Hosea 4:2
Cursing, and lying, and murder, and theft, and adultery abound in the land, and they mingle blood with blood.
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Isaiah 24:5And she has sinned by reason of her inhabitants; because they have transgressed the law, and changed the ordinances, even the everlasting covenant.
Isaiah 59:2Nay, your iniquities separate between you and God, and because of your sins has he turned away his face from you, so as not to have mercy upon you.
Jeremiah 5:1Run you⌃ about in the streets of Jerusalem, and see, and know, and seek in her broad places, if you⌃ can find one, if there is any one that does judgment, and seeks faithfulness; and I will pardon them, says the Lord.
Jeremiah 5:7In what way shall I forgive you for these things? Your sons have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: and I fed them to the full, and they committed adultery, and lodged in harlots' houses.
Jeremiah 6:7As a cistern cools water, so her wickedness cools her, ungodliness and misery shall be heard in her, as continually before her.
Jeremiah 9:2Who would give me a most distant lodge in the wilderness, that I might leave my people, and depart from them? for they all commit adultery, an assembly of treacherous men.
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 →