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harlot, and thou shalt not be for
another
man: so
will
I also
be
for thee.
4
For the children of Israel
shall abide many days without a king, and without a prince, and without a sacrifice, and without
an image, and without an ephod, and
without
teraphim:
5
Afterward shall the children of Israel
return, and seek the L
ORD
their God, and David their king; and shall fear the L
ORD
and his goodness
in the latter days.
CHAPTER 4
Hear the word of the L
ORD
, ye children of Israel: for the L
ORD
hath a controversy with the inhabitants
of the land, because
there is
no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2
By swearing,
and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth
blood.
3
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with
the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken
away.
4
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people
are
as they that strive with the
priest.
5
Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night,
and I will destroy thy mother.
6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will
also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I
will also forget thy children.
7
As they were increased, so they sinned against me:
therefore
will I
change their glory into shame.
8
They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their
iniquity.
9
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and
reward them their doings.
10
For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom,
and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the L
ORD
.
11
Whoredom and wine
and new wine take away the heart.
12
My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of
whoredoms hath caused
them
to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
13
They
sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars
and elms, because the shadow thereof
is
good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom,
and your spouses shall commit adultery.
14
I will not punish your daughters when they commit
whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores,
and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people
that
doth not understand shall fall.
15
Though thou, Israel, play the harlot,
yet
let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal,
neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The L
ORD
liveth.
16
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding
heifer: now the L
ORD
will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
17
Ephraim
is
joined to idols: let
him alone.
18
Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers
with
shame
do love, Give ye.
19
The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because
of their sacrifices.
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