King James Version (KJV)
Hosea 4:2
“By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.”
Verse in context — Hosea 4
1
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.
2
By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3
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.
4
Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people [are] as they that strive with the priest.
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God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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