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
Revised Standard Version
4 Yet let no one contend,
and let none accuse,
for with you is my contention, O priest.[a]
5 You shall stumble by day,
the prophet also shall stumble with you by night;
and I will destroy your mother.
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge;
because you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you from being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I also will forget your children.
7 The more they increased,
the more they sinned against me;
I will change their glory into shame.
8 They feed on the sin of my people;
they are greedy for their iniquity.
9 And it shall be like people, like priest;
I will punish them for their ways,
and requite them for their deeds.
10 They shall eat, but not be satisfied;
they shall play the harlot, but not multiply;
because they have forsaken the Lord
to cherish harlotry.
The Idolatry of Israel
11 Wine and new wine
take away the understanding.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:4 Cn: Heb uncertain
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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