Hosea 5:4
They will not set their thoughts to return to their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Cross References
1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Heli were children of Belial, not knowing the Lord,
Psalms 36:1Unto the end, for the servant of God, David himself.
Jeremiah 9:6Thy habitation is in the midst of deceit: Through deceit they have refused to know me, saith the Lord.
Jeremiah 22:15Shalt thou reign, because thou comparest thyself to the cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and it was then well with him?
Jeremiah 50:38A drought upon her waters, and they shall be dried up: because it is a land of idols, and they glory in monstrous things.
Hosea 4:6My people have been silent, because they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will reject thee, that thou shalt not do the office of priesthood to me: and thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
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 →