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Hosea 4

Hos. 4:1 KJV (With Strong’s)

Hear the word of the Lord, ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversyn with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledgeo of God in the land.

Mic. 6:2• ²Hear, ye mountains, Jehovah's controversy, and ye, unchanging foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. (Mic. 6:2)

Jer. 4:22,28• ²²For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have no intelligence; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.
²⁸For this shall the earth mourn, and the heavens above be black; because I have spoken it, I have purposed it, and will not repent, neither will I turn back therefrom. (Jer. 4:22,28)

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Ministry on This Verse

1-11: God denounces judgments on Israel, for their aggravated impieties and iniquities.

12-14: He exposes the ignorance and wickedness of the priests, and profligacy of the people, he will leave their wives and daughters to commit lewdness, without present punishment.

15-19: He warns Judah, not to imitate Israel's crimes, which are still further reproved.

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Hear.

1 Kings 22:19• ¹⁹And he said, Hear therefore the word of Jehovah: I saw Jehovah sitting upon his throne, and all the host of heaven standing by him, on his right hand and on his left; (1 Kings 22:19)

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Isa. 1:10• ¹⁰Hear the word of Jehovah, rulers of Sodom; give ear unto the law of our God, people of Gomorrah! (Isa. 1:10)

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Isa. 28:14• ¹⁴Therefore hear the word of Jehovah, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem. (Isa. 28:14)

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Isa. 34:1• ¹Come near, ye nations, to hear; and hearken, ye peoples: let the earth hear, and all its fulness; the world, and all that cometh forth of it. (Isa. 34:1)

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Isa. 66:5• ⁵Hear the word of Jehovah, ye that tremble at his word: Your brethren that hated you, that cast you out for my name's sake, said, Let Jehovah be glorified, and let us see your joy! but they shall be ashamed. (Isa. 66:5)

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Jer. 2:4• ⁴Hear the word of Jehovah, house of Jacob, and all the families of the house of Israel. (Jer. 2:4)

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Jer. 7:2• ²Stand in the gate of Jehovah's house, and proclaim there this word, and say, Hear ye the word of Jehovah, all Judah, that enter in at these gates to worship Jehovah. (Jer. 7:2)

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Jer. 9:20• ²⁰Hear then the word of Jehovah, ye women, and let your ear receive the word of his mouth, and teach your daughters wailing, and each one her companion lamentation. (Jer. 9:20)

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Jer. 19:3• ³and say, Hear the word of Jehovah, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem. Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle; (Jer. 19:3)

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Jer. 34:4• ⁴Only, hear the word of Jehovah, O Zedekiah king of Judah. Thus saith Jehovah as to thee: Thou shalt not die by the sword; (Jer. 34:4)

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Amos 7:16• ¹⁶And now hear thou the word of Jehovah: Thou sayest, Prophesy not against Israel, and utter not words against the house of Isaac. (Amos 7:16)

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Rev. 2:11,29• ¹¹He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. He that overcomes shall in no wise be injured of the second death.
²⁹He that has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the assemblies. (Rev. 2:11,29)

for.

Hos. 12:2• ²Jehovah hath also a controversy with Judah, and he will punish Jacob according to his ways; according to his doings will he recompense him. (Hos. 12:2)

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Isa. 1:18• ¹⁸Come now, let us reason together, saith Jehovah: though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be as white as snow; though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (Isa. 1:18)

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Isa. 3:13‑14• ¹³Jehovah setteth himself to plead, and standeth to judge the peoples.
¹⁴Jehovah will enter into judgment with the elders of his people and their princes, saying: It is ye that have eaten up the vineyard: the spoil of the poor is in your houses. (Isa. 3:13‑14)

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Isa. 5:3• ³And now, inhabitants of Jerusalem and men of Judah, judge, I pray you, between me and my vineyard. (Isa. 5:3)

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Isa. 34:8• ⁸For it is the day of Jehovah's vengeance, the year of recompenses for the controversy of Zion. (Isa. 34:8)

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Jer. 25:31• ³¹The noise shall come to the end of the earth: for Jehovah hath a controversy with the nations, he entereth into judgment with all flesh; as for the wicked, he will give them up to the sword, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 25:31)

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Mic. 6:2• ²Hear, ye mountains, Jehovah's controversy, and ye, unchanging foundations of the earth; for Jehovah hath a controversy with his people, and he will plead with Israel. (Mic. 6:2)

no truth.

Isa. 59:13‑15• ¹³in transgressing and lying against Jehovah, and departing away from our God, speaking oppression and revolt, conceiving and uttering from the heart words of falsehood.
¹⁴And judgment is turned away backward, and righteousness standeth afar off; for truth stumbleth in the street, and uprightness cannot enter.
¹⁵And truth faileth; and he that departeth from evil maketh himself a prey. And Jehovah saw it, and it was evil in his sight that there was no judgment. (Isa. 59:13‑15)

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Jer. 6:13• ¹³For from the least of them even unto the greatest of them, every one is given to covetousness; and from the prophet even unto the priest, every one dealeth falsely. (Jer. 6:13)

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Jer. 7:3‑6• ³Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel: Amend your ways and your doings, and I will cause you to dwell in this place.
⁴Confide ye not in words of falsehood, saying, Jehovah's temple, Jehovah's temple, Jehovah's temple is this.
⁵But if ye thoroughly amend your ways and your doings, if ye really do justice between a man and his neighbour,
⁶if ye oppress not the stranger, the fatherless, and the widow, and shed no innocent blood in this place, neither walk after other gods to your hurt; (Jer. 7:3‑6)

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Mic. 7:2‑5• ²The godly man hath perished out of the land, and there is none upright among men: they all lie in wait for blood, they hunt every man his brother with a net.
³Both hands are for evil, to do it well. The prince asketh, and the judge is there for a reward; and the great man uttereth his soul's greed: and together they combine it.
⁴The best of them is as a briar; the most upright, worse than a thorn-fence. The day of thy watchmen, thy visitation is come; now shall be their perplexity.
⁵Believe ye not in a companion, put not confidence in a familiar friend: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. (Mic. 7:2‑5)

nor knowledge.

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Jer. 5:4• ⁴And I said, Surely these are the wretched ones, they are foolish; for they know not the way of Jehovah, the judgment of their God. (Jer. 5:4)

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John 8:55• ⁵⁵And ye know him not; but I know him; and if I said, I know him not, I should be like you, a liar. But I know him, and I keep his word. (John 8:55)

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Rom. 1:28• ²⁸And according as they did not think good to have God in their knowledge, God gave them up to a reprobate mind to practise unseemly things; (Rom. 1:28)

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1 Cor. 15:34• ³⁴Awake up righteously, and sin not; for some are ignorant of God: I speak to you as a matter of shame. (1 Cor. 15:34)

• The rest of the prophecy consists of the indignant appeals of the Holy Spirit to conscience because of the increasing evils of Israel—not so much the judgment of God on a grand scale, and His grace at the end, but His people caused to see themselves over and over again, and in every class, in presence of His patient but righteous ways with them. I do not mean that we shall not find here, especially at the end, what Jehovah will do in His goodness, but it consists much more of presentation sketches of Israel in a moral point of view. (“Hosea 3” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land; for there is no truth, nor goodnessb, nor knowledge of God in the land.

JND Translation Notes

Or "loving-kindness," see Note l, ch. 2.19.