Book 15 : NEVIIM - TREISAR - HOSEA - Chapter 004
04:001
Hear the word of HaShem, ye children of Israel! for HaShem
hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth,
nor mercy, nor knowledge of G-d in the land
04:002
Swearing and lying, and killing, and stealing, and
committing adultery! they break all bounds, and blood toucheth blood
04:003
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
04:004
Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy
people are as they that strive with the priest
04:005
Therefore shalt thou stumble in the day, and the prophet
also shall stumble with thee in the night; and I will destroy thy mother
04:006
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because thou
hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest
to Me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy G-d, I also will forget thy
children
04:007
The more they were increased, the more they sinned against
Me; I will change their glory into shame
04:008
They feed on the sin of My people, and set their heart on
their iniquity
04:009
And it is like people, like priest; and I will punish him
for his ways, and will recompense him his doings
04:010
And they shall eat, and not have enough, they shall commit
harlotry, and shall not increase; because they have left off to take heed to
HaShem
04:011
Harlotry, wine, and new wine take away the heart
04:012
My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff
declareth unto them; for the spirit of harlotry hath caused them to err, and
they have gone astray from under their G-d
04:013
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and offer
upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because the shadow
thereof is good; therefore your daughters commit harlotry, and your
daughters-in-law commit adultery
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I will not punish your daughters when they commit
harlotry, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; for they
themselves consort with lewd women, and they sacrifice with harlots; and the
people that is without understanding is distraught
04:015
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah
become guilty; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor
swear: 'As HaShem liveth.
04:016
For Israel is stubborn like a stubborn heifer; now shall
HaShem feed them as a lamb in a large place
04:017
Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone
04:018
When their carouse is over, they take to harlotry; her
rulers deeply love dishonour
04:019
The wind hath bound her up in her skirts; and they shall
be ashamed because of their sacrifices
Book 15 : NEVIIM - TREISAR - HOSEA - Chapter 004
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