Hosea 4
1Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
שִׁמְעוּ דְבַר־יְהוָה בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי רִיב לַיהוָה עִם־יֹושְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ כִּי אֵין־אֱמֶת וְאֵין־חֶסֶד וְאֵין־דַּעַת אֱלֹהִים בָּאָרֶץ׃ (3874)
See also: 1 Chronicles 28:9, Hosea 4:6, Genesis 6:13, Genesis 6:11, Jeremiah 4:22, Jeremiah 25:31, Hosea 6:6, Micah 6:2, Proverbs 3:3, Proverbs 6:17, Isaiah 3:13-14, Isaiah 24:20, Isaiah 27:8, Isaiah 59:8, Jeremiah 9:3, Hosea 12:2, Matthew 21:33, 1 Corinthians 15:34, 1 Timothy 1:10, Isaiah 1:18
2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
אָלֹה וְכַחֵשׁ וְרָצֹחַ וְגָנֹב וְנָאֹף פָּרָצוּ וְדָמִים בְּדָמִים נָגָעוּ׃ (1573)
See also: Jeremiah 23:10, Ephesians 4:28, Psalms 59:12, Hosea 6:9, Hosea 10:4, Nahum 3:1, Numbers 35:33, Jeremiah 6:7, Jeremiah 9:2, Ezekiel 22:9, Micah 7:2, 1 Thessalonians 2:15, Deuteronomy 28:30, Psalms 51:14, Isaiah 59:3, Isaiah 59:12, Jeremiah 5:7-9, Jeremiah 5:26-27, Jeremiah 7:6-10, Jeremiah 13:27
3Therefore 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.
עַל־כֵּן ׀ תֶּאֱבַל הָאָרֶץ וְאֻמְלַל כָּל־יֹושֵׁב בָּהּ בְּחַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה וּבְעֹוף הַשָּׁמָיִם וְגַם־דְּגֵי הַיָּם יֵאָסֵפוּ׃ (2952)
See also: Zephaniah 1:3, Romans 8:20, Isaiah 24:4-12, Amos 8:8, Nahum 1:4, Jeremiah 4:28, Jeremiah 9:10, Jeremiah 12:4, Ezekiel 38:20, Joel 1:10, Joel 1:18, Amos 5:16, Jeremiah 4:27-28, Genesis 6:7, Isaiah 33:9, Jeremiah 4:25, Jeremiah 21:6, Genesis 7:21, Judges 18:20, Jeremiah 14:2
4Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
אַךְ אִישׁ אַל־יָרֵב וְאַל־יֹוכַח אִישׁ וְעַמְּךָ כִּמְרִיבֵי כֹהֵן׃ (1460)
See also: Deuteronomy 17:12, Amos 5:13, Ezekiel 3:26, Hosea 4:17, Jeremiah 18:18, Malachi 2:12, Matthew 7:3-6, Amos 6:10
5Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
וְכָשַׁלְתָּ הַיֹּום וְכָשַׁל גַּם־נָבִיא עִמְּךָ לָיְלָה וְדָמִיתִי אִמֶּךָ׃ (2015)
See also: Jeremiah 15:8, Hosea 2:2, Galatians 4:26, Zechariah 13:2, Isaiah 9:13-17, Isaiah 9:14, Isaiah 50:1, Jeremiah 6:4-5, Jeremiah 6:12-15, Jeremiah 8:10-12, Jeremiah 8:12, Jeremiah 14:15-16, Jeremiah 23:9, Jeremiah 50:12, Ezekiel 13:9-16, Ezekiel 14:7-10, Ezekiel 16:44-45, Hosea 2:5, Hosea 4:14, Hosea 5:5
6My 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 God, I will also forget thy children.
נִדְמוּ עַמִּי מִבְּלִי הַדָּעַת כִּי־אַתָּה הַדַּעַת מָאַסְתָּ וְאֶמְאָסְאךָ מִכַּהֵן לִי וַתִּשְׁכַּח תֹּורַת אֱלֹהֶיךָ אֶשְׁכַּח בָּנֶיךָ גַּם־אָנִי׃ (4802)
See also: Isaiah 5:13, Proverbs 19:2, Hosea 6:6, 2 Corinthians 4:3-6, Hosea 4:1, Matthew 15:8, Proverbs 1:30-32, Proverbs 29:18, Isaiah 17:10, Hosea 8:14, Malachi 2:7-9, Jeremiah 2:8, 2 Chronicles 15:3, Malachi 2:1-3, 1 Samuel 3:12-15, Hosea 13:6, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Isaiah 1:3, Jeremiah 4:22, Jeremiah 8:7-9
7As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
כְּרֻבָּם כֵּן חָטְאוּ־לִי כְּבֹודָם בְּקָלֹון אָמִיר׃ (907)
See also: Psalms 4:2, Hosea 13:6, Philippians 3:19, 1 Samuel 2:30, Hosea 4:10, Hosea 10:1, Malachi 2:9, Ezra 9:7, Jeremiah 2:26-27, Hosea 5:1, Hosea 6:9, Hosea 9:11, Habakkuk 2:16, Jeremiah 23:40, Hosea 10:6, Hosea 13:14, Malachi 2:2, Isaiah 9:3
8They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
חַטַּאת עַמִּי יֹאכֵלוּ וְאֶל־עֲוֹנָם יִשְׂאוּ נַפְשֹׁו׃ (1561)
See also: 1 Corinthians 13:6, John 15:5, Isaiah 56:11, Micah 3:11, Titus 1:11, Romans 16:18, Leviticus 6:26, 1 Samuel 2:29, Leviticus 7:6-7, Psalms 24:4, Malachi 1:10, Leviticus 5:13, Judges 18:4, 2 Kings 12:16, 2 Chronicles 11:16, Psalms 25:1, Proverbs 19:28, Jeremiah 5:23, Ezekiel 14:3, Ezekiel 14:7
9And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
וְהָיָה כָעָם כַּכֹּהֵן וּפָקַדְתִּי עָלָיו דְּרָכָיו וּמַעֲלָלָיו אָשִׁיב לֹו׃ (1748)
See also: Isaiah 24:2, Jeremiah 5:31, Hosea 10:10, Matthew 15:14, 1 Kings 2:44, Jeremiah 23:11-12, Hosea 1:4, 1 Samuel 2:22, Psalms 109:17-18, Proverbs 5:22, Isaiah 3:10, Isaiah 9:14-16, Jeremiah 8:10-12, Ezekiel 22:26-31, Hosea 8:13, Hosea 9:9, Hosea 9:15, Hosea 12:2, Zechariah 1:6, Acts 23:14
10For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
וְאָכְלוּ וְלֹא יִשְׂבָּעוּ הִזְנוּ וְלֹא יִפְרֹצוּ כִּי־אֶת־יְהוָה עָזְבוּ לִשְׁמֹר׃ (2091)
See also: Haggai 1:6, Isaiah 30:1, Micah 6:14, Leviticus 26:26, Ezekiel 22:9, Hosea 4:7, Psalms 36:3, Psalms 125:5, Proverbs 13:25, Hosea 9:17, Zephaniah 1:6, 2 Chronicles 24:17, Isaiah 5:12, Isaiah 65:13-16, Ezekiel 16:15, Ezekiel 18:24, Hosea 4:14, Hosea 4:18, Hosea 9:11-17, Malachi 2:1-3
11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
זְנוּת וְיַיִן וְתִירֹושׁ יִקַּח־לֵב׃ (1611)
See also: Proverbs 20:1, Luke 21:34, Proverbs 31:4, Proverbs 23:28, Isaiah 28:7, Leviticus 10:9, Proverbs 31:3, Isaiah 56:12, Hosea 7:11, Proverbs 5:14, Proverbs 5:22, Hosea 2:8, Genesis 38:18, 1 Samuel 25:36, 1 Kings 11:8, 1 Kings 20:16, Proverbs 6:32, Proverbs 17:16, Proverbs 23:27-35, Ecclesiastes 7:7
12My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
עַמִּי בְּעֵצֹו יִשְׁאָל וּמַקְלֹו יַגִּיד לֹו כִּי רוּחַ זְנוּנִים הִתְעָה וַיִּזְנוּ מִתַּחַת אֱלֹהֵיהֶם׃ (2779)
See also: Hosea 4:6, Hosea 5:4, Jeremiah 2:27, Leviticus 20:6, Isaiah 44:20, Habakkuk 2:19, Numbers 15:39, Deuteronomy 31:16, Judges 18:5, Isaiah 44:18-20, Hosea 9:1, Hebrews 3:10, Hebrews 9:7, Exodus 34:15, Leviticus 17:7, Leviticus 19:29, Leviticus 20:5, Judges 8:27, 2 Kings 16:15, 2 Chronicles 21:13
13They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
עַל־רָאשֵׁי הֶהָרִים יְזַבֵּחוּ וְעַל־הַגְּבָעֹות יְקַטֵּרוּ תַּחַת אַלֹּון וְלִבְנֶה וְאֵלָה כִּי טֹוב צִלָּהּ עַל־כֵּן תִּזְנֶינָה בְּנֹותֵיכֶם וְכַלֹּותֵיכֶם תְּנָאַפְנָה׃ (5361)
See also: Jeremiah 3:6, Isaiah 1:29, Ezekiel 6:13, Amos 7:17, 2 Samuel 12:11, Hosea 10:8, Deuteronomy 12:2, 2 Samuel 12:10-12, Job 31:9-10, Job 31:10, Proverbs 5:9, Isaiah 57:5, Isaiah 57:7, Jeremiah 2:20, Jeremiah 3:13, Jeremiah 5:7, Jeremiah 17:2, Ezekiel 16:16, Ezekiel 16:25, Ezekiel 20:28-29
14I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
לֹא־אֶפְקֹוד עַל־בְּנֹותֵיכֶם כִּי תִזְנֶינָה וְעַל־כַּלֹּותֵיכֶם כִּי תְנָאַפְנָה כִּי־הֵם עִם־הַזֹּנֹות יְפָרֵדוּ וְעִם־הַקְּדֵשֹׁות יְזַבֵּחוּ וְעָם לֹא־יָבִין יִלָּבֵט׃ (4837)
See also: Ezekiel 22:9, Hosea 9:10, Hosea 4:1, 1 Corinthians 6:16, Ephesians 4:18, Jude 1:19, Deuteronomy 23:17, 1 Kings 14:23-24, 1 Kings 15:12, 2 Kings 23:7, Proverbs 2:19, Proverbs 28:5, Isaiah 1:5, Isaiah 44:18-20, Isaiah 56:11, Ezekiel 14:7, Daniel 12:10, Hosea 4:5-6, Hosea 4:10, Hosea 4:17
15Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
אִם־זֹנֶה אַתָּה יִשְׂרָאֵל אַל־יֶאְשַׁם יְהוּדָה וְאַל־תָּבֹאוּ הַגִּלְגָּל וְאַל־תַּעֲלוּ בֵּית אָוֶן וְאַל־תִּשָּׁבְעוּ חַי־יְהוָה׃ (3850)
See also: Amos 4:4, Amos 5:5, Hosea 9:15, Zephaniah 1:6, Genesis 28:19, Hosea 5:8, Hosea 10:5, Hosea 12:11, Joshua 7:2, Jeremiah 3:8, Zephaniah 1:5, 2 Samuel 19:20, 2 Chronicles 17:4, Jeremiah 5:2, Hosea 10:8, Amos 8:14, Ephesians 5:11, Genesis 38:24, Joshua 18:12, 1 Samuel 13:5
16For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
כִּי כְּפָרָה סֹרֵרָה סָרַר יִשְׂרָאֵל עַתָּה יִרְעֵם יְהוָה כְּכֶבֶשׂ בַּמֶּרְחָב׃ (3216)
See also: Hosea 10:11, Zechariah 7:11, 1 Samuel 15:11, Jeremiah 3:11, Jeremiah 7:24, Jeremiah 31:22, Leviticus 26:33, 2 Samuel 22:20, Proverbs 14:14, Isaiah 5:17, Isaiah 7:21-25, Isaiah 22:18, Jeremiah 2:19, Jeremiah 3:6, Jeremiah 3:8, Jeremiah 5:6, Jeremiah 8:5, Jeremiah 14:7, Jeremiah 15:6, Jeremiah 31:18
17Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
חֲבוּר עֲצַבִּים אֶפְרָיִם הַנַּח־לֹו׃ (858)
See also: Romans 1:24, Psalms 81:12, Acts 7:42, Mark 8:13, 1 Corinthians 14:38, Revelation 22:11, Exodus 14:12, Ezekiel 20:39, Hosea 4:4, Hosea 11:2, Hosea 13:2, Matthew 15:14, 1 Kings 11:33, Ezekiel 3:26, Hosea 4:14, Hosea 5:3, Hosea 6:10, Hosea 7:1, Hosea 12:1, Matthew 16:4
18Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
סָר סָבְאָם הַזְנֵה הִזְנוּ אָהֲבוּ הֵבוּ קָלֹון מָגִנֶּיהָ׃ (819)
See also: Proverbs 28:21, Proverbs 30:15-16, Isaiah 1:22, Micah 3:11, Exodus 23:8, Deuteronomy 16:19, Deuteronomy 32:32-33, 1 Samuel 8:3, 1 Samuel 12:3-4, 2 Kings 17:7-17, Psalms 47:9, Isaiah 1:23, Jeremiah 2:21, Hosea 4:2, Hosea 4:10, Amos 5:12, Micah 7:3, Acts 24:26, Isaiah 1:21-22
19The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
צָרַר רוּחַ אֹותָהּ בִּכְנָפֶיהָ וְיֵבֹשׁוּ מִזִּבְחֹותָם׃ (2110)
See also: Jeremiah 51:1, Isaiah 1:29, Jeremiah 4:11-12, Hosea 13:15, Job 30:22, Isaiah 42:17, Jeremiah 2:26-27, Jeremiah 2:36-37, Jeremiah 3:24-25, Jeremiah 17:13, Jeremiah 22:22, Hosea 10:6, Hosea 12:1, Zechariah 5:9-11