Hosea 4
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Hosea 4
God Accuses Israel
1 #
Isa 59.4; Jer 7.28; Hos 5.1, 4; 6.6; 12.2; Mic 6.2 Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel,
for the LORD has an indictment against the inhabitants of the land.
There is no faithfulness or loyalty
and no knowledge of God in the land.
2Swearing, lying, and murder,
and stealing and adultery break out;
bloodshed follows bloodshed.
3 #
Jer 4.25, 28; Zeph 1.3 Therefore the land mourns,
and all who live in it languish;
together with the wild animals
and the birds of the air,
even the fish of the sea are perishing.
4 #
Deut 17.12; Ezek 3.26 Yet let no one contend,
and let none accuse,
for with you is my contention, O priest.#4.4 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
5 #
Ezek 14.3, 7; Hos 2.2, 5; 5.5 You shall stumble by day;
the prophet also shall stumble with you by night,
and I will destroy your mother.
6 #
v 1
; Hos 2.13; 8.1, 12; Mal 2.7, 8My 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.
7 #
Hos 10.1; 13.6; Hab 2.16; Mal 2.9 The more they increased,
the more they sinned against me;
they changed#4.7 Tg Syr: MT I will change their glory into shame.
8They feed on the sin of my people;
they are greedy for their iniquity.
9 #
Isa 24.2; Jer 5.31; Hos 9.9 And it shall be like people, like priest;
I will punish them for their ways
and repay them for their deeds.
10 #
Lev 26.26; Hos 7.14; 9.17; Mic 6.14 They shall eat but not be satisfied;
they shall prostitute themselves but not multiply,
because they have forsaken the LORD
to devote themselves to 11#Isa 28.7; Hos 5.4prostitution.
The Idolatry of Israel
Wine and new wine
take away the understanding.
12 #
Jer 2.27; Hos 5.4; 9.1; Hab 2.19 My people consult a piece of wood,
and their divining rod gives them oracles.
For a spirit of prostitution has led them astray,
and they have prostituted themselves, forsaking their God.
13 #
Jer 3.6; Ezek 6.13; Hos 2.13; 11.2; Am 7.17; Rom 1.28 They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains
and make offerings upon the hills,
under oak, poplar, and terebinth
because their shade is good.
Therefore your daughters prostitute themselves,
and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
14 #
vv 1, 6, 11
; Deut 23.17I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves
nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery,
for the men themselves go aside with prostitutes
and sacrifice with female attendants;
thus a people without understanding comes to ruin.
15 #
1 Kings 12.28, 29; Am 4.4 Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel,
do not let Judah become guilty.
Do not enter into Gilgal
or go up to Beth-aven,
and do not swear, “As the LORD lives.”
16 #
Ps 78.8; Isa 5.17; 7.25 Like a stubborn heifer,
Israel is stubborn;
can the LORD now feed them
like a lamb in a broad pasture?
17Ephraim is joined to idols—
let him alone.
18 #
vv 7, 14
When their drinking is ended, they indulge in sexual orgies;
they love lewdness more than their glory.#4.18 Cn Compare Gk: Meaning of Heb uncertain
19 #
Isa 1.29; Hos 12.1; 13.15 A wind has wrapped them#4.19 Heb her in its wings,
and they shall be ashamed because of their altars.#4.19 Gk Syr: Heb sacrifices
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