Hosea 4:1-3

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The Lord Accuses Israel

4 ^(A)Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel,
    for ^(B)the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land.
There is no faithfulness or steadfast love,
    and ^(C)no knowledge of God in the land;
²^(D)there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;
    they break all bounds, and ^(E)bloodshed follows bloodshed.
³Therefore ^(F)the land mourns,
    and all who dwell in it languish,
^(G)and also the beasts of the field
    and the birds of the heavens,
    ^(H)and even the fish of the sea are taken away.

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Hosea 11:1

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The Lord's Love for Israel

11 ^(A)When Israel was a child, ^(B)I loved him,
and out of Egypt I ^(C)called ^(D)my son.

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Hosea 11:7-11

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⁷My people are bent ^(A)on turning away from me,
and though ^(B)they call out to the Most High,
he shall not raise them up at all.

⁸How can I give you up, O Ephraim?
    How can I hand you over, O Israel?
^(C)How can I make you ^(D)like Admah?
    How can I treat you ^(E)like Zeboiim?
^(F)My heart recoils within me;
    my compassion grows warm and tender.
⁹I will not execute my burning anger;
    I will not again destroy Ephraim;
^(G)for I am God and not a man,
    ^(H)the Holy One in your midst,
    and I will not come in wrath.^[a]

¹⁰^(I)They shall go after the Lord;
    ^(J)he will roar like a lion;
when he roars,
    his children shall come trembling ^(K)from the west;
¹¹they shall come trembling like birds ^(L)from Egypt,
    and ^(M)like doves ^(N)from the land of Assyria,
    and I will return them to their homes, declares the Lord.