Hos 4:1-3 | ESV | STEP | Hear the word of the Lord , O children of Israel , for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land . There is no faithfulness or steadfast love , and no knowledge of God in the land ;

Hosea 4:1-3

The Lord Accuses Israel

1 ^aHear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel,
for ^bthe Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land.
There is no faithfulness or steadfast love,
and ^cno knowledge of God in the land;
2 ^dthere is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery;
they break all bounds, and ^ebloodshed follows bloodshed.
3 Therefore ^fthe land mourns,
and all who dwell in it languish,
^gand also the beasts of the field
and the birds of the heavens,
^hand even the fish of the sea are taken away.