Hosea 4:8
They feed on the sin of my people; 1 they are greedy for more of their wickedness. 1
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In The King James Version
They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
In Context
Cross References
Leviticus 6:26The priest who offers it for sin will eat it. It must be eaten in a holy place in the courtyard of the tent of meeting.
1 Samuel 2:29Why, then, do you scorn my sacrifices and offerings that I required in the place where I live? Why do you honor your sons above me by making yourselves fat with the best of every offering of my people Israel?'
Psalms 24:4He who has clean hands and a pure heart; 1 who has not lifted up a falsehood, 1 and has not sworn an oath in order to deceive. 1
Isaiah 56:11The dogs have big appetites; they can never get enough; 1 they are shepherds without discernment; 1 they have all turned to their own way, each one covetous for unjust gain. 1
Ezekiel 14:7For every one from the house of Israel and every one of the foreigners staying in Israel who deserts me, who takes his idols into his heart and puts the stumbling block of his iniquity before his own face, and who then comes to a prophet to seek me—I, Yahweh, will answer him myself.
Malachi 1:10“Oh, if only there were one of you who would shut the temple gates, so that you might not light fires on my altar in vain! I have no pleasure in you,” says Yahweh of hosts, “and I will not accept any offering from your hand.
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 →