(A)My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have (B)rejected knowledge,
I also will (C)reject you from being My priest.
Since you have (D)forgotten the (E)law of your God,
I also will forget your children.

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11 Harlotry, (A)wine and new wine take away the [a]understanding.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:11 Lit heart

14 I will not punish your daughters when they play the harlot
Or your [a]brides when they commit adultery,
For the men themselves go apart with harlots
And offer sacrifices with (A)temple prostitutes;
So the people without understanding are [b]ruined.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:14 Or daughters-in-law
  2. Hosea 4:14 Lit thrust down

Their deeds will not allow them
To return to their God.
For a (A)spirit of harlotry is within them,
And they (B)do not know the Lord.

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