Hosea 4:1
Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel, for the Lord shall enter into judgment with the inhabitants of the land: for there is no truth, and there is no mercy, and there is no knowledge of God in the land.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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1 Kings 22:19And he added and said: Hear thou therefore the word of the Lord: I saw the Lord sitting on his throne, and all the army of heaven standing by him on the right hand and on the left:
Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodom, give ear to the law of our God, ye people of Gomorrha.
Isaiah 3:13The Lord standeth up to judge, and he standeth to judge the people.
Isaiah 28:14Wherefore hear the word of the Lord, ye scornful men, who rule over my people that is in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 34:8For it is the day of the vengeance of the Lord, the year of recompenses of the judgment of Sion.
Isaiah 66:5Hear the word of the Lord, you that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hate you, and cast you out for my name's sake, have said: Let the Lord be glorified, and we shall see in your joy: but they shall be confounded.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 4:1
Prophets were sent to be reprovers, to tell people of their faults, and to warn them of the judgments of God, to which by sin they exposed themselves; so the prophet is employed in this and the following chapters. He is here, as counsel for the King of kings, opening an indictment against the people of Israel, and labouring to convince them of sin, and of their misery and danger because of sin, that he might prevail with them to repent and reform. I. He shows them what were the grounds of God's controversy with… Read the whole commentary →