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Hosea 4:4-10 The Message (MSG)

“But don’t look for someone to blame.No finger pointing!You, priest, are the one in the dock.You stumble around in broad daylight,And then the prophets take over and stumble all night.Your mother is as bad as you.My people are ruinedbecause they don’t know what’s right or true.Because you’ve turned your back on knowledge,I’ve turned my back on you priests.Because you refuse to recognize the revelation of God,I’m no longer recognizing your children.The more priests, the more sin.They traded in their glory for shame.They pig out on my people’s sins.They can’t wait for the latest in evil.The result: You can’t tell the people from the priests,the priests from the people.I’m on my way to make them both payand take the consequences of the bad lives they’ve lived.They’ll eat and be as hungry as ever,have sex and get no satisfaction.They walked out on me, their God,for a life of rutting with whores.

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