HOSEA 4

GOD REBUKES ISRAEL’S FAITHFUL + DECLARES THEY DO NOT KNOW OR LOVE HIM 

God rebukes Israel for their faithlessness. Hosea declares that there is no love or knowledge of God in the land. By rejecting God, they have rejected knowledge. In response, God will reject the Israelites and allow them to suffer in their stubbornness.

Because the Israelites participate in meaningless religion, God will similarly allow them to not be satisfied by their efforts. Their worship of false idols leads to false satisfaction. The Israelites offer sacrifices to God, but they are shameful and purposeless because they do not come from a place of true worship.