Hosea 4

1Hear Yahweh’s word, you children of Israel, for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.Cross-references: 1Ki 22:19 · Isa 1:10 · Isa 1:18 · Isa 3:13 · Isa 5:3 · Isa 28:14 · +25 more

2There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.Cross-references: Isa 24:5 · Isa 48:1 · Isa 59:2 · Isa 59:12 · Jer 5:1 · Jer 5:7 · +26 more

3Therefore 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.Cross-references: Isa 24:4 · Isa 33:9 · Jer 4:25 · Jer 4:27 · Jer 12:4 · Ezek 38:20 · +6 more

4“Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.Cross-references: Deut 17:12 · Jer 18:18 · Ezek 3:26 · Hos 4:17 · Amos 5:13 · Amos 6:10 · +1 more

5You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.Cross-references: Isa 9:13 · Isa 50:1 · Jer 6:4 · Jer 6:12 · Jer 8:10 · Jer 14:15 · +12 more

6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.Cross-references: 1Sam 2:12 · 1Sam 2:28 · 1Sam 3:12 · 2Ki 17:16 · 2Chr 15:3 · Job 36:12 · +38 more

7As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.Cross-references: 1Sam 2:30 · Ezra 9:7 · Jer 2:26 · Hos 4:10 · Hos 5:1 · Hos 6:9 · +6 more

8They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.Cross-references: Lev 6:26 · Lev 7:6 · 1Sam 2:29 · Ps 24:4 · Ps 25:1 · Isa 56:11 · +7 more

9It will be like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.Cross-references: Ps 109:17 · Prov 5:22 · Isa 3:10 · Isa 9:14 · Isa 24:2 · Jer 5:31 · +8 more

10They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned listening to Yahweh.Cross-references: Lev 26:26 · 2Chr 24:17 · Ps 36:3 · Ps 125:5 · Prov 13:25 · Isa 65:13 · +9 more

11Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.Cross-references: Prov 6:32 · Prov 20:1 · Prov 23:27 · Eccl 7:7 · Isa 5:12 · Isa 28:7 · +3 more

12My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God.Cross-references: Lev 17:7 · Lev 20:5 · Num 15:39 · Deut 31:16 · 2Chr 21:13 · Ps 73:27 · +12 more

13They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, and your brides commit adultery.Cross-references: 2Sam 12:10 · Job 31:9 · Isa 1:29 · Isa 57:5 · Isa 57:7 · Jer 2:20 · +10 more

14I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.Cross-references: Deut 23:17 · 1Ki 14:23 · 1Ki 15:12 · 2Ki 23:7 · Prov 28:5 · Isa 1:5 · +12 more

15“Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet don’t let Judah offend; and don’t come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, ‘As Yahweh lives.’Cross-references: 1Ki 12:28 · 2Ki 17:18 · Isa 48:1 · Jer 3:6 · Jer 5:2 · Ezek 20:39 · +15 more

16For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow?Cross-references: Lev 26:33 · 1Sam 15:11 · Isa 5:17 · Isa 7:21 · Isa 22:18 · Jer 3:6 · +8 more

17Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone!Cross-references: Ps 81:12 · Hos 4:4 · Hos 11:2 · Hos 12:1 · Hos 13:2 · Matt 15:14 · +1 more

18Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.Cross-references: Ex 23:8 · Deut 16:19 · Deut 32:32 · 1Sam 8:3 · 1Sam 12:3 · 2Ki 17:7 · +9 more

19The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be disappointed because of their sacrifices.Cross-references: Isa 1:29 · Isa 42:17 · Jer 2:26 · Jer 2:36 · Jer 3:24 · Jer 4:11 · +6 more