Hosea 4:1
Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
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1 Kings 22:19And Michaias said, Not so, it is not I: hear the word of the Lord; it is not so. I saw the God of Israel sitting on his throne, and all the host of heaven stood about him on his right hand and on his left.
Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of the Lord, ye rulers of Sodoma; attend to the law of God, thou people of Gomorrha.
Isaiah 3:13But now the Lord will stand up for judgment, and will enter into judgment with his people.
Isaiah 28:14Therefore hear ye the word of the Lord, ye afflicted men, and ye princes of this people that is in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 34:8For it is the day of the judgment of the Lord, and the year of the recompence of Sion in judgment.
Isaiah 66:5Hear the words of the Lord, ye that tremble at his word; speak ye, + 66:5 Alex. ἡμῶν, but Heb. and Vat. 'your.'our brethren, to them that hate you and abominate you, that the name of the Lord may be glorified, and may appear + 66:5 Or, your.their joy; but they shall be ashamed.
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 →