Hosea 4:6-8

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My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.^(A)
Because you have rejected knowledge,^(B)
I will reject you^(C) from serving as My priest.
Since you have forgotten the law of your God,^(D)
I will also forget your sons.

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The more they multiplied,^(E)
the more they sinned against Me.
I^(a) will change their honor^(b) into disgrace.^(F)

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They feed on the sin^(c) of My people;^(G)
they have an appetite for their transgressions.^(H)

Footnotes:

a. Hosea 4:7: Alt Hb tradition, Syr, Tg read They

b. Hosea 4:7: Ancient Jewish tradition reads My honor

c. Hosea 4:8: Or sin offerings

Cross references:

A. Hosea 4:6: Isaiah 5:13

B. Hosea 4:6: Malachi 2:7-8

C. Hosea 4:6: Zechariah 11:8-9; Zechariah 11:15-17

D. Hosea 4:6: Hosea 2:13; Hosea 8:14; Hosea 13:6

E. Hosea 4:7: Hosea 10:1; Hosea 13:6

F. Hosea 4:7: Habakkuk 2:16

G. Hosea 4:8: Hosea 10:13

H. Hosea 4:8: Isaiah 56:11