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Therefore the land will mourn,
    and all who live there will languish,
along with the wild animals of the field and the birds of the air.
    Even the fish in the sea will disappear.

“Let no one fight or bring charges against another,
    for my dispute is with you, priest.
So you will stumble during the day,
    the prophet also will stumble with you at night,
        and I will destroy your mother.[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:5 I.e. Israel

Because of this the land dries up,(A)
    and all who live in it waste away;(B)
the beasts of the field, the birds in the sky
    and the fish in the sea are swept away.(C)

“But let no one bring a charge,
    let no one accuse another,
for your people are like those
    who bring charges against a priest.(D)
You stumble(E) day and night,
    and the prophets stumble with you.
So I will destroy your mother(F)

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