Hosea 4:1-3

New International Reader's Version

4 People of Israel, listen to the Lord’s message.
    He is bringing charges
    against you who live in Israel.
He says, “There is no faithfulness
    or love in the land.
    No one recognizes me as God.
² People curse one another.
    They tell lies and commit murder.
    They steal and commit adultery.
They break all my laws.
    They keep spilling the blood of other people.
³ That is why the land is drying up.
    All those who live in it
    are getting weaker and weaker.
The wild animals and the birds in the sky are dying.
    So are the fish in the ocean.