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You priests have rejected me,
and my people are destroyed
    by refusing to obey.
Now I'll reject you and forget
your children, because you
    have forgotten my Law.

By adding more of you priests,
you multiply the number
    of people who sin.
Now I'll change your pride
    into shame.
You encourage others to sin,
so you can stuff yourselves
    on their sin offerings.

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    my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.(A)

“Because you have rejected knowledge,
    I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law(B) 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](C) for something disgraceful.(D)
They feed on the sins of my people
    and relish their wickedness.(E)

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Footnotes

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