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

The more they (H)multiplied, the more they sinned against Me;
I will (I)change their glory into shame.

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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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Footnotes

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