Hosea 4:4-10 - The Lord Accuses The Priests
4 Yet is there none, that will chasten nor reprove another. The priests which should reform other men, are become like the people. 5 Therefore stumblest thou in the daytime and the prophet with them in the night. I will bring thy mother to silence, and why? 6 My people perish, because they have no knowledge. Seeing then that thou hast refused understanding, therefore will I refuse thee also: so that thou shalt no more be my priest. And forsomuch as thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.
7 The more they increased in multitude, the more they sinned against me, therefore will I change their honour into shame. 8 They eat up the sins of my people, and courage them in their wickedness. 9 Thus the priest is become like the people. Wherefore I will punish them for their wicked ways, and reward them according to their own imaginations. 10 They shall eat, and not have enough: they have used whoredom, therefore shall they not prosper: and why? They have forsaken the LORD, and not regarded him.