Hosea 4:6

⁴ Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.

⁵ Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.

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.

⁷ As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.

⁸ They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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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 are gone into captivity, because they have no knowledge: and their honourable men are famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.
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Proverbs 19:2
Also, that the soul be without knowledge, it is not good; and he that hasteth with his feet sinneth.
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Hosea 6:6
For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.
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2 Corinthians 4:3–6
But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:
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Hosea 4:1
Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.
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Matthew 15:8
This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with their lips; but their heart is far from me.
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Proverbs 1:30–32
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
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Isaiah 17:10
Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy salvation, and hast not been mindful of the rock of thy strength, therefore shalt thou plant pleasant plants, and shalt set it with strange slips:
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