Speaker or Performer: Pastor Grover Cleveland

Scripture Passage(s): Hosea 4:1-10

Date of Delivery: July 5, 2020

1Hear the word of the Lord,You children of Israel,For the Lord brings a charge against the inhabitants of the land:“There is no truth or mercyOr knowledge of God in the land.2By swearing and lying,Killing and stealing and committing adultery,They break all restraint,With bloodshed upon bloodshed.3Therefore the land will mourn;And everyone who dwells there will waste awayWith the beasts of the fieldAnd the birds of the air;Even the fish of the sea will be taken away.4“Now let no man contend, or rebuke another;For your people are like those who contend with the priest.5Therefore you shall stumble in the day;The prophet also shall stumble with you in the night;And I will destroy your mother.6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.Because you have rejected knowledge,I also will reject you from being priest for Me;Because you have forgotten the law of your God,I also will forget your children.7“The more they increased,The more they sinned against Me;I will change their glory into shame.8They eat up the sin of My people;They set their heart on their iniquity.9And it shall be: like people, like priest.So I will punish them for their ways,And reward them for their deeds.10For they shall eat, but not have enough;They shall commit harlotry, but not increase;Because they have ceased obeying the Lord.