Hosea 4:3

For this cause, shall the land mourn, and everyone who dwelleth therein shall languish, with the wild beast of the field and with the bird of the heavens,—moreover also, the fishes of the sea, shall be withdrawn.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

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

2Cursing and lying, and killing and stealing, and committing adultery, have broken forth, and, blood-shedding, unto blood-shedding, doth extend.

4Howbeit let, no man, contend, nor let him rebuke another,—since, thy people, are as they who contend against a priest:

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Cross References

Isaiah 33:9The land mourneth, languisheth, Lebanon, displayeth shame, is withered,—Sharon, hath become, as the waste plain, And Bashan and Carmel are shaking off their leaves.

Jeremiah 4:27For, thus, saith Yahweh, A desolation, shall all the land become—Nevertheless a full end, will I not make.

Jeremiah 9:9For these things, shall I not bring punishment on them? Demandeth Yahweh,—On a nation such as this, must not my soul avenge herself!

Ezekiel 38:20Then shall tremble before me The fishes of the sea, and The bird of the heavens and The wild beast of the field, and Every creeping thing that creepeth on the ground, and All the men who are on the face of the ground,— and The mountains, shall be torn asunder, and The steep places, shall sink down, and, Every wall, to the earth, shall be thrown.

Amos 1:2So then he said—Yahweh, out of Zion, will roar, and, out of Jerusalem, will utter his voice,—and the pastures of the shepherds, shall mourn, and the top of Carmel, be dried up.

Amos 8:8Is it not, for this, that the land, shall tremble? and shall mourn every inhabitant therein? Shall it not come up—like the Nile, all of it, and be tossed and subside like the river of Egypt?

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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