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Hosea 4:1-3
International Children’s Bible
Hosea 4:1-3
International Children’s Bible
The Lord’s Word Against Israel
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.
Hosea 4:1-3
New International Version
Hosea 4:1-3
New International Version
The Charge Against Israel
4 Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites,
because the Lord has a charge(A) to bring
against you who live in the land:(B)
“There is no faithfulness,(C) no love,
no acknowledgment(D) of God in the land.(E)
2 There is only cursing,[a] lying(F) and murder,(G)
stealing(H) and adultery;(I)
they break all bounds,
and bloodshed follows bloodshed.(J)
3 Because of this the land dries up,(K)
and all who live in it waste away;(L)
the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
and the fish in the sea are swept away.(M)
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:2 That is, to pronounce a curse on
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