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Hosea 4:7

New American Bible - revised edition

The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against me, I will change their glory into shame.

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From the time of our ancestors even to this day our guilt has been great, and for our wicked deeds we have been delivered, we and our kings and our priests, into the hands of the kings of foreign lands, to the sword, to captivity, to pillage, and to disgrace, as is the case today.

Israel is a luxuriant vine whose fruit matches its growth. The more abundant his fruit, the more altars he built; The more productive his land, the more sacred pillars he set up.

It too will be carried to Assyria, as an offering to the great king. Ephraim will be put to shame, Israel will be shamed by his schemes.

Shall I deliver them from the power of Sheol? shall I redeem them from death? Where are your plagues, O death! where is your sting, Sheol! Compassion is hidden from my eyes.

When I fed them, they were satisfied; when satisfied, they became proud, therefore they forgot me.

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

Hear this, priests, Pay attention, house of Israel, Household of the king, give ear! For you are responsible for judgment. But you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread upon Tabor,

Like brigands lying in wait is the band of priests. They murder on the road to Shechem, indeed they commit a monstrous crime.

Ephraim is like a bird: their glory flies away— no birth, no pregnancy, no conception.

You are filled with shame instead of glory; drink, you too, and stagger! The cup from the Lord’s right hand shall come around to you, and utter shame shall cover your glory.

I, therefore, have made you contemptible and base before all the people, For you do not keep my ways, but show partiality in your instruction.

So Jacob ate and was satisfied, Jeshurun grew fat and kicked; you became fat and gross and gorged. They forsook the God who made them and scorned the Rock of their salvation.

Their end is destruction. Their God is their stomach; their glory is in their “shame.” Their minds are occupied with earthly things.

This, therefore, is the oracle of the Lord, the God of Israel: I said in the past that your family and your father’s house should minister in my presence forever. But now—oracle of the Lord: Far be it from me! I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me shall be cursed.




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