Hosea 4:1-8 (New International Version)

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The Charge Against Israel

1 Hear the word of the LORD, you Israelites, because the LORD has a charge¹ to bring against you who live in the land:² "There is no faithfulness,³ no love, no acknowledgment⁴ of God in the land.⁵ 2 There is only cursing,^a lying⁶ and murder,⁷ stealing⁸ and adultery;⁹ they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.¹⁰ 3 Because of this the land mourns,^b¹¹ and all who live in it waste away;¹² the beasts of the field and the birds of the air and the fish of the sea are dying.¹³ 4 "But let no man bring a charge, let no man accuse another, for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.¹⁴ 5 You stumble¹⁵ day and night, and the prophets stumble with you. So I will destroy your mother¹⁶-- 6 my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.¹⁷ "Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law¹⁸ of your God, I also will ignore your children. 7 The more the priests increased, the more they sinned against me; they exchanged^c their^d Glory¹⁹ for something disgraceful.²⁰ 8 They feed on the sins of my people and relish their wickedness.²¹

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