Hosea 4:3-6
New International Version
3 Because of this the land dries up,(A)
and all who live in it waste away;(B)
the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
and the fish in the sea are swept away.(C)
4 “But let no one bring a charge,
let no one accuse another,
for your people are like those
who bring charges against a priest.(D)
5 You stumble(E) day and night,
and the prophets stumble with you.
So I will destroy your mother(F)—
6 my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.(G)
“Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law(H) of your God,
I also will ignore your children.
Hosea 4:3-6
King James Version
3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the sea also shall be taken away.
4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
6 My 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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