Hosea 10:4. They have spoken words,
That which they spoke was not truth. We cannot speak without words, but it is an evil thing when our speech is nothing but words. Words, words, words! - no heart, no truth. "They have spoken words."
Hosea 10:4. Swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
God keep us from untruthfulness, and especially from a want of truth towards himself. Do not you think that oftentimes, both in prayer and praise, it might be said, "They have spoken words - nothing more"? There has been a falsehood in the most solemn transaction towards God.
Woe unto you, dear friends, if that should turn out to be the case. Ye may cheat your fellow men if ye have a heart for it, but you never will be able to cheat your God. He is not mocked. "They have spoken words," says he.
Hosea 10:4. They have spoken words,
That which they spoke was not truth. We cannot speak without words, but it is an evil thing when our speech is nothing but words. Words, words, words! - no heart, no truth. "They have spoken words."
Hosea 10:4. Swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus judgment springeth up as hemlock in the furrows of the field.
God keep us from untruthfulness, and especially from a want of truth towards himself. Do not you think that oftentimes, both in prayer and praise, it might be said, "They have spoken words - nothing more"? There has been a falsehood in the most solemn transaction towards God.
Woe unto you, dear friends, if that should turn out to be the case. Ye may cheat your fellow men if ye have a heart for it, but you never will be able to cheat your God. He is not mocked. "They have spoken words," says he.