Hosea 4:4-11
Holman Christian Standard Bible
4 But let no one dispute;(A) let no one argue,
for My case is against you priests.[a][b](B)
5 You will stumble by day;(C)
the prophet will also stumble with you by night.
And I will destroy your mother.(D)
6 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.
7 The more they multiplied,(I)
the more they sinned against Me.
I[c] will change their honor[d] into disgrace.(J)
8 They feed on the sin[e] of My people;(K)
they have an appetite for their transgressions.(L)
9 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)
Hosea 4:4-11
New Living Translation
4 “Don’t point your finger at someone else
and try to pass the blame!
My complaint, you priests,
is with you.[a]
5 So you will stumble in broad daylight,
and your false prophets will fall with you in the night.
And I will destroy Israel, your mother.
6 My people are being destroyed
because they don’t know me.
Since you priests refuse to know me,
I refuse to recognize you as my priests.
Since you have forgotten the laws of your God,
I will forget to bless your children.
7 The more priests there are,
the more they sin against me.
They have exchanged the glory of God
for the shame of idols.[b]
8 “When the people bring their sin offerings, the priests get fed.
So the priests are glad when the people sin!
9 ‘And what the priests do, the people also do.’
So now I will punish both priests and people
for their wicked deeds.
10 They will eat and still be hungry.
They will play the prostitute and gain nothing from it,
for they have deserted the Lord
11 to worship other gods.
“Wine has robbed my people
of their understanding.
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