New Living Translation
Hosea 4:7
7The more priests there are, the more they sin against me. They have exchanged the glory of God for the shame of idols.
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
5So you will stumble in broad daylight, and your false prophets will fall with you in the night. And I will destroy Israel, your mother. 6My people are being destroyed because they don’t know me. Since you priests refuse to know me, I refuse to recognize you as my priests. Since you have forgotten the laws of your God, I will forget to bless your children. The more priests there are, the more they sin against me. They have exchanged the glory of God for the shame of idols. 8“When the people bring their sin offerings, the priests get fed. So the priests are glad when the people sin! 9‘And what the priests do, the people also do.’ So now I will punish both priests and people for their wicked 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 and still be hungry. They will play the prostitute and gain nothing from it, for they have deserted the Lord
- Hosea 5:1“Hear this, you priests. Pay attention, you leaders of Israel. Listen, you members of the royal family. Judgment has been handed down against you. For you have led the people into a snare by worshiping the idols at Mizpah and Tabor.
- Hosea 6:9Priests form bands of robbers, waiting in ambush for their victims. They murder travelers along the road to Shechem and practice every kind of sin.
- Hosea 13:6But when you had eaten and were satisfied, you became proud and forgot me.
- Ezra 9:7From the days of our ancestors until now, we have been steeped in sin. That is why we and our kings and our priests have been at the mercy of the pagan kings of the land. We have been killed, captured, robbed, and disgraced, just as we are today.
- 1 Samuel 2:30“Therefore, the Lord, the God of Israel, says: I promised that your branch of the tribe of Levi would always be my priests. But I will honor those who honor me, and I will despise those who think lightly of me.
- Jeremiah 2:26“Israel is like a thief who feels shame only when he gets caught. They, their kings, officials, priests, and prophets— all are alike in this.
- Malachi 2:9“So I have made you despised and humiliated in the eyes of all the people. For you have not obeyed me but have shown favoritism in the way you carry out my instructions.”
- Philippians 3:19They are headed for destruction. Their god is their appetite, they brag about shameful things, and they think only about this life here on earth.
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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