My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge

Hosea 4:1-10

Hear the word of the Lord, you Israelites, because the Lord has a charge to bring against you who live in the land: “There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land. There is only cursing, lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. Because of this the land dries up, and all who live in it waste away; the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky and the fish in the sea are swept away. 

My people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.

“But let no one bring a charge, let no one accuse another for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.

Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children. The more priests there were, the more they sinned against me; they exchanged their glorious God for something disgraceful.

And it will be: Like people, like priests. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.

They will eat but not have enough; they will engage in prostitution but not flourish, because they have deserted the Lord to give themselves to prostitution; 

From now on there is no further mention of Hosea's family. But the experience is there, and it colors the rest of the book. Real faith in God finds expression in loving obedience, and delight in his laws. The prostitution of Isreal's religion led to literal prostitution.

Why?

The Lord said to Israelites through Hosea what their sins have done. And the consequence is coming. 

Israelites reject their Lord, who brought them from slaves and grace and food. But turned to the other gods, they like the prostitutes, so they eat but do not have enough.

People are destroyed from lack of knowledge. This is the real reason for many people. The real knowledge is from knowing the Lord. And obey the word of the Lord.

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v.1 bring against you, v4  But let no one bring a charge 爭辯。神讓人來爭辯，其實人沒有立場來爭辯。

切勿將講台變舞台，講台變炮台，這就是得罪神！

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How?

God is righteousness, no one is righteous in the world. Peoples have no right to complain about their life and their destination.