4:1 Hear
the
word
of
the
LORD,
O
children
of
Israel,
for
the
LORD
has
a
controversy
with
the
inhabitants
of
the
land.
There
is
no
faithfulness
or
steadfast
love,
and
no
knowledge
of
God
in
the
land;
4:2 there
is
swearing,
lying,
murder,
stealing,
and
committing
adultery;
they
break
all
bounds,
and
bloodshed
follows
bloodshed.
4:3 Therefore
the
land
mourns,
and
all
who
dwell
in
it
languish,
and
also
the
beasts
of
the
field
and
the
birds
of
the
heavens,
and
even
the
fish
of
the
sea
are
taken
away.
4:4 Yet
let
no
one
contend,
and
let
none
accuse,
for
with
you
is
my
contention,
O
priest.
4:5 You
shall
stumble
by
day;
the
prophet
also
shall
stumble
with
you
by
night;
and
I
will
destroy
your
mother.
4:6 My
people
are
destroyed
for
lack
of
knowledge;
because
you
have
rejected
knowledge,
I
reject
you
from
being
a
priest
to
me.
And
since
you
have
forgotten
the
law
of
your
God,
I
also
will
forget
your
children.
4:7 The
more
they
increased,
the
more
they
sinned
against
me;
I
will
change
their
glory
into
shame.
4:8 They
feed
on
the
sin
of
my
people;
they
are
greedy
for
their
iniquity.
4:9 And
it
shall
be
like
people,
like
priest;
I
will
punish
them
for
their
ways
and
repay
them
for
their
deeds.
4:10 They
shall
eat,
but
not
be
satisfied;
they
shall
play
the
whore,
but
not
multiply,
because
they
have
forsaken
the
LORD
to
cherish
4:11 whoredom,
wine,
and
new
wine,
which
take
away
the
understanding.
4:12 My
people
inquire
of
a
piece
of
wood,
and
their
walking
staff
gives
them
oracles.
For
a
spirit
of
whoredom
has
led
them
astray,
and
they
have
left
their
God
to
play
the
whore.
4:13 They
sacrifice
on
the
tops
of
the
mountains
and
burn
offerings
on
the
hills,
under
oak,
poplar,
and
terebinth,
because
their
shade
is
good.
Therefore
your
daughters
play
the
whore,
and
your
brides
commit
adultery.
4:14 I
will
not
punish
your
daughters
when
they
play
the
whore,
nor
your
brides
when
they
commit
adultery;
for
the
men
themselves
go
aside
with
prostitutes
and
sacrifice
with
cult
prostitutes,
and
a
people
without
understanding
shall
come
to
ruin.
4:15 Though
you
play
the
whore,
O
Israel,
let
not
Judah
become
guilty.
Enter
not
into
Gilgal,
nor
go
up
to
Beth-aven,
and
swear
not,
"As
the
LORD
lives."
4:16 Like
a
stubborn
heifer,
Israel
is
stubborn;
can
the
LORD
now
feed
them
like
a
lamb
in
a
broad
pasture
4:17 Ephraim
is
joined
to
idols;
leave
him
alone.
4:18 When
their
drink
is
gone,
they
give
themselves
to
whoring;
their
rulers
dearly
love
shame.
4:19 A
wind
has
wrapped
them
in
its
wings,
and
they
shall
be
ashamed
because
of
their
sacrifices.