Hosea 4:1

שִׁמְעוּ דְבַר ־ יְהוָה בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל כִּי רִיב לַֽיהוָה עִם ־ יוֹשְׁבֵי הָאָרֶץ כִּי אֵין ־ אֱמֶת וְֽאֵין ־ חֶסֶד וְאֵֽין ־ דַּעַת אֱלֹהִים בָּאָֽרֶץ ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

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.

In Context

2אָלֹה וְכַחֵשׁ וְרָצֹחַ וְגָנֹב וְנָאֹף פָּרָצוּ וְדָמִים בְּדָמִים נָגָֽעוּ ׃

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Cross References

1 Kings 22:19וַיֹּאמֶר לָכֵן שְׁמַע דְּבַר ־ יְהוָה רָאִיתִי אֶת ־ יְהוָה יֹשֵׁב עַל ־ כִּסְאוֹ וְכָל ־ צְבָא הַשָּׁמַיִם עֹמֵד עָלָיו מִימִינוֹ וּמִשְּׂמֹאלֽוֹ ׃

Isaiah 1:10שִׁמְעוּ דְבַר ־ יְהוָה קְצִינֵי סְדֹם הַאֲזִינוּ תּוֹרַת אֱלֹהֵינוּ עַם עֲמֹרָֽה ׃

Isaiah 3:13נִצָּב לָרִיב יְהוָה וְעֹמֵד לָדִין עַמִּֽים ׃

Isaiah 28:14לָכֵן שִׁמְעוּ דְבַר ־ יְהוָה אַנְשֵׁי לָצוֹן מֹֽשְׁלֵי הָעָם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם ׃

Isaiah 34:8כִּי יוֹם נָקָם לַֽיהוָה שְׁנַת שִׁלּוּמִים לְרִיב צִיּֽוֹן ׃

Isaiah 66:5שִׁמְעוּ דְּבַר ־ יְהוָה הַחֲרֵדִים אֶל ־ דְּבָרוֹ אָמְרוּ אֲחֵיכֶם שֹׂנְאֵיכֶם מְנַדֵּיכֶם לְמַעַן שְׁמִי יִכְבַּד יְהוָה וְנִרְאֶה בְשִׂמְחַתְכֶם וְהֵם יֵבֹֽשׁוּ ׃

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 →

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