Hosea 4

Chapter 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.
Israel has not kept the command to teach God’s words to their children every waking moment (Dueteronomy 6:7). As a result, there is a general lack of knowledge of Him. God has a problem with this.
America, in like manner, has forgotten to teach her children the godly truths we were founded under. As a result, the majority in our nation have no truth, mercy or true knowledge of God. If God is unchanging, can we expect anything less than punishment for this negligence?
2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein 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.
God allowed Assyria to flatten the countryside.
4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
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.
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.
Israel chose to forget their place with God; to forget Him altogether. As a result, God will forget them. He will quit protecting them and allow them to be destroyed.
America was founded on the idea of freedom to serve God according to conscious. Instead of worshiping God, we now worship freedom. How could God not punish us for this?
7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
10 For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
Even though Israel was engaging in plenty of sex, their numbers would not increase. This is a curse, a very bad thing.
America is just as sexual and the only reason our numbers aren’t actually dropping is because of immigration. This is not a good thing.
11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
Israel asks for advise from their animals (livestock). America from Wall Street. Same result; worshiping the creature instead of the Creator.
13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
Idol worship in the ancient world was a selfish religion. It involved gorging at feasts, prostitution, and the sacrifice of babies. Serving idols allowed men to puff themselves up and show how important they were. This is entirely different standards than worshiping the true God. God values humbleness and self-sacrifice. God is simply promising the natural results to the nations choices. Their daughters will become the prostitutes they frequent and their wives will engage in the same “freedoms.”
14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
When a people do not call sin a sin, the good people begin to sin. There is no incentive for anyone to be righteous. And how can we blame our children for sleeping with every warm body that comes along when we glorify such behavior through our entertainment media and those we call celebrities. A person becomes those he spends time with, so when we spend time with sinners, we become sinners.
15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
Gilgal and Bethaven were cities just inside the Juden border. At this time Judah is serving God under king Hezekiah. God does not want Israel to contaminate Judah or to even pretend to serve Him.
16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
It is too late for Israel to escape punishment.
18 Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
Israel will be sufficiently punished to bring her back to her senses.