## Hosea Chapter 4

###### Hosea 4:1
[Hosea 4:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/4:1)

שִׁמְע֥וּ דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֖ה בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּ֣י רִ֤יב לַֽיהֹוָה֙ עִם־יוֹשְׁבֵ֣י הָאָ֔רֶץ כִּ֠י אֵין־אֱמֶ֧ת וְֽאֵין־חֶ֛סֶד וְאֵֽין־דַּ֥עַת אֱלֹהִ֖ים בָּאָֽרֶץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Hear the word of the Lord, you children of Yisra᾽el: for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor love, nor knowledge of God in the land.


###### Hosea 4:2
[Hosea 4:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/4:2)

אָלֹ֣ה וְכַחֵ֔שׁ וְרָצֹ֥חַ וְגָנֹ֖ב וְנָאֹ֑ף פָּרָ֕צוּ וְדָמִ֥ים בְּדָמִ֖ים נָגָֽעוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
There is swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and blood leads to blood.


###### Hosea 4:3
[Hosea 4:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/4:3)

עַל־כֵּ֣ן**׀** תֶּאֱבַ֣ל הָאָ֗רֶץ וְאֻמְלַל֙ כׇּל־יוֹשֵׁ֣ב בָּ֔הּ בְּחַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה וּבְע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְגַם־דְּגֵ֥י הַיָּ֖ם יֵאָסֵֽפוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore shall the land mourn, and everyone that dwells in it shall languish, along with the wild beasts, and the birds of the sky; indeed, the fish of the sea also shall be taken away.


###### Hosea 4:4
[Hosea 4:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/4:4)

אַ֥ךְ אִ֛ישׁ אַל־יָרֵ֖ב וְאַל־יוֹכַ֣ח אִ֑ישׁ וְעַמְּךָ֖ כִּמְרִיבֵ֥י כֹהֵֽן׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yet let no man strive, and let none accuse: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.


###### Hosea 4:5
[Hosea 4:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/4:5)

וְכָשַׁלְתָּ֣ הַיּ֔וֹם וְכָשַׁ֧ל גַּם־נָבִ֛יא עִמְּךָ֖ לָ֑יְלָה וְדָמִ֖יתִי אִמֶּֽךָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.


###### Hosea 4:6
[Hosea 4:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/4:6)

נִדְמ֥וּ עַמִּ֖י מִבְּלִ֣י הַדָּ֑עַת כִּי־אַתָּ֞ה הַדַּ֣עַת מָאַ֗סְתָּ (ואמאסאך) [וְאֶמְאָֽסְךָ֙] מִכַּהֵ֣ן לִ֔י וַתִּשְׁכַּח֙ תּוֹרַ֣ת אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ אֶשְׁכַּ֥ח בָּנֶ֖יךָ גַּם־אָֽנִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the Tora of thy God, I will also forget thy children.


###### Hosea 4:7
[Hosea 4:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/4:7)

כְּרֻבָּ֖ם כֵּ֣ן חָטְאוּ־לִ֑י כְּבוֹדָ֖ם בְּקָל֥וֹן אָמִֽיר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
As they were increased, the more they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.


###### Hosea 4:8
[Hosea 4:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/4:8)

חַטַּ֥את עַמִּ֖י יֹאכֵ֑לוּ וְאֶל־עֲוֺנָ֖ם יִשְׂא֥וּ נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They feed on the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.


###### Hosea 4:9
[Hosea 4:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/4:9)

וְהָיָ֥ה כָעָ֖ם כַּכֹּהֵ֑ן וּפָקַדְתִּ֤י עָלָיו֙ דְּרָכָ֔יו וּמַעֲלָלָ֖יו אָשִׁ֥יב לֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And it shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them for their doings.


###### Hosea 4:10
[Hosea 4:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/4:10)

וְאָֽכְלוּ֙ וְלֹ֣א יִשְׂבָּ֔עוּ הִזְנ֖וּ וְלֹ֣א יִפְרֹ֑צוּ כִּֽי־אֶת־יְהֹוָ֥ה עָזְב֖וּ לִשְׁמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit harlotry, and shall not increase: because they have ceased to take heed to the Lord.


###### Hosea 4:11
[Hosea 4:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/4:11)

זְנ֛וּת וְיַ֥יִן וְתִיר֖וֹשׁ יִֽקַּֽח־לֵֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Harlotry and wine and new wine take away the heart.


###### Hosea 4:12
[Hosea 4:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/4:12)

עַמִּי֙ בְּעֵצ֣וֹ יִשְׁאָ֔ל וּמַקְל֖וֹ יַגִּ֣יד ל֑וֹ כִּ֣י ר֤וּחַ זְנוּנִים֙ הִתְעָ֔ה וַיִּזְנ֖וּ מִתַּ֥חַת אֱלֹהֵיהֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
My people ask counsel of a piece of wood, and their staff declares to them! For the spirit of harlotry has caused them to err, and they have gone astray lewdly from under their God.


###### Hosea 4:13
[Hosea 4:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/4:13)

עַל־רָאשֵׁ֨י הֶהָרִ֜ים יְזַבֵּ֗חוּ וְעַל־הַגְּבָעוֹת֙ יְקַטֵּ֔רוּ תַּ֣חַת אַלּ֧וֹן וְלִבְנֶ֛ה וְאֵלָ֖ה כִּ֣י ט֣וֹב צִלָּ֑הּ עַל־כֵּ֗ן תִּזְנֶ֙ינָה֙ בְּנ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם וְכַלּוֹתֵיכֶ֖ם תְּנָאַֽפְנָה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and terebinths, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters commit harlotry, and your daughters in law commit adultery.


###### Hosea 4:14
[Hosea 4:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/4:14)

לֹא־אֶפְק֨וֹד עַל־בְּנוֹתֵיכֶ֜ם כִּ֣י תִזְנֶ֗ינָה וְעַל־כַּלּֽוֹתֵיכֶם֙ כִּ֣י תְנָאַ֔פְנָה כִּי־הֵם֙ עִם־הַזֹּנ֣וֹת יְפָרֵ֔דוּ וְעִם־הַקְּדֵשׁ֖וֹת יְזַבֵּ֑חוּ וְעָ֥ם לֹֽא־יָבִ֖ין יִלָּבֵֽט׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, nor your daughters in law when they commit adultery: for they themselves go aside with harlots, and they sacrifice with prostitutes: therefore the people that does not understand shall be trodden down.


###### Hosea 4:15
[Hosea 4:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/4:15)

אִם־זֹנֶ֤ה אַתָּה֙ יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אַל־יֶאְשַׁ֖ם יְהוּדָ֑ה וְאַל־תָּבֹ֣אוּ הַגִּלְגָּ֗ל וְאַֽל־תַּעֲלוּ֙ בֵּ֣ית אָ֔וֶן וְאַל־תִּשָּׁבְע֖וּ חַי־יְהֹוָֽה׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Though thou, Yisra᾽el, dost play the harlot, let not Yehuda also be guilty; and do not come to Gilgal, nor go up to Bet-aven, nor swear, As the Lord lives.


###### Hosea 4:16
[Hosea 4:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/4:16)

כִּ֚י כְּפָרָ֣ה סֹרֵרָ֔ה סָרַ֖ר יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עַתָּה֙ יִרְעֵ֣ם יְהֹוָ֔ה כְּכֶ֖בֶשׂ בַּמֶּרְחָֽב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For Yisra᾽el is headstrong like a headstrong heifer: now shall the Lord feed them as a lamb in a broad pasture?


###### Hosea 4:17
[Hosea 4:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/4:17)

חֲב֧וּר עֲצַבִּ֛ים אֶפְרָ֖יִם הַֽנַּֽח־לֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Efrayim is joined to idols: let him alone.


###### Hosea 4:18
[Hosea 4:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/4:18)

סָ֖ר סׇבְאָ֑ם הַזְנֵ֣ה הִזְנ֔וּ אָהֲב֥וּ הֵב֛וּ קָל֖וֹן מָגִנֶּֽיהָ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Their drunken bout is over; their lewd orgy is done; they have had their fill of love; their shield is disgrace.


###### Hosea 4:19
[Hosea 4:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Hosea/r/4:19)

צָרַ֥ר ר֛וּחַ אוֹתָ֖הּ בִּכְנָפֶ֑יהָ וְיֵבֹ֖שׁוּ מִזִּבְחוֹתָֽם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The wind has bound her up in its wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.