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Hosea 4:1-2
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The Lord accuses Israel

4 Israelites, listen to the Lord's message! The Lord accuses the people who live in Israel of these bad things:[a]

‘Nobody in the land of Israel is faithful. They have no true love. They do not want to know God. 2 They curse people, they tell lies, they murder people, they rob people. They are guilty of adultery.[b] They continue to kill more and more people.

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  1. 4:1 It is like God is accusing his people in a court of law. They have not been faithful to him or obeyed his covenant with them.
  2. 4:2 Adultery is when a married person has sex with a person that they are not married to
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Hosea 4:1-2
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The Charge Against Israel

4 Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites,
    because the Lord has a charge(A) to bring
    against you who live in the land:(B)
“There is no faithfulness,(C) no love,
    no acknowledgment(D) of God in the land.(E)
2 There is only cursing,[a] lying(F) and murder,(G)
    stealing(H) and adultery;(I)
they break all bounds,
    and bloodshed follows bloodshed.(J)

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