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Hosea 4:6

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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 will also forget thy children.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
נִדְמ֥וּnid.Muthey have been destroyedH1820 →
עַמִּ֖י'a.Mipeople myH5971 →
מִבְּלִ֣יmi.be.Libecause notH1097 →
הַדָּ֑עַתha.Da.'at<the> knowledgeH1847 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
אַתָּ֞ה'a.TahyouH859 →
הַדַּ֣עַתha.Da.'at<the> knowledgeH1847 →
מָאַ֗סְתָּma.'As.tayou have rejectedH3988 →
וְאֶמְאָֽסְאךָ֙ve.'em.'a.se.Khaand I will reject youH3988 →
מִכַּהֵ֣ןmi.ka.Henfrom serving as a priestH3547 →
לִ֔יLi<to> me
וַתִּשְׁכַּח֙va.tish.Kachand you have forgottenH7911 →
תּוֹרַ֣תto.Rat[the] law ofH8451 →
אֱלֹהֶ֔יךָ'e.lo.Hei.khaGod yourH430 →
אֶשְׁכַּ֥ח'esh.KachI will forgetH7911 →
בָּנֶ֖יךָba.Nei.khachildren yourH1121 →
גַּם־gam-alsoH1571 →
אָֽנִי׃'A.niIH589 →

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Isaiah 5:13Therefore My people will go into exile for their lack of understanding; their dignitaries are starving and their masses are parched with thirst.Proverbs 19:2Even zeal is no good without knowledge, and he who hurries his footsteps misses the mark.Hosea 6:6For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.2 Corinthians 4:3–6And even if our gospel is veiled, it is veiled to those who are perishing.Hosea 4:1Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!Matthew 15:8‘These people honor Me with their lips, but their hearts are far from Me.Proverbs 1:30–32They accepted none of my counsel; they despised all my reproof.Proverbs 29:18Where there is no vision, the people cast off restraint; but blessed is he who keeps the Law.Isaiah 17:10For you have forgotten the God of your salvation and failed to remember the Rock of your refuge. Therefore, though you cultivate delightful plots and set out cuttings from exotic vines—Malachi 2:7–9For the lips of a priest should preserve knowledge, and people should seek instruction from his mouth, because he is the messenger of the LORD of Hosts.Hosea 8:14Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces; Judah has multiplied its fortified cities. But I will send fire upon their cities, and it will consume their citadels.Jeremiah 2:8The priests did not ask, ‘Where is the LORD?’ The experts in the law no longer knew Me, and the leaders rebelled against Me. The prophets prophesied by Baal and followed useless idols.Malachi 2:1–3“And now this decree is for you, O priests:2 Chronicles 15:3For many years Israel has been without the true God, without a priest to instruct them, and without the law.1 Samuel 3:12–15On that day I will carry out against Eli everything I have spoken about his family, from beginning to end.Hosea 13:6When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.Jeremiah 8:7–9Even the stork in the sky knows her appointed seasons. The turtledove, the swift, and the thrush keep their time of migration, but My people do not know the requirements of the LORD.Jeremiah 4:22“For My people are fools; they have not known Me. They are foolish children, without understanding. They are skilled in doing evil, but they know not how to do good.”

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