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Hosea 4:6 KJV
Hosea · chapter 4 · verse 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.Hosea 4:6 · King James Version
Hosea 4:6 in context
4Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
5Therefore shalt thou fall in the day, and the prophet also shall fall with thee in the night, and I will destroy thy mother.
6My 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.
7As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
8They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
Commentary
Cross references
- Isaiah 5:13
- Proverbs 19:2
- Hosea 6:6
- 2 Corinthians 4:3-6
- Hosea 4:1
- Matthew 15:8
- Proverbs 1:30-32
- Isaiah 17:10
Key words (Strong's)
- destroyeddâmâhto be dumb or silentH1820 →
- knowledgedaʻathknowledgeH1847 →
- forgottenshâkachto mislayH7911 →
- rejectedmâʼaçto spurnH3988 →
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- priestkâhanto officiate as a priestH3547 →
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God is here proceeding in his controversy both with the priests and with the people. The people were as those that strove with the priests (Hos 4:4) when they had priests that did their duty;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-11