“But let no one bring a charge,
    let no one accuse another,
for your people are like those
    who bring charges against a priest.(A)
You stumble(B) day and night,
    and the prophets stumble with you.
So I will destroy your mother(C)
    my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.(D)

“Because you have rejected knowledge,
    I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law(E) of your God,
    I also will ignore your children.
The more priests there were,
    the more they sinned against me;
    they exchanged their glorious God[a](F) for something disgraceful.(G)
They feed on the sins of my people
    and relish their wickedness.(H)
And it will be: Like people, like priests.(I)
    I will punish both of them for their ways
    and repay them for their deeds.(J)

10 “They will eat but not have enough;(K)
    they will engage in prostitution(L) but not flourish,
because they have deserted(M) the Lord
    to give themselves 11 to prostitution;(N)
old wine(O) and new wine
    take away their understanding.(P)

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  1. Hosea 4:7 Syriac (see also an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition); Masoretic Text me; / I will exchange their glory

Yet let no one contend,
    and let none accuse,
    for with you is my contention, O priest.[a](A)
You shall stumble by day;
    the prophet also shall stumble with you by night,
    and I will destroy your mother.(B)
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge!
    Because you have rejected knowledge,
    I reject you from being a priest to me;
and since you have forgotten the law of your God,
    I also will forget your children.(C)

The more they increased,
    the more they sinned against me;
    they changed[b] their glory into shame.(D)
They feed on the sin of my people;
    they are greedy for their iniquity.
And it shall be like people, like priest;
    I will punish them for their ways
    and repay them for their deeds.(E)
10 They shall eat but not be satisfied;
    they shall prostitute themselves but not multiply,
because they have forsaken the Lord
to devote themselves to(F) 11     prostitution.

The Idolatry of Israel

Wine and new wine
    take away the understanding.(G)

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Notas al pie

  1. 4.4 Cn: Meaning of Heb uncertain
  2. 4.7 Tg Syr: MT I will change