Hosea 4:6

You have destroyed ¹  my people by failing to acknowledge me! Because you refuse to acknowledge me, ²  I will reject you as my priests. Because you reject ³  the law of your God, I will reject ⁴  your descendants.

1Sa 2:12; 1Sa 2:28-36; 1Sa 3:12-15; 2Ki 17:16-20; 2Ch 15:3; Job 36:12; Ps 119:61,139; Pr 1:30-32; Pr 19:2; Isa 1:3; Isa 3:12; Isa 5:13; Isa 17:10; Isa 27:11; Isa 28:7; Isa 45:20; Isa 56:10-12; Jer 2:8; Jer 4:22; Jer 5:3,4,21; Jer 8:7; Jer 8:8,9; Ho 1:6; Ho 4:1; Ho 4:12; Ho 6:6; Ho 8:14; Ho 13:6; Zec 11:8,9,15-17; Mal 2:1-3,9; Mal 2:7,8; Mt 15:3-6; Mt 15:14; Mt 21:41-45; Mt 23:16-26; Mr 12:8,9; Lu 20:16-18; 2Co 4:3-6

¹ tn Heb “they have destroyed” or “my people are destroyed” (so KJV, NIV, NRSV).

² tn Heb “Because you reject knowledge”; NLT “because they don’t know me.”

³ tn Heb “have forgotten”; NAB, NIV “have ignored.”

⁴ tn Heb “forget” (so KJV, NRSV); NLT “forget to bless.”