Cursing,(A) lying,(B) murder,(C) stealing,(D)
and adultery(E) are rampant;
one act of bloodshed follows another.(F)

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There is only cursing,[a] lying(A) and murder,(B)
    stealing(C) and adultery;(D)
they break all bounds,
    and bloodshed follows bloodshed.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:2 That is, to pronounce a curse on

By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

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Israel’s Corruption

They please the king with their evil,(A)
the princes with their lies.(B)

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“They delight the king with their wickedness,
    the princes with their lies.(A)

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They make the king glad with their wickedness, and the princes with their lies.

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