Hosea 4:8
6 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.
They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.
9 And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
10 They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have stopped obeying the LORD.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.
- KJV
- They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
- WEB
- They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
- ASV
- They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.
- DARBY
- They eat the sin of my people, and their soul longeth for their iniquity.
- BLB
- The sin of My people they eat up, and toward their iniquity they lift up their soul.
- ÅB
- Av mitt folks synd lever de, og etter deres misgjerning higer de[^1].
- OTB
- De lever av mitt folks synd og ønsker deres misgjerning.
- B1930
- Av mitt folks synd lever de, og efter deres misgjerning higer de.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Micah 3:11
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
Read in contextIsaiah 56:11
Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
Read in contextTitus 1:11
who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
Read in context1 Samuel 2:29
Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’
Read in contextLeviticus 6:26
The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
Read in contextMalachi 1:10
“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
Read in contextLeviticus 7:6–7
Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy.
Read in contextPsalms 24:4
He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
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