible</a> Therefore the land dries up, and everything that dwells in it languishes: The beasts of the field, the birds of the air, and even the fish of the sea perish. <a href="/nrsvce/hosea/4.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> Therefore the land mourns, and all who live in it languish; together with the wild animals and the birds of the air, even the fish of the sea are perishing.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/hosea/4.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> Therefore the land shall mourn, and all its inhabitants shall languish, even the beasts of the field and the fowls of the air; and the fish of the sea also shall perish. <a href="/hpbt/hosea/4.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> Because of this the land shall dwell in mourning and all its inhabitants shall mourn, and the beast of the wilderness and the bird of Heaven, also the fish that are in the sea shall be consumed<div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/hosea/4.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Therefore doth the land mourn, And every one that dwelleth therein doth languish, With the beasts of the field, and the fowls of heaven; Yea, the fishes of the sea also are taken away. <a href="/sep/hosea/4.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> Therefore shall the land mourn, and shall be diminished with all that dwell in it, with the wild beasts of the field, and the reptiles of the earth, and with the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea shall fail: <a href="/parallel/hosea/4-3.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/xpPG1oLnpGk?start=487" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/hosea/4.htm">God's Charges Against Israel</a> …2Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another. 3<a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">Therefore</a> <a href="/hebrew/3651.htm" title="3651: kên (Adv) -- So, thus. From kuwn; properly, set upright; hence just; but usually rightly or so."></a> <a href="/hebrew/776.htm" title="776: hā·’ā·reṣ (Art:: N-fs) -- Earth, land. From an unused root probably meaning to be firm; the earth.">the land</a> <a href="/hebrew/56.htm" title="56: te·’ĕ·ḇal (V-Qal-Imperf-3fs) -- To mourn. A primitive root; to bewail.">mourns,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3605.htm" title="3605: kāl- (N-msc) -- The whole, all. Or kowl; from kalal; properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every.">and all</a> <a href="/hebrew/3427.htm" title="3427: yō·wō·šêḇ (V-Qal-Prtcpl-ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to sit down; by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry.">who dwell</a> <a href="/hebrew/bāh (Prep:: 3fs) -- ">in it</a> <a href="/hebrew/535.htm" title="535: wə·’um·lal (Conj-w:: V-Pual-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To be weak, languish. A primitive root; to droop; by implication to be sick, to mourn.">will waste away</a> <a href="/hebrew/2416.htm" title="2416: bə·ḥay·yaṯ (Prep-b:: N-fsc) -- Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life. From chayah; alive; hence, raw; fresh, strong; also life, whether literally or figuratively.">with the beasts</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: haś·śā·ḏeh (Art:: N-ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">of the field</a> <a href="/hebrew/5775.htm" title="5775: ū·ḇə·‘ō·wp̄ (Conj-w, Prep-b:: N-msc) -- Flying creatures. From uwph; a bird, often collectively.">and the birds</a> <a href="/hebrew/8064.htm" title="8064: haš·šā·mā·yim (Art:: N-mp) -- Heaven, sky. Dual of an unused singular shameh; from an unused root meaning to be lofty; the sky.">of the air;</a> <a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">even</a> <a href="/hebrew/1709.htm" title="1709: də·ḡê (N-mpc) -- A fish. Or dag; from dagah; a fish; or perhaps rather from da'ag; but still better from da'ag; a fish.">the fish</a> <a href="/hebrew/3220.htm" title="3220: hay·yām (Art:: N-ms) -- A sea or large body of water; specifically, the Mediterranean Sea; sometimes a large river.">of the sea</a> <a href="/hebrew/622.htm" title="622: yê·’ā·sê·p̄ū (V-Nifal-Imperf-3mp) -- To gather, remove. A primitive root; to gather for any purpose; hence, to receive, take away, i.e. Remove.">disappear.</a> 4But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/romans/8-22.htm">Romans 8:22</a> We know that the whole creation has been groaning together in the pains of childbirth until the present time. <a href="/isaiah/24-4.htm">Isaiah 24:4-6</a> The earth mourns and withers; the world languishes and fades; the exalted of the earth waste away. / The earth is defiled by its people; they have transgressed the laws; they have overstepped the decrees and broken the everlasting covenant. / Therefore a curse has consumed the earth, and its inhabitants must bear the guilt; the earth’s dwellers have been burned, and only a few survive. <a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Jeremiah 12:4</a> How long will the land mourn and the grass of every field be withered? Because of the evil of its residents, the animals and birds have been swept away, for the people have said, “He cannot see what our end will be.” <a href="/zephaniah/1-3.htm">Zephaniah 1:3</a> “I will sweep away man and beast; I will sweep away the birds of the air, and the fish of the sea, and the idols with their wicked worshipers. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth,” declares the LORD. <a href="/joel/1-10.htm">Joel 1:10-12</a> The field is ruined; the land mourns. For the grain is destroyed, the new wine is dried up, and the oil fails. / Be dismayed, O farmers, wail, O vinedressers, over the wheat and barley, because the harvest of the field has perished. / The grapevine is dried up, and the fig tree is withered; the pomegranate, palm, and apple—all the trees of the orchard—are withered. Surely the joy of mankind has dried up. <a href="/isaiah/33-9.htm">Isaiah 33:9</a> The land mourns and languishes; Lebanon is ashamed and decayed. Sharon is like a desert; Bashan and Carmel shake off their leaves. <a href="/ezekiel/38-20.htm">Ezekiel 38:20</a> The fish of the sea, the birds of the air, the beasts of the field, every creature that crawls upon the ground, and all mankind on the face of the earth will tremble at My presence. The mountains will be thrown down, the cliffs will collapse, and every wall will fall to the ground. <a href="/amos/8-8.htm">Amos 8:8</a> Will not the land quake for this, and all its dwellers mourn? All of it will swell like the Nile; it will surge and then subside like the Nile in Egypt. <a href="/isaiah/19-5.htm">Isaiah 19:5-8</a> The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty. / The canals will stink; the streams of Egypt will trickle and dry up; the reeds and rushes will wither. / The bulrushes by the Nile, by the mouth of the river, and all the fields sown along the Nile, will wither, blow away, and be no more. ... <a href="/jeremiah/4-28.htm">Jeremiah 4:28</a> Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above will grow dark. I have spoken, I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back.” <a href="/revelation/11-18.htm">Revelation 11:18</a> The nations were enraged, and Your wrath has come. The time has come to judge the dead and to reward Your servants the prophets, as well as the saints and those who fear Your name, both small and great—and to destroy those who destroy the earth.” <a href="/isaiah/42-15.htm">Isaiah 42:15</a> I will lay waste the mountains and hills and dry up all their vegetation. I will turn the rivers into dry land and drain the marshes. <a href="/jeremiah/9-10.htm">Jeremiah 9:10</a> I will take up a weeping and wailing for the mountains, a dirge over the wilderness pasture, for they have been scorched so no one passes through, and the lowing of cattle is not heard. Both the birds of the air and the beasts have fled; they have gone away. <a href="/isaiah/13-12.htm">Isaiah 13:12</a> I will make man scarcer than pure gold, and mankind rarer than the gold of Ophir. <a href="/ezekiel/14-13.htm">Ezekiel 14:13-21</a> “Son of man, if a land sins against Me by acting unfaithfully, and I stretch out My hand against it to cut off its supply of food, to send famine upon it, and to cut off from it both man and beast, / then even if these three men—Noah, Daniel, and Job—were in it, their righteousness could deliver only themselves, declares the Lord GOD. / Or if I send wild beasts through the land to leave it childless and desolate, with no man passing through it for fear of the beasts, ...</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwells therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yes, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.the land.<a href="/isaiah/24-4.htm">Isaiah 24:4-12</a> The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish… <a href="/jeremiah/4-27.htm">Jeremiah 4:27</a> For thus hath the LORD said, The whole land shall be desolate; yet will I not make a full end.<a href="/joel/1-10.htm">Joel 1:10-13</a> The field is wasted, the land mourneth; for the corn is wasted: the new wine is dried up, the oil languisheth… with the beasts.<a href="/jeremiah/4-25.htm">Jeremiah 4:25</a> I beheld, and, lo, there was no man, and all the birds of the heavens were fled.<a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Jeremiah 12:4</a> How long shall the land mourn, and the herbs of every field wither, for the wickedness of them that dwell therein? the beasts are consumed, and the birds; because they said, He shall not see our last end.<a href="/ezekiel/38-20.htm">Ezekiel 38:20</a> So that the fishes of the sea, and the fowls of the heaven, and the beasts of the field, and all creeping things that creep upon the earth, and all the men that are upon the face of the earth, shall shake at my presence, and the mountains shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every wall shall fall to the ground.<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/hosea/2-18.htm">Air</a> <a href="/hosea/2-18.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/hosea/2-18.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/hosea/2-18.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/ezekiel/33-27.htm">Die</a> <a href="/hosea/3-4.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/daniel/2-22.htm">Dwelleth</a> <a href="/daniel/2-22.htm">Dwells</a> <a href="/ezekiel/18-32.htm">Dying</a> <a href="/hosea/2-18.htm">Field</a> <a href="/ezekiel/47-10.htm">Fish</a> <a href="/hosea/2-18.htm">Fowls</a> <a href="/hosea/2-18.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Languish</a> <a href="/ezekiel/31-15.htm">Mourn</a> <a href="/hosea/1-10.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/hosea/2-18.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/daniel/5-2.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/hosea/2-14.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/hosea/7-12.htm">Air</a> <a href="/joel/1-18.htm">Animals</a> <a href="/hosea/13-8.htm">Beasts</a> <a href="/hosea/7-12.htm">Birds</a> <a href="/amos/2-2.htm">Die</a> <a href="/hosea/9-3.htm">Dwell</a> <a href="/joel/3-21.htm">Dwelleth</a> <a href="/joel/3-21.htm">Dwells</a> <a href="/amos/2-2.htm">Dying</a> <a href="/hosea/4-16.htm">Field</a> <a href="/amos/4-2.htm">Fish</a> <a href="/hosea/7-12.htm">Fowls</a> <a href="/hosea/7-12.htm">Heaven</a> <a href="/joel/1-10.htm">Languish</a> <a href="/hosea/10-5.htm">Mourn</a> <a href="/joel/2-20.htm">Sea</a> <a href="/hosea/7-12.htm">Sky</a> <a href="/hosea/14-9.htm">Therein</a> <a href="/hosea/5-7.htm">Waste</a><div class="vheading2">Hosea 4</div>1. <a href="/hosea/4-1.htm">God denounces judgments on Israel, for their aggravated impieties and iniquities.</a> 12. <a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">He exposes the ignorance and wickedness of the priests, </a> 13. <a href="/hosea/4-13.htm">and moral dissolution of the people, </a> 14. <a href="/hosea/4-14.htm">he will leave their wives and daughters to commit lewdness, without present punishment.</a> 15. <a href="/hosea/4-15.htm">He warns Judah, not to imitate Israel's crimes, which are still further reproved.</a> </div></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>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <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><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/4.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/hosea/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/hosea/4.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div>Therefore the land mourns This phrase indicates a direct consequence of Israel's unfaithfulness and sin. In biblical context, the land often reflects the spiritual state of its inhabitants. The mourning of the land can be seen as a metaphor for the desolation and barrenness resulting from the people's disobedience to God. This concept is echoed in passages like <a href="/isaiah/24-4.htm">Isaiah 24:4-6</a>, where the earth suffers due to the inhabitants' transgressions. The land's mourning signifies a broken covenant relationship between God and His people, as the land was promised to be blessed if they followed His commandments (<a href="/deuteronomy/28.htm">Deuteronomy 28:1-6</a>).and all who dwell in it will waste away This phrase highlights the comprehensive impact of sin, affecting not just the land but all its inhabitants. The term "waste away" suggests a gradual decline and deterioration, both physically and spiritually. Historically, this can be linked to the consequences of idolatry and injustice prevalent in Israel at the time. The wasting away of the people serves as a warning of the judgment that comes from turning away from God, as seen in <a href="/leviticus/26-14.htm">Leviticus 26:14-20</a>, where disobedience leads to various curses, including disease and famine.with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air The inclusion of animals in this judgment underscores the extent of the curse. In the creation narrative, animals were part of the harmonious order established by God (<a href="/genesis/1-24.htm">Genesis 1:24-25</a>). Their suffering and decline reflect the disruption of this order due to human sin. This connection between human sin and environmental impact is a recurring theme in Scripture, as seen in <a href="/jeremiah/12-4.htm">Jeremiah 12:4</a>, where the land mourns and animals perish because of the wickedness of its people. It serves as a reminder of humanity's role as stewards of creation and the consequences of failing in that role.even the fish of the sea disappear The mention of fish emphasizes the totality of the ecological disaster. In the ancient Near East, fish were a vital food source and symbolized abundance and provision. Their disappearance signifies a severe depletion of resources, leading to economic and social distress. This imagery is reminiscent of the plagues in Egypt, where the Nile turned to blood, and fish died (<a href="/exodus/7-18.htm">Exodus 7:18-21</a>), symbolizing divine judgment. Theologically, it points to the ultimate restoration and redemption of creation through Christ, who calms the seas and provides abundantly (<a href="/mark/4-39.htm">Mark 4:39</a>, <a href="/john/21-6.htm">John 21:6</a>), foreshadowing the new creation where harmony is restored (<a href="/revelation/21.htm">Revelation 21:1-4</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/h/hosea.htm">Hosea</a> A prophet in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, Hosea's ministry was marked by his call to the Israelites to return to God amidst their unfaithfulness. 2. <a href="/topical/i/israel.htm">Israel</a> The Northern Kingdom, often depicted as unfaithful to God, leading to divine judgment. 3. <a href="/topical/t/the_land.htm">The Land</a> Represents the physical territory of Israel, which suffers due to the people's sins. 4. <a href="/topical/b/beasts,_birds,_and_fish.htm">Beasts, Birds, and Fish</a> Symbolize the entirety of creation affected by human sinfulness. 5. <a href="/topical/j/judgment.htm">Judgment</a> The event of divine retribution due to Israel's persistent disobedience and idolatry.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a> Sin has far-reaching effects, impacting not only individuals but the entire creation. Our actions have environmental and communal consequences. <a href="/topical/c/creation's_response_to_sin.htm">Creation's Response to Sin</a> The natural world is deeply connected to human morality. When we stray from God's ways, creation itself suffers. <a href="/topical/c/call_to_repentance.htm">Call to Repentance</a> Hosea's message is a call to return to God. Recognizing the impact of our sin should lead us to repentance and restoration. <a href="/topical/s/stewardship_of_creation.htm">Stewardship of Creation</a> As stewards of God's creation, we have a responsibility to care for the environment, recognizing its connection to our spiritual health. <a href="/topical/h/hope_for_restoration.htm">Hope for Restoration</a> Despite the current mourning, there is hope for renewal and restoration through repentance and God's mercy.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_hosea_4.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Hosea 4</a> <a href="/q/what_foods_are_mentioned_in_the_bible.htm">What foods are mentioned in the Bible?</a> <a href="/q/evidence_for_hosea_4_1-3's_land_effects.htm">Hosea 4:1–3: Is there any archaeological or historical evidence supporting the catastrophic effects on the land described here? </a> <a href="/q/how_did_jacob_wrestle_with_god.htm">Hosea 12:3-4: How can Jacob physically wrestle with God if God is portrayed elsewhere as omnipotent and spiritual?</a> <a href="/q/how_is_hosea_2_3_loving_and_merciful.htm">How does Hosea 2:3 align with a loving and merciful God if He threatens to strip Israel bare like a barren land?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/hosea/4.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(3) The mourning of the land is the judgment of famine, which follows not only upon the living men, but upon all living things (the LXX. have introduced into the enumeration the creeping things of the earth). Even the fishes of the sea are swept away. There is plague on fish as well as murrain on cattle, and starvation of the birds of heaven.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/hosea/4.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verses 3-5. - These verses relate, with much particularity, the sufferings consequent on sins, especially such as are specified in the preceding verses. The montaging of the land mentioned in ver. 3 may be understood either figuratively or literally. If in the former way, there are many Scripture parallels which represent nature in full accord with human feelings, sympathizing with man, now in joy, again in sorrow; for example: "The little hills rejoice on every side;" the valleys "shout for joy, they also sing;" on the other hand, "The earth mourneth and fadeth away, the world languisheth and fadeth away, the haughty people of the earth do languish." But if the expression be taken literally, it conveys a solemn fact, and one in perfect harmony with the entire tone and character of the old economy, according to which moral evil transmutes itself into physical evil, and impresses itself in dismal characters on the face of inanimate nature. The Hebrew commentators seem to understand the statement literally; thus Rashi: "The land shall be laid waste, and there shall be great mourning;" likewise Kimchi: "The land of Israel shall be laid waste and desolated." The latter has this further comment: "After the land of Israel shall have been laid waste, man and beast shall be cut off out of it. But under the beasts of the field the prophet does not mean the wild beasts, but the large domestic animals which dwell with the sons of men, likewise called חיה. It is also possible that even the beasts that roam at largo are included, for the wild beast does not come to inhabited places that are laid waste, unless they are partially inhabited." He also adds, in reference to the fowls of heaven, "When he speaks of the fowls of heaven, it is because most of the fowls do not dwell in the wilderness, but in inhabited places, where they find seeds and fruits and blossoms of trees. Or the fowls of heaven are mentioned by way of hyperbole to represent the matter in its totality; and, according to this sense, it is used in the Prophet Jeremiah; and it explains itself in like manner in one of these two ways." With the mourning of the land the dwellers therein languish. Nor is this languishing condition confined to rational beings; it comprises the irrational as well, and that without exception. The dominion assigned man at the beginning over the whole creation of God is here reversed in the case of Israel; while the denunciation of wrath has that reversal for its dark background. The terms of the dominion to man by the Creator are, "Have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth;" but in this denunciation these terms are reversed and read backwards, being," with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also." Thus all nature, inanimate and animate, and all creation, rational and irrational, are involved in the consequences of Israel's sin. The particles "yea, even," preceding "the fishes of the sea" (such as the Sea of Galilee or other inland seas and rivers), show the entirely unexpected as well as unusual nature of the event. The Chaldee paraphrases the clause as follows: "And even the fishes of the sea shall be diminished in number, on account of their (Israel's) sins." Earth refuses sustenance to man and beast, no longer yielding grass for the cattle or herb for the service of man; the waters of the sea, being lessened by drought or becoming putrid by stagnation, no longer supply their accustomed quota of fishes for human food. An illustration of the literal sense has been quoted by Rosenmüller and Pusey from Jerome. It is the following: "Whoso believeth not that this befell the people of Israel, let him survey Illyricum, let him survey the Thraces, Macedonia, the Pannonias, and the whole land which stretches from the Propoutis and Dosphorus to the Julian Alps, and he will experience that, together with man, all the creatures also fail, which afore were nourished by the Creator for the service of man." The le before היis explained by Abarbanel in the sense of through, as though the inhabitants would be slain by wild beasts: by Hitzig as extending to; by Keil as of in enumeration. It is simply with. Ver. 4 looks like an interjected clause, coming in the middle of the enumeration of Divine judgments; and the purpose is not so much to justify the severity of those judgments as to intimate their inefficacy, owing to the incorrigible character of the people. There is (1) the rendering of the Authorized Version, Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another. This seems to show that mutual reproof was out of place, since one was as bad as another; or that every one was to look to his own sins, and not throw the blame on others; but this rendering is not tenable nor capable of being supported by such an expression as ish beish. The correct rendering (2) is rather, only let no man strive (with them), and let no man reprove them. This imports (a) that reasoning with them would be useless, and reproof thrown away, in consequence of the desperate obstinacy of these offenders; or . . . <a href="/commentaries/hosea/4-3.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Therefore עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the land הָאָ֗רֶץ (hā·’ā·reṣ) Article | Noun - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_776.htm">Strong's 776: </a> Earth, land mourns, תֶּאֱבַ֣ל (te·’ĕ·ḇal) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_56.htm">Strong's 56: </a> To bewail and all כָּל־ (kāl-) Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3605.htm">Strong's 3605: </a> The whole, all, any, every who dwell יוֹשֵׁ֣ב (yō·wō·šêḇ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3427.htm">Strong's 3427: </a> To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry in it בָּ֔הּ (bāh) Preposition | third person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/.htm">Strong's Hebrew</a> will waste away וְאֻמְלַל֙ (wə·’um·lal) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Pual - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_535.htm">Strong's 535: </a> To droop, to be sick, to mourn with the beasts בְּחַיַּ֥ת (bə·ḥay·yaṯ) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2416.htm">Strong's 2416: </a> Alive, raw, fresh, strong, life of the field הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה (haś·śā·ḏeh) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> Field, land and the birds וּבְע֣וֹף (ū·ḇə·‘ō·wp̄) Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5775.htm">Strong's 5775: </a> Flying creatures of the air; הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם (haš·šā·mā·yim) Article | Noun - masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8064.htm">Strong's 8064: </a> Heaven, sky even וְגַם־ (wə·ḡam-) Conjunctive waw | Conjunction <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and the fish דְּגֵ֥י (də·ḡê) Noun - masculine plural construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1709.htm">Strong's 1709: </a> A fish of the sea הַיָּ֖ם (hay·yām) Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3220.htm">Strong's 3220: </a> A sea, the Mediterranean Sea, large river, an artifical basin disappear. יֵאָסֵֽפוּ׃ (yê·’ā·sê·p̄ū) Verb - Nifal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_622.htm">Strong's 622: </a> To gather for, any purpose, to receive, take away, remove <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/hosea/4-3.htm">Hosea 4:3 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/hosea/4-3.htm">Hosea 4:3 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/hosea/4-3.htm">Hosea 4:3 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/hosea/4-3.htm">Hosea 4:3 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/hosea/4-3.htm">Hosea 4:3 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/hosea/4-3.htm">Hosea 4:3 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/hosea/4-3.htm">Hosea 4:3 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/hosea/4-3.htm">Hosea 4:3 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/hosea/4-3.htm">Hosea 4:3 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/hosea/4-3.htm">Hosea 4:3 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/hosea/4-3.htm">OT Prophets: Hosea 4:3 Therefore the land will mourn and everyone (Ho Hs Hos.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/hosea/4-2.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Hosea 4:2"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Hosea 4:2" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/hosea/4-4.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Hosea 4:4"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Hosea 4:4" /></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="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>