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.