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Hosea 4:6 (NLT)
My people are being destroyed because they don’t know me. Since you priests refuse to know me, I refuse to recognize you as my priests. Since you have forgotten the laws of your God, I will forget to bless your children.
Hosea 4:18 (NLT)
When the rulers of Israel finish their drinking, off they go to find some prostitutes. They love shame more than honor.
Hosea 4:14 (NLT)
But why should I punish them for their prostitution and adultery? For your men are doing the same thing, sinning with whores and shrine prostitutes. O foolish people! You refuse to understand, so you will be destroyed.
Hosea 4:16 (NLT)
Israel is stubborn, like a stubborn heifer. So should the Lord feed her like a lamb in a lush pasture?
Hosea 4:13 (NLT)
They offer sacrifices to idols on the mountaintops. They go up into the hills to burn incense in the pleasant shade of oaks, poplars, and terebinth trees. “That is why your daughters turn to prostitution, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.
Hosea 4:7 (NLT)
The more priests there are, the more they sin against me. They have exchanged the glory of God for the shame of idols.
Hosea 4:3 (NLT)
That is why your land is in mourning, and everyone is wasting away. Even the wild animals, the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea are disappearing.
Hosea 4:12 (NLT)
They ask a piece of wood for advice! They think a stick can tell them the future! Longing after idols has made them foolish. They have played the prostitute, serving other gods and deserting their God.
Hosea 4:8 (NLT)
“When the people bring their sin offerings, the priests get fed. So the priests are glad when the people sin!
Hosea 4:15 (NLT)
“Though you, Israel, are a prostitute, may Judah not be guilty of such things. Do not join the false worship at Gilgal or Beth-aven, and do not take oaths there in the Lord ’s name.
Hosea 4:19 (NLT)
So a mighty wind will sweep them away. Their sacrifices to idols will bring them shame.
Hosea 4:1 (NLT)
Hear the word of the Lord , O people of Israel! The Lord has brought charges against you, saying: “There is no faithfulness, no kindness, no knowledge of God in your land.
Hosea 4:4 (NLT)
“Don’t point your finger at someone else and try to pass the blame! My complaint, you priests, is with you.
Hosea 4:11 (NLT)
to worship other gods. “Wine has robbed my people of their understanding.
Hosea 4:10 (NLT)
They will eat and still be hungry. They will play the prostitute and gain nothing from it, for they have deserted the Lord
Hosea 4:17 (NLT)
Leave Israel alone, because she is married to idolatry.
Hosea 4:9 (NLT)
‘And what the priests do, the people also do.’ So now I will punish both priests and people for their wicked deeds.
Hosea 4:5 (NLT)
So you will stumble in broad daylight, and your false prophets will fall with you in the night. And I will destroy Israel, your mother.
Hosea 4:2 (NLT)
You make vows and break them; you kill and steal and commit adultery. There is violence everywhere— one murder after another.
Hosea 6:1 (NLT)
“Come, let us return to the Lord . He has torn us to pieces; now he will heal us. He has injured us; now he will bandage our wounds.
Hosea 6:5 (NLT)
I sent my prophets to cut you to pieces— to slaughter you with my words, with judgments as inescapable as light.
Hosea 6:6 (NLT)
I want you to show love, not offer sacrifices. I want you to know me more than I want burnt offerings.
Hosea 6:7 (NLT)
But like Adam, you broke my covenant and betrayed my trust.
Hosea 6:10 (NLT)
Yes, I have seen something horrible in Ephraim and Israel: My people are defiled by prostituting themselves with other gods!
Hosea 6:8 (NLT)
“Gilead is a city of sinners, tracked with footprints of blood.