Hosea 4:6
4 But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.
5 You will stumble by day, and the prophet will stumble with you by night; so I will destroy your mother—
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
7 The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.
8 They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
- KJV
- My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
- WEB
- 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.
- ASV
- My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
- DARBY
- My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; for thou hast rejected knowledge, and I will reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me; seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
- BLB
- My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge, because you have rejected knowledge, and I will reject you from being priest unto Me; and you have forgotten the law of your God; I will forget your children also.
- ÅB
- Mitt folk går til grunne fordi det ikke har kunnskap; fordi du har forkastet kunnskapen, forkaster jeg deg, så du ikke skal tjene meg som prest; du glemte din Guds lov, derfor vil også jeg glemme dine barn.
- OTB
- Mitt folk blir ødelagt fordi de mangler kunnskap. Fordi du har forkastet kunnskap, vil jeg også forkaste deg fra å være mine prester; fordi du har glemt din Guds lov, vil jeg også glemme dine barn.
- B1930
- Mitt folk går til grunne fordi det ikke har kunnskap; fordi du har forkastet kunnskapen, forkaster jeg dig, så du ikke skal tjene mig som prest; du glemte din Guds lov, derfor vil også jeg glemme dine barn.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 5:13
Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.
Read in contextProverbs 19:2
Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.
Read in contextHosea 6:6
For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.
Read in context2 Corinthians 4:3–6
And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.
Read in contextHosea 4:1
Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!
Read in contextMatthew 15:8
‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.
Read in contextProverbs 1:30–32
They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.
Read in contextIsaiah 17:10
For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—
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