Hosea 4:6

4:6 You have destroyed11 my people

by failing to acknowledge me!

Because you refuse to acknowledge me,12

I will reject you as my priests.

Because you reject13 the law of your God,

I will reject14 your descendants.

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11	tn Heb “they have destroyed” or “my people are destroyed” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV).
12	tn Heb “Because you reject knowledge”; NLT “because they don’t know me.”
13	tn Heb “have forgotten”; NAB, NIV “have ignored.”
14	tn Heb “forget” (so KJV, NRSV); NLT “forget to bless.”