Their deeds will not allow them
To return to their God.
For a (A)spirit of [a]infidelity is within them,
And they (B)do not know the Lord.
Moreover, the (C)pride of Israel testifies against him,
And Israel and Ephraim stumble in their wrongdoing;
(D)Judah also has stumbled with them.
They will (E)go with their flocks and herds
To seek the Lord, but they will (F)not find Him;
He has (G)withdrawn from them.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 5:4 Or prostitution

“Their deeds do not permit them
    to return(A) to their God.
A spirit of prostitution(B) is in their heart;
    they do not acknowledge(C) the Lord.
Israel’s arrogance testifies(D) against them;
    the Israelites, even Ephraim, stumble(E) in their sin;
    Judah also stumbles with them.(F)
When they go with their flocks and herds
    to seek the Lord,(G)
they will not find him;
    he has withdrawn(H) himself from them.

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