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Hosea 4:2
Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
Hosea 4:2 · Berean Standard Bible
Hosea 4:2 in other translations
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.
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In context
1 Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
2 Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.
3 Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it will waste away with the beasts of the field and the birds of the air; even the fish of the sea disappear.
4 But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.
5 You will stumble by day, and the prophet will stumble with you by night; so I will destroy your mother—
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