Hosea 4:19 - Prayer Tents

God Accuses Israel

4"Hear the word of the Lord, people of Israel. Indeed, the Lord brings a charge against the people who live in the land?for there is no truth and no gracious love or knowledge of God in the land.H8085H1697H3068H1121H3478H3068H7379H3427H776H571H2617H1847H430H776 2Swearing, lying, murder, theft, and adultery are rampant, and blood mingles with blood.H422H3584H7523H1589H5003H6555H1818H5060H1818 3Therefore the land will mourn, and all who live there will languish, along with the wild animals of the field and the birds of the air. Even the fish in the sea will disappear.H776H56H3427H535H2416H7704H5775H8064H1709H3220H622 4"Let no one fight or bring charges against another, for my dispute is with you, priest.H376H7378H3198H376H5971H7378H3548 5So you will stumble during the day, the prophet also will stumble with you at night, and I will destroy your mother.H3782H3117H5030H3782H3915H1820H517 6My people are destroyed because they lack knowledge of me. Because you rejected that knowledge, I will reject you as a priest for me. Since you forget the law of your God, I will also forget your children.H5971H1820H1847H3988H1847H3988H3547H7911H8451H430H7911H1121 7"The more they increased in number, the more they sinned against me, so I will change their glory into shame.H7230H2398H4171H3519H7036 8They feed on the sin of my people; they purpose in their heart to transgress.H398H2403H5971H5375H5315H5771 9So it will be: like people, like priest. I will punish them for their lifestyles, rewarding them according to their behavior.H5971H3548H6485H1870H7725H4611 10They will eat, but will not be satisfied. They will engage in prostitution, but they won't increase, because they have stopped listening to the Lord.H398H7646H2181H6555H5800H8104H3068 11"Sexual immorality, wine, and fresh wine seduce the heart of my people.H2184H3196H8492H3947H3820 12My people seek counsel from their piece of wood, and their diviner's rod speaks to them. For a spirit of prostitution causes them to go astray; in their immorality they desert their God.H5971H7592H6086H4731H5046H7307H2183H8582H2181H430 13They offer sacrifices on the mountain tops, burning offerings on the hills, under oaks, poplars, and terebinth trees, since their shade is very good. Therefore your daughters are prostitutes and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.H2076H7218H2022H6999H1389H437H3839H424H6738H2896H1323H2181H3618H5003 14However, I'm not going to punish your daughters when they commit prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, because their men are themselves immoral?they offer sacrifices with prostitutes. These people who aren't discerning will stumble.H6485H1323H2181H3618H5003H6504H2181H2076H6948H5971H995H3832 15"Even though you prostitute yourself, Israel?let not Judah incur guilt?don't go to Gilgal, or visit Beth-aven, or swear an oath using the Lord's name.H3478H2181H3063H816H935H1537H5927H1007H7650H3068H2416 16For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn mule! Nevertheless, will not the Lord feed them like a lamb in a broad pasture -H3478H5637H5637H6510H3068H7462H3532H4800 17Ephraim has become entwined with idols; leave him alone!H669H2266H6091H3240 18While drinking to excess, they prostitute themselves. They're in love with dishonor.H5435H5493H2181H2181H4043H7036H157H3051 19A wind storm will carry them away in its embrace, and their sacrifices will bring them shame."H7307H6887H3671H954H2077