Hosea 4:3

Hosea 4:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Therefore the land mourns, and all who dwell in it languish, and also the beasts of the field and the birds of the heavens, and even the fish of the sea are taken away.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Therefore the land will mourn; And everyone who dwells there will waste away With the beasts of the field And the birds of the air; Even the fish of the sea will be taken away.

Context of Hosea 4:3

1Hear the word of Adonai, Bnei-Yisrael! For Adonai has a dispute with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, no covenant loyalty, and no knowledge of God in the land. 2Curse, deceive, murder, steal, commit adultery! They practice violence, and bloodshed follows bloodshed. Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone dwelling in it will languish along with the beasts of the field and the flying creatures of the sky— even the fish of the sea will be removed. 4Yet let no one dispute and let no one argue. Your people are like a kohen who makes quarrels. 5So you will stumble by day. Also a prophet will stumble with you by night, when I destroy your mother.

Hosea 4:3 word by word

עַל־כֵּ֣ן׀ תֶּאֱבַ֣ל הָאָ֗רֶץ וְאֻמְלַל֙ כָּל־יוֹשֵׁ֣ב בָּ֔הּ בְּחַיַּ֥ת הַשָּׂדֶ֖ה וּבְע֣וֹף הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְגַם־דְּגֵ֥י הַיָּ֖ם יֵאָסֵֽפוּ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Therefore shall the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• mournאָבַל'âbal · to mournH56
• and every one that dwellethיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• therein shall languishאָמַל'âmal · be weakH535
• with the beastsחַיָּהchay · living thingH2416
• of the fieldשָׂדֶהώâdeh ώâday · land: countryH7704
• and with the fowlsעוֹף‛ôph · birdH5775
• of heavenשָׁמַיִםshâmayim shâmeh · heavenH8064
• yea, the fishesדָּגdâg dâ'g · fishH1709
• of the seaיָםyâm · seaH3220
• also shall be taken awayאָסַף'âsaph · to gatherH622

Cross-references for Hosea 4:3

• Isaiah 24:4The land faints and fades away, The world wilts and fades away, The exalted people of the earth wilt.
• Jeremiah 4:27For thus says Adonai, “The whole land will be wasteland, yet I will not totally destroy it.
• Joel 1:10The field is ruined, the land grieves, for the grain has been devastated, new wine is dried up, oil languishes.
• Amos 1:2He said: Adonai roars from Zion, From Jerusalem He gives His voice. The shepherds’ pastures mourn, and the top of Mount Carmel withers.
• Amos 5:16Therefore thus said Adonai Elohei-Tzva’ot, my Lord: “There will be wailing in all plazas and in all streets. They will say: ‘Alas! Alas!’ The farmer will be called to mourning along with those who know the lamentation song.
• Amos 8:8Will not the land tremble over this? Will not all who dwell in it mourn? Yes, it will rise up like all the Nile —it will surge and sink again like the Nile of Egypt.”
• Nahum 1:4Rebuking the sea, He made it dry, as He has dried up all the rivers. Bashan and Carmel languished, Yes, Lebanon’s budding languished.
• Jeremiah 4:25I looked and behold, no people! All the birds of the sky had fled.
• Jeremiah 12:4How long will the land mourn and the grass of all the field wither? Because those living in it are evil, beasts and birds are swept away. For they said, “He cannot see our end.”
• Ezekiel 38:20The fish of the sea, the birds of the heavens, the beasts of the field, all creeping things that creep upon the ground and all humans upon the face of the earth will shake at My presence. The mountains will be thrown down. The steep places will fall. Every wall will fall to the ground.
• Zephaniah 1:3I will sweep away man and beast, I will sweep away the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea— also the stumbling blocks—the wicked. I will cut off mankind from the face of the earth, declares Adonai.

Commentaries on Hosea 4:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Therefore shall the land mourn - Fruitful seasons shall be denied. That dwelleth therein shall languish - Endemic and epidemic disorders shall prevail, and multitudes shall die; so that mourning shall be found in all quarters. The beasts of the field, and with the fowls - There is a death of cattle and domestic animals, in consequence of the badness of the season. The fishes of the sea also shall be taken away - Those immense shoals which at certain…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Therefore shall the land mourn - Dumb inanimate nature seems to rejoice and to be in unison with our sense of joy, when bedewed and fresh through rain and radiant with light; and, again, to mourn, when smitten with drought or blight or disease, or devoured by the creatures which God employs to lay it waste for man‘s sins. Dumb nature is, as it were, in sympathy with man, cursed in Adam, smitten amid man‘s offences, its outward show responding to man‘s…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3God's judgment will always come to sinful people. Because the Israelites sinned, their land and nature would suffer.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. land ... languish--(Is 19:8; 24:4; Joe 1:10, 12). sea--including all bodies of water, as pools and even rivers (see on Is 19:5). A general drought, the greatest calamity in the East, is threatened.Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 4:3

• Homicide
• Sin
• Truth

In the dictionaries

• the sea, the Great Sea, the western sea
• Languish
• Reject
• Calf, Golden
• Fish
• Hosea
• Priests and Levites
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Hosea 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings