New English Translation
Hosea 4:7
7The more the priests increased in numbers, the more they rebelled against me. They have turned their glorious calling into a shameful disgrace!
Hosea 4:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
- New International Version (NIV)The more priests there were, the more they sinned against me; they exchanged their glorious God for something disgraceful.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The more they increased, the more they sinned against me; I will change their glory into shame.
- New King James Version (NKJV)“The more they increased, The more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame.
Context of Hosea 4:7
5You stumble day and night, and the false prophets stumble with you; You have destroyed your own people! 6You have destroyed my people by failing to acknowledge me! Because you refuse to acknowledge me, I will reject you as my priests. Because you reject the law of your God, I will reject your descendants. The more the priests increased in numbers, the more they rebelled against me. They have turned their glorious calling into a shameful disgrace! 8They feed on the sin offerings of my people; their appetites long for their iniquity! 9I will deal with the people and priests together: I will punish them both for their ways, and I will repay them for their deeds.
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כְּרֻבָּ֖ם כֵּ֣ן חָֽטְאוּ־לִ֑י כְּבוֹדָ֖ם בְּקָל֥וֹן אָמִֽיר׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Hosea 4:7
- Hosea 4:10They will eat, but not be satisfied; they will engage in prostitution, but not increase in numbers; because they have abandoned the Lord by pursuing other gods.
- Hosea 5:1Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen closely, O king! For judgment is about to overtake you! For you were like a trap to Mizpah, like a net spread out to catch Tabor.
- Hosea 6:9The company of priests is like a gang of robbers, lying in ambush to pounce on a victim. They commit murder on the road to Shechem; they have done heinous crimes!
- Hosea 13:6When they were fed, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, they became proud; as a result, they forgot me!
- Ezra 9:7From the days of our fathers until this very day our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities we, along with our kings and priests, have been delivered over by the local kings to sword, captivity, plunder, and embarrassment – right up to the present time.
- 1 Samuel 2:30Therefore the Lord, the God of Israel, says, ‘I really did say that your house and your ancestor’s house would serve me forever.’ But now the Lord says, ‘May it never be! For I will honor those who honor me, but those who despise me will be cursed!
- Jeremiah 2:26Just as a thief has to suffer dishonor when he is caught, so the people of Israel will suffer dishonor for what they have done. So will their kings and officials, their priests and their prophets.
- Malachi 2:9“Therefore, I have caused you to be ignored and belittled before all people to the extent to which you are not following after me and are showing partiality in your instruction.”
- Philippians 3:19Their end is destruction, their god is the belly, they exult in their shame, and they think about earthly things.
Commentaries on Hosea 4:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Will I change their glory into shame - As the idolaters at Dan and Bethel have changed my glory into the similitude of an ox that eateth grass, ( Romans 1:23;), so will I change their glory into shame or ignominy. In the day of my wrath, their calf-gods shall not deliver them.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7As they were increased, so they sinned against Me - The “increase” may be, either in actual number or in wealth, power or dignity. The text includes both. In both kinds of increase, the bad abuse God‘s gifts against Himself, and take occasion of them to offend Him. The more they were increased in number, the more there were to sin, the more they were who sinned. God promised to make Abraham‘s seed, “as the stars of heaven.” They were to shine in the world…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 Both priests and people rejected knowledge; God will justly reject them. They forgot the law of God, neither desired nor endeavoured to retain it in mind, and to transmit the remembrance to their posterity; therefore God will justly forget them and their children. If we dishonour God with that which is our honour, it will, sooner or later, be turned into shame to us. Instead of warning the people against sin, from the consideration of the…Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. As they were increased--in numbers and power. Compare Ho 4:6, "thy children," to which their "increase" in numbers refers. so they sinned--(Compare Ho 10:1 and Ho 13:6). will I change their glory into shame--that is, I will strip them of all they now glory in (their numbers and power), and give them shame instead. A just retribution: as they changed their glory into shame, by idolatry (Psa 106:20; Jr 2:11; Ro 1:23; Php 3:19).Read the comment
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Commentaries on Hosea 4
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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