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Hosea 4:2 KJV
Hosea · chapter 4 · verse 2
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.Hosea 4:2 · King James Version
Hosea 4:2 in context
1Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
2By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3Therefore 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.
4Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- swearingʼâlâhproperly, to adjureH422 →
- stealinggânabto thieveH1589 →
- adulterynâʼaphto commit adulteryH5003 →
- touchethnâgaʻproperly, to touchH5060 →
- killingrâtsachproperly, to dash in piecesH7523 →
- lyingkâchashto be untrue, in word or deedH3584 →
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Here is, I. The court set, and both attendance and attention demanded: "Hear the word of the Lord, you children of Israel, for to you is the word of this conviction sent, whether you will hear or whether you will forbear." Whom may God expect to give him a fair hearing, and take from him a fair warning, but the…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-5