Hosea 4:1-3

New American Standard Bible 1995

4 ^(A)Listen to the word of the Lord, O sons of Israel,
For the Lord has a ^(B)case against the inhabitants of the land,
Because there is ^(C)no ^[a]faithfulness or ^[b]kindness
Or ^(D)knowledge of God in the land.
² There is ^(E)swearing, ^(F)deception, ^(G)murder, ^(H)stealing and ^(I)adultery.
They employ violence, so that ^(J)bloodshed ^[c]follows bloodshed.
³ Therefore the land ^(K)mourns,
And everyone who lives in it languishes
Along with the beasts of the field and the birds of the sky,
And also the fish of the sea ^[d]disappear.