American Standard Version
"There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood. "
— Hosea 4:2, American Standard Version
“By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.”
“There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.”
“There is only cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. They resort to violence and bloodshed.”
“Cursing, and lying, and killing, and theft, and adultery, have overflowed, and blood hath touched blood.”
“There is cursing and broken faith, violent death and attacks on property, men are untrue in married life, houses are broken into, and there is blood touching blood.”
“By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.”
Hear the word of Jehovah, ye children of Israel; for Jehovah hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.
There is nought but swearing and breaking faith, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery; they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
And thou shalt stumble in the day, and the prophet also shall stumble with thee in the night; and I will destroy thy mother.