Hosea 4:2-4

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²Swearing, lying, and murder,
    and stealing and adultery break out;
    bloodshed follows bloodshed.
³Therefore the land mourns,
    and all who live in it languish;
together with the wild animals
    and the birds of the air,
    even the fish of the sea are perishing.

⁴Yet let no one contend,
and let none accuse,
for with you is my contention, O priest.^[a]

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Hosea 4:4 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (NRSVCE)

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