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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge: Hosea 4

Chapter 4

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.

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1 Kings 22:19 Isaiah 1:10 28:14 34:1 66:5 Jeremiah 2:4 7:2 9:20 19:3 34:4 Amos 7:16 Revelation 2:11,29

for

12:2 Isaiah 1:18 3:13,14 5:3 34:8 Jeremiah 25:31 Micah 6:2

no truth

Isaiah 59:13-15 Jeremiah 6:13 7:3-6 Micah 7:2-5

nor knowledge

Jeremiah 4:22,28 5:4 John 8:55 Romans 1:28 1 Corinthians 15:34

By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

swearing

Isaiah 24:5 48:1 59:2-8,12-15 Jeremiah 5:1,2,7-9,26,27 6:7 7:6-10 Jeremiah 9:2-8 23:10-14 Ezekiel 22:2-13,25-30 Micah 2:1-3 3:2,9 6:10 7:2 Zephaniah 3:1 Zechariah 5:3 7:9

blood

Heb. bloods. toucheth.

5:2 6:9 Lamentations 4:13 Matthew 23:35 Acts 7:52 1 Thessalonians 2:15 Revelation 17:6

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.

the land

Isaiah 24:4-12 Jeremiah 4:27 Joel 1:10-13 Amos 1:2 5:16 8:8 Nahum 1:4

with the beasts

Jeremiah 4:25 12:4 Ezekiel 38:20 Zephaniah 1:3

Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

let

17 Amos 5:13 6:10 Matthew 7:3-6

as

Deuteronomy 17:12 Jeremiah 18:18

Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.

and the prophet

9:7,8 Isaiah 9:13-17 Jeremiah 6:4,5,12-15 8:10-12 14:15,16 Jeremiah 15:8 23:9 Ezekiel 13:9-16 14:8-10 Micah 3:5-7 Zechariah 11:8 13:2

destroy

Heb. cut off. thy.

2:2 Isaiah 50:1 Jeremiah 15:8 50:12 Ezekiel 16:44,45 Galatians 4:26

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.

My people

12 Isaiah 1:3 3:12 5:13 Jeremiah 4:22 8:7

destroyed

Heb. cut off. for.

1 6:6 2 Chronicles 15:3 Job 36:12 Proverbs 19:2 Isaiah 27:11 45:20 Jeremiah 5:3,4,21 Matthew 15:14 2 Corinthians 4:3-6

because

1 Samuel 2:12 Proverbs 1:30-32 Isaiah 28:7 56:10-12 Jeremiah 2:8 8:8,9 Malachi 2:7,8 Matthew 23:16-26

I will also reject

Zechariah 11:8,9,15-17 Malachi 2:1-3,9 Matthew 21:41-45 Mark 12:8,9 Luke 20:16-18

seeing

8:14 13:6 2 Kings 17:16-20 Psalms 119:61,139 Isaiah 17:10 Matthew 15:3-6 8 I will also.; 1:6 1 Samuel 2:28-36 3:12-15

As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.

they were

10 5:1 6:9 13:6,14 Ezra 9:7

therefore

1 Samuel 2:30 Jeremiah 2:26,27 Malachi 2:9 Philippians 3:19

They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

eat

Leviticus 6:26 7:6,7

set their heart on their iniquity

Heb. lift up their soul to their iniquity.

1 Samuel 2:29 Psalms 24:4 25:1 Isaiah 56:11 Ezekiel 14:3,7 Micah 3:11 Malachi 1:10 Romans 16:18 Titus 1:11 2 Peter 2:3

And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

like people

Isaiah 9:14-16 24:2 Jeremiah 5:31 8:10-12 23:11,12 Ezekiel 22:26-31 Matthew 15:14

punish

Heb. visit upon.

1:4 *marg:

reward them

Heb. cause to return.

Psalms 109:17,18 Proverbs 5:22 Isaiah 3:10 Zechariah 1:6

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.

they shall eat

Leviticus 26:26 Proverbs 13:25 Isaiah 65:13-16 Micah 6:14 Haggai 1:6 Malachi 2:1-3

they shall commit

14 9:11-17

left

2 Chronicles 24:17 Psalms 36:3 125:5 Jeremiah 34:15 Ezekiel 18:24 Zephaniah 1:6 2 Peter 2:20-22

Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.

take

12 Proverbs 6:32 20:1 23:27-35 Ecclesiastes 7:7 Isaiah 5:12 28:7 Luke 21:34 Romans 13:11-14

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.

ask

Jeremiah 2:27 10:8 Ezekiel 21:21 Habakkuk 2:19

for

5:4 Isaiah 44:18-20 Micah 2:11 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11

gone

9:1 Leviticus 17:7 20:5 Numbers 15:39 Deuteronomy 31:16 2 Chronicles 21:13 Psalms 73:27 Jeremiah 3:1-3 Ezekiel 16:1-63 23:1-49

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.

sacrifice

Isaiah 1:29 57:5,7 Jeremiah 3:6,13 Ezekiel 6:13 16:16,25 20:28,29

therefore

2 Samuel 12:10-12 Job 31:9,10 Amos 7:17 Romans 1:23-28

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.

I will not

or, Shall I not, etc. punish.

17 Isaiah 1:5 Hebrews 12:8

for

1 Corinthians 6:16

and they

1 Kings 14:23,24 15:12 2 Kings 23:7

therefore

1,5,6 14:9 Proverbs 28:5 Isaiah 44:18-20 56:11 Daniel 12:10 John 8:43 Romans 3:11 Ephesians 4:18

fall

or, be punished.

Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.

play

12 Jeremiah 3:6-10 Ezekiel 23:4-8

yet

11:12 2 Kings 17:18,19 Jeremiah 3:10,11 Luke 12:47,48 Ephesians 5:11

Gilgal

9:15 12:11 Amos 4:4 5:5

Beth-aven

5:8 10:5,8 1 Kings 12:28,29

nor

Isaiah 48:1 Jeremiah 5:2 Ezekiel 20:39 Amos 6:10 8:14 Zephaniah 1:5,6

For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

slideth

11:7 1 Samuel 15:11 Jeremiah 3:6,8,11 5:6 7:24 8:5 14:7 Zechariah 7:11 *marg:

as a lamb

Leviticus 26:33 Isaiah 7:21-25 22:18

Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

Ephraim

11:2 12:1 13:2

let

4 Psalms 81:12 Matthew 15:14 Revelation 22:11

Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.

drink

Deuteronomy 32:32,33 Isaiah 1:21,22 Jeremiah 2:21

sour

Heb. gone. committed.

2,10 2 Kings 17:7-17

her

Exodus 23:8 Deuteronomy 16:19 1 Samuel 8:3 12:3,4 Proverbs 30:15,16 Amos 5:12 Micah 3:11 Micah 7:3

rulers

Heb. shields.

Psalms 47:9

The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.

wind

Jeremiah 4:11,12 51:1 Zechariah 5:9-11

and

10:6 Isaiah 1:29 42:17 Jeremiah 2:26,27,36,37 3:24,25 17:13