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Hosea 4:6-9
English Standard Version
Hosea 4:6-9
English Standard Version
6 My people are destroyed (A)for lack of knowledge;
(B)because you have rejected knowledge,
I reject you (C)from being a priest to me.
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
(D)I also will forget your children.
7 (E)The more they increased,
the more they sinned against me;
(F)I will change their glory into shame.
8 (G)They feed on the sin[a] of my people;
they are greedy for their iniquity.
9 (H)And it shall be like people, like priest;
I will punish them for their ways
and repay them for their deeds.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:8 Or sin offering
Hosea 4:6-9
New International Version
Hosea 4:6-9
New International Version
6 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.
7 The more priests there were,
the more they sinned against me;
they exchanged their glorious God[a](C) for something disgraceful.(D)
8 They feed on the sins of my people
and relish their wickedness.(E)
9 And it will be: Like people, like priests.(F)
I will punish both of them for their ways
and repay them for their deeds.(G)
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:7 Syriac (see also an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition); Masoretic Text me; / I will exchange their glory
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