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Hosea 4:4-10
English Standard Version
Hosea 4:4-10
English Standard Version
4 (A)Yet let no one contend,
and let none accuse,
for with you is (B)my contention, O priest.[a]
5 You shall stumble by day;
the prophet also shall stumble with you by night;
and I will destroy (C)your mother.
6 My people are destroyed (D)for lack of knowledge;
(E)because you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you (F)from being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
(G)I also will forget your children.
7 (H)The more they increased,
the more they sinned against me;
(I)I will change their glory into shame.
8 (J)They feed on the sin[b] of my people;
they are greedy for their iniquity.
9 (K)And it shall be like people, like priest;
I will punish them for their ways
and repay them for their deeds.
10 (L)They shall eat, but not be satisfied;
they shall play the whore, but not multiply,
because they have forsaken the Lord
to cherish
Hosea 4:4-10
New International Version
Hosea 4:4-10
New International Version
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.(A)
5 You stumble(B) day and night,
and the prophets stumble with you.
So I will destroy your mother(C)—
6 my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.(D)
“Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law(E) of your God,
I also will ignore your children.
7 The more priests there were,
the more they sinned against me;
they exchanged their glorious God[a](F) for something disgraceful.(G)
8 They feed on the sins of my people
and relish their wickedness.(H)
9 And it will be: Like people, like priests.(I)
I will punish both of them for their ways
and repay them for their deeds.(J)
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:7 Syriac (see also an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition); Masoretic Text me; / I will exchange their glory
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