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Hosea 4:8 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity. "

Hosea 4:8

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6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.

7 As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.

8 They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.

9 It will be like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.

10 They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned listening to the LORD.

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From This Chapter

Hosea 4:1

"Hear the LORD’s word, you children of Israel, for the LORD has a charge against the inhabitants of the land: “Indeed there is no truth, nor goodness, nor knowledge of God in the land."

Hosea 4:2

"There is cursing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break boundaries, and bloodshed causes bloodshed."

Hosea 4:3

"Therefore the land will mourn, and everyone who dwells in it will waste away, with all living things in her, even the animals of the field and the birds of the sky; yes, the fish of the sea also die."

Hosea 4:4

"“Yet let no man bring a charge, neither let any man accuse; for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest."

Hosea 4:5

"You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother."

Hosea 4:6

"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children."

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