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They feed on the sin of my people,[a]
    they are greedy[b] for their iniquity.
And it will be like people, like priest;
I will punish them[c] for their[d] ways,
    and I will requite them[e] for their[f] deeds.
10 They will eat and not be satisfied;
    they will play the whore and not multiply,
because they have forsaken Yahweh to devote themselves to

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:8 Literally “They eat the sins of my people”
  2. Hosea 4:8 Literally “they lift up their throat”
  3. Hosea 4:9 Hebrew “him”
  4. Hosea 4:9 Hebrew “his”
  5. Hosea 4:9 Hebrew “him”
  6. Hosea 4:9 Hebrew “his”

They feed on the sins of my people
    and relish their wickedness.(A)
And it will be: Like people, like priests.(B)
    I will punish both of them for their ways
    and repay them for their deeds.(C)

10 “They will eat but not have enough;(D)
    they will engage in prostitution(E) but not flourish,
because they have deserted(F) the Lord
    to give themselves

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