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Hosea 4:4-6
1599 Geneva Bible
Hosea 4:4-6
1599 Geneva Bible
4 Yet [a]let none rebuke, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that rebuke the Priest.
5 Therefore shalt thou fall in the [b]day, and the Prophet shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy [c]mother.
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because [d]thou hast refused knowledge, I will also refuse thee that thou shalt be no Priest to me: and seeing [e]thou hast forgotten the Law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
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- Hosea 4:4 As though he would say that it were in vain to rebuke them: for no man can abide it: yea, they will speak against the prophets and priests whose office it is chiefly to rebuke them.
- Hosea 4:5 Ye shall perish all together the one because he would not obey, and the other, because he would not admonish.
- Hosea 4:5 That is, the Synagogue wherein thou boastest.
- Hosea 4:6 That is, the Priests shall be cast off, because that for lack of knowledge, they are not able to execute their charge, and instruct others, Deut. 33:3; Mal. 2:7.
- Hosea 4:6 Meaning, the whole body of the people, which were weary with hearing the word of God.
Hosea 4:4-6
New International Version
Hosea 4:4-6
New International Version
4 “But let no one bring a charge,
let no one accuse another,
for your people are like those
who bring charges against a priest.(A)
5 You stumble(B) day and night,
and the prophets stumble with you.
So I will destroy your mother(C)—
6 my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.(D)
“Because you have rejected knowledge,
I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law(E) of your God,
I also will ignore your children.
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