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The Charge Against Israel
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Hear the word of the LORD, you Israelites, because the LORD has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: "There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land. SCode Isa 3:13~14 Jer 5:4 Jer 4:22 Jer 25:31 Hos 5:1 Hos 4:6 Hos 4:14 Mic 6:2
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There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. SCode Hos 7:1 Hos 6:9 Hos 12:14 Mic 7:2 Mic 3:10
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Because of this the land dries up, and all who live in it waste away; the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea are swept away. SCode Isa 24:4 Jer 4:28 Ezk 38:20 Jol 1:10 Jol 1:18 Zeph 1:3
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"But let no one bring a charge, let no one accuse another, for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest. SCode Deu 17:12 Hos 4:17
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You stumble day and night, and the prophets stumble with you. So I will destroy your mother - SCode Hos 2:2
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my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. "Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children. SCode Exo 19:6 Pro 1:29 Isa 5:13 Jer 23:39 Hos 4:1
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The more priests there were, the more they sinned against me; they exchanged their glorious God for something disgraceful. SCode 1Sam 2:30 Hos 13:6 Mal 2:9
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They feed on the sins of my people and relish their wickedness. SCode Lev 10:17 Lev 6:25~26
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And it will be: Like people, like priests. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds. SCode Isa 24:2
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"They will eat but not have enough; they will engage in prostitution but not flourish, because they have deserted the LORD to give themselves SCode Lev 26:26 Mic 6:14 Hag 1:6
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to prostitution; old wine and new wine take away their understanding. SCode 1Ki 11:4 Pro 20:1
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My people consult a wooden idol, and a diviner’s rod speaks to them. A spirit of prostitution leads them astray; they are unfaithful to their God. SCode Jdg 18:5 Hos 2:2
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They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar and terebinth, where the shade is pleasant. Therefore your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. SCode Isa 1:29 Ezk 6:13
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"I will not punish your daughters when they turn to prostitution, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery, because the men themselves consort with harlots and sacrifice with shrine prostitutes - a people without understanding will come to ruin! SCode Deu 23:17 Hos 4:1 Hos 4:6 Hos 9:10
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"Though you, Israel, commit adultery, do not let Judah become guilty. "Do not go to Gilgal; do not go up to Beth Aven. And do not swear, ’As surely as the LORD lives!’ SCode 1Ki 12:29 Hos 6:4 Hos 10:5 Hos 5:8 Hos 10:8 Hos 12:11 Hos 9:15 Amo 4:4~5 Amo 1:5 Amo 5:5
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The Israelites are stubborn, like a stubborn heifer. How then can the LORD pasture them like lambs in a meadow?
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Ephraim is joined to idols; leave him alone! SCode Hos 5:3~4 Hos 4:12 Mt 15:14
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Even when their drinks are gone, they continue their prostitution; their rulers dearly love shameful ways. SCode Hos 9:10
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A whirlwind will sweep them away, and their sacrifices will bring them shame. SCode Isa 1:29 Jer 51:1 Jer 4:11 Hos 13:15 Zech 5:9
NIV Footnotes
  1. 4:2 That is, to pronounce a curse on
  2. 4:7 Syriac (see also an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition); Masoretic Text me; / I will exchange their glory
  3. 4:15 Beth Aven means house of wickedness (a derogatory name for Bethel, which means house of God).
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