Hosea 4:19 - Prayer Tents

God Accuses Israel

4Hear the word of the LORD, O people of Israel; for the LORD has an indictment against the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or loyalty, and no knowledge of God in the land.H8085H1697H3068H1121H3478H3068H7379H3427H776H571H2617H1847H430H776 2Swearing, lying, and murder, and stealing and adultery break out; bloodshed follows bloodshed.H422H3584H7523H1589H5003H6555H1818H5060H1818 3Therefore the land mourns, and all who live in it languish; together with the wild animals and the birds of the air, even the fish of the sea are perishing.H776H56H3427H535H2416H7704H5775H8064H1709H3220H622 4Yet let no one contend, and let none accuse, for with you is my contention, O priest.H376H7378H3198H376H5971H7378H3548 5You shall stumble by day; the prophet also shall stumble with you by night, and I will destroy your mother.H3782H3117H5030H3782H3915H1820H517 6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.H5971H1820H1847H3988H1847H3988H3547H7911H8451H430H7911H1121 7The more they increased, the more they sinned against me; they changed their glory into shame.H7230H2398H4171H3519H7036 8They feed on the sin of my people; they are greedy for their iniquity.H398H2403H5971H5375H5315H5771 9And it shall be like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways, and repay them for their deeds.H5971H3548H6485H1870H7725H4611 10They shall eat, but not be satisfied; they shall play the whore, but not multiply; because they have forsaken the LORD to devote themselves toH398H7646H2181H6555H5800H8104H3068

The Idolatry of Israel

11whoredom. Wine and new wine take away the understanding.H2184H3196H8492H3947H3820 12My people consult a piece of wood, and their divining rod gives them oracles. For a spirit of whoredom has led them astray, and they have played the whore, forsaking their God.H5971H7592H6086H4731H5046H7307H2183H8582H2181H430 13They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and make offerings upon the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the whore, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.H2076H7218H2022H6999H1389H437H3839H424H6738H2896H1323H2181H3618H5003 14I will not punish your daughters when they play the whore, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go aside with whores, and sacrifice with temple prostitutes; thus a people without understanding comes to ruin.H6485H1323H2181H3618H5003H6504H2181H2076H6948H5971H995H3832 15Though you play the whore, O Israel, do not let Judah become guilty. Do not enter into Gilgal, or go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear, "As the LORD lives."H3478H2181H3063H816H935H1537H5927H1007H7650H3068H2416 16Like a stubborn heifer, Israel is stubborn; can the LORD now feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture?H3478H5637H5637H6510H3068H7462H3532H4800 17Ephraim is joined to idols—let him alone.H669H2266H6091H3240 18When their drinking is ended, they indulge in sexual orgies; they love lewdness more than their glory.H5435H5493H2181H2181H4043H7036H157H3051 19A wind has wrapped them in its wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their altars.H7307H6887H3671H954H2077