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Hosea 5:2-4

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Hosea 5:2-4 Good News Translation (GNT)

2 a deep pit at Acacia City,[a] and I will punish all of you. 3 I know what Israel is like—she cannot hide from me. She has been unfaithful, and her people are unfit to worship me.”

Hosea Warns against Idolatry

4 The evil that the people have done keeps them from returning to their God. Idolatry has a powerful hold on them, and they do not acknowledge the Lord.

Footnotes:

  1. Hosea 5:2 Probable text a deep pit at Acacia City; Hebrew unclear.
Good News Translation (GNT)

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Hosea 5:2-4 New International Version (NIV)

2 The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter.
    I will discipline all of them.
3 I know all about Ephraim;
    Israel is not hidden from me.
Ephraim, you have now turned to prostitution;
    Israel is corrupt.

4 “Their deeds do not permit them
    to return to their God.
A spirit of prostitution is in their heart;
    they do not acknowledge the Lord.

New International Version (NIV)

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