Hosea 4:6

My people are being destroyed because of the lack of knowledge. 1 Because you priests have rejected knowledge, 1 I will also reject you as priests to me. 1 Because you have forgotten my law, although I am your God, 1 I also will forget your children. 1

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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

5You priests will stumble during the day; 1 the prophets will also stumble with you by night, 1 and I will destroy your mother. 1

7The more the priests multiplied, 1 the more they sinned against me. 1 They exchanged their honor for shame. 1

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Cross References

1 Samuel 2:28I chose him out of all the tribes of Israel to be my priest, to go up to my altar, and to burn incense, to wear an ephod before me. I gave to the house of your ancestor all the offerings of the people of Israel made with fire.

2 Kings 17:16They ignored all the commandments of Yahweh their God. They made cast metal figures of two calves to worship. They made an Asherah pole, and they worshiped all the stars of the heavens and Baal.

Job 36:12However, if they do not listen, they will perish by the sword; 1 they will die because they have no knowledge. 1

Psalms 119:61The cords of the wicked have ensnared me; 1 I have not forgotten your law. 1

Proverbs 1:30they would not follow my instruction, 1 and they despised all my correction. 1

Isaiah 1:3The ox knows his owner, and the donkey his master's feeding trough, 1 but Israel does not know, Israel does not understand.” 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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