Hosea 4:3

Therefore 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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

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 sea also shall be taken away.

In Context

2By 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

4Yet let no ish bring a point of contention, 1 nor reprove another; 1 for thy people are as they 1 that strive with the kohen. 1

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Cross References

Isaiah 33:9Ha'aretz mourneth and languisheth; 1 Levanon is ashamed and shriveled; 1 Sharon is like an aravah; 1 and Bashan and Carmel shake off their foliage. 1

Jeremiah 4:27For thus hath Hashem said, A wasteland shall be kol HaAretz; yet I will not make a complete end of it. 1

Jeremiah 9:9I take up a weeping and nehi (lamentation) for the harim, 1 and for the pastures of the midbar a kinah (lamentation), 1 because they are scorched, 1 so that none can pass through them; 1 neither can men hear the voice of the mikneh (cattle); 1 both the oph haShomayim and the behemah 1 are fled; they are gone. 1

Ezekiel 38:20So that the dagim of the yam, and the oph HaShomayim, and the beasts of the sadeh, and all creeping things that creep upon ha'adamah, and kol ha'adam that are upon the face of adamah, shall shake at My presence, and the harim shall be thrown down, and the steep places shall fall, and every chomah shall fall to the ground.

Amos 1:2And he said: 1 Hashem roars from Tziyon, 1 and utters His voice from Yerushalayim; 1 and the pastures of the ro'im (shepherds) mourn, 1 and the summit of Mt Carmel withers. 1

Amos 8:8Shall not ha'aretz (the land) tremble for this, 1 and every one mourn that dwelleth therein? 1 And the whole land shall rise like the Nile; 1 and heave and sink, 1 as by the Nile of Mitzrayim. 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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