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Hosea 4:4-11
New King James Version
Hosea 4:4-11
New King James Version
4 “Now let no man contend, or rebuke another;
For your people are like those (A)who contend with the priest.
5 Therefore you shall stumble (B)in the day;
The prophet also shall stumble with you in the night;
And I will destroy your mother.
6 (C)My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also will reject you from being priest for Me;
(D)Because 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;
(E)I[a] will change [b]their glory into shame.
8 They eat up the sin of My people;
They set their [c]heart on their iniquity.
9 And it shall be: (F)like people, like priest.
So I will punish them for their ways,
And [d]reward them for their deeds.
10 For (G)they shall eat, but not have enough;
They shall commit harlotry, but not increase;
Because they have ceased obeying the Lord.
The Idolatry of Israel
11 “Harlotry, wine, and new wine (H)enslave the heart.
Hosea 4:4-11
American Standard Version
Hosea 4:4-11
American Standard Version
4 Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. 5 And thou shalt stumble in the day, and the prophet also shall stumble 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, [a]I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children. 7 As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame. 8 They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity. 9 And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings. 10 And they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall play the harlot, and shall not increase; because they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.
11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the [b]understanding.
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- Hosea 4:6 According to another reading, I have rejected
- Hosea 4:11 Hebrew heart.
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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