4:1 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. 
4:1 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. 

4:2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. 
4:2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. 

4:3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yes, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away. 
4:3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it 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. 

4:4 Yet let no man contend, nor reprove another: for thy people {are} as they that contend with the priest. 
4:4 Yet let no man contend, nor reprove another: for thy people {are} as they that contend with the priest. 

4:5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. 
4:5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother. 

4:6 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. 
4:6 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. 

4:7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: {therefore} will I change their glory into shame. 
4:7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: {therefore} will I change their glory into shame. 

4:8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. 
4:8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. 

4:9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. 
4:9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. 

4:10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall be guilty of lewdness, and shall not increase: because they have ceased to take heed to the LORD. 
4:10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit harlotry, and shall not increase: because they have stopped taking heed to to the LORD. 

4:11 Lewdness and wine and new wine take away the heart. 
4:11 Harlotry and wine and new wine take away the heart. 

4:12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth to them: for the spirit of lewdness hath caused {them} to err, and they have gone astray from under their God. 
4:12 My people ask counsel at their idols, and their staff declareth to them: for the spirit of harlotry hath caused {them} to err, and they have played the harlot {departing} from under their God. 

4:13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shade of them is agreeable: therefore your daughters shall be guilty of lewdness, and your spouses shall commit adultery. 
4:13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because their shadow {is} pleasant: therefore your daughters shall commit harlotry, and your spouses shall commit adultery. 

4:14 I will not punish your daughters when they are guilty of lewdness, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for they themselves are separated with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people {that} doth not understand shall fall. 
4:14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit harlotry, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for they themselves are separated with harlots, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people {that} doth not understand shall fall. 

4:15 Though thou, Israel, playest the harlot, {yet} let not Judah offend; and come not ye to Gilgal, neither go ye up to Beth-aven, nor swear, The LORD liveth. 
4:15 Though thou, Israel, playest the harlot, {yet} let not Judah offend; and come not ye to Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth. 

4:16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place. 
4:16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place. 

4:17 Ephraim {is} joined to idols: let him alone. 
4:17 Ephraim {is} joined to idols: let him alone. 

4:18 Their drink is sour: they have been guilty of lewd deeds continually: her rulers {with} shame do love, Give ye. 
4:18 Their drink is sour: they have committed harlotry continually: her rulers {with} love shame more than glory. 

4:19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices. 
4:19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.