Hosea 4

1 Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land; for there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

Hear [the] word of Yahweh O people of Israel for a case at law [belongs] to Yahweh with [the] inhabitants of the land for there not [is] faithfulness and there not [is] covenant loyalty and there not [is] knowledge of God in the land.

2 Swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, — they break out; and blood toucheth blood.

Cursing and deceiving and murdering and stealing and committing adultery people have broken out and blood blood they have touched.

3 For this shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowl of the heavens, yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.

There-fore - it will dry up the land and he will wither every [one who] dwells in it among [the] animal[s] of the field and among [the] bird[s] of the heavens and also [the] fish of the sea they will be removed.

4 Yet let no man strive, and let no man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

Nevertheless anyone may not he bring a case and may not he reprove anyone and people your [is] like [those who] contend a priest.

5 And thou shalt stumble by day; and the prophet also shall stumble with thee by night: and I will destroy thy mother.

And you will stumble the day and he will stumble also a prophet with you night and I will destroy mother your.

6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; for thou hast rejected knowledge, and I will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

They have been destroyed people my because not knowledge for you knowledge you have rejected and I will reject you from serving as a priest me and you have forgotten [the] law of God your I will forget children your also I.

7 As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.

As increased they so they sinned to me glory their for shame I will exchange.

8 They eat the sin of my people, and their soul longeth for their iniquity.

[the] sin of People my they eat and to iniquity their they lift up desire its.

9 And it shall be as the people so the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them, and recompense to them their doings;

And it will be as the people as the priest and I will visit on him ways his and deeds his I will repay to him.

10 and they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: for they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.

And they will eat and not they will be satisfied they will prostitute themselves and not they will increase for Yahweh they have forsaken to keep.

11 Fornication, and wine, and new wine take away the heart.

Prostitution and wine and new wine it takes away [the] heart.

12 My people ask counsel of their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredoms causeth [them] to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God:

People my by wood his he enquires and stick his it tells to him for a spirit of prostitution it has misled and they have prostituted themselves from under God their.

13 they sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oak and poplar and terebinth, because the shade thereof is good; therefore your daughters play the harlot and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.

On [the] tops of the mountains they sacrifice and on the hills they make smoke under oak and poplar and terebinth for [is] good shade its there-fore they prostitute themselves daughters your and brides your they commit adultery.

14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your daughters-in-law for their committing adultery; for they themselves go aside with harlots, and they sacrifice with prostitutes: and the people that doth not understand shall come to ruin.

Not I will visit [judgment] on daughters your if they prostitute themselves and on brides your if they commit adultery for they [masc] with the prostitutes they go apart and with the cult prostitutes they sacrifice and a people [which] not it understands it will be ruined.

15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, let not Judah trespass; and come ye not unto Gilgal, neither go up to Beth-aven, nor swear [As] Jehovah liveth!

Though [are] prostituting yourself you O Israel may not it become guilty Judah and may not you go Gilgal and may not you go up Beth Aven and may not you swear [by] [the] life of Yahweh.

16 For Israel is refractory as an untractable heifer; now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a wide [pasture].

For like a heifer stubborn it is stubborn Israel now he will pasture them Yahweh like a lamb in roomy place.

17 — Ephraim is joined to idols: leave him alone.

[is] joined of Idols Ephraim leave alone him.

18 Their drink is sour; they give themselves up to whoredom; her great men passionately love [their] shame.

It has come to an end drink their certainly they have prostituted themselves they have loved love shame shields its.

19 The wind hath wrapped her up in its wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

It has wrapped a wind it in wings its so they may be ashamed from sacrifices their.