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Hosea 4:18

New American Bible - revised edition

When their drinking is over, they give themselves to prostitution; they love shame more than their honor.

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Its leaders render judgment for a bribe, the priests teach for pay, the prophets divine for money, While they rely on the Lord, saying, “Is not the Lord in the midst of us? No evil can come upon us!”

Their hands succeed at evil; the prince makes demands, The judge is bought for a price, the powerful speak as they please.

Yes, I know how many are your crimes, how grievous your sins: Oppressing the just, accepting bribes, turning away the needy at the gate.

They will eat but not be satisfied, they will promote prostitution but not increase, Because they have abandoned the Lord, devoting themselves

Swearing, lying, murder, stealing and adultery break out; bloodshed follows bloodshed.

But I had planted you as a choice vine, all pedigreed stock; How could you turn out so obnoxious to me, a spurious vine?

God rules over the nations; God sits upon his holy throne.

His sons did not follow his example, but looked to their own gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.

You must not distort justice: you shall not show partiality; you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes even of the wise and twists the words even of the just.

Never take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and distorts the words of the just.

About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has acted like a harlot and now she is pregnant from her harlotry.” Judah said, “Bring her out; let her be burned.”

Like grapes in the desert, I found Israel; Like the first fruits of the fig tree, its first to ripen, I looked on your ancestors. But when they came to Baal-peor and consecrated themselves to the Shameful One, they became as abhorrent as the thing they loved.

But you trusted in your own beauty and used your renown to serve as a prostitute. You poured out your prostitution on every passerby—let it be his.




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