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There is (A)swearing of oaths, (B)deception, (C)murder, (D)stealing, and (E)adultery.
They break forth in violence so that (F)bloodshed [a]follows bloodshed.
Therefore the land (G)mourns,
And everyone who inhabits it languishes
Along with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky,
And also the fish of the sea [b]disappear.

Yet let no man (H)contend, and let no man offer reproof;
Indeed, your people are like those who (I)contend with the priest.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:2 Lit touches
  2. Hosea 4:3 Lit are gathered up