Hosea 5:4
They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD. They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
Hosea, whose name means salvation, was the first of the minor prophets. He was the last of the great prophets of the northern kingdom. He lived about two hundred years before Daniel and was contemporary with Isaiah. He prophesied during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam II in Israel.
The verse lays bare the moral condition and decay of Israel. People, priests, and princes alike stood guilty of gross iniquity. Their sinful desires and the spirit of whoredoms within them kept them from framing their doings to turn back to God. They had not known the Lord.
With definiteness it predicts the certain desolation and coming captivity of that kingdom. That prediction stood as a warning rooted in its moral decay.
Beyond these apostasies the verse belongs to a wider message that calls to repent. That message looks forward to the time when the Lord shall restore His people. It holds out promises of blessing from God. It gives moral precepts of great worth.