20 They exchanged their glory[a][b]
for the image of a grass-eating ox.(A)

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  1. 106:20 Alt Hb tradition reads his glory, or my glory
  2. 106:20 = God

20 They exchanged their glorious God(A)
    for an image of a bull, which eats grass.

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The more they multiplied,(A)
the more they sinned against me.
I[a] will change their[b] honor into disgrace.(B)

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  1. 4:7 Alt Hb tradition, Syr, Tg read They
  2. 4:7 Alt Hb tradition reads my

The more priests there were,
    the more they sinned against me;
    they exchanged their glorious God[a](A) for something disgraceful.(B)

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  1. Hosea 4:7 Syriac (see also an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition); Masoretic Text me; / I will exchange their glory

23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images resembling mortal man, birds, four-footed animals, and reptiles.(A)

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23 and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images(A) made to look like a mortal human being and birds and animals and reptiles.

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18 For you know that you were redeemed from your empty way of life(A) inherited from your ancestors, not with perishable things like silver or gold,(B)

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18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed(A) from the empty way of life(B) handed down to you from your ancestors,

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