Hosea 4:4-11
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“But let no man bring a charge,
let no man accuse another,
for your people are like those
who bring charges against a priest.
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You stumble day and night,
and the prophets stumble with you.
So I will destroy your mother—
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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.
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The more the priests increased,
the more they sinned against me;
they exchanged their Glory for something disgraceful.
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They feed on the sins of my people
and relish their wickedness.
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And it will be: Like people, like priests.
I will punish both of them for their ways
and repay them for their deeds.
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“They will eat but not have enough;
they will engage in prostitution but not increase,
because they have deserted the Lord
to give themselves
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to prostitution,
to old wine and new,
which take away the understanding