Hosea 4:4-15

Hosea 4:4-15

[4] Yet let no man  strive,  nor reprove  another:  for thy people  are as they that strive  with the priest.  [5] Therefore shalt thou fall  in the day,  and the prophet  also shall fall  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 will also forget  thy children.  [7] so they sinned  against me: therefore will I change  their glory  into shame.  [8] They eat up  the sin  of my people,  and they set  their heart  on their iniquity.  [9] And there shall be, like people,  like priest:  and I will punish  them for their ways,  and reward  them their doings.  [10] For they shall eat,  and not have enough:  they shall commit whoredom,  and shall not increase:  because they have left off  to take heed  to the LORD.  [11] Whoredom  and wine  and new wine  take away  the heart.  [12] My people  ask  counsel at their stocks,  and their staff  declareth  unto them: for the spirit  of whoredoms  hath caused them to err,  and they have gone a whoring  from under their God.  [13] They sacrifice  upon the tops  of the mountains,  and burn incense  upon the hills,  under oaks  and poplars  and elms,  because the shadow  thereof is good:  therefore your daughters  shall commit whoredom,  and your spouses  shall commit adultery.  [14] I will not punish  your daughters  when they commit whoredom,  nor your spouses  when they commit adultery:  for themselves are separated  with whores,  and they sacrifice  with harlots:  therefore the people  that doth not understand  shall fall.  [15] Though thou, Israel,  play the harlot,  yet let not Judah  offend;  and come  not ye unto Gilgal,  neither go ye up  to Bethaven,  nor swear,  liveth.