Hosea 5:7
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They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.
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But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; there they were unfaithful to Me.
Reach down from on high; set me free and rescue me from the deep waters, from the grasp of foreigners,
Set me free and rescue me from the grasp of foreigners, whose mouths speak falsehood, whose right hands are deceitful.
You have never heard; you have never understood; for a long time your ears have not been open. For I knew how deceitful you are; you have been called a rebel from birth.
But as a woman may betray her husband, so you have betrayed Me, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD.
Therefore tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘None of My words will be delayed any longer. The message I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’”
I will have no compassion on her children, because they are the children of adultery.
I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts, New Moons, and Sabbaths— all her appointed feasts.
And in one month I dismissed three shepherds. My soul grew impatient with the flock, and their souls also detested me.
For the house of Israel and the house of Judah have been utterly unfaithful to Me,” declares the LORD.