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Hosea 4:1

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Hear the word of the Lord, O people of Israel! The Lord has brought charges against you, saying: “There is no faithfulness, no kindness, no knowledge of God in your land.

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Then Micaiah continued, “Listen to what the Lord says! I saw the Lord sitting on his throne with all the armies of heaven around him, on his right and on his left.

You must never have a foreign god; you must not bow down before a false god.

Listen to the Lord, you leaders of “Sodom.” Listen to the law of our God, people of “Gomorrah.”

“Come now, let’s settle this,” says the Lord. “Though your sins are like scarlet, I will make them as white as snow. Though they are red like crimson, I will make them as white as wool.

Therefore, listen to this message from the Lord, you scoffing rulers in Jerusalem.

Come here and listen, O nations of the earth. Let the world and everything in it hear my words.

For it is the day of the Lord’s revenge, the year when Edom will be paid back for all it did to Israel.

Now, you people of Jerusalem and Judah, you judge between me and my vineyard.

No one cares about being fair and honest. The people’s lawsuits are based on lies. They conceive evil deeds and then give birth to sin.

They don’t know where to find peace or what it means to be just and good. They have mapped out crooked roads, and no one who follows them knows a moment’s peace.

Hear this message from the Lord, all you who tremble at his words: “Your own people hate you and throw you out for being loyal to my name. ‘Let the Lord be honored!’ they scoff. ‘Be joyful in him!’ But they will be put to shame.

For I solemnly warned your ancestors when I brought them out of Egypt, “Obey me!” I have repeated this warning over and over to this day,

Say to them, ‘Listen to this message from the Lord, you kings of Judah and citizens of Jerusalem! This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: I will bring a terrible disaster on this place, and the ears of those who hear about it will ring!

Listen to the word of the Lord, people of Jacob—all you families of Israel!

Therefore, I will bring my case against you,” says the Lord. “I will even bring charges against your children’s children in the years to come.

His cry of judgment will reach the ends of the earth, for the Lord will bring his case against all the nations. He will judge all the people of the earth, slaughtering the wicked with the sword. I, the Lord, have spoken!’”

“‘But listen to this promise from the Lord, O Zedekiah, king of Judah. This is what the Lord says: You will not be killed in war

“My people are foolish and do not know me,” says the Lord. “They are stupid children who have no understanding. They are clever enough at doing wrong, but they have no idea how to do right!”

The earth will mourn and the heavens will be draped in black because of my decree against my people. I have made up my mind and will not change it.”

Then I said, “But what can we expect from the poor? They are ignorant. They don’t know the ways of the Lord. They don’t understand God’s laws.

For the Lord of Heaven’s Armies has not abandoned Israel and Judah. He is still their God, even though their land was filled with sin against the Holy One of Israel.”

“From the least to the greatest, their lives are ruled by greed. From prophets to priests, they are all frauds.

Say to them, ‘This is the nation whose people will not obey the Lord their God and who refuse to be taught. Truth has vanished from among them; it is no longer heard on their lips.

Listen, you women, to the words of the Lord; open your ears to what he has to say. Teach your daughters to wail; teach one another how to lament.

“My people bend their tongues like bows to shoot out lies. They refuse to stand up for the truth. They only go from bad to worse. They do not know me,” says the Lord.

Therefore, this is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies says: “See, I will melt them down in a crucible and test them like metal. What else can I do with my people?

“Therefore, you prostitute, listen to this message from the Lord!

Now the Lord is bringing charges against Judah. He is about to punish Jacob for all his deceitful ways, and pay him back for all he has done.

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

“Hear this, you priests. Pay attention, you leaders of Israel. Listen, you members of the royal family. Judgment has been handed down against you. For you have led the people into a snare by worshiping the idols at Mizpah and Tabor.

Your deeds won’t let you return to your God. You are a prostitute through and through, and you do not know the Lord.

Hear this, you leaders of the people. Listen, all who live in the land. In all your history, has anything like this happened before?

Listen to this message that the Lord has spoken against you, O people of Israel—against the entire family I rescued from Egypt:

Now then, listen to this message from the Lord: “You say, ‘Don’t prophesy against Israel. Stop preaching against my people.’

And now, O mountains, listen to the Lord’s complaint! He has a case against his people. He will bring charges against Israel.

but you don’t even know him. I know him. If I said otherwise, I would be as great a liar as you! But I do know him and obey him.

Since they thought it foolish to acknowledge God, he abandoned them to their foolish thinking and let them do things that should never be done.

Think carefully about what is right, and stop sinning. For to your shame I say that some of you don’t know God at all.

“Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches. Whoever is victorious will not be harmed by the second death.

“Anyone with ears to hear must listen to the Spirit and understand what he is saying to the churches.




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