Hosea 4:18
Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
Context
This verse from Hosea Chapter 4 connects to 10 cross-references. God's lawsuit against Israel: there is no faithfulness, no steadfast love, no knowledge of God — only swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and adultery. The priests feed on the sin of the people. Because they have rejected knowledge, God will reject …
Other Translations
Their drink is become sour; they play the harlot continually; her rulers dearly love shame.
Sour <FI>is<Fi> their drink, They have gone diligently a-whoring, Her protectors have loved shame thoroughly.
Their drink has become bitter; they are completely false; her rulers take pleasure in shame.
Cross References
And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the …
For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the fields of Gomorrah: their grapes are grapes of …
Their wine is the poison of dragons, and the cruel venom of asps.
And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or …
And they said, Thou hast not defrauded us, nor oppressed us, neither hast thou taken ought of any man’s hand.
For so it was, that the children of Israel had sinned against the Lord their God, which had brought them …
And they caused their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire, and used divination and enchantments, and sold …
The princes of the people are gathered together, even the people of the God of Abraham: for the shields of …