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Hosea Chapter 4

Hosea
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Hosea

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The chapter opens with a divine summons to the Israelites to pursue peace and love the Lord above all. It urges them not to fear the consequences of their sin and to remain obedient to God’s commandments.

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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.
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I Kings 22:19Isaiah 1:10Isaiah 28:14Isaiah 34:1Isaiah 66:5Jeremiah 2:4Jeremiah 7:2Jeremiah 9:20Jeremiah 19:3Jeremiah 34:4Amos 7:16Revelation 2:11

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Joshua 17:11Judges 1:27Judges 1:33Proverbs 20:28James 2:13

(2) By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
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Isaiah 24:5Isaiah 48:1Isaiah 59:2Isaiah 59:3Isaiah 59:4Isaiah 59:5Isaiah 59:6Isaiah 59:7Isaiah 59:8Isaiah 59:12Isaiah 59:13Isaiah 59:14

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Jeremiah 51:22Jeremiah 51:23

(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.
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Isaiah 24:4Isaiah 24:5Isaiah 24:6Isaiah 24:7Isaiah 24:8Isaiah 24:9Isaiah 24:10Isaiah 24:11Isaiah 24:12Jeremiah 4:27Joel 1:10Joel 1:11

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Genesis 23:17Jeremiah 12:4Ezekiel 38:20Isaiah 18:6Exodus 9:25Exodus 22:5

(4) Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
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Hosea 4:17Amos 5:13Amos 6:10Matthew 7:3Matthew 7:4Matthew 7:5Matthew 7:6Deuteronomy 17:12Jeremiah 18:18

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II Timothy 2:5

(5) Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
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Hosea 9:7Hosea 9:8Isaiah 9:13Isaiah 9:14Isaiah 9:15Isaiah 9:16Isaiah 9:17Jeremiah 6:4Jeremiah 6:5Jeremiah 6:12Jeremiah 6:13Jeremiah 6:14

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II Samuel 14:11II Samuel 24:14I Chronicles 21:13Esther 6:13Isaiah 31:3Jeremiah 6:15

(6) My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
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Hosea 4:12Isaiah 1:3Isaiah 3:12Isaiah 5:13Jeremiah 4:22Jeremiah 8:7Hosea 4:1Hosea 6:6II Chronicles 15:3Job 36:12Proverbs 19:2Isaiah 27:11

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Proverbs 18:15I Corinthians 8:1Ruth 2:10Job 21:22Isaiah 49:15

(7) As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
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Hosea 4:10Hosea 5:1Hosea 6:9Hosea 13:6Hosea 13:14Ezra 9:7I Samuel 2:30Jeremiah 2:26Jeremiah 2:27Malachi 2:9Philippians 3:19

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Leviticus 27:33

(8) They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
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Leviticus 6:26Leviticus 7:6Leviticus 7:7I Samuel 2:29Psalms 24:4Psalms 25:1Isaiah 56:11Ezekiel 14:3Ezekiel 14:7Micah 3:11Malachi 1:10Romans 16:18

(9) And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
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Isaiah 9:14Isaiah 9:15Isaiah 9:16Isaiah 24:2Jeremiah 5:31Jeremiah 8:10Jeremiah 8:11Jeremiah 8:12Jeremiah 23:11Jeremiah 23:12Ezekiel 22:26Ezekiel 22:27

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Jeremiah 32:19Hosea 12:2

(10) For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
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Leviticus 26:26Proverbs 13:25Isaiah 65:13Isaiah 65:14Isaiah 65:15Isaiah 65:16Micah 6:14Haggai 1:6Malachi 2:1Malachi 2:2Malachi 2:3Hosea 4:14

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Hosea 4:13Hosea 4:14Romans 2:22

(12) My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
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Jeremiah 2:27Jeremiah 10:8Ezekiel 21:21Habakkuk 2:19Hosea 5:4Isaiah 44:18Isaiah 44:19Isaiah 44:20Micah 2:11II Thessalonians 2:9II Thessalonians 2:10II Thessalonians 2:11

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II Samuel 17:14

(13) They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
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Isaiah 1:29Isaiah 57:5Isaiah 57:7Jeremiah 3:6Jeremiah 3:13Ezekiel 6:13Ezekiel 16:16Ezekiel 16:25Ezekiel 20:28Ezekiel 20:29II Samuel 12:10II Samuel 12:11

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Hosea 4:14Romans 2:22James 2:11Jeremiah 7:9Numbers 25:1Ezekiel 39:17

(14) I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
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Hosea 4:17Isaiah 1:5Hebrews 12:8I Corinthians 6:16I Kings 14:23I Kings 14:24I Kings 15:12II Kings 23:7Hosea 4:1Hosea 4:5Hosea 4:6Hosea 14:9

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Hosea 4:13Romans 2:22James 2:11Matthew 19:9Jeremiah 23:14Numbers 25:1

(15) Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
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Hosea 4:12Jeremiah 3:6Jeremiah 3:7Jeremiah 3:8Jeremiah 3:9Jeremiah 3:10Ezekiel 23:4Ezekiel 23:5Ezekiel 23:6Ezekiel 23:7Ezekiel 23:8Hosea 11:12

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Jeremiah 5:2Jeremiah 12:16Amos 8:14Jeremiah 4:30I Corinthians 7:30II Corinthians 7:8

(16) For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
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Hosea 11:7I Samuel 15:11Jeremiah 3:6Jeremiah 3:8Jeremiah 3:11Jeremiah 5:6Jeremiah 7:24Jeremiah 8:5Jeremiah 14:7Zechariah 7:11Leviticus 26:33Isaiah 7:21

(17) Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
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Hosea 11:2Hosea 12:1Hosea 13:2Hosea 4:4Psalms 81:12Matthew 15:14Revelation 22:11

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Judges 12:4Isaiah 11:13

(18) Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
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Deuteronomy 32:32Deuteronomy 32:33Isaiah 1:21Isaiah 1:22Jeremiah 2:21Hosea 4:2Hosea 4:10II Kings 17:7II Kings 17:8II Kings 17:9II Kings 17:10II Kings 17:11

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Luke 6:32Exodus 18:21Exodus 18:25Hosea 3:1I John 2:15I John 4:16

(19) The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
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Jeremiah 4:11Jeremiah 4:12Jeremiah 51:1Zechariah 5:9Zechariah 5:10Zechariah 5:11Hosea 10:6Isaiah 1:29Isaiah 42:17Jeremiah 2:26Jeremiah 2:27Jeremiah 2:36

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Zechariah 5:9I Kings 19:11

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