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
New American Standard Bible 1995
4 Yet let no one [a](A)find fault, and let none offer reproof;
For 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 being My priest.
Since you have (H)forgotten the (I)law of your God,
I also will forget your children.
7 The more they (J)multiplied, the more they sinned against Me;
I will (K)change their glory into shame.
8 They (L)feed on the [b]sin of My people
And (M)direct their desire toward their iniquity.
9 And it will be, like people, (N)like priest;
So I will (O)punish them for their ways
And repay them for their deeds.
10 (P)They will eat, but not have enough;
They will (Q)play the harlot, but not increase,
Because they have [c](R)stopped giving heed to the Lord.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:4 Lit contend
- Hosea 4:8 Or sin offering
- Hosea 4:10 Lit forsaken giving heed; or forsaken the Lord to practice (v 11) harlotry
- Hosea 4:11 Lit heart
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