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Hosea · read by E.A. Johnston
65 verses, in order. Only the verses E.A. read aloud are shown.
Hosea 2
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For she does not acknowledge that it was I who gave her grain, new wine, and oil, who lavished on her silver and gold— which they crafted for Baal.Read from KJV · Getting Right with God
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Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness.Read from KJV · Getting Right with God
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And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.Read from KJV · Getting Right with God
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I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths— all her appointed feasts.Read from KJV · Getting Right with God
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I will destroy her vines and fig trees, which she thinks are the wages paid by her lovers. So I will make them into a thicket, and the beasts of the field will devour them.Read from KJV · Getting Right with God
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I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she decked herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot," declares the LORD.Read from KJV · Getting Right with God
Hosea 4
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Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: "There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!Read from KJV · Smash Your Idols
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Cursing and lying, murder and stealing, and adultery are rampant; one act of bloodshed follows another.Read from KJV · Sin's Harvest
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My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.Read from KJV · Call to Awake
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The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.Read from KJV · Getting Right with God
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They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.Read from KJV · Getting Right with God
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And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.Read from KJV · American Church Buffet
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They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have stopped obeying the LORD.Read from KJV · American Church Buffet
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My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.Read from KJV · Getting Right with God
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They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.Read from KJV · American Church Buffet
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For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?Read from KJV · A People in Whoredom and a Forsaken God
Hosea 5
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Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.Read from KJV · A People in Whoredom and a Forsaken God
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Israel's arrogance testifies against them; Israel and Ephraim stumble in their iniquity; even Judah stumbles with them.Read from KJV · A Withering Condition
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They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.Read from KJV · A People in Whoredom and a Forsaken God
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So I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like decay to the house of Judah.Read from KJV · From a Cesspool to a Throneroom
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When Ephraim saw his sickness and Judah his wound, then Ephraim turned to Assyria and sent to the great king. But he cannot cure you or heal your wound.Read from KJV · From a Cesspool to a Throneroom
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For I am like a lion to Ephraim and like a young lion to the house of Judah. I, even I, will tear them to pieces and then go away. I will carry them off where no one can rescue them.Read from KJV · From a Cesspool to a Throneroom
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Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me."Read from KJV · From Superficiality to Reality
Hosea 6
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Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.Read from KJV · Sin's Harvest
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After two days He will revive us; on the third day He will raise us up, that we may live in His presence.Read from KJV · From Superficiality to Reality
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So let us know— let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.Read from KJV · Realities of Revival Personal Corporate National
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What shall I do with you, O Ephraim ? What shall I do with you, O Judah? For your loyalty is like a morning mist, like the early dew that vanishes.Read from KJV · Realities of Revival Personal Corporate National
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For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.Read from KJV · On the Ash Heap of History
Hosea 7
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When I heal Israel, the iniquity of Ephraim will be exposed, as well as the crimes of Samaria. For they practice deceit and thieves break in; bandits raid in the streets.Read from KJV · Deceived Church in a Degenerate Land
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But they fail to consider in their hearts that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds are all around them; they are before My face.Read from KJV · Deceived Church in a Degenerate Land
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They delight the king with their evil, and the princes with their lies.Read from KJV · Deceived Church in a Degenerate Land
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They are all adulterers, like an oven heated by a baker who needs not stoke the fire from the kneading to the rising of the dough.Read from KJV · Deceived Church in a Degenerate Land
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The princes are inflamed with wine on the day of our king; so he joins hands with those who mock him.Read from KJV · Deceived Church in a Degenerate Land
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For they prepare their heart like an oven while they lie in wait; all night their anger smolders; in the morning it blazes like a flaming fire.Read from KJV · Deceived Church in a Degenerate Land
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All of them are hot as an oven, and they devour their rulers. All their kings fall; not one of them calls upon Me.Read from KJV · Deceived Church in a Degenerate Land
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Ephraim mixes with the nations; Ephraim is an unturned cake.Read from KJV · The Withdrawn Presence of God
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Foreigners consume his strength, but he does not notice. Even his hair is streaked with gray, but he does not know.Read from KJV · An Old Fashion Revival
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Israel's arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.Read from KJV · Suffering Nation Unrepentent Chuch
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So Ephraim has become like a silly, senseless dove— calling out to Egypt, then turning to Assyria.Read from KJV · Suffering Nation Unrepentent Chuch
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As they go, I will spread My net over them; I will bring them down like birds of the air. I will chastise them when I hear them flocking together.Read from KJV · Suffering Nation Unrepentent Chuch
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Woe to them, for they have strayed from Me! Destruction to them, for they have rebelled against Me! Though I would redeem them, they speak lies against Me.Read from KJV · Suffering Nation Unrepentent Chuch
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They do not cry out to Me from their hearts when they wail upon their beds. They slash themselves for grain and new wine, but turn away from Me.Read from KJV · Suffering Nation Unrepentent Chuch
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Although I trained and strengthened their arms, they plot evil against Me.Read from KJV · Suffering Nation Unrepentent Chuch
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They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.Read from KJV · Suffering Nation Unrepentent Chuch
Hosea 8
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Put the ram's horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.Read from KJV · Sin's Harvest
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For they sow the wind, and they shall reap the whirlwind. There is no standing grain; what sprouts fails to yield flour. Even if it should produce, the foreigners would swallow it up.Read from KJV · A People in Whoredom and a Forsaken God
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Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations like a worthless vessel.Read from KJV · A People in Whoredom and a Forsaken God
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Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin, they became his altars for sinning.Read from KJV · A People in Whoredom and a Forsaken God
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Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.Read from KJV · Spiritual Adultery
Hosea 10
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Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.Read from KJV · A Skinny Inch from Hell
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Their hearts are devious; now they must bear their guilt. The LORD will break down their altars and demolish their sacred pillars.Read from KJV · An Empty Vine
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Surely now they will say, "We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?"Read from KJV · Brokenness
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Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.Read from KJV · Is It Too Late for Revival
Hosea 12
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In the womb he grasped his brother's heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.Read from KJV · Hanging Onto God in Prayer
Hosea 13
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When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.Read from KJV · A Mislaid God
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You are destroyed, O Israel, because you are against Me— against your helper.Read from KJV · Redemption Explained
Hosea 14
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Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.Read from KJV · Reformation
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I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.Read from KJV · How to Backslide in Four Easy Steps
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I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.Read from KJV · From Superficiality to Reality
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His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon.Read from KJV · From Superficiality to Reality
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They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.Read from KJV · From Superficiality to Reality
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O Ephraim, what have I to do anymore with idols? It is I who answer and watch over him. I am like a flourishing cypress; your fruit comes from Me.Read from KJV · From Superficiality to Reality
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Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them. For the ways of the LORD are right, and the righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.Read from KJV · From Superficiality to Reality