Hosea 4:1-6 (Revised Standard Version)
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1
Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel; for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or kindness, and no knowledge of God in the land;
2
there is swearing, lying, killing, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds and murder follows murder.
3
Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field, and the birds of the air; and even the fish of the sea are taken away.
4
Yet let no one contend, and let none accuse, for with you is my contention, O priest.
5
You shall stumble by day, the prophet also shall stumble with you by night; and I will destroy your mother.
6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version - Holy Bible)
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