--- title: "Hosea 4 - Study King James Bible with treasury of scripture knowledge" description: "Read Hosea 4 with treasury of scripture knowledge commentary. 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" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/hosea/4" --- [ Read](/kjv/hosea/4)[ Commentary](/study/hosea/4)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/hosea/4) Audio 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. 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.* 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. 4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people *are* as they that strive with the priest. 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.* 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.* 7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: *therefore* will I change their glory into shame. 8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.* 9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.** 10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD. 11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart. 12 ¶ My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused *them* to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God. 13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof *is* good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery. 14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people *that* doth not understand shall fall.** 15 ¶ Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, *yet* let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The LORD liveth. 16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place. 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 ye.** 19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. [Hosea 3](/study/hosea/3) [Hosea 5](/study/hosea/5) ## Commentary To verse 1 Cir, am 3224, bc 780 **Hear:** [1 Kings 22:19](/kjv/1-kings/22/19), [Isaiah 1:10](/kjv/isaiah/1/10), [Isaiah 28:14](/kjv/isaiah/28/14), [Isaiah 34:1](/kjv/isaiah/34/1), [Isaiah 66:5](/kjv/isaiah/66/5), [Jeremiah 2:4](/kjv/jeremiah/2/4), [Jeremiah 7:2](/kjv/jeremiah/7/2), [Jeremiah 9:20](/kjv/jeremiah/9/20), [Jeremiah 19:3](/kjv/jeremiah/19/3), [Jeremiah 34:4](/kjv/jeremiah/34/4), [Amos 7:16](/kjv/amos/7/16), [Revelation 2:11](/kjv/revelation/2/11), [Revelation 2:29](/kjv/revelation/2/29) **for:** [Hosea 12:2](/kjv/hosea/12/2), [Isaiah 1:18](/kjv/isaiah/1/18), [Isaiah 3:13](/kjv/isaiah/3/13), [Isaiah 3:14](/kjv/isaiah/3/14), [Isaiah 5:3](/kjv/isaiah/5/3), [Isaiah 34:8](/kjv/isaiah/34/8), [Jeremiah 25:31](/kjv/jeremiah/25/31), [Micah 6:2](/kjv/micah/6/2) **no truth:** [Isaiah 59:13-15](/kjv/isaiah/59/13-15), [Jeremiah 6:13](/kjv/jeremiah/6/13), [Jeremiah 7:3-6](/kjv/jeremiah/7/3-6), [Micah 7:2-5](/kjv/micah/7/2-5) **nor knowledge:** [Jeremiah 4:22](/kjv/jeremiah/4/22), [Jeremiah 4:28](/kjv/jeremiah/4/28), [Jeremiah 5:4](/kjv/jeremiah/5/4), [John 8:55](/kjv/john/8/55), [Romans 1:28](/kjv/romans/1/28), [1 Corinthians 15:34](/kjv/1-corinthians/15/34) **Reciprocal:** [Genesis 6:11](/kjv/genesis/6/11) - filled [Genesis 6:13](/kjv/genesis/6/13) - filled [2 Kings 17:7](/kjv/2-kings/17/7) - sinned [1 Chronicles 28:9](/kjv/1-chronicles/28/9) - know thou [Proverbs 3:3](/kjv/proverbs/3/3) - mercy [Proverbs 6:17](/kjv/proverbs/6/17) - lying [Isaiah 24:20](/kjv/isaiah/24/20) - the transgression [Isaiah 27:8](/kjv/isaiah/27/8) - thou wilt [Isaiah 59:8](/kjv/isaiah/59/8) - no [Isaiah 59:15](/kjv/isaiah/59/15) - truth [Jeremiah 5:2](/kjv/jeremiah/5/2) - though [Jeremiah 7:9](/kjv/jeremiah/7/9) - steal [Jeremiah 7:28](/kjv/jeremiah/7/28) - truth [Jeremiah 9:3](/kjv/jeremiah/9/3) - they know [Jeremiah 10:1](/kjv/jeremiah/10/1) - *General* [Jeremiah 51:5](/kjv/jeremiah/51/5) - though [Ezekiel 16:35](/kjv/ezekiel/16/35) - hear [Ezekiel 20:35](/kjv/ezekiel/20/35) - and there [Hosea 4:6](/kjv/hosea/4/6) - for [Hosea 4:14](/kjv/hosea/4/14) - therefore [Hosea 5:1](/kjv/hosea/5/1) - O priests [Hosea 5:4](/kjv/hosea/5/4) - and [Hosea 6:6](/kjv/hosea/6/6) - the [Hosea 12:6](/kjv/hosea/12/6) - keep [Amos 2:6](/kjv/amos/2/6) - For three [Amos 3:1](/kjv/amos/3/1) - Hear [Micah 6:12](/kjv/micah/6/12) - the rich [Zechariah 8:16](/kjv/zechariah/8/16) - Speak [Matthew 21:33](/kjv/matthew/21/33) - Hear [John 7:28](/kjv/john/7/28) - whom [1 Timothy 1:10](/kjv/1-timothy/1/10) - perjured ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/hosea/4#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/hosea/4#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/treasury-of-scripture-knowledge/hosea/4","name":"Hosea 4 - 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