World English Bible
Hosea 4:8
“They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.”
Verse in context — Hosea 4
6
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God's law, I will also forget your children.
7
As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.
8
They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
9
It will be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.
10
They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned giving to Yahweh.
About Hosea
God’s steadfast love for His unfaithful people, symbolized through Hosea’s marriage.
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