Hosea:4

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* Hear the word of the LORD , ye children of Israel Yisra #el #: 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 . * By swearing , and lying , and killing , and stealing , and committing adultery , they break out , and blood toucheth blood . * 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 . * Yet let no man strive , nor reprove another : for thy people are as they that strive with the priest . * Therefore shalt thou fall in the day , and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night , and I will destroy thy mother . * My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge da #ath #: because thou hast rejected knowledge da #ath #, 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 . * As they were increased , so they sinned against me : therefore will I change their glory into shame . * They eat up the sin of my people , and they set their heart on their iniquity . * And there shall be , like people , like priest : and I will punish them for their ways , and reward them their doings ma #alal #. * For 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 . * Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart . * My 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 . * They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains , and burn incense upon the hills gib #ah #, under oaks and poplars and elms , because the shadow thereof is good : therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom , and your spouses shall commit adultery . * I 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 . * Though thou , Israel Yisra #el #, play the harlot , yet let not Judah offend ; and come not ye unto Gilgal , neither go ye up to Bethaven Beyth , nor swear , The LORD liveth . * For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer : now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place . * Ephraim is joined to idols : let him alone . * Their drink is sour : they have committed whoredom continually : her rulers with shame do love , Give ye . * The wind hath bound her up in her wings , and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices .

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