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Hosea 4:1

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Hear the word of the Lord, people of Israel, for the Lord has an accusation against the inhabitants of the land! “There is no faithfulness, no loyalty, and no knowledge of God in the land.

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Micaiah went on to say, “So listen to what the Lord says. I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, surrounded by the whole army of heaven standing to his right and to his left.

There must not be a strange god among you; you must never bow down to foreign gods and worship them.

Listen to what the Lord has to say, you rulers of Sodom! Pay attention to the instructions of our God, you people of Gomorrah!

Come on, let's argue this out, says the Lord. Even though your sins are like scarlet, they will become white like snow. Even though they are red like crimson, they will become like wool.

So pay attention to the Lord's message, you scornful rulers who lead these people in Jerusalem.

Come close, you nations, and listen! You peoples, pay attention! Hear these words everyone who lives on earth, and all that comes from it!

For the Lord has a day of punishment, a year of retribution, for the trouble caused to Zion.

“Now, you people who live in Jerusalem and Judah, please judge between me and my vineyard.

Nobody wants justice, nobody pleads their case with honesty. They rely on false testimony, and tell lies. They conceive evil plans, and give birth to trouble.

They don't know how to live in peace; they're not straight and fair with others. Their way is totally crooked, and anyone who follows them won't experience any peace.

Listen to what the Lord has to say, those of you who tremble when he speaks. This is what some of your people who hate you and throw you out have said: “Let the Lord be glorified, so we can see how happy you are!” but it's them who are going to be humiliated.

From the time I led your forefathers out of Egypt until now, I seriously warned them time and again, saying, “Do what I tell you!”

Tell them, Listen to what the Lord says, kings of Judah and people living in Jerusalem. This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I am going to bring down on this place such a disaster that it will make the ears of anyone who hears about it ring.

Listen to the Lord's message, descendants of Jacob, all you Israelites.

So I'm going to confront you again, declares the Lord, and I will bring charges against your children's children.

The sound will reach everywhere on the earth because the Lord is accusing the nations. He is judging everyone, executing the wicked, declares the Lord.

Listen to what the Lord is telling you, Zedekiah king of Judah. This is what the Lord says about you: You won't be killed;

“My people are stupid; they don't know me. They are foolish children who just don't understand. They're experts at doing evil, but they don't know how to do good.”

The earth will mourn and the heavens above will go dark. I have spoken; this is what I have ordered. I'm not going to stop or change my mind.”

Then I said to myself, “These people are only the poor—they're just fools who don't know any better. They certainly don't know what the Lord wants, God's right way of living.

Israel and Judah have not been deserted by their God, the Lord Almighty, even though they sinned against the Holy One of Israel everywhere in their country.

Everyone cheats because they're greedy, poor and rich alike. Even prophets and priests—they are all dishonest liars!

So you have to tell them, “This is the nation that refused to listen to what the Lord their God said, and would not accept the Lord's discipline. Truth has died out; people don't even talk about it.

Women, listen to the Lord's message, hear what he has to say. Teach your daughters to mourn and sing songs of sadness.

Their words are like arrows shot from a bow. Lies win out over the truth throughout the country. They go from one evil thing to the next, forgetting all about me, declares the Lord.

So this is what the Lord Almighty says: Look, I'm going to test them and purify them like metal in a furnace. What else can I do because of what my people have done?

So, you prostitute, listen to the message from the Lord!

The Lord also has an accusation against Judah, and will punish Jacob for the way the people act; he will repay them for what they have done.

Even in the womb he fought with his brother; when he became a man he fought with God.

“Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, house of Israel! Listen, members of the royal family!

Your actions stop you from coming back to your God for a spirit of prostitution is within you and you do not know the Lord.

Listen to this, elders; pay attention, everyone who lives in the land. Has anything ever happened like this before in your experience, or that of your forefathers?

People of Israel, listen to this message that the Lord has spoken against you—all of you, whom I brought out of the land of Egypt.

So now hear what the Lord is telling you: You say, “Don't prophesy against Israel, and don't preach against the descendants of Isaac.”

And now, mountains, hear the Lord's argument. Listen, everlasting foundations of the earth, for the Lord has a case against his people. He will bring charges against Israel.

You don't know him, but I know him. If I were to say, ‘I don't know him,’ I'd be a liar, just like you. But I do know him, and I do what he says.

Since they didn't consider it worthwhile to get to know God, he abandoned them to their worthless, distrustful way of thinking, doing things that should never be done.

Come to your senses as you should, and stop sinning! Some of you don't know God. I tell you this to shame you.

If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit is telling the churches. The second death will not harm those who are victorious.

If you have ears, listen to what the Spirit is telling the churches.”




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