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Hosea 4:2

SinWords and speech

1 Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!

Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.

3 Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.

4 But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
KJV
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
WEB
There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
ASV
There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
DARBY
Swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out; and blood toucheth blood.
BLB
Cursing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break all restraint, and bloodshed touches upon bloodshed.
ÅB
De sverger og lyver, myrder og stjeler og driver hor. De farer fram med vold, og mord følger på mord.
OTB
Det er forbannelse, svik, mord, tyveri og ekteskapsbrudd; de tyr til vold, og blod følger blod.
B1930
De sverger og lyver, myrder og stjeler og driver hor. De farer frem med vold, og mord følger på mord.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Hosea 6:9

    Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.

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  • Micah 7:2

    The godly man has perished from the earth; there is no one upright among men. They all lie in wait for blood; they hunt one another with a net.

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  • Jeremiah 6:7

    As a well gushes its water, so she pours out her evil. Violence and destruction resound in her; sickness and wounds are ever before Me.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:15

    who killed both the Lord Jesus and their own prophets, and drove us out as well. They are displeasing to God and hostile to all men,

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  • Jeremiah 7:6–10

    if you no longer oppress the foreigner and the fatherless and the widow, and if you no longer shed innocent blood in this place or follow other gods to your own harm,

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  • Jeremiah 5:7–9

    “Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken Me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I satisfied their needs, yet they committed adultery and assembled at the houses of prostitutes.

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  • Hosea 7:1

    When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.

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  • Jeremiah 5:26–27

    For among My people are wicked men; they watch like fowlers lying in wait; they set a trap to catch men.

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