Hosea 4:1-2; Hosea 5:1-2; Hosea 6:6; Hosea 6:9; Hosea 7:1; Hosea 7:6-7

1 Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land;

2 there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

1 Hear this, O priests! Pay attention, O house of Israel! Give ear, O house of the king! For the judgment is for you; for you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread upon Tabor.

2 And the revolters have gone deep into slaughter, but I will discipline all of them.

6 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

9 As robbers lie in wait for a man, so the priests band together; they murder on the way to Shechem; they commit villainy.

1 When I would heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim is revealed, and the evil deeds of Samaria; for they deal falsely; the thief breaks in, and the bandits raid outside.

6 For with hearts like an oven they approach their intrigue; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.

7 All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings have fallen, and none of them calls upon me.