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Hosea 4:2

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1 Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the 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

    And as troops of robbers wait for a man, so the company of priests murder in the way by consent: for they commit lewdness.

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  • Micah 7:2

    The good man is perished out of the earth: and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood; they hunt every man his brother with a net.

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  • Jeremiah 6:7

    As a fountain casteth out her waters, so she casteth out her wickedness: violence and spoil is heard in her; before me continually is grief and wounds.

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  • 1 Thessalonians 2:15

    Who both killed the Lord Jesus, and their own prophets, and have persecuted us; and they please not God, and are contrary to all men:

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  • Jeremiah 7:6–10

    If ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed not innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt:

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  • Jeremiah 5:7–9

    How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots’ houses.

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  • Hosea 7:1

    When I would have healed Israel, then the iniquity of Ephraim was discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria: for they commit falsehood; and the thief cometh in, and the troop of robbers spoileth without.

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  • Jeremiah 5:26–27

    For among my people are found wicked men: they lay wait, as he that setteth snares; they set a trap, they catch men.

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