Husha (Hosea) — 4

YAHUAH’s Case against Yashar'AL 

1 Hear the Dabar of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH, O people of Yashar'AL, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH has brought charges against you, saying: “There is no faithfulness, no kindness, no knowledge of 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH in your land.

2 You make vows and break them; you kill and steal and commit adultery, there is violence everywhere, one murder after another.

3 That is why your land is in mourning, and everyone is wasting away, even the wild animals, the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea are disappearing.

4 “Do not point your finger at someone else and try to pass the blame! My complaint is with your priests.

5 So you will stumble in broad daylight, and your false prophets will fall with you in the night, and I will destroy Yashar'AL, your mother.

6 My people are being destroyed because they do not have the knowledge of Me their 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH, since you Kuhanym (Priests) refuse to know me, I refuse to recognize you as my Kuhanym, since you have forgotten the laws of your 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH, I will forget to barak your children.

7 The more Kuhanym there are, the more they sin against me, they have exchanged the Kabad of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH for the shame of idols.

8 “When the people bring their sin offerings, the Kuhanym (priests) get fed, So the Kuhanym are glad when the people sin!

9 ‘And what the Kuhanym do, the people also do.’ So now I will punish both Kuhanym and the people for their wicked deeds.

10 They will eat and still be hungry, they will play the prostitute and gain nothing from it, for they have deserted  𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH,

11 to worship idols, “Wine has robbed my people of their understanding.

12 They ask a piece of wood for advice!    They think a stick can tell them the future! Longing after idols has made them foolish, they have played the prostitute, serving idols and deserting their 𐤀𐤋𐤅𐤄_ALUAH.

13 They offer sacrifices to idols on the mountaintops, They go up into the hills to burn incense in the pleasant shade of oaks, poplars, and terebinth trees, “That is why your daughters turn to prostitution, and your daughters-in-law commit adultery.

14 But why should I punish them for their prostitution and adultery? For your men are doing the same thing, sinning with whores and shrine prostitutes, O foolish people! You refuse to understand, so you will be destroyed.

15 “Though you, Yashar'AL, are a prostitute, may Yahudah not be guilty of such things, do not join the false worship at Gilgal or Bath-aban, and do not take oaths there in 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH’s name.

16 Yashar'AL is stubborn, like a stubborn heifer, So should 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄_YAHUAH feed her like a lamb in a lush pasture?

17 Leave Yashar'AL alone, because she is married to idolatry.

18 When the rulers of Yashar'AL finish their drinking, off they go to find some prostitutes., they love shame more than honor.

19 So a mighty wind will sweep them away. Their sacrifices to idols will bring them shame.