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Hosea 4:4-11
Legacy Standard Bible
Hosea 4:4-11
Legacy Standard Bible
4 Yet let no man (A)contend, and let no man offer reproof;
Indeed, your people are like those who (B)contend with the priest.
5 So you will (C)stumble by day,
And the prophet also will stumble with you by night;
And I will destroy your (D)mother.
6 (E)My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have (F)rejected knowledge,
I also will (G)reject you from ministering as My priest.
Since you have (H)forgotten the (I)law of your God,
I Myself also will forget your children.
7 The more they (J)multiplied, the more they sinned against Me;
I will (K)change their glory into disgrace.
8 They (L)eat the [a]sin of My people
And (M)lift up [b]their soul toward their iniquity.
9 And it will be like people, (N)like priest;
So I will (O)punish them for their ways
And cause their deeds to return to them.
10 (P)They will eat, but not be satisfied;
They will (Q)play the harlot, but not break forth in number,
Because they have [c](R)forsaken Yahweh to keep harlotry.
11 Harlotry, (S)wine, and new wine take away a heart of wisdom.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:8 Or sin offering
- Hosea 4:8 Lit his
- Hosea 4:10 Or forsaken Yahweh to practice (v 11) harlotry; lit forsaken giving heed
Hosea 4:4-11
Common English Bible
Hosea 4:4-11
Common English Bible
4 Yet let no one protest,
and let no one complain.
Listen, priest, I am angry with your people.[a]
5 You will stumble by day;
and at nighttime so will your prophet,
and I will destroy your mother.
6 My people are destroyed
from lack of knowledge.
Since you have rejected knowledge,
so I will reject you from serving me as a priest.
Since you have forgotten the Instruction of your God,
so also I will forget your children.
7 The more they increased,
the more they sinned against me;
they exchanged their glory for shame.
8 They feed on the sin of my people;
they set their hearts on evil things.
9 The priest will be just like the people;
I will punish them for their ways,
and judge them for their deeds.
10 They will eat but not be satisfied;
they will have sex like prostitutes,
but they will not have children,
because they have rejected the Lord
to devote themselves to 11 false religious practices.
Description of Israel’s idolatry
Wine and new wine
destroy understanding.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:4 Heb uncertain
Hosea 4:4-11
New International Version
Hosea 4:4-11
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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