Hosea 4:6

Ami are destroyed for lack of da'as (knowledge); 1 because thou hast rejected da'as, 1 I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no kohen to Me; 1 seeing thou hast forgotten the torat Eloheicha, 1 I will also forget thy banim. 1

Orthodox Jewish Bible

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 stumble and fall in the yom, 1 and the navi also shall stumble and fall with thee in the lailah, 1 and I will destroy thy em. 1

7The more they increased, the more they sinned against Me; 1 therefore will I change their kavod into kalon (ignominy, shame). 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:28And did I not choose him out of kol Shivtei Yisroel to be Kohen to Me, to ascend Mine Mizbe'ach, to burn ketoret, to wear an Ephod in My presence? And did I give unto the Bais Avicha all the fire offerings of the Bnei Yisroel?

2 Kings 17:16And they forsook all the mitzvot of Hashem Eloheihem, and made them massekhah, even two agalim, and made Asheirah, and worshiped all the Tzava HaShomayim, and served Ba'al.

Job 36:12But if they obey not, they shall perish by the sword, 1 and they shall die without da'as. 1

Psalms 119:61The ropes of the resha'im have bound me; 1 but I have not forgotten Thy torah. 1

Proverbs 1:30They would have none of my etza (counsel); 1 they despised all my tokhechah (reproof). 1

Isaiah 1:3The ox knoweth his owner, 1 and the donkey his masterʼs evus; 1 but Yisroel doth not know, 1 My people doth not consider. 1

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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