Hosea 5:4
Their deeds won't allow them to turn to their God;for the spirit of prostitution is within them,and they do not know the Lord.
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1 Samuel 2:12Now the sons of Eli were base men; they did not know the Lord.
Psalms 36:1For the Chief Musician. By David, the servant of the Lord.An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked:"There is no fear of God before his eyes."
Jeremiah 9:6Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me," says the Lord.
Jeremiah 22:15Shall you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
Jeremiah 50:38A drought is on her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they glory over idols.
Hosea 4:6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you,that you may be no priest to me.Because you have forgotten your God's law,I will also forget your children.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 5:2-8
Charge against Israel and Judah; Judgments Threatened. ( b. c. 758.) 1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor. 2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all. 3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled. 4 They will not frame their doings to turn… Read the whole commentary →