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Hosea 4:6

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4:6You 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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Footnotes

  1. 11 Heb “they have destroyed” or “my people are destroyed” (so , , ).
  2. 12 Heb “Because you reject knowledge”; “because they don’t know me.”
  3. 13 Heb “have forgotten”; , “have ignored.”
  4. 14 Heb “forget” (so , ); “forget to bless.”

The NET Bible First Edition, Copyright 1996-2005 by Biblical Studies Press

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge;

because you have rejected knowledge,

I reject you from being a priest to me.

And since you have forgotten the law of your God,

I also will forget your children.

Copyright 2001 Crossway Bibles

NIVNew International Version (2011)

my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.

“Because you have rejected knowledge,

I also reject you as my priests;

because you have ignored the law of your God,

I also will ignore your children.

Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 Biblica, Inc.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.

Because you have rejected knowledge,

I will reject you from serving as my priest.

Since you have forgotten the law of your God,

I will also forget your sons.

Copyright 2017 Holman Bible Publishers

NLTNew Living Translation

My people are being destroyed

because they don’t know me.

Since you priests refuse to know me,

I refuse to recognize you as my priests.

Since you have forgotten the laws of your God,

I will forget to bless your children.

Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

My people are destroyed

for lack of knowledge;

because you have rejected knowledge,

I reject you from acting as a priest for me.

And since you have forgotten the law of your God,

I will also forget your children.

Copyright 2012 Lexham Press

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

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