A moment in scripture
Hosea 4:8
They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
The surrounding passage
- Hosea 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.
- Hosea 4:7
As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
- Hosea 4:9
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
- Hosea 4:10
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.
Scripture: King James Version (KJV), English, 66-book canon. The quotation retains the wording and numbering of our source corpus.