For this reason the land mourns,(A)
and everyone who lives in it languishes,
along with the wild animals(B) and the birds of the sky;
even the fish of the sea disappear.(C)
But let no one dispute;(D) let no one argue,
for My case is against you priests.[a][b](E)
You will stumble by day;(F)
the prophet will also stumble with you by night.
And I will destroy your mother.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:4 Text emended; MT reads argue, and your people are like those contending with a priest
  2. Hosea 4:4 Hb obscure

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