(A)The more they increased,
    the more they sinned against me;
    (B)I will change their glory into shame.

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The more priests there were,
    the more they sinned against me;
    they exchanged their glorious God[a](A) for something disgraceful.(B)

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  1. Hosea 4:7 Syriac (see also an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition); Masoretic Text me; / I will exchange their glory

(A)but when they had grazed,[a] they became full,
    (B)they were filled, and their heart was lifted up;
    (C)therefore they forgot me.

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  1. Hosea 13:6 Hebrew according to their pasture

When I fed them, they were satisfied;
    when they were satisfied, they became proud;(A)
    then they forgot(B) me.(C)

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and so (A)I make you despised and abased before all the people, inasmuch as you do not keep my ways but (B)show partiality in your instruction.”

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“So I have caused you to be despised(A) and humiliated(B) before all the people, because you have not followed my ways but have shown partiality(C) in matters of the law.”(D)

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30 Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: (A)‘I promised that your house and the house of your father should go in and out before me forever,’ (B)but now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me, for those who honor me I will honor, and those who despise me shall be lightly esteemed.

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30 “Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I promised that members of your family would minister before me forever.(A)’ But now the Lord declares: ‘Far be it from me! Those who honor me I will honor,(B) but those who despise(C) me will be disdained.(D)

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19 (A)Their end is destruction, (B)their god is their belly, and (C)they glory in their shame, with (D)minds set on earthly things.

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19 Their destiny(A) is destruction, their god is their stomach,(B) and their glory is in their shame.(C) Their mind is set on earthly things.(D)

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16 You will have your fill (A)of shame instead of glory.
    (B)Drink, yourself, and show your uncircumcision!
(C)The cup in the Lord's right hand
    will come around to you,
    and (D)utter shame will come upon your glory!

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16 You will be filled with shame(A) instead of glory.(B)
    Now it is your turn! Drink(C) and let your nakedness be exposed[a]!(D)
The cup(E) from the Lord’s right hand is coming around to you,
    and disgrace will cover your glory.

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  1. Habakkuk 2:16 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls, Aquila, Vulgate and Syriac (see also Septuagint) and stagger

14 (A)I shall ransom them from the power of Sheol;
    (B)I shall redeem them from Death.[a]
(C)O (D)Death, where are your plagues?
    (E)O (F)Sheol, where is your sting?
    (G)Compassion is hidden from my eyes.

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  1. Hosea 13:14 Or Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from Death?

14 “I will deliver this people from the power of the grave;(A)
    I will redeem them from death.(B)
Where, O death, are your plagues?
    Where, O grave, is your destruction?(C)

“I will have no compassion,

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10 (A)Israel is a luxuriant vine
    that yields its fruit.
The more his fruit increased,
    (B)the more altars he built;
as his country improved,
    he improved his pillars.

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10 Israel was a spreading vine;(A)
    he brought forth fruit for himself.
As his fruit increased,
    he built more altars;(B)
as his land prospered,(C)
    he adorned his sacred stones.(D)

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As robbers (A)lie in wait for a man,
    so the priests band together;
they murder on the way to (B)Shechem;
    they commit villainy.

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As marauders lie in ambush for a victim,(A)
    so do bands of priests;
they murder(B) on the road to Shechem,
    carrying out their wicked schemes.(C)

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Punishment Coming for Israel and Judah

(A)Hear this, O priests!
    Pay attention, O house of Israel!
Give ear, O house of the king!
    For the judgment is for you;
for (B)you have been a snare at Mizpah
    and a net spread upon (C)Tabor.

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Judgment Against Israel

“Hear this, you priests!
    Pay attention, you Israelites!
Listen, royal house!
    This judgment(A) is against you:
You have been a snare(B) at Mizpah,
    a net(C) spread out on Tabor.

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10 (A)They shall eat, but not be satisfied;
    they shall play the whore, but not multiply,
because they have forsaken the Lord
    to cherish

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10 “They will eat but not have enough;(A)
    they will engage in prostitution(B) but not flourish,
because they have deserted(C) the Lord
    to give themselves

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26 “As a thief is shamed when caught,
    so the house of Israel shall be shamed:
(A)they, their kings, their officials,
    their priests, and their prophets,
27 who say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’
    and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’
For they have turned their back to me,
    and not their face.
But (B)in the time of their trouble they say,
    ‘Arise and save us!’

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26 “As a thief is disgraced(A) when he is caught,
    so the people of Israel are disgraced—
they, their kings and their officials,
    their priests(B) and their prophets.(C)
27 They say to wood,(D) ‘You are my father,’
    and to stone,(E) ‘You gave me birth.’
They have turned their backs(F) to me
    and not their faces;(G)
yet when they are in trouble,(H) they say,
    ‘Come and save(I) us!’

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(A)From the days of our fathers to this day we have been in great (B)guilt. And for our iniquities we, our kings, and our priests have been given into the hand of the kings of the lands, to the sword, to captivity, to plundering, (C)and to utter shame, as it is today.

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From the days of our ancestors(A) until now, our guilt has been great. Because of our sins, we and our kings and our priests have been subjected to the sword(B) and captivity,(C) to pillage and humiliation(D) at the hand of foreign kings, as it is today.

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