Hosea 4:4-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Yet let no one contend,
and let none accuse,
for with you is my contention, O priest.[a](A)
5 You shall stumble by day;
the prophet also shall stumble with you by night,
and I will destroy your mother.(B)
6 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)
7 The more they increased,
the more they sinned against me;
they changed[b] their glory into shame.(D)
8 They feed on the sin of my people;
they are greedy for their iniquity.
9 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)
Hosea 4:4-11
Revised Standard Version
4 Yet let no one contend,
and let none accuse,
for with you is my contention, O priest.[a]
5 You shall stumble by day,
the prophet also shall stumble with you by night;
and I will destroy your mother.
6 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.
7 The more they increased,
the more they sinned against me;
I will change their glory into shame.
8 They feed on the sin of my people;
they are greedy for their iniquity.
9 And it shall be like people, like priest;
I will punish them for their ways,
and requite them for their deeds.
10 They shall eat, but not be satisfied;
they shall play the harlot, but not multiply;
because they have forsaken the Lord
to cherish harlotry.
The Idolatry of Israel
11 Wine and new wine
take away the understanding.
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:4 Cn: Heb uncertain
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