Π Scripture in the Fathers Find a verse

Where the Fathers quote Hosea 4

68 citations across the Patrologia Graeca — from the printed citations of the English pass; every reference opens the page with its facsimile one tap away. · trace across the Tradition ›

Verses1 2 3 4 5 6 8 9 12 13 14 15 16 19
1Hos 4:1
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 17:107B…ipant in His goods. Now it happens that when vices prevail along with impiety, it is said: There is no mercy, nor truth, nor knowledge of God upon the earth [Osee IV, 1], and the things that follow. When men… Gregory of Nyssa c. 335–c. 395PG 46:225…thee a nation great and mighty isaiah regarding the jews hear the word of the lord ye children of sodom attend to the law of god ye people of gomorrah and again your sabbaths and your… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:555C…mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. Cursing, and lying, and murder, and theft, and adultery are poured out upon the land, and they mix blood with blood (Osee 4. 1-2). All have turned aside, together they… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:109…h chapter iv h vers hear the word of the lord you children of israel for the lord has a judgment with the inhabitants of the land because there is no truth nor mercy nor knowledge… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:111…of future events and says hear the word of the lord o children of israel for the lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land for god contends with men rebuking not judging and… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:117…in the region of the jews or rather among the jews themselves there is no truth nor mercy nor knowledge of god these however are what we have warned should be understood as emmanuel but rather… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:907…of the lord o children of israel for the lord has a judgment with the inhabitants of the earth because there is no truth nor mercy nor knowledge… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:473…a judgment for the lord against the inhabitants of the land for there is no truth nor mercy nor knowledge of god in the land and they mingle blood with blood therefore the land shall mourn… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:631…h chapter iv h verses hear the word of the lord you children of israel for the lord has a judgment against the inhabitants of the land because there is no truth nor mercy nor knowledge… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:147…the lord o sons of israel for the lord has a judgment with the inhabitants of the land for there is no truth nor mercy nor knowledge of god in the land cursing and lying and…
2Hos 4:2
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 47:485C…by their own afflictions. And one said: "Cursing and lying and theft and adultery and murder are poured out upon the earth, and blood mingles with blood" (Osee 4. 2), showing us the boldness, the complexi… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:113A…nventing such nonsense? For another also says: Blood mingles with blood, and cursing, and lying, and theft, and adultery have been poured out upon the earth (Osee 4. 2). Another says: The appearance of a ha… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 58:641A…(Matt. 23. 32). For the prophets from of old were accusing them of these things, saying: Your hands are full of blood (Isa. 1. 15); and, Blood toucheth blood (Hos. 4. 2); and, Building up Zion with blood (Mic… Joannes ChrysostomusPG 51:219…were homicides, hear the prophets saying: "Building Zion in blood, and Jerusalem in injustices" (Micah 3:10); and again: "They mix blood with blood" (Hosea 4:2); and again: "Your hands are full of blood" (Isa. 1:15). An…
3Hos 4:3
Pope Alexander I r. c. 108/109-116/119PG 5:1069…these and their like the lord speaks through the prophet hosea saying therefore shall the land mourn and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish with the beasts of the field and with the fowls… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:89…i will make a covenant for them in that day with the beasts of the field and with the fowls of heaven and with the creeping things of the ground and i will break the bow… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:115…shall be diminished together with all them that dwell therein with the beasts of the field and with the reptiles of the earth and with the birds of heaven and the fishes of the sea shall… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1205…i will make a covenant for them in that day with the beasts of the field and with the birds of the sky and with the reptiles of the earth and i will break the bow… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1565…i will make a covenant for them in that day with the beasts of the field and with the birds of the heaven and with the creeping things of the ground and teaching that he does… Leontius of Neapolis c. 590–c. 650PG 93:1611…i will make a covenant for them in that day with the beasts of the field and with the birds of the air and with the serpents of the ground by a more general term he… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:617…i will make a covenant for them in that day with the beasts of the field and with the birds of the heaven and with the reptiles of the earth this means that just as when… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:633…shall be diminished with all who dwell upon it and with the beasts of the field and with the reptiles and with the birds of the sky and the fish of the sea shall fail so… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:293…through hosea i will make a covenant in that day with the beasts of the field and with the birds of the heaven and with the creeping things of the earth d by a more general… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 130:295…a with the wild beasts of the field and with the birds of the sky and with the serpents of the earth in a freer and broader sense… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:141…i will make a covenant with them in that day with the beasts of the field and with the birds of heaven and with the creeping things of the earth c those who previously he says… Theodore of MopsuestiaPG 66:147…be diminished together with those who inhabit it b with the wild beasts of the field and with the reptiles of the earth and with the birds of the sky tropically according to his custom he…
4Hos 4:4
Pope Alexander I r. c. 108/109-116/119PG 5:1069…d nevertheless let no one judge and let no man be rebuked for thy people are as they that contradict the priest and thou shalt fall today and the prophet also shall fall with thee in…
5Hos 4:5
Pope Alexander I r. c. 108/109-116/119PG 5:1069…are as they that contradict the priest and thou shalt fall today and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night i have made thy mother to be silent my people have been silent… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:543A…ctrine—"night," on account of the ignorance to which it was addicted. For when God said to the Jews through the prophet: "I have likened your mother to night" (Osee 4:5); explaining what kind of night He call…
6Hos 4:6
Pope Alexander I r. c. 108/109-116/119PG 5:1069…to be silent my people have been silent because they had no knowledge because thou hast rejected knowledge i will reject thee that thou shalt not do the office of priesthood to me and thou hast… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 59:377…2); and again: They that depart from thee shall perish (Ps. 72:27). And Hosea says: You have forgotten the law of your God, and I will forget you (Hosea 4:6); and He Himself in the Gospels: How often would I have ga… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 77:421…sin but by practicing sin in every way they will justly hear because thou hast rejected knowledge i will reject thee so that thou shalt not minister as priest to me and thou hast forgotten the… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 95:1549B…those who do not keep the commandments of God. • "Their priests fell by the sword." (Ps. lxxvii. 64) • "The priests have hidden the way of the Lord." (Osee iv. 6) • "Her leaders judged for gifts, and… Nicephorus I of Constantinople c. 758–828PG 100:575C…aimed beforehand concerning them: "You have rejected knowledge," says the divine Hosea, "so I also will reject you, so that you may not serve as priest to me" (Osee iv, 6). And: "You have become a snare on the… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:637…were very beautiful which light we study so diligently and therefore pursue because thou hast rejected knowledge i will also reject thee that thou shouldst not perform the priesthood for me and thou hast forgotten the… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:1045A…ive them or to halt their error. For who shall receive him, when He has said, "I will reject thee, that thou shalt not perform the office of priesthood to Me" (Osee IV, 6)? Furthermore, the sinner, whenever he… Euthymius Zigabenus d. after 1118PG 129:1371B…says: "Your sins create a division between me and you" (cf. Isa. LIX, 2). And again He says: "You have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget you" (cf. Hos. IV, 6). And David: "Behold, those who distanc… Matthew Blastares fl. c. 1335PG 145:193C…the matter unfinished. For God says through the prophet: "You have rejected knowledge, and I will reject you, so that you shall not serve as a priest for me" (Hos. 4:6). For if all we believers standing toge…
8Hos 4:8
John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 62:573D…and and receiving what you offer. You gave the silver, and your sins went out along with it. Such also are the priests: "The sins of my people they shall eat" (Hos. 4:8). So you receive more than you give; yo… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:845A…ke" [II Cor. v, 21]. For He was sacrificed for our sins as an innocent lamb. The same is the case with that which says: "They shall eat the sins of my people" [Osee iv, 8], which means that those things which a… Maximus the Confessor c. 580–662PG 91:767A…e offer, wipes away our evils. You gave a contribution; along with it, your sins also departed. For such are the priests: they shall eat the sins of my people (Osee IV, 8). A blind man knows how to lead to the…
9Hos 4:9
Pope Alexander I r. c. 108/109-116/119PG 5:1069…of my people and shall lift up their souls to their iniquity and there shall be like people like priest and i will visit upon him his ways and i will render his thoughts to him… Stephen Deacon of Constantinople fl. c. 807-809PG 100:1111D…he sacrifices and the smoke of the Gentiles has anything of this sort been seen. Hence it is fitting to use that word of the prophet: Populus sicut sacerdos (Osee iv, 9), and there was no one who was sanctify…
12Hos 4:12
Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 81:1573…for fornication and teaching more clearly what he calls fornication he added and they have gone a whoring from their god and indicating the manner ver they sacrificed on the tops of the mountains and upon…
13Hos 4:13
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:131…mountain of the lord shall be manifest and the house of god upon the tops of the mountains and it shall be exalted above the hills and all the nations shall come unto it and many… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:633…last days that the mountain of the lord shall be manifest established upon the tops of the mountains and it shall be lifted up above the hills and peoples shall hasten to it and many nations… Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 22:1141…of days that the mountain of the lord shall be manifest ready upon the tops of the mountains and it shall be exalted above the hills and peoples shall come upon it and many nations shall… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:131…spirit of fornication and have committed fornication from their god they sacrificed upon the tops of the mountains and upon the hills they sacrificed under the oak and the poplar and the shady tree because it… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:645…fornication and they have committed fornication away from their god they sacrificed upon the tops of the mountains and upon the hills they offered incense under the oak the poplar and the shady tree for the… Philo of CarpasiaPG 40:65…a in the last days the manifest mount of the lord prepared upon the tops of the mountains which is to say upon the members of the prophets and it shall be exalted above the hills…
14Hos 4:14
Origen c. 185–c. 253PG 12:357A…so these: "And for this, He says, I will not visit upon your daughters when they commit fornication, nor upon your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery" (Osee IV, 14). This is terrible, this is the extreme… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 68:323A…initiated to Beelphegor” [Num. xxv, 3]. God himself said as much through the voice of the prophets: “And the people that understands was joined with a harlot” [Osee iv, 14]. The lawgiver took these outrages most… Hesychius of Jerusalem d. after 450PG 93:1011…adulterers as an oven heated and again god said to them thus i will not punish your daughters when they have committed fornication and your spouses when they have committed adultery because they themselves were consorting… Procopius of Gaza c. 465–528PG 87:609…a certain prophet i will not visit your daughters when they shall commit whoredom nor your spouses when they shall commit adultery the devil has sinned from the beginnings of the world fire and scourges come… OrigenesPG 16:1631…chus: a prudent one of mystic speech. V. 4. A., and changers, etc. From Jerome. That is, changers, or effeminate ones, catamites. In the book of Hosea iv, 14, Aquila: a harlot. V. 6. Jerome: For physician, Symmac…
15Hos 4:15
Clement of Rome d. c. 100PG 1:573…me thing is handed down by the pseudo-Clement in the other work, Recognitions, book 1, chapter 35; by Lactantius, book iv, chapter 10; by Jerome on Hosea iv, 15, 16; ... ...regarding the deeds of Theodosius the Great… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 55:767B…, God teaches when He thus addresses the Jews: “I will not visit when their spouses have been adulterous, nor when their daughters have committed fornication” (Osee IV, 15); and again, “I have abandoned my house… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 70:11B…e works of their own hands, occupying the mountains and the hills, under the oak and the poplar and the shady tree, because it is a good shadow, as Hosea says (Osee IV, 15). When Jotham was dead, Ahaz took u… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1279…7, 8 190 3, 1 297 26, 14 1554 143, 3, 4 191 3, 23 331 41, 8 1557 143, 14 197 5, 1 353 41, 20 1569 146, 1 200 5, 8 967 Ezech. 44, 14 1571 146, 6 201 5, 11 1330 Osee 4, 15 1577 147, 3 202 5, 17 1367 12, 4 583 15… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1279…18 837 20, 45 225 8, 9 858 20, 48 227 8, 14 865 23, 16 228 8, 16 901 27, 15 229 8, 18 903 27, 19 230 8, 21 995 56, 57 274 9, 6 1069 Dan. 1, 4 238 9, 10 1330 Osee 4, 15 241 10, 4 1341 7, 2 247 10, 24 1567 12,… Theodoret of Cyrrhus c. 386–458PG 84:1279…8 20, 48 1629 8, 19 865 23, 16 1640 10, 6 901 27, 15 1656 13, 1 903 27, 19 1674 Malach. 1, 7 995 56, 57 1688 3, 8 1069 Dan. 1, 4 T. III. p. 116 Isa. 65, 2 1330 Osee 4, 15 Tom. I. p. 139 Theodotionis interpr. Ex… John of Damascus c. 675–749PG 96:219C…: for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that shall take the name of the Lord his God in vain.” Levit. xix, 12. — “You shall not swear falsely by my name.” Osee iv, 15. — “Swear not: The Lord liveth.” E… Otto Fridolin Fritzsche 1812-1896PG 66:41C…th the greatest consistency in the Vienna codex; because this is quite manifest, it pleases to refer only to those readings which are undoubtedly depraved: Hos. IV, 15, ἐπαγομένην; VI, 4, κἂν οὐδέ; VIII, 15,…
16Hos 4:16
Basil the Great c. 329–379PG 31:1805…freely. You see Ephraim being accused as a heifer maddened by a gadfly, because it wanders hither and thither rashly? In the Plantin Greek edition we read in Osee IV, 16: hōs damalis paroistrōsa paroistrēsen… John Chrysostom c. 349–407PG 48:845C…ist, nor did they pull the plow of instruction. This is what another prophet also hinted at when he said: “As a heifer goad-stung, Israel has been goad-stung” (Hos. 4:16). Still another called him an “untaught… Cyril of Alexandria d. 444PG 71:137…heifer going mad with the gadfly so israel has ran mad and now the lord will feed them as a lamb in a spacious place h xlix h one of the saints wisely leads us toward…
19Hos 4:19
Eusebius of Caesarea c. 260–339PG 24:99…they shall be confounded because of their idols which they themselves desired and they shall be ashamed because of their gardens which they coveted d furthermore the shame for the foul deeds… Theophylact of Ohrid c. 1055 – after 1107PG 126:653…forward here b verse a whirlwind of spirit shall hiss in its wings and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices just as birds he says by the movement of their wings with a certain…