Hosea 4:2

²there is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows bloodshed.

Hosea 4 marks a dramatic shift from the personal narrative of Hosea's marriage to a direct, legal indictment against Israel. The Lord brings a "controversy" or lawsuit against the inhabitants of the land, charging them with a catastrophic failure of knowledge—not intellectual ignora