Hosea 4:4-10 - The Lord Accuses The Priests

⁴ Howbeit let, no man, contend, nor let him rebuke another, - since, thy people, are as they who contend against a priest: ⁵ So shouldst thou stumble in the daytime, and even the prophet stumble with thee, in the night, - and I should destroy thine own mother. ⁶ My people, are destroyed, for lack of knowledge, - Because, thou, hast rejected knowledge, therefore will I reject thee from ministering as priest unto me, and, because thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also, will forget thy children.

⁷ As they were magnified, so, they sinned against me, - My glory - for what was contemptible, did they exchange. ⁸ The sin of my people, they do eat, - and. unto their iniquity, lift they up every man his desire. ⁹ So doth it come to be - like people, like priest, - therefore will I visit upon him his ways, and, his doings, will I bring back to him; ¹⁰ And they shall eat, and not be satisfied, they have encouraged unchastity, yet have not been making increase, - for unto, Yahweh, have they left off giving heed: -