Hosea 4:1-3

International Children’s Bible

4 People of Israel, listen to the Lord’s message.
    The Lord says he has this
    against you who live in this country:
“The people are not true, not loyal to God.
    They do not even know him.
² They curse. They lie. They kill. They steal.
    They are guilty of adultery.
They break all my laws.
    One murder follows another.
³ Because of this the land dries up,
    and all its people are dying off.
Even the wild animals are dying.
    Even the birds of the air and the fish of the sea are dying.