a4:2
bExod 20:3-17
cDeut 5:7-21
d4:3

‏ Hosea 4:2-3

4:2  a The prophet also charged the Israelites for their sins of commission. The crimes listed here are all prohibited in the Ten Commandments (Exod 20:3-17  b; Deut 5:7-21  c), the fundamental list of covenant responsibilities. Because the Israelites did not know the Lord, they did not practice even the most basic standards of covenant life.
4:3  d God’s judgment inevitably falls upon sinful people. Because of the Israelites’ sin, their land and all of nature would suffer.
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