Hosea 5:4
Their doings will not allow them to turn to their God, for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they do not know LORD.
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1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were base men; they knew not LORD.
Psalms 36:1The transgression of the wicked man says within my heart, There is no fear of God before his eyes.
Jeremiah 9:6Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit. Through deceit they refuse to know me, says LORD.
Jeremiah 22:15Shall thou reign, because thou strive to excel in cedar? Did not thy father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
Jeremiah 50:38A drought is upon her waters, and they shall be dried up. For it is a land of graven images, and they are mad over idols.
Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because thou have rejected knowledge, I also will reject thee, that thou shall be no priest to me. Since thou have forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy sons.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 5:2-8
Charge against Israel and Judah; Judgments Threatened. ( b. c. 758.) 1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. 2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all. 3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. 4 They will not frame their doings to turn… Read the whole commentary →