TSK · Hosea 5:4

Now the sons of Eli were base men; they didn't know Yahweh.

An oracle is within my heart about the disobedience of the wicked: "There is no fear of God before his eyes."

Your habitation is in the midst of deceit; through deceit they refuse to know me, says Yahweh.

Shall you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn't your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.

A drought is on her waters, and they shall be dried up; for it is a land of engraved images, and they are mad over idols.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God's law, I will also forget your children.

My people consult with their wooden idol, and answer to a stick of wood. Indeed the spirit of prostitution has led them astray, and they have been unfaithful to their God.

This is the judgment, that the light has come into the world, and men loved the darkness rather than the light; for their works were evil.

They will do these things because they have not known the Father, nor me.

This is how we know that we know him: if we keep his commandments.