Hosea 4:19 - Prayer Tents

4Hear the word of the LORD, you Israelites, because the LORD has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: "There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land.H8085H1697H3068H1121H3478H3068H7379H3427H776H571H2617H1847H430H776 2There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.H422H3584H7523H1589H5003H6555H1818H5060H1818 3Because of this the land dries up, and all who live in it waste away; the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea are swept away.H776H56H3427H535H2416H7704H5775H8064H1709H3220H622 4"But let no one bring a charge, let no one accuse another, for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.H376H7378H3198H376H5971H7378H3548 5You stumble day and night, and the prophets stumble with you. So I will destroy your mother—H3782H3117H5030H3782H3915H1820H517 6my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. "Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.H5971H1820H1847H3988H1847H3988H3547H7911H8451H430H7911H1121 7The more the priests increased, the more they sinned against me; they exchanged their glorious God for something disgraceful.H7230H2398H4171H3519H7036 8They feed on the sins of my people and relish their wickedness.H398H2403H5971H5375H5315H5771 9And it will be: Like people, like priests. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.H5971H3548H6485H1870H7725H4611 10"They will eat but not have enough; they will engage in prostitution but not increase, because they have deserted the LORD to give themselvesH398H7646H2181H6555H5800H8104H3068 11to prostitution; old wine and new wine take away their understanding.H2184H3196H8492H3947H3820 12My people consult a wooden idol and are answered by a stick of wood. A spirit of prostitution leads them astray; they are unfaithful to their God.H5971H7592H6086H4731H5046H7307H2183H8582H2181H430 13They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar and terebinth, where the shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.H2076H7218H2022H6999H1389H437H3839H424H6738H2896H1323H2181H3618H5003 14"I will not punish your daughters when they turn to prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, because the men themselves consort with harlots and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes—a people without understanding will come to ruin!H6485H1323H2181H3618H5003H6504H2181H2076H6948H5971H995H3832 15"Though you, Israel, commit adultery, do not let Judah become guilty. "Do not go to Gilgal; do not go up to Beth Aven. And do not swear, 'As surely as the LORD lives!'H3478H2181H3063H816H935H1537H5927H1007H7650H3068H2416 16The Israelites are stubborn, like a stubborn heifer. How then can the LORD pasture them like lambs in a meadow?H3478H5637H5637H6510H3068H7462H3532H4800 17Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone!H669H2266H6091H3240 18Even when their drinks are gone, they continue their prostitution; their rulers dearly love shameful ways.H5435H5493H2181H2181H4043H7036H157H3051 19A whirlwind will sweep them away, and their sacrifices will bring them shame.H7307H6887H3671H954H2077