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Hosea 4:1

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

Hear the word of the  Lord,  people of Israel, for the Lord has a case against the inhabitants of the land: There is no truth,  no faithful love, and no knowledge of God  in the land!

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‘For my people are fools; they do not know me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing what is evil, but they do not know how to do what is good.’


Listen to the  Lord’s lawsuit, you mountains and enduring foundations of the earth, because the Lord has a case against his people, and he will argue it against Israel.


Come to your senses  , and stop sinning; for some people are ignorant about God. I say this to your shame.


And because they did not think it worth while to acknowledge God, God delivered them over to a corrupt mind so that they do what is not right.


The Lord also has a dispute with Judah. He is about to punish Jacob according to his conduct; he will repay him based on his actions.


The tumult reaches to the ends of the earth because the Lord brings a case against   the nations. He enters into judgement with all humanity. As for the wicked, he hands them over to the sword – this is the  Lord’s declaration.


Then I thought: They are just the poor; they have been foolish. For they don’t understand the way of the  Lord, the justice of their God.


You nations, come here and listen; you peoples, pay attention! Let the earth and all that fills it hear, the world and all that comes from it.


‘Come, let’s settle this,’ says the Lord. ‘Though your sins are scarlet, they will be as white as snow; though they are crimson red, they will be like wool.


‘Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.


‘Let anyone who has ears to hear listen to what the Spirit says to the churches. The one who conquers will never be harmed by the second death.


You do not know him, but I know him. If I were to say I don’t know him,   I would be a liar like you. But I do know him,   and I keep his word.


Now hear the word of the Lord. You say: Do not prophesy  against Israel; do not preach  against the house of Isaac.


Hear this, priests! Pay attention, house of Israel! Listen, royal house! For the judgement applies to you because you have been a snare at Mizpah and a net spread out on Tabor.


‘ “Yet hear the Lord’s word, King Zedekiah of Judah. This is what the Lord says concerning you: You will not die by the sword;


Say, “Hear the word of the Lord, kings of Judah and residents of Jerusalem.  This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring such a disaster on this place that everyone who hears about it will shudder,  ,


Now hear the word of the  Lord, you women. Pay attention to   the words from his mouth. Teach your daughters a lament and one another a dirge,


Therefore, declare to them, “This is the nation that would not listen to the Lord their God and would not accept discipline. Truth  has perished #– #it has disappeared from their mouths.


For from the least to the greatest of them, everyone is making profit dishonestly. From prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.


Because of this, the earth will mourn; the skies above will grow dark. I have spoken; I have planned, and I will not relent or turn back from it.’


Hear the word of the  Lord, house of Jacob and all families of the house of Israel.


You who tremble at his word, hear the word of the  Lord: ‘Your brothers who hate and exclude you for my name’s sake have said, “Let the Lord be glorified so that we can see your joy! ” But they will be put to shame.’


For the Lord has a day of vengeance, a time of paying back Edom for its hostility against Zion.


Therefore hear the word of the  Lord,  you scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.


So now, residents of Jerusalem and men of Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard.


Hear the word of the  Lord, you rulers of Sodom! Listen to the instruction of our God, you people of Gomorrah!


Then Micaiah said, ‘Therefore, hear the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne,  and the whole heavenly army  was standing by him at his right hand and at his left hand.


No one makes claims justly; no one pleads honestly. They trust in empty and worthless words; they conceive trouble and give birth to iniquity.


They have not known the path of peace, and there is no justice in their ways. They have made their roads crooked; no one who walks on them will know peace.


They bent their tongues like their bows; lies and not faithfulness prevail in the land, for they proceed from one evil to another, and they do not take me into account. This is the  Lord’s declaration.


For Israel and Judah are not left widowed by their God, the  Lord of Armies, though their land is full of guilt against the Holy One of Israel.


Hear this,  you elders; listen, all you inhabitants of the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your ancestors?


Therefore, I will bring a case against you again. This is the  Lord’s declaration. I will bring a case against your children’s children.


Therefore, this is what the Lord of Armies says: I am about to refine them and test them, for what else can I do because of my dear   people?


For I strongly warned your ancestors when I brought them out of the land of Egypt until today, warning them time and time again,  , “Obey me.”


‘ “Therefore, you prostitute, hear the word of the Lord!


Their actions do not allow them to return to their God, for a spirit of promiscuity is among them, and they do not know the  Lord.


In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and as an adult he wrestled with God.


Listen to this message that the Lord has spoken against you, Israelites, against the entire clan that I brought from the land of Egypt:





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