Hosea 4:1
“Hear a word of YHWH, sons of Israel, || For a strife [is] to YHWH with inhabitants of the land, || For there is no truth, nor kindness, || Nor knowledge of God in the land;
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1 Kings 22:19And he says, “Therefore, hear a word of YHWH! I have seen YHWH sitting on His throne, and all the host of the heavens standing by Him, on His right and on His left;
Isaiah 1:10Hear the word of YHWH, you rulers of Sodom, || Give ear to the Law of our God, you people of Gomorrah,
Isaiah 3:13YHWH has stood up to plead, || And He is standing to judge the peoples.
Isaiah 28:14Therefore, hear a word of YHWH, you men of scorning, || Ruling this people that [is] in Jerusalem.
Isaiah 34:8(For a day of vengeance [is] to YHWH, || A year of recompenses for Zion’s strife),
Isaiah 66:5Hear a word of YHWH, || You who are trembling at His word: “Your brothers who are hating you, || Who are driving you out for My Name’s sake, have said, || YHWH is honored, and we look on your joy, || But they are 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 →