Oséias 4— comparação

1Ouçam a palavra do SENHOR, vocês, filhos de Israel,

2Há maldição, mentira, assassinato, roubo e adultério;

3Portanto, a terra pranteará,

4“Contudo, que ninguém traga uma acusação, nem que ninguém acuse;

5Você tropeçará de dia,

6O meu povo é destruído por falta de conhecimento.

7À medida que se multiplicaram, assim pecaram contra mim.

8Eles se alimentam do pecado do meu povo,

9Como o povo, assim será o sacerdote;

10Eles comerão, e não se fartarão.

11A prostituição, o vinho e o vinho novo tiram o entendimento.

12O meu povo consulta o seu ídolo de madeira,

13Eles sacrificam no topo das montanhas,

14Não punirei as suas filhas quando se prostituírem,

15“Embora você, Israel, se prostitua,

16Pois Israel tem se comportado com extrema teimosia, como uma novilha teimosa.

17Efraim está apegado aos ídolos.

18A bebida deles se tornou azeda.

19O vento a envolveu em suas asas;

1Hear Yahweh’s word, you children of Israel, for Yahweh has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land.

2There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed.

3Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells in it will waste away, with all living things in her, even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of the sea also die.

4“Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.

5You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.

6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

7As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.

8They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.

9It will be like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.

10They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned listening to Yahweh.

11Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.

12My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God.

13They sacrifice on the tops of the mountains, and burn incense on the hills, under oaks, poplars, and terebinths, because its shade is good. Therefore your daughters play the prostitute, and your brides commit adultery.

14I will not punish your daughters when they play the prostitute, nor your brides when they commit adultery; because the men consort with prostitutes, and they sacrifice with the shrine prostitutes; so the people without understanding will come to ruin.

15“Though you, Israel, play the prostitute, yet don’t let Judah offend; and don’t come to Gilgal, neither go up to Beth Aven, nor swear, ‘As Yahweh lives.’

16For Israel has behaved extremely stubbornly, like a stubborn heifer. Then how will Yahweh feed them like a lamb in a meadow?

17Ephraim is joined to idols. Leave him alone!

18Their drink has become sour. They play the prostitute continually. Her rulers dearly love their shameful way.

19The wind has wrapped her up in its wings; and they shall be disappointed because of their sacrifices.