Holy Scripture

Hosea 4:5

A church father on this verse
“"Nevertheless, let no one judge, and let no man be accused: for thy people are as they that contradict the priest, and thou shalt fall this day, and the prophet shall fall with thee." LXX: "That no one be judged, nor anyone be rebuked: but my people are like a priest who is contradicted, and shall be weakened" "during…”
Jerome, 5th c. — Commentary on Hosea 4:4-5

Source: Septuagint

Original

5Therefore they shall fall by day, and the prophet with thee shall fall: I have compared thy mother unto night.

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3Therefore shall the land mourn, and shall be diminished with all that dwell in it, with the wild beasts of the field, and the reptiles of the earth, and with the birds of the sky, and the fish of the sea shall fail:

4that neither anyone may plead, nor anyone reprove another: but my people are as a priest spoken against.

— Hosea 4:5 —

6My people are like as if they had no knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt not minister as priest to me: and as thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

7According to their multitude, so they sinned against me: I will turn their glory into shame.

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