Catholic Public Domain Version
"They will not set their thoughts to return to their God, for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord. "
— Hosea 5:4, Catholic Public Domain Version
“They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.”
“Their doings will not suffer them to turn unto their God; for the spirit of whoredom is within them, and they know not Jehovah. ”
“Their deeds won't allow them to turn to their God; for the spirit of prostitution is within them, and they don't know Yahweh.”
“Their wicked deeds do not allow them to return to their God; for a spirit of idolatry is in them, and they do not acknowledge the LORD.”
“They will not set their thoughts to return to their God: for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.”
“Their works will not let them come back to their God, for a false spirit is in them and they have no knowledge of the Lord.”
“They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.”
Hear this, priests, and pay attention, house of Israel, and listen closely, house of the king. For there is a judgment against you, because you have become a trap for those you watched over, and a net stretched out over Tabor.
And you have led astray victims into the depths, though I am the teacher of them all.
I know Ephraim, and Israel has not been hidden from me, yet now Ephraim has committed fornication, and Israel has been contaminated.
They will not set their thoughts to return to their God, for the spirit of fornication is in the midst of them, and they have not known the Lord.
And the arrogance of Israel will answer to his face. And Israel and Ephraim will fall in their iniquity, and even Judah will fall with them.
With their flocks and their herds, they will go to seek the Lord, and they will not find him. He has taken himself away from them.
They have sinned against the Lord. For they have conceived sons that are strangers. Now one month will devour them with all their own.