You will stumble by day;(A)
the prophet will also stumble with you by night.
And I will destroy your mother.(B)
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.(C)
Because you have rejected knowledge,(D)
I will reject you(E) from serving as my priest.
Since you have forgotten the law of your God,(F)
I will also forget your sons.

The more they multiplied,(G)
the more they sinned against me.
I[a] will change their[b] honor into disgrace.(H)

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  1. 4:7 Alt Hb tradition, Syr, Tg read They
  2. 4:7 Alt Hb tradition reads my

You stumble(A) day and night,
    and the prophets stumble with you.
So I will destroy your mother(B)
    my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge.(C)

“Because you have rejected knowledge,
    I also reject you as my priests;
because you have ignored the law(D) of your God,
    I also will ignore your children.
The more priests there were,
    the more they sinned against me;
    they exchanged their glorious God[a](E) for something disgraceful.(F)

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  1. Hosea 4:7 Syriac (see also an ancient Hebrew scribal tradition); Masoretic Text me; / I will exchange their glory