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Berean Standard Bible

“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.”

Hosea 4:6

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Hosea prophesied in the northern kingdom of Israel in the eighth century BC, in the decades before it fell to Assyria in 722 BC. Chapter 4 opens with the Lord bringing a charge against the land because there is no faithfulness, no steadfast love and no knowledge of God.

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Berean Standard Bible (BSB)

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.

World English Bible (WEB)

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.

King James Version (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.

American Standard Version (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.

Bible in Basic English (BBE)

Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory.

Young's Literal Translation (YLT)

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Reina-Valera 1909 (RVR 1909)

Mi pueblo fué talado, porque le faltó sabiduría. Porque tú desechaste la sabiduría, yo te echaré del sacerdocio: y pues que olvidaste la ley de tu Dios, también yo me olvidaré de tus hijos.

Sagradas Escrituras 1569 (SE 1569)

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Nueva Biblia Viva (NBV)

Mi pueblo es destruido porque no me conoce a mí, perece por no seguir mis instrucciones, y es todo por culpa de ustedes, sacerdotes, pues ustedes mismos han rehusado conocerme; por lo tanto, yo rehúso reconocerlos como mis sacerdotes. Siendo que han olvidado mis instrucciones, yo me olvidaré de bendecir a tus hijos.

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