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            <div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="label">1</span><span class="content">Hear the word of the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content">, you Israelites,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="content">because the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> has a charge to bring</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="content">against you who live in the land:</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="content">&#8220;There is no faithfulness, no love,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v1" data-usfm="HOS.4.1"><span class="content">no acknowledgment of God in the land.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><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">There is only cursing,</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:2 </span><span class="ft">That is, to pronounce a curse on</span></span></span><span class="content"> lying and murder,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.4.2"><span class="content">stealing and adultery;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.4.2"><span class="content">they break all bounds,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v2" data-usfm="HOS.4.2"><span class="content">and bloodshed follows bloodshed.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><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">Because of this the land dries up,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.4.3"><span class="content">and all who live in it waste away;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.4.3"><span class="content">the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v3" data-usfm="HOS.4.3"><span class="content">and the fish in the sea are swept away.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><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">&#8220;But let no one bring a charge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.4.4"><span class="content">let no one accuse another,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.4.4"><span class="content">for your people are like those</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v4" data-usfm="HOS.4.4"><span class="content">who bring charges against a priest.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><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">You stumble day and night,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.4.5"><span class="content">and the prophets stumble with you.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v5" data-usfm="HOS.4.5"><span class="content">So I will destroy your mother&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><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 from lack of knowledge.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="content">&#8220;Because you have rejected knowledge,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="content">I also reject you as my priests;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="content">because you have ignored the law of your God,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v6" data-usfm="HOS.4.6"><span class="content">I also will ignore your children.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><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 priests there were,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.4.7"><span class="content">the more they sinned against me;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v7" data-usfm="HOS.4.7"><span class="content">they exchanged their glorious God</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:7 </span><span class="ft">Syriac (see also an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition); Masoretic Text </span><span class="fqa">me; / I will exchange their glory</span></span></span><span class="content"> for something disgraceful.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><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 sins of my people</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v8" data-usfm="HOS.4.8"><span class="content">and relish their wickedness.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><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 priests.</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.4.9"><span class="content">I will punish both of them for their ways</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v9" data-usfm="HOS.4.9"><span class="content">and repay them for their deeds.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><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">&#8220;They will eat but not have enough;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.4.10"><span class="content">they will engage in prostitution but not flourish,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.4.10"><span class="content">because they have deserted the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v10" data-usfm="HOS.4.10"><span class="content">to give themselves </span></span><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.4.11"><span class="label">11</span><span class="content">to prostitution;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.4.11"><span class="content">old wine and new wine</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v11" data-usfm="HOS.4.11"><span class="content">take away their understanding.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><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 a wooden idol,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.4.12"><span class="content">and a diviner&#8217;s rod speaks to them.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.4.12"><span class="content">A spirit of prostitution leads them astray;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v12" data-usfm="HOS.4.12"><span class="content">they are unfaithful to their God.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><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 sacrifice on the mountaintops</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">and burn offerings on the hills,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">under oak, poplar and terebinth,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">where the shade is pleasant.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v13" data-usfm="HOS.4.13"><span class="content">and your daughters-in-law to adultery.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><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">&#8220;I will not punish your daughters</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">when they turn to prostitution,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">nor your daughters-in-law</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">when they commit adultery,</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">because the men themselves consort with harlots</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes&#8212;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v14" data-usfm="HOS.4.14"><span class="content">a people without understanding will come to ruin!</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><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">&#8220;Though you, Israel, commit adultery,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="content">do not let Judah become guilty.</span></span></div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="content">&#8220;Do not go to Gilgal;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="content">do not go up to Beth Aven.</span><span class="note f"><span class="label">#</span><span class=" body"><span class="fr">4:15 </span><span class="fq">Beth Aven </span><span class="ft">means </span><span class="fqa">house of wickedness </span><span class="ft">(a derogatory name for Bethel, which means </span><span class="fqa">house of God</span><span class="ft">).</span></span></span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v15" data-usfm="HOS.4.15"><span class="content">And do not swear, &#8216;As surely as the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> lives!&#8217;</span></span></div><div class="q1"><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">The Israelites are stubborn,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.4.16"><span class="content">like a stubborn heifer.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.4.16"><span class="content">How then can the </span><span class="nd"><span class="content">Lord</span></span><span class="content"> pasture them</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v16" data-usfm="HOS.4.16"><span class="content">like lambs in a meadow?</span></span></div><div class="q1"><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="q2"><span class="verse v17" data-usfm="HOS.4.17"><span class="content">leave him alone!</span></span></div><div class="q1"><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">Even when their drinks are gone,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.4.18"><span class="content">they continue their prostitution;</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v18" data-usfm="HOS.4.18"><span class="content">their rulers dearly love shameful ways.</span></span></div><div class="q1"><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">A whirlwind will sweep them away,</span></span></div><div class="q2"><span class="verse v19" data-usfm="HOS.4.19"><span class="content">and their sacrifices will bring them shame.</span></span></div>
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