Bible verse

Hosea 4:8

They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.

Hosea 4:8 · BSB

Hosea 4:8 in context

The verses around it, from Hosea 4.

4 But let no man contend; let no man offer reproof; for your people are like those who contend with a priest.

5 You will stumble by day, and the prophet will stumble with you by night; so I will destroy your mother—

6 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.

7 The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.

8 They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.

9 And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.

10 They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have stopped obeying the LORD.

11 Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.

12 My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.

Read all of Hosea 4

Hosea 4:8 in other translations

KJV

They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

ASV

They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.

ERV

They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.

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