Hoshea 4-6 - Matan Al HaPerek

Perek 4 begins the second unit in Sefer Hoshea (perakim 4-14), which mostly deals with the
moral sins of the people and their leaders. These sins are rooted in the fact that the people
have forgotten God – “for there is no knowledge of God in the land”. 

Like perek 4, perek 5 begins with a call to hear a harsh accusation; however this accusation is
not against the people, but rather against the leadership alone – the priests, the princes and
the “house of the king."