Hosea 4:2
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“By swearing and lying, and killing and stealing and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
There is [false] swearing of oaths, deception (broken faith), murder, stealing, and adultery; They employ violence, so that one [act of] bloodshed follows closely on another.
There is nothing but [false] swearing and breaking faith and killing and stealing and committing adultery; they break out [into violence], one [deed of] bloodshed following close on another.
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
Swearing, lying, murder, together with stealing and adultery are common; bloody crime followed by bloody crime.
only swearing and lying, killing and stealing and committing adultery! They break all bounds, with one blood crime following another.
Cursing, dishonesty, murder, robbery, unfaithfulness— these happen all the time. Violence is everywhere.
Swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery,—they break out; and blood toucheth blood.
Cursing, and lying, and killing, and theft, and adultery have overflowed, and blood hath touched blood.
They are always cursing, lying, killing, stealing, and committing adultery. They murder one person after another.
They curse people, they tell lies, they murder people, they rob people. They are guilty of adultery. They continue to kill more and more people.
There is cursing, lying, murder, theft, and adultery. They break out in violence, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
[L There is only] Cursing, lying, ·killing [murder], stealing and adultery are everywhere. ·One murder follows another [L They break out and blood touches blood].
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and whoring, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
There is cursing, lying, murdering, stealing, and adultery. People break ⌞my laws⌟, and there is one murder after another.
They make promises and break them; they lie, murder, steal, and commit adultery. Crimes increase, and there is one murder after another.
Cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
They curse. They lie. They kill. They steal. They are guilty of adultery. They break all my laws. One murder follows another.
Swearing, lying, murder, theft, and adultery are rampant, and blood mingles with blood.
By swearing and lying and murdering and stealing and committing adultery, they prevailed, and blood touches blood.
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
There is swearing of oaths, deception, murder, stealing, and adultery. They break forth in violence so that bloodshed follows bloodshed.
Swearing and lying, murdering and stealing, and adultery break out, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
You swear and lie and kill and steal and commit adultery. There is violence everywhere, with one murder after another.
Attention all Israelites! God’s Message! God indicts the whole population: “No one is faithful. No one loves. No one knows the first thing about God. All this cussing and lying and killing, theft and loose sex, sheer anarchy, one murder after another! And because of all this, the very land itself weeps and everything in it is grief-stricken— animals in the fields and birds on the wing, even the fish in the sea are listless, lifeless. * * *
Swearing, lying, and killing, and stealing and adultery break out, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
There is cursing, lying, murdering, stealing, and adultery. People break my laws, and there is one murder after another.
Swearing, lying, murder, stealing and adultery break out; bloodshed follows bloodshed.
There is oath-taking, denial, murder, stealing, and adultery. They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed.
There is swearing, deception, murder, stealing and adultery. They employ violence, so that bloodshed follows bloodshed.
Instead, people swear oaths and break them; they lie, murder, steal, and commit adultery, with never-ceasing bloodshed.
Cursing, lying, killing, stealing and adultery are everywhere. One murder follows another.
There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed.
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.
There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
By swearing and lying, Killing and stealing and committing adultery, They break all restraint, With bloodshed upon bloodshed.
There is swearing, lying, killing, stealing, and sex sins. They are always hurting others, and there is one killing after another.
You make vows and break them; you kill and steal and commit adultery. There is violence everywhere— one murder after another.
Swearing, lying, and murder, and stealing and adultery break out; bloodshed follows bloodshed.
Swearing, lying, and murder, and stealing and adultery break out; bloodshed follows bloodshed.
Swearing, lying, and murder, and stealing and adultery break out; bloodshed follows bloodshed.
Swearing, lying, and murder, and stealing and adultery break out; bloodshed follows bloodshed.
By aloh (false swearing, perjury), and kachash (lying), and ratzo’ach (murder), and ganov (stealing), and na’of (committing adultery) they break away, and damim b’damim they follow (bloodshed follows bloodshed).
there is swearing, lying, killing, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds and murder follows murder.
there is swearing, lying, killing, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds and murder follows murder.
Curse, deceive, murder, steal, commit adultery! They practice violence, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.
There is only cursing and lying and killing and stealing and adultery— so that one act of bloodshed follows right after another.
There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
Curse, and leasing, and man-quelling, and theft, and adultery flowed, and blood touched blood. (Curses, and lies, and man-killing, or murder, and theft, and adultery flowed, and blood touched blood.)
Swearing, and lying, and murdering, And stealing, and committing adultery -- have increased, And blood against blood hath touched.
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