Hosea 4:2-4

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Hosea 4:2-4 The Voice (VOICE)

²    There is only cursing and lying and killing and stealing and adultery—
        so that one act of bloodshed follows right after another.
³    It’s because you’re breaking My most basic directives
        that the land will mourn with grief and even dry up like a desert plant.
        Those dwelling in it waste away,
    As the wild animals, the flying birds, and the swimming fish are all dying.

⁴    Be careful in bringing these charges and contending with one another,
        for this is My charge against you,
        you priests—I have a divine contention against you!

The Voice (VOICE)