There is (A)oath-taking, (B)[a]denial, (C)murder, (D)stealing, and (E)adultery.
They employ violence, so that (F)bloodshed [b]follows bloodshed.
Therefore the land (G)mourns,
And everyone who lives in it languishes
Along with the animals of the field and the birds of the sky,
And even the fish of the sea [c]disappear.

Yet let no one [d](H)find fault, and let no one rebuke;
For your people are like those who (I)contend with a priest.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:2 I.e., of truth
  2. Hosea 4:2 Lit touches
  3. Hosea 4:3 Lit are taken away
  4. Hosea 4:4 Lit contend

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