Hosea 4 (NET)

Hosea 4:1¹Listen to the Lord ’s message, you Israelites! For the Lord has a covenant lawsuit against the people of Israel. For there is neither faithfulness nor loyalty in the land, nor do they acknowledge God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 4:22Mic 6:21 Cor 15:34Isa 3:13-14Amos 7:16Hos 12:2Isa 1:18Isa 34:1Jer 25:31Jer 5:4

Hosea 4:2²There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 6:91 Thess 2:15Jer 6:7Mic 7:2Hos 7:1Jer 5:26-27Jer 5:7-9Jer 7:6-10Acts 7:52Ezek 22:2-13

Hosea 4:3³Therefore the land will mourn, and all its inhabitants will perish. The wild animals, the birds of the sky, and even the fish in the sea will perish.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Zeph 1:3Isa 24:4-12Nah 1:4Amos 5:16Ezek 38:20Jer 12:4Jer 4:27-28Amos 8:8Isa 33:9Jer 4:25

Hosea 4:4⁴Do not let anyone accuse or contend against anyone else: for my case is against you priests!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Deut 17:12Ezek 3:26Hos 4:17Amos 5:13Jer 18:18Matt 7:3-6Amos 6:10

Hosea 4:5⁵You stumble day and night, and the false prophets stumble with you; you have destroyed your own people.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 2:2Jer 15:8Gal 4:26Zech 13:2Ezek 13:9-16Ezek 14:7-10Ezek 16:44-45Hos 9:7-8Isa 50:1Isa 9:13-17

Hosea 4:6⁶You have destroyed my people by failing to acknowledge me! Because you refuse to acknowledge me, I will reject you as my priests. Because you reject the law of your God, I will reject your descendants.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 5:13Prov 19:2Hos 6:62 Cor 4:3-6Hos 4:1Matt 15:8Prov 1:30-32Isa 17:10Hos 8:14Mal 2:7-9

Hosea 4:7⁷The more the priests increased in numbers, the more they rebelled against me. They have turned their glorious calling into a shameful disgrace!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 13:6Phil 3:191 Sam 2:30Hos 10:1Hos 4:10Mal 2:9Ezra 9:7Hab 2:16Hos 5:1Hos 6:9

Hosea 4:8⁸They feed on the sin offerings of my people; their appetites long for their iniquity!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 56:11Mic 3:11Titus 1:111 Sam 2:29Lev 6:26Lev 7:6-7Mal 1:10Ps 24:4Rom 16:18Ezek 14:3

Hosea 4:9⁹I will deal with the people and priests together: I will punish them both for their ways, and I will repay them for their deeds.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 5:31Isa 24:2Matt 15:14Hos 1:4Jer 23:11-12Ezek 22:26-31Hos 8:13Hos 9:9Isa 3:10Isa 9:14-16

Hosea 4:10¹⁰They will eat, but not be satisfied; they will engage in prostitution, but not increase in numbers; because they have abandoned the Lord by pursuing other gods.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mic 6:14Hag 1:6Lev 26:26Prov 13:25Ps 125:5Ps 36:3Zeph 1:62 Chr 24:172 Pet 2:20-22Ezek 18:24

Hosea 4:11¹¹Old and new wine take away the understanding of my people.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Prov 20:1Luke 21:34Isa 28:7Eccl 7:7Hos 4:12Isa 5:12Prov 23:27-35Prov 6:32Rom 13:11-14

Hosea 4:12¹²They consult their wooden idols, and their diviner’s staff answers with an oracle. The wind of prostitution blows them astray; they commit spiritual adultery against their God.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 2:27Hos 5:4Hab 2:19Deut 31:16Isa 44:18-20Num 15:392 Chr 21:132 Thess 2:9-11Ezek 16:1-63Ezek 21:21

Hosea 4:13¹³They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills; they sacrifice under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is so pleasant. As a result, your daughters have become cult prostitutes, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Isa 1:29Jer 3:6Ezek 6:13Amos 7:172 Sam 12:10-12Ezek 16:16Ezek 16:25Ezek 20:28-29Hos 11:2Hos 2:13

Hosea 4:14¹⁴I will not punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men consort with harlots, they sacrifice with temple prostitutes. It is true: “A people that lacks understanding will come to ruin!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Cor 6:16Eph 4:18Hos 4:11 Kgs 14:23-241 Kgs 15:122 Kgs 23:7Dan 12:10Deut 23:17Heb 12:8Hos 14:9

Hosea 4:15¹⁵Although you, O Israel, commit adultery, do not let Judah become guilty! Do not journey to Gilgal. Do not go up to Beth Aven. Do not swear, “As surely as the Lord lives!”Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Hos 12:11Hos 9:15Amos 4:4Amos 5:5Amos 8:14Eph 5:11Hos 10:5Hos 10:8Hos 5:8Jer 5:2

Hosea 4:16¹⁶Israel has rebelled like a stubborn heifer! Soon the Lord will put them out to pasture like a lamb in a broad field.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:1 Sam 15:11Hos 11:7Isa 22:18Isa 5:17Isa 7:21-25Jer 14:7Jer 3:11Jer 3:6Jer 3:8Jer 5:6

Hosea 4:17¹⁷Ephraim has attached himself to idols; Do not go near him!Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Ps 81:12Rev 22:11Hos 11:2Hos 13:2Hos 4:4Matt 15:14Hos 12:1

Hosea 4:18¹⁸They consume their alcohol, then engage in cult prostitution; they dearly love their shameful behavior.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Mic 3:11Prov 30:15-161 Sam 12:3-41 Sam 8:32 Kgs 17:7-17Amos 5:12Deut 16:19Deut 32:32-33Exod 23:8Hos 4:10

Hosea 4:19¹⁹A whirlwind has wrapped them in its wings; they will be brought to shame because of their idolatrous worship.Copy LinkCopy VerseKJV+Strong’sMany Bible VersionsAsk AICross Refs:Jer 51:1Hos 13:15Isa 1:29Jer 4:11-12Hos 10:6Hos 12:1Isa 42:17Jer 17:13Jer 2:26-27Jer 2:36-37