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            <div class="label">4</div><div class="s"><span class="heading">God&#8217;s Controversy with Israel</span></div><div class="q"><span class="content">  </span><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Listen to the word of the L</span><span class="sc"><span class="content">ord</span></span><span class="content">, O sons of Israel,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="content">For the L</span><span class="sc"><span class="content">ord</span></span><span class="content"> has a case against the inhabitants of the land,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="content">Because there is no faithfulness or kindness</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="content">Or knowledge of God in the land.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.4.2"><span class="label">2</span><span class="content">  </span><span class="it"><span class="content">There is</span></span><span class="content"> swearing, deception, murder, stealing and adultery.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.4.2"><span class="content">They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.4.2"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.4.3"><span class="label">3</span><span class="content">Therefore the land mourns,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.4.3"><span class="content">And everyone who lives in it languishes</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.4.3"><span class="content">Along with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.4.3"><span class="content">And also the fish of the sea disappear.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.4.3"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.4.4"><span class="label">4</span><span class="content">Yet let no one find fault, and let none offer reproof;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.4.4"><span class="content">For your people are like those who contend with the priest.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.4.4"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.4.5"><span class="label">5</span><span class="content">So you will stumble by day,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.4.5"><span class="content">And the prophet also will stumble with you by night;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.4.5"><span class="content">And I will destroy your mother.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.4.5"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="label">6</span><span class="content">My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="content">Because you have rejected knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="content">I also will reject you from being My priest.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="content">Since you have forgotten the law of your God,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="content">I also will forget your children.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.4.7"><span class="label">7</span><span class="content">The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.4.7"><span class="content">I will change their glory into shame.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.4.7"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.4.8"><span class="label">8</span><span class="content">They feed on the sin of My people</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.4.8"><span class="content">And direct their desire toward their iniquity.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.4.8"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.4.9"><span class="label">9</span><span class="content">And it will be, like people, like priest;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.4.9"><span class="content">So I will punish them for their ways</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.4.9"><span class="content">And repay them for their deeds.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.4.9"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.4.10"><span class="label">10</span><span class="content">They will eat, but not have enough;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.4.10"><span class="content">They will play the harlot, but not increase,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.4.10"><span class="content">Because they have stopped giving heed to the L</span><span class="sc"><span class="content">ord</span></span><span class="content">.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.4.10"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">Harlotry, wine and new wine take away the understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.4.11"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.4.12"><span class="label">12</span><span class="content">My people consult their wooden idol, and their </span><span class="it"><span class="content">diviner&#8217;s</span></span><span class="content"> wand informs them;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.4.12"><span class="content">For a spirit of harlotry has led </span><span class="it"><span class="content">them</span></span><span class="content"> astray,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.4.12"><span class="content">And they have played the harlot, </span><span class="it"><span class="content">departing</span></span><span class="content"> from their God.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.4.12"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="label">13</span><span class="content">They offer sacrifices on the tops of the mountains</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">And burn incense on the hills,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">Under oak, poplar and terebinth,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">Because their shade is pleasant.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">Therefore your daughters play the harlot</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">And your brides commit adultery.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="label">14</span><span class="content">I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">Or your brides when they commit adultery,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">For </span><span class="it"><span class="content">the men</span></span><span class="content"> themselves go apart with harlots</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">And offer sacrifices with temple prostitutes;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">So the people without understanding are ruined.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="label">15</span><span class="content">Though you, Israel, play the harlot,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="content">Do not let Judah become guilty;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="content">Also do not go to Gilgal,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="content">Or go up to Beth-aven</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="content">And take the oath:</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="content">&#8220;As the L</span><span class="sc"><span class="content">ord</span></span><span class="content"> lives!&#8221;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.4.16"><span class="label">16</span><span class="content">Since Israel is stubborn</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.4.16"><span class="content">Like a stubborn heifer,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.4.16"><span class="content">Can the L</span><span class="sc"><span class="content">ord</span></span><span class="content"> now pasture them</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.4.16"><span class="content">Like a lamb in a large field?</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.4.16"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.4.17"><span class="label">17</span><span class="content">Ephraim is joined to idols;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.4.17"><span class="content">Let him alone.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.4.17"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.4.18"><span class="label">18</span><span class="content">Their liquor gone,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.4.18"><span class="content">They play the harlot continually;</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.4.18"><span class="content">Their rulers dearly love shame.</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.4.18"><span class="content">  </span></span><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HOS.4.19"><span class="label">19</span><span class="content">The wind wraps them in its wings,</span></span></div><div class="q"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HOS.4.19"><span class="content">And they will be ashamed because of their sacrifices.</span></span></div>
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Listen to the word of the LORD, O sons of Israel,
For the LORD has a case against the inhabitants of the land,
Because there is no faithfulness or kindness
Or knowledge of God in the land.
There is swearing, deception, murder, stealing and adultery.
They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed.
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.
Yet let no one find fault, and let none offer reproof;
For your people are like those who contend with the priest.
So you will stumble by day,
And the prophet also will stumble with you by night;
And I will destroy your mother.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also will reject you from being My priest.
Since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.
The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me;
I will change their glory into shame.
They feed on the sin of My people
And direct their desire toward their iniquity.
And it will be, like people, like priest;
So I will punish them for their ways
And repay them for their deeds.
They will eat, but not have enough;
They will play the harlot, but not increase,
Because they have stopped giving heed to the LORD.
Harlotry, wine and new wine take away the understanding.
My people consult their wooden idol, and their diviner’s wand informs them;
For a spirit of harlotry has led them astray,
And they have played the harlot, departing from their God.
They offer sacrifices on the tops of the mountains
And burn incense on the hills,
Under oak, poplar and terebinth,
Because their shade is pleasant.
Therefore your daughters play the harlot
And your brides commit adultery.
I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot
Or your brides when they commit adultery,
For the men themselves go apart with harlots
And offer sacrifices with temple prostitutes;
So the people without understanding are ruined.
Though you, Israel, play the harlot,
Do not let Judah become guilty;
Also do not go to Gilgal,
Or go up to Beth-aven
And take the oath:
“As the LORD lives!”
Since Israel is stubborn
Like a stubborn heifer,
Can the LORD now pasture them
Like a lamb in a large field?
Ephraim is joined to idols;
Let him alone.
Their liquor gone,
They play the harlot continually;
Their rulers dearly love shame.
The wind wraps them in its wings,
And they will be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

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