Hosea 4:6

New English Translation

⁶You have destroyed^[a] my people
by failing to acknowledge me!
Because you refuse to acknowledge me,^[b]
I will reject you as my priests.
Because you reject^[c] the law of your God,
I will reject^[d] your descendants.

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Footnotes

Hosea 4:6 tn Heb “they have destroyed” or “my people are destroyed” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV).
Hosea 4:6 tn Heb “Because you reject knowledge”; cf. NLT “because they don’t know me.”
Hosea 4:6 tn Heb “have forgotten”; cf. NAB, NIV “have ignored.”
Hosea 4:6 tn Heb “forget” (so KJV, NRSV); cf. NLT “forget to bless.”

Hosea 4:6

King James Version

⁶My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

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Hosea 4:6

New International Version

⁶ my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.^(A)

“Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law^(B) of your God,
I also will ignore your children.

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Hosea 4:6

New King James Version

⁶^(A)My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also will reject you from being priest for Me;
^(B)Because you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.

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Hosea 4:6

English Standard Version

⁶My people are destroyed ^(A)for lack of knowledge;
    ^(B)because you have rejected knowledge,
    I reject you ^(C)from being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
    ^(D)I also will forget your children.