Hosea 3

1 And Jehovah said unto me, Go again, love a woman beloved of her friend, and an adulteress, even as Jehovah loveth the children of Israel, though they turn unto other gods, and love cakes of raisins.2 So I bought her to me for fifteen pieces of silver, and a homer of barley, and a half-homer of barley;3 and I said unto her, Thou shalt abide for me many days; thou shalt not play the harlot, and thou shalt not be any man’s wife: so will I also be toward thee.4 For the children of Israel shall abide many days without king, and without prince, and without sacrifice, and without pillar, and without ephod or teraphim:5 afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek Jehovah their God, and David their king, and shall come with fear unto Jehovah and to his goodness in the latter days.

Hosea 4

1 Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.2 There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.4 Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.5 And thou shalt stumble in the day, and the prophet also shall stumble with thee in the night; and I will destroy thy mother.6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also 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.7 As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.8 They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.9 And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.10 And they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall play the harlot, and shall not increase; because they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the understanding.12 My people ask counsel at their stock, and their staff declareth unto them; for the spirit of whoredom hath caused them to err, and they have played the harlot, departing from under their God.13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters play the harlot, and your brides commit adultery.14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot, nor your brides when they commit adultery; for the men themselves go apart with harlots, and they sacrifice with the prostitutes; and the people that doth not understand shall be overthrown.15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, As Jehovah liveth.16 For Israel hath behaved himself stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer: now will Jehovah feed them as a lamb in a large place.17 Ephraim is joined to idols; let him alone.18 Their drink is become sour; they play the harlot continually; her rulers dearly love shame.19 The wind hath wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be put to shame because of their sacrifices.

Hosea 5

1 Hear this, O ye priests, and hearken, O house of Israel, and give ear, O house of the king; for unto you pertaineth the judgment; for ye have been a snare at Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.2 And the revolters are gone deep in making slaughter; but I am a rebuker of them all.3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me; for now, O Ephraim, thou hast played the harlot, Israel is defiled.4 Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah.5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore Israel and Ephraim shall stumble in their iniquity; Judah also shall stumble with them.6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek Jehovah; but they shall not find him: he hath withdrawn himself from them.7 They have dealt treacherously against Jehovah; for they have borne strange children: now shall the new moon devour them with their fields.8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: sound an alarm at Beth-aven; behind thee, O Benjamin.9 Ephraim shall become a desolation in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.10 The princes of Judah are like them that remove the landmark: I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.11 Ephraim is oppressed, he is crushed in judgment; because he was content to walk after man’s command.12 Therefore am I unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to Assyria, and sent to king Jareb: but he is not able to heal you, neither will he cure you of your wound.14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will carry off, and there shall be none to deliver.15 I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me earnestly.

YouVersion

Bible

My

Community

Mobile

Hosea 4:1

Hosea 3

Hosea 4

Hosea 5

Selected

Community Notes

My Notes

Life Journal Reading Plan Info

Today - Day 43

Lots of Choices

Audio Bible (Faith Comes By Hearing)

Verse of the Day

Create New Note

Additional content

YouVersion

Bible

My

Community

Mobile

Hosea 4:1

Hosea 3

Hosea 4

Hosea 5

Achi

Achuar

Afrikaans

العربية

Waimaha

Batak Toba

български език

বাংলা

Biatah

Simalungun

Batak Karo

Cebuano

Church Slavonic

česky

Dansk

Deutsch

Dusun

English

Español

Euskara

فارسی

Suomi

Français

Guaraní

Ancient Greek

Hausa

עִבְרִית

Hiligaynon

Hrvatski

Magyar

Hawai`i Pidgin

Հայերեն

Iban

Bahasa Indonesia

Igbo

Italiano

日本語

ភាសាខ្មែរ

한국어

Lahu

Malagasy

te reo Māori

Li Niha

Nederlands

Norsk: nynorsk

Norsk: bokmål

Sotho, Northern

Polski

Penan

Potawatomi

Português

Quichua-Chimborazo

Română

Pyccкий

Toraja

Slovenčina

Shona

Somali

Shqip

српски

Svenska

Kiswahili

ภาษาไทย

Murut Timungon

Tagalog

Tswana

Tsonga

Türkçe

українська

اردو

Tiếng Việt