Hosea 4:4
4 "But let no one bring a charge, let no one accuse another, for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.
Other Translations of Hosea 4:4
King James Version
4 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest.
English Standard Version
4 Yet let no one contend, and let none accuse, for with you is my contention, O priest.
The Message
4 "But don't look for someone to blame. No finger pointing! You, priest, are the one in the dock.
New King James Version
4 "Now let no man contend, or rebuke another; For your people are like those who contend with the priest.
New Living Translation
4 "Don't point your finger at someone else and try to pass the blame! My complaint, you priests, is with you.
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Hosea 4:4
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Hosea reproves for immorality, as well as idolatry. There was no truth, mercy, or knowledge of God in the land: it was full of murders, 2 Kings 21:16. Therefore calamities were near, which would desolate the country. Our sins, as separate persons, as a family, as a neighbourhood, as a nation, cause the Lord to have a controversy with us; let us submit and humble ourselves before Him, that he may not go on to destroy.