Hosea 4:2

By aloh (false swearing, perjury), and kachash (lying), and ratzo'ach (murder), 1 and ganov (stealing), and na'of (committing adultery) they break away, 1 and damim b'damim they follow (bloodshed follows bloodshed). 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

In Context

1Hear the Devar Hashem, ye Bnei Yisroel: 1 for Hashem hath a controversy with the yoshvei ha'aretz, 1 because there is no emes, nor chesed, 1 nor da'as Elohim in ha'aretz. + 4:1 See 11:7-9; 1K 1:18-19 1

3Therefore shall ha'aretz mourn, 1 and every one that dwelleth therein shall waste away languishing, 1 with the wild beasts of the sadeh, and with the fowls of Shomayim; 1 yea, the dagim of the yam also shall disappear. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 24:5Ha'aretz also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; 1 because they have transgressed torot, 1 changed chok (ordinance), 1 broken the Brit Olam. 1

Isaiah 59:2But your avonot (iniquities) have separated you and Eloheichem, 1 and your chattot (sins) have concealed His face from you, 1 that He will not hear. 1

Jeremiah 5:1Run ye to and fro through the chutzot Yerushalayim (streets of Jerusalem), 1 and see now, and know, 1 and seek in the rechovot thereof, 1 if ye can find an ish, 1 if there be any that dispenseth mishpat (justice), 1 that seeketh the emunah (faith); 1 and I will forgive her. + 5:1 Jerusalem 1

Jeremiah 5:7How shall I forgive thee for this? 1 Thy banim have forsaken Me, 1 and sworn by them that are no elohim; 1 when I had fed them to the full, 1 they then committed adultery, 1 and trooped to the bais zonah. 1

Jeremiah 6:7As a well casteth afresh her waters, 1 so she + 6:7 Jerusalem casteth afresh her rah (wickedness); 1 chamas and shod (destruction) is heard in her; 1 before Me tamid (continually) 1 is sickness and wounds. 1

Jeremiah 9:2And they bend to the ready their leshon like their keshet (bow) for sheker; 1 but not for emunah have they prevailed in ha'aretz; 1 for they proceed from ra'ah to ra'ah, 1 and they know not Me, saith Hashem. 1

Matthew Henry on Hosea 4:2-6

The Sinfulness of Israel. ( b. c. 758.) 1 Hear the word of the Lord , ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. 3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the… Read the whole commentary →

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