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The Lord Warns the Priests

Don't accuse just anyone!
    Not everyone is at fault.
My case is against you,
    the priests.[a]
You and the prophets
will stumble day and night;
    I'll silence your mothers.
You priests have rejected me,
and my people are destroyed
    by refusing to obey.
Now I'll reject you and forget
your children, because you
    have forgotten my Law.

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Footnotes

  1. 4.4 priests: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 4. Hosea may have had in mind only one priest, possibly the chief priest.

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