But let no one dispute;(A) let no one argue,
for my case is against you priests.[a][b](B)
You will stumble by day;(C)
the prophet will also stumble with you by night.
And I will destroy your mother.(D)
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.(E)
Because you have rejected knowledge,(F)
I will reject you(G) from serving as my priest.
Since you have forgotten the law of your God,(H)
I will also forget your sons.

The more they multiplied,(I)
the more they sinned against me.
I[c] will change their[d] honor into disgrace.(J)
They feed on the sin[e] of my people;(K)
they have an appetite for their iniquity.(L)
The same judgment will happen
to both people and priests.(M)
I will punish them for their ways(N)
and repay them for their deeds.
10 They will eat but not be satisfied;(O)
they will be promiscuous(P) but not multiply.
For they have abandoned their devotion to the Lord.(Q)
11 Promiscuity,(R) wine, and new wine
take away one’s understanding.(S)

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  1. 4:4 Text emended; MT reads argue, and your people are like those contending with a priest
  2. 4:4 Hb obscure
  3. 4:7 Alt Hb tradition, Syr, Tg read They
  4. 4:7 Alt Hb tradition reads my
  5. 4:8 Or sin offerings

“Let no one fight or bring charges against another,
    for my dispute is with you, priest.
So you will stumble during the day,
    the prophet also will stumble with you at night,
        and I will destroy your mother.[a]
My people are destroyed because they lack knowledge of me.[b]
    Because you rejected that knowledge,
        I will reject you as a priest for me.
Since you forget the Law of your God,
    I will also forget your children.

“The more they increased in number,[c]
    the more they sinned against me,
        so I will change their glory into shame.
They feed on the sin of my people;
    they purpose in their heart to transgress.
So it will be: like people, like priest.
    I will punish them for their lifestyles,
        rewarding them according to their behavior.
10 They will eat,
    but will not be satisfied.
They will engage in prostitution,
    but they won’t increase,
        because they have stopped listening to the Lord.

11 “Sexual immorality, wine, and fresh wine seduce the heart of my people.[d]

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  1. Hosea 4:5 I.e. Israel
  2. Hosea 4:6 The Heb. lacks of me
  3. Hosea 4:7 The Heb. lacks in number
  4. Hosea 4:11 So LXX. The Heb. lacks of my people