Hosea 4:4-11
World English Bible
4 “Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.
5 You will stumble in the day,
and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night;
and I will destroy your mother.
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you,
that you may be no priest to me.
Because you have forgotten your God’s law,
I will also forget your children.
7 As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me.
I will change their glory into shame.
8 They feed on the sin of my people,
and set their heart on their iniquity.
9 It will be, like people, like priest;
and I will punish them for their ways,
and will repay them for their deeds.
10 They will eat, and not have enough.
They will play the prostitute, and will not increase;
because they have abandoned giving to Yahweh.
11 Prostitution, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
Hosea 4:4-11
Lexham English Bible
4 Yet, let no one contend,
and let no one accuse,
for with you, O priest, is my contention.[a]
5 You will stumble by day,
and the priest also will stumble
with you at 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 acting as a priest for me.[b]
And since you have forgotten the law of your God,
I will also forget your children.[c]
7 When they became many, their sin increased against me;
they changed[d] their glory into shame.
8 They feed on the sin of my people,[e]
they are greedy[f] for their iniquity.
9 And it will be like people, like priest;
I will punish them[g] for their[h] ways,
and I will requite them[i] for their[j] deeds.
10 They will eat and not be satisfied;
they will play the whore and not multiply,
because they have forsaken Yahweh to devote themselves to
11 whoredom.[k]
Wine and new wine take away the understanding.[l]
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:4 The Hebrew is unclear; the NASB translates “For your people are like those who contend with the priest”
- Hosea 4:6 Or “to me”
- Hosea 4:6 Hebrew “sons”
- Hosea 4:7 Hebrew uncertain; MT “I will exchange”
- Hosea 4:8 Literally “They eat the sins of my people”
- Hosea 4:8 Literally “they lift up their throat”
- Hosea 4:9 Hebrew “him”
- Hosea 4:9 Hebrew “his”
- Hosea 4:9 Hebrew “him”
- Hosea 4:9 Hebrew “his”
- Hosea 4:11 Literally “to watch over whoredom”
- Hosea 4:11 Literally “take away heart”
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