Hosea 4:7

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

Orthodox Jewish Bible

In The King James Version

As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.

In Context

6Ami 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

8They + 4:8 i.e., the kohanim feed on the chattat (sin) of Ami, 1 and they relish their avon (iniquity). 1

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 32:15But Yeshurun grew fat, and kicked; 1 thou art grown fat, thou art grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; 1 then he forsook G-d which made him, 1 and lightly esteemed the Tzur of his Yeshu'ah (Salvation). 1

Ezra 9:7Since the days of Avoteinu have we been in a great trespass unto this day; and for avonoteinu have we, our melachim, and our Kohanim, been delivered into the hand of the melachim of the lands, to the cherev, to captivity, and to spoil, and to humiliation of face, as it is this day.

Hosea 4:10For they shall eat, and not have enough; 1 they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase; 1 because they have abandoned being shomer to heed Hashem. 1

Hosea 6:9And as gedudim (marauders) lie in wait for a man, 1 so the chever (band) [of] kohanim 1 murder in the way to Shechem; 1 for they commit shameful crimes. 1

Hosea 13:6According to their pasture, + 13:6 i.e., as I fed them so were they filled; 1 they were filled, and their lev became proud; 1 therefore have they forgotten Me. 1

Habakkuk 2:16Thou art filled with shame instead of kavod; 1 drink thou also, and let thy foreskin be uncovered; 1 the kos of Hashemʼs right hand shall be turned against thee, 1 and utter shame shall be on thy kavod. 1

Matthew Henry on Hosea 4:7-12

Grounds of God's Controversy with Israel; The Sins of the Priests and People. ( b. c. 758.) 6 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. 7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. 8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. 9 And there shall… Read the whole commentary →

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