and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn't make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
Hosea 5:4 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) Their deeds won't allow them to turn to their God; for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and 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. |
and might not be as their fathers, a stubborn and rebellious generation, a generation that didn't make their hearts loyal, whose spirit was not steadfast with God.
Those who know your name will put their trust in you, for you, LORD, have not forsaken those who seek you.
I will give them a heart to know me, that I am the LORD: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God; for they shall return to me with their whole heart.
A drought is on her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols.
but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am the LORD who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says the LORD.
Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says the LORD.
The sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son; for when it is time, he doesn't come to the opening of the womb.
Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Yisra'el; for the LORD has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: *Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God.
I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no Kohen to me. Because you have forgotten your God's law, I will also forget your children.
*Efrayim is like an easily deceived dove, without understanding. They call to Egypt. They go to Ashur.
Because Efrayim has multiplied altars for sinning, they became for him altars for sinning.
They will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.
You have not known him, but I know him. If I said, 'I don't know him,' I would be like you, a liar. But I know him, and keep his word.