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

⁴ But a man shall not contend, and he shall not admonish a man: and my people as contending with the priest. ⁵ And thou wert weak in the day, and the prophet also was weak with thee by night, and I destroyed thy mother. ⁶ My people were cut off from not knowing: because thou didst reject knowledge and I will reject thee from being priest to me: and thou wilt forget the instructions of thy God; I will also forget thy sons, also I

⁷ As they multiplied so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into dishonor. ⁸ They will eat up the sin of my people, and they will lift up their soul to their iniquity. ⁹ And it was as the people so the priest: and I reviewed upon them their way; and their doings I will turn back to them. ¹⁰ For they ate and they shall not be satisfied, and they committed fornication and they shall not spread abroad: for with Jehovah they left off to watch.