{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/drb/hosea/4","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T20:40:36.449Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DRB","book":"Hosea","bookSlug":"hosea","chapter":4,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":3,"nextChapter":5,"totalChapters":14,"totalVerses":19},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel, for the Lord shall enter into judgment with the inhabitants of the land: for there is no truth, and there is no mercy, and there is no knowledge of God in the land. "},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"Cursing, and lying, and killing, and theft, and adultery have overflowed, and blood hath touched blood. "},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of the air: yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be gathered together. "},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"But yet let not any man judge: and let not a man be rebuked: for thy people are as they that contradict the priest. "},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"And thou shalt fall to day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee: in the night I have made thy mother to be silent. "},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"My people have been silent, because they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will reject thee, that thou shalt not do the office of priesthood to me: and thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children. "},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"According to the multitude of them so have they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame. "},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"They shall eat the sins of my people, and shall lift up their souls to their iniquity. "},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"And there shall be like people like priest: and I will visit their ways upon them, and I will repay them their devices. "},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"And they shall eat and shall not be filled: they have committed fornication, and have not ceased: because they have forsaken the Lord in not observing his law. "},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Fornication, and wine, and drunkenness take away the understanding. "},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"My people have consulted their stocks, and their staff hath declared unto them: for the spirit of fornication hath deceived them, and they have committed fornication against their God. "},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"They offered sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burnt incense upon the hills: under the oak, and the poplar, and the turpentine tree, because the shadow thereof was good: therefore shall your daughters commit fornication, and your spouses shall be adulteresses. "},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"I will not visit upon your daughters when they shell commit fornication, and upon your spouses when they shall commit adultery: because themselves conversed with harlots, and offered sacrifice with the effeminate, and the people that doth not understand shall be beaten. "},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"If thou play the harlot, O Israel, at least let not Juda offend: and go ye not into Galgal, and come not up into Bethaven, and do not swear: The Lord liveth. "},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"For Israel hath gone astray like a wanton heifer: now will the Lord feed them, as a lamb in a spacious place. "},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Ephraim is a partaker with idols, let him alone. "},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"Their banquet is separated, they have gone astray by fornication: they that should have protected them have loved to bring shame upon them. "},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"The wind hath bound them up in its wings, and they shall be confounded because of their sacrifices. "}],"citation":{"inline":"Hosea 4 (DRB)","markdown":"[Hosea 4](https://primebible.com/drb/hosea/4)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DRB. https://primebible.com/drb/hosea/4 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}