Hosea 4

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Jesus forbade swearing and James warned against taking oaths and here we see that "swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery" are to bring destruction where blood touches blood.
This is because the people "lack of knowledge" because they choose to reject it and God rejects them.
The word knowledge is the Hebrew word da‘ath^[1]
The term law in verse 6 is TavVavReishTav which about the law of sin and sacrifice.
Who is the husband of the Church, the called out and appointed a kingdom^[2] by Christ? The metaphor of the Bride of Christ operates by love and charity is countered by the harlot who rides on a beast of force and gets rich seducing the people to accept the reward of unrighteousness through legal charity. Our choice is faith in the love of Jesus or the covetous practices of the welfare State?
What is Religion and what is Pure Religion? What was the Christian conflict with Rome?
Learn what the story of the Golden calf was really about.
Learn what the error of Balaam is.
Who are the workers of iniquity?
"reward them their doings" means they will suffer the consequence for those works of iniquity, for their covetous practices and for seeking the wages of unrighteousness.
Who are the Fathers of the earth and the benefactors who exercise authority?
Do you live by faith, hope, and charity or have you become accustomed to living by force, fear, and fealty?
"Their drink is sour:"^[3] This is about debt that curses your children because you did not keep the Sabbath. You borrowed against the future of your children and cursed them.
"her rulers with shame do love, Give ye." They are talking about the welfare state of the benefactors who exercise authority like FDR ad LBJ.
Why are they "ashamed because of their sacrifices"? Because it is the corban, meaning sacrifice, of the Pharisees that makes the word of God to none effect.

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.

5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.

6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge^[4]: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.

8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.

11 Whoredom and wine^[5] and new wine take away the heart.^[6]

12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.

13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.

14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.

15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.

16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.

18 Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.

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Hosea Today audio is about Hosea 4:6 Lack of knowledge; Learn through Humility? Facts matter... follow the Straight way; Act upon truth; Salvation if we be doer of God's word not looking to "gods" many. Do modern Christians "Worship" Satan and his world? John 10:3; Do we Curse children engage in Foolishness of Humpty Dumpty, Exercise authority or Nurture mercy(Hosea 6:6)? Put on God's armor there is no Utopia. From Adam and Eve to the Tens to be Perfected in Christ Sophistry was the enemy. The Spirit of the "Gulag" and Mao lives today in The War on Poverty; Offices of power vs service. No king in Israel; Hosea 10:3; unrighteous mammon; Electing the perfect king(1 Samuel 8(? What's righteous?; Alice's adventures; Calling good evil -> persecution; Hosea 10:4; The love of felons. Acts 19:26; Religion, Temples; Altars; Red Heifer; Admitting you've been deceived and deluded; Kingdoms divided not gathering as Christ "commanded"; Repent and seek the kingdom or Catastrophic consequences; Fear not!

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↑ 01847 ^תעד^ da‘ath \@dah’- ath\@ DaletAyinTav from 03045; n m/f; {See TWOT on 848 @@ "848c"} AV-knowledge 82, know 6, cunning 1, unwittingly 2 + 01097 2, ignorantly + 01097 1, unawares + 01097 1; 93
1) knowledge
1a) knowledge, perception, skill

1b) discernment, understanding, wisdom
↑ Luke 12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Luke 22:29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;
↑ Ezekiel 18:2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?
↑ Lacking Knowledge
Hosea 4:6-8 “‭6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. ‭7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. ‭8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.”

Job 21:13-14 “‭13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. ‭14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.” Job 21:13-14

Job 21:22-23 “‭22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. ‭23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.”

Psalms 14:2-5 “‭2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. ‭3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. ‭4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. ‭5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.” repeated in Psalms 53:5.

Psalms 119:66-67 “‭66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. ‭67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.”

Proverbs 1:7-14 “‭7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. ‭8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: ‭9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. ‭10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. ‭11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: ‭12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:... 14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:”

2 Peter 2:15-22 “‭15 ...forsaken the right way... following the way of Balaam ... who loved the wages of unrighteousness; ‭16 But was rebuked for his iniquity... ‭18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. ‭19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. ‭20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. ‭21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. ‭22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.”
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03196 ^ןיי^ yayin \@yah’- yin\@ see double Yod from an unused root meaning to effervesce, Greek 3631 ~οινος~; n m; {See TWOT on 864} AV-wine 137, vine 1, banqueting 1, winebibbers + 05433 1; 140
1) wine
- On the other had "new wine" is often the word 08492 ^שׁורית^ tiyrowsh \@tee-roshe’\@ or ^שׁרית^ tiyrosh \@tee-roshe’\@ from 03423 (meaning dispossess, take possession of, inherit,) in the sense of expulsion; n m; {See TWOT on 2505} AV-wine 38; 38
1) wine, fresh or new wine, must, freshly pressed wine
↑ 08492 ^שׁורית^ tiyrowsh \@tee-roshe’\@ or ^שׁרית^ tiyrosh \@tee-roshe’\@ from 03423 (meaning dispossess, take possession of, inherit,) in the sense of expulsion; n m; {See TWOT on 2505} AV-wine 38; 38
1) wine, fresh or new wine, must, freshly pressed wine

[1] 01847 ^תעד^ da‘ath \@dah’- ath\@ DaletAyinTav from 03045; n m/f; {See TWOT on 848 @@ "848c"} AV-knowledge 82, know 6, cunning 1, unwittingly 2 + 01097 2, ignorantly + 01097 1, unawares + 01097 1; 93
1) knowledge
1a) knowledge, perception, skill

1b) discernment, understanding, wisdom

[2] Luke 12:32 Fear not, little flock; for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
Luke 22:29 And I appoint unto you a kingdom, as my Father hath appointed unto me;

[3] Ezekiel 18:2 What mean ye, that ye use this proverb concerning the land of Israel, saying, The fathers have eaten sour grapes, and the children’s teeth are set on edge?

[lacknow-4] Lacking Knowledge
Hosea 4:6-8 “‭6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children. ‭7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. ‭8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.”

Job 21:13-14 “‭13 They spend their days in wealth, and in a moment go down to the grave. ‭14 Therefore they say unto God, Depart from us; for we desire not the knowledge of thy ways.” Job 21:13-14

Job 21:22-23 “‭22 Shall any teach God knowledge? seeing he judgeth those that are high. ‭23 One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet.”

Psalms 14:2-5 “‭2 The LORD looked down from heaven upon the children of men, to see if there were any that did understand, and seek God. ‭3 They are all gone aside, they are all together become filthy: there is none that doeth good, no, not one. ‭4 Have all the workers of iniquity no knowledge? who eat up my people as they eat bread, and call not upon the LORD. ‭5 There were they in great fear: for God is in the generation of the righteous.” repeated in Psalms 53:5.

Psalms 119:66-67 “‭66 Teach me good judgment and knowledge: for I have believed thy commandments. ‭67 Before I was afflicted I went astray: but now have I kept thy word.”

Proverbs 1:7-14 “‭7 The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge: but fools despise wisdom and instruction. ‭8 My son, hear the instruction of thy father, and forsake not the law of thy mother: ‭9 For they shall be an ornament of grace unto thy head, and chains about thy neck. ‭10 My son, if sinners entice thee, consent thou not. ‭11 If they say, Come with us, let us lay wait for blood, let us lurk privily for the innocent without cause: ‭12 Let us swallow them up alive as the grave; and whole, as those that go down into the pit:... 14 Cast in thy lot among us; let us all have one purse:”

2 Peter 2:15-22 “‭15 ...forsaken the right way... following the way of Balaam ... who loved the wages of unrighteousness; ‭16 But was rebuked for his iniquity... ‭18 For when they speak great swelling words of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were clean escaped from them who live in error. ‭19 While they promise them liberty, they themselves are the servants of corruption: for of whom a man is overcome, of the same is he brought in bondage. ‭20 For if after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, they are again entangled therein, and overcome, the latter end is worse with them than the beginning. ‭21 For it had been better for them not to have known the way of righteousness, than, after they have known it, to turn from the holy commandment delivered unto them. ‭22 But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.”

[5] 03196 ^ןיי^ yayin \@yah’- yin\@ see double Yod from an unused root meaning to effervesce, Greek 3631 ~οινος~; n m; {See TWOT on 864} AV-wine 137, vine 1, banqueting 1, winebibbers + 05433 1; 140
1) wine

On the other had "new wine" is often the word 08492 ^שׁורית^ tiyrowsh \@tee-roshe’\@ or ^שׁרית^ tiyrosh \@tee-roshe’\@ from 03423 (meaning dispossess, take possession of, inherit,) in the sense of expulsion; n m; {See TWOT on 2505} AV-wine 38; 38

1) wine, fresh or new wine, must, freshly pressed wine

[6] On the other had "new wine" is often the word 08492 ^שׁורית^ tiyrowsh \@tee-roshe’\@ or ^שׁרית^ tiyrosh \@tee-roshe’\@ from 03423 (meaning dispossess, take possession of, inherit,) in the sense of expulsion; n m; {See TWOT on 2505} AV-wine 38; 38

[6] 08492 ^שׁורית^ tiyrowsh \@tee-roshe’\@ or ^שׁרית^ tiyrosh \@tee-roshe’\@ from 03423 (meaning dispossess, take possession of, inherit,) in the sense of expulsion; n m; {See TWOT on 2505} AV-wine 38; 38
1) wine, fresh or new wine, must, freshly pressed wine

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