Hosea 4

1 Hear the word of the LORD, you children of Israel; for the LORD has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: "Indeed 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 There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.

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

3 Therefore the land mourns, and all those who dwell in it will waste away, along with the animals of the field and the crawling creatures of the earth and the birds of the sky, and even the fish of the sea will 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 bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; For your people are like those who bring charges against a 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 You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your 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. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God's law, I will also forget your 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. They have exchanged their glory into shame.

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

8 They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.

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

9 It will be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.

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 They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned giving to the LORD.

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 Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.

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

12 My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to 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 on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks and poplars and shady terebinths, because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, and your brides 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 prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will 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 you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet do not let Judah offend; and do not come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, 'As the LORD lives.'

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 has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will the LORD feed them like a lamb in a meadow.

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

17 Ephraim, joined to idols, has placed stumbling blocks against himself.

[is] joined of Idols Ephraim leave alone him.

18 Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.

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

19 The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be disappointed because of their sacrifices.

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