Hosea 5:4 - Easy To Read Version The people of Israel have done many bad things. And those bad things keep them from coming back to their God. They are always thinking of ways to chase after other gods. They don’t know the Lord. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Their doings will not permit them to return to their God, for the spirit of harlotry is within them and they know not the Lord [they do not recognize, appreciate, give heed to, or cherish the Lord]. American Standard Version (1901) Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah. Common English Bible Their deeds don’t allow them to return to their God, because the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they don’t know the LORD. Catholic Public Domain Version They will not set their thoughts to return to their God, for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They will not set their thoughts to return to their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord. |
If the people teach their God’s commands\par to their children,\par then the children will not be like\par their ancestors. {\cf2\super [444]} \par Their ancestors turned against God.\par They refused to obey him.\par Those people were stubborn.\par They were not loyal to God’s Spirit.\par
People who know your name\par should trust you.\par Lord, if people come to you,\par you will not leave them without help.\par
I will make them want to know me. They will know that I am the Lord. They will be my people, and I will be their God. I will do this because those prisoners in Babylon will turn to me with their whole hearts.
Sword, strike the waters of Babylon.\par Those waters will be dried up.\par Babylon has many, many idols.\par Those idols show\par that the people of Babylon are foolish.\par So bad things will happen to those people.\par
But if someone wants to brag,\par then let him brag about these things:\par Let him brag that he learned to know me.\par Let him brag that he understands\par that I am the Lord\par that I am kind and fair and\par that I do good things on earth.\par I love those things.”\par This message is from the Lord.\par
One bad thing followed another.\par And lies followed lies.\par The people refused to know me.”\par The Lord said those things.\par
\{His punishment\} will be like the pain a woman feels giving birth.\par He will not be a wise son.\par The time will come for his birth,\par and he will not survive.\par
People of Israel, listen to the Lord’s message! The Lord will tell his argument against the people that live in this country. “People in this country don’t really know God. The people are not true and loyal to God.
“Sexual sins, strong drink, and new wine will ruin a person’s ability to think straight.
My people are asking pieces of wood for advice. They think those sticks will answer them. Why? Because they have chased after those false gods like prostitutes. {\cf2\super [38]} They left their God and became like prostitutes.
“I can’t blame {\cf2\super [41]} your daughters for being prostitutes, {\cf2\super [42]} or your daughters-in-law for doing sexual sins. The men go and sleep with prostitutes. They go and offer sacrifices with the temple prostitutes. {\cf2\super [43]} So, those foolish people are destroying themselves.
“My people are destroyed because they have no knowledge. You have refused to learn. So I will refuse to let you be a priest for me. You have forgotten the law of your God, so I will forget your children.
So Ephraim has become like a silly dove without understanding.\par The people called to Egypt for help.\par The people went to Assyria for help.\par
Ephraim {\cf2\super [80]} built more and more altars, {\cf2\super [81]} \par and that was a sin.\par They have been altars of sin for Ephraim.\par
People will do these things because they have not known the Father, and they have not known me.
But you don’t really know him. I know him. If I said I did not know him, then I would be a liar like you are liars. But I do know him. And I obey what he says.