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Hosea 4:19 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: King James Version
" The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. "
Hosea 4:19
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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
19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
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Hosea 4:1
"Hear 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."
Hosea 4:2
"By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood."
Hosea 4:3
"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."
Hosea 4:4
"Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest."
Hosea 4:5
"Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother."
Hosea 4:6
"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."
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