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OET-RV HOS Chapter 4

OETHOS 4 ©

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4:1Yahweh’s case against Yisrael

4Listen to Yahweh’s message you Israelis,

because Yahweh has brought a lawsuit against the inhabitants of the land,

because there’s no faithfulness or loyal commitment—no knowledge of God in the land.

2There’s cursing, lying, murder, stealing and adultery.

They’ve broken all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

3Therefore the land mourns,

and everyone who lives in it is wasting away,

along with the animals in the countryside and the birds in the sky.

Even the fish in the sea will disappear.

4:4Yahweh’s warning to priests

4Despite that, don’t let anyone bring a lawsuit,

and don’t let them accuse.

Your people are like those who would accuse a priest.

5You’ll stumble during the day.

The prophets will also stumble with you at night,

and I’ll destroy Israel your mother.

6My people are destroyed because of the lack of knowledge

because you have rejected knowledge and I’ll reject you from being a priest to me.

Because you’ve forgotten your God’s instructions,

I’ll also forget your children.


7The more the priests multiplied, the more they sinned against me.

I will change their high status into shame.

8They feed on the sin of my people.

They are greedy for their wickedness.

9It will be like people, like priests.

I will punish them for their ways

and I will repay them for their actions.

10They’ll eat but never be full.

They’ll sleep around but not prosper,

because they’ve abandoned Yahweh as their protector.

4:11Yahweh’s curse on those worshipping false gods

11Drinking and sleeping around destroy the heart.

12My people consult their wooden idols,

and their divining rods inform them.

because a spirit of unfaithfulness has led them astray,

and they’ve played the loose woman, departing from their God.

13They sacrifice on the mountaintops

and burn incense on the hills,

under oaks, poplars and terebinths,

because the shade is good.


Therefore your daughters prostitute themselves,

and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.

14I won’t punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves,

nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery,

because the men themselves go off with loose women,

and they offer sacrifices with cult prostitutes,

so the people without understanding will be ruined.


15Though you, prostitute yourself, Yisrael,

don’t involve Yehudah in what you’re doing.

Don’t go to Gilgal or to Beth Aven,

and don’t make an oath, saying, “As Yahweh lives.”

16Yisrael is stubborn, like a stubborn heifer.

Can Yahweh now feed them like lambs in a large paddock?

17Efraim/Yisrael is joined to idols.

Leave them alone.

18Even when their drinking is over,

they prostitute themselves continually.

Her rulers dearly love their shame.

19The wind will wrap them up in its wings,

and they’ll be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

OETHOS 4 ©

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