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Hosea 5:4 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.

Hosea 5:4

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2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.

3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.

4 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.

5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.

6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.

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From This Chapter

Hosea 5:1

"Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor."

Hosea 5:2

"And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all."

Hosea 5:3

"I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled."

Hosea 5:5

"And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them."

Hosea 5:6

"They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them."

Hosea 5:7

"They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions."

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