Hosea 4:4-11
Legacy Standard Bible
4 Yet let no man (A)contend, and let no man offer reproof;
Indeed, your people are like those who (B)contend with the priest.
5 So you will (C)stumble by day,
And the prophet also will stumble with you by night;
And I will destroy your (D)mother.
6 (E)My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have (F)rejected knowledge,
I also will (G)reject you from ministering as My priest.
Since you have (H)forgotten the (I)law of your God,
I Myself also will forget your children.
7 The more they (J)multiplied, the more they sinned against Me;
I will (K)change their glory into disgrace.
8 They (L)eat the [a]sin of My people
And (M)lift up [b]their soul toward their iniquity.
9 And it will be like people, (N)like priest;
So I will (O)punish them for their ways
And cause their deeds to return to them.
10 (P)They will eat, but not be satisfied;
They will (Q)play the harlot, but not break forth in number,
Because they have [c](R)forsaken Yahweh to keep harlotry.
11 Harlotry, (S)wine, and new wine take away a heart of wisdom.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:8 Or sin offering
- Hosea 4:8 Lit his
- Hosea 4:10 Or forsaken Yahweh to practice (v 11) harlotry; lit forsaken giving heed
Hosea 4:4-11
International Standard Version
4 “Let no one fight or bring charges against another,
for my dispute is with you, priest.
5 So you will stumble during the day,
the prophet also will stumble with you at night,
and I will destroy your mother.[a]
6 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.
7 “The more they increased in number,[c]
the more they sinned against me,
so I will change their glory into shame.
8 They feed on the sin of my people;
they purpose in their heart to transgress.
9 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]
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:5 I.e. Israel
- Hosea 4:6 The Heb. lacks of me
- Hosea 4:7 The Heb. lacks in number
- Hosea 4:11 So LXX. The Heb. lacks of my people
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