Hosea 5:4

Good News Translation

The evil that the people have done keeps them from returning to their God. Idolatry has a powerful hold on them, and they do not acknowledge the Lord.

Cross References

Psalm 78:8

They will not be like their ancestors, a rebellious and disobedient people, whose trust in God was never firm and who did not remain faithful to him.

Psalm 9:10

Those who know you, Lord, will trust you; you do not abandon anyone who comes to you.

Jeremiah 24:7

I will give them the desire to know that I am the Lord. Then they will be my people, and I will be their God, because they will return to me with all their heart.

Jeremiah 50:38

Bring a drought on its land and dry up its rivers. Babylonia is a land of terrifying idols that have made fools of the people.

Jeremiah 9:24

If any want to boast, they should boast that they know and understand me, because my love is constant, and I do what is just and right. These are the things that please me. I, the Lord, have spoken.”

Hosea 13:13

Israel has a chance to live, but is too foolish to take it—like a child about to be born, who refuses to come out of the womb.

Hosea 4:1

The Lord has an accusation to bring against the people who live in this land. Listen, Israel, to what he says: “There is no faithfulness or love in the land, and the people do not acknowledge me as God.

Hosea 4:11

The Lord says, “Wine, both old and new, is robbing my people of their senses!

Hosea 4:12

They ask for revelations from a piece of wood! A stick tells them what they want to know! They have left me. Like a woman who becomes a prostitute, they have given themselves to other gods.

Hosea 4:14

Yet I will not punish them for this, because you yourselves go off with temple prostitutes, and together with them you offer pagan sacrifices. As the proverb says, ‘A people without sense will be ruined.’

Hosea 4:6

My people are doomed because they do not acknowledge me. You priests have refused to acknowledge me and have rejected my teaching, and so I reject you and will not acknowledge your sons as my priests.

Hosea 7:11

Israel flits around like a silly pigeon; first her people call on Egypt for help, and then they run to Assyria!

Hosea 8:11

“The more altars the people of Israel build for removing sin, the more places they have for sinning!

John 16:3

People will do these things to you because they have not known either the Father or me.

John 8:55

You have never known him, but I know him. If I were to say that I do not know him, I would be a liar like you. But I do know him, and I obey his word.

1 Samuel 2:12

The sons of Eli were scoundrels. They paid no attention to the Lord