God’s Controversy with Israel (5) Hosea 4

II.  B.  All the land ruined with pollution (3) “Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth in it shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of the heavens; yea, the fish of the sea also shall be taken away.” Here read Joel 1:9-13: “Therefore”—because of all those horrible crimes of vs. 2, “the land shall mourn” in bereavement.  For the inhabitants shall languish. Cp. Rev. 9:5, 6, 20, 21.  “…with the beasts of the field,” the domestic cattle, and the...