Sexual sin

Hosea 4
Sex worship, pornography, prostitution, sexual immorality, fornication, adultery, homosexuality


 * 1 Hear the word of Jehovah, O people of Israel,
 * For Jehovah has a legal case against the inhabitants of the land,
 * Because there is no truth nor loyal love nor knowledge of God in the land.


 * 2 False oaths and lying and murder
 * And stealing and adultery are widespread,
 * And one act of bloodshed follows another act of bloodshed.


 * 3 That is why the land will mourn
 * And every inhabitant in it will waste away;
 * The wild animals of the field and the birds of the heavens,
 * Even the fish of the sea, will perish.


 * 4 “However, let no man contend or reprove,
 * For your people are like those who contend against a priest.


 * 5 So you will stumble in broad daylight,
 * And the prophet will stumble with you, as if it were night.
 * And I will silence your mother.


 * 6 My people will be silenced, because there is no knowledge.
 * Because you have rejected knowledge,
 * I will also reject you from serving as my priest;
 * And because you have forgotten the law of your God,
 * I myself will forget your sons.


 * 7 The more they increased, the more they sinned against me.
 * I will change their glory into disgrace.


 * 8 They feed on the sin of my people,
 * And they are greedy for their error.


 * 9 It will be the same for the people as for the priest;
 * I will call them to account for their ways,
 * And I will bring on them the consequences of their actions.


 * 10 They will eat but not be satisfied.
 * They will be promiscuous,* but they will not increase,
 * Because they have shown no regard for Jehovah.


 * 11 Prostitution* and wine and new wine
 * Take away the motivation to do what is right.


 * 12 My people consult their wooden idols,
 * Doing what their staff* tells them;
 * Because the spirit of prostitution causes them to go astray,
 * And by their prostitution they refuse to submit to their God.


 * 13 On the tops of the mountains they sacrifice,
 * And on the hills they make sacrifices smoke,
 * Under oak trees and storax trees and every big tree,
 * Because their shade is good.
 * That is why your daughters commit prostitution
 * And your daughters-in-law commit adultery.


 * 14 I will not hold an accounting against your daughters because of their prostitution,
 * And against your daughters-in-law because of their adultery.
 * For the men go off with the harlots
 * And sacrifice with the temple prostitutes;
 * Such a people without understanding will come to ruin.


 * 15 Although you are committing prostitution, O Israel,
 * Let not Judah become guilty.
 * Do not come to Gil′gal+ or to Beth-a′ven,
 * And do not swear, ‘As surely as Jehovah is alive!’


 * 16 For like a stubborn cow, Israel has become stubborn.
 * Will Jehovah now shepherd them like a young ram in an open pasture?


 * 17 E′phra·im is joined to idols.
 * Let him alone!


 * 18 When their beer* is finished,
 * They become promiscuous.*
 * And her rulers dearly love dishonor.


 * 19 The wind will wrap her in its wings,
 * And they will be ashamed of their sacrifices.”