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I will destroy my people because they are ignorant.
    You have refused to learn,
        so I will refuse to let you be my priests.
    You have forgotten the teachings of your Elohim,
        so I will forget your children.
The more priests there are,
    the more they sin against me.
        So I will turn their glory into shame.
They feed on the sins of my people,
    and they want them to do wicked things.

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    my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.(A)

“Because you have rejected knowledge,
    I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law(B) of your God,
    I also will ignore your children.
The more priests there were,
    the more they sinned against me;
    they exchanged their glorious God[a](C) for something disgraceful.(D)
They feed on the sins of my people
    and relish their wickedness.(E)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:7 Syriac (see also an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition); Masoretic Text me; / I will exchange their glory