Hosea 4:6

My people is destroyed for lack of knowledge; Since thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, so that thou shalt no more be my priest; Since thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

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In The King James Version

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

In Context

5Therefore shalt thou Fall by day, And the prophet shall fall with thee by night, And I will destroy thy mother.

7As they have become great, so have they sinned against me; I will change their glory into shame.

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Cross References

Job 36:12But if they obey not, they perish by the sword; They die in their own folly.

Psalms 119:61The snares of the wicked surround me; Yet do I not forget thy law.

Proverbs 1:30Because they would not attend to my counsel, And have despised all my reproof,—

Isaiah 1:3The ox knoweth his owner, And the ass his master's crib; But Israel doth not know; My people do not consider.”

Matthew Henry on Hosea 4:2-6

The Sinfulness of Israel. ( b. c. 758.) 1 Hear the word of the Lord , ye children of Israel: for the Lord hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land. 2 By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood. 3 Therefore shall the land mourn, and every one that dwelleth therein shall languish, with the beasts of the field, and with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes of the… Read the whole commentary →

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