Hosea 4:7
As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I chaunge their glorie into shame.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
In Context
8They eate vp the sinnes of my people, and lift vp their mindes in their iniquitie.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:15But he that should haue bene vpright, when he waxed fat, spurned with his heele: thou art fat, thou art grosse, thou art laden with fatnes: therefore he forsooke God that made him, and regarded not the strong God of his saluation.
Ezra 9:7From the dayes of our fathers haue we bin in a great trespasse vnto this day, and for our iniquities haue we, our Kings, and our Priestes bene deliuered into the hand of the kings of the lands, vnto the sword, into captiuitie, into a spoyle, and into confusion of face, as appeareth this day.
Hosea 4:10For they shall eate, and not haue ynough: they shall commit adulterie, and shall not increase, because they haue left off to take heede to ye Lord.
Hosea 6:9And as the eues waite for a man, so the companie of Priestes murder in the way by consent: for they worke mischiefe.
Hosea 13:6As in their pastures, so were they filled: they were filled, and their heart was exalted: therefore haue they forgotten me.
Habakkuk 2:16Thou art filled with shame for glorie: drinke thou also, and be made naked: the cup of the Lords right hand shall be turned vnto thee, and shamefull spuing shalbe for thy glory.
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 →