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Hosea 4:6

American Standard Version

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

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Hosea 4:6 in other translations

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.

Hosea 4:6 · World English Bible

Hosea 4:6 in context

  1. 4Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
  2. 5And thou shalt stumble in the day, and the prophet also shall stumble with thee in the night; and I will destroy thy mother.
  3. 6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.
  4. 7As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.
  5. 8They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.