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Hosea 4:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
Hosea 4:6-8
1599 Geneva Bible
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because [a]thou hast refused knowledge, I will also refuse thee that thou shalt be no Priest to me: and seeing [b]thou hast forgotten the Law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
7 As they were [c]increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
8 [d]They eat up the sins of my people, and lift up their minds in their iniquity.
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- Hosea 4:6 That is, the Priests shall be cast off, because that for lack of knowledge, they are not able to execute their charge, and instruct others, Deut. 33:3; Mal. 2:7.
- Hosea 4:6 Meaning, the whole body of the people, which were weary with hearing the word of God.
- Hosea 4:7 The more I was beneficial unto them.
- Hosea 4:8 To wit, the Priests seek to eat the people’s offerings, and flatter them in their sins.
Hosea 4:6-8
New International Version
Hosea 4:6-8
New International Version
6 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.
7 The more priests there were,
the more they sinned against me;
they exchanged their glorious God[a](C) for something disgraceful.(D)
8 They feed on the sins of my people
and relish their wickedness.(E)
Footnotes
- Hosea 4:7 Syriac (see also an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition); Masoretic Text me; / I will exchange their glory
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