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Hosea 4:18

Tree of Life Version

Their liquor has come to an end. They surely have practiced prostitution. Her rulers have deeply loved disgrace.

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About three months later, Judah was told, “Your daughter-in-law Tamar has been a prostitute—look, she’s even pregnant by prostitution.” “Bring her out!” Judah said, “and let her be burned.”

God reigns over the nations. God sits upon His holy throne.

Take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight, and perverts the words of the righteous.

Yet I had planted you as a choice vine from completely faithful seed. How then did you become to Me a wandering wild vine?

“But you trusted in your beauty and used your fame to become a harlot. You poured out your enticements on everyone who passed by—they were his.

They have eaten but will not be satisfied. They have fornicated but will not increase. For they stopped giving heed to Adonai.

Curse, deceive, murder, steal, commit adultery! They practice violence, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

“Like grapes in the wilderness I found Israel. Like early fruit on a fig tree in its first season I saw your fathers. They came to Baal-peor and devoted themselves to shame. So they became as detestable as the thing they loved.

For I know your crimes are many and your sins countless— afflicting the righteous, taking bribes, and turning the needy aside at the gate.

Her leaders give judgment for a bribe. Her priests give direction for a price. Her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean on Adonai by saying: “Is not Adonai in our midst? No calamity will come upon us!”

Both hands are diligent at doing evil. The official and the judge ask for a bribe. The distinguished man utters a desire of his soul. Thus they weave it together.

You are not to twist justice—you must not show partiality or take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.

His sons, however, did not walk in his ways, but turned aside after dishonest gain—they took bribes and perverted justice.




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