(A)My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Since you have (B)rejected knowledge,
I also will (C)reject you from being My priest.
Since you have (D)forgotten the (E)Law of your God,
I also will forget your children.

The more they (F)multiplied, the more they sinned against Me;
I will (G)change their glory into shame.
They (H)feed on the [a]sin of My people,
And (I)long for their wrongdoing.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:8 Or sin offering

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