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God’s Case against His People

Hosea 4:7

In 11 translations

BSB
The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.Or they exchanged their glorious God (Syriac); MT I will exchange their glory
KJV
As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
WEB
As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.
ASV
As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.
LSV
According to their abundance so they sinned against Me, || I change their glory into shame.
YLT
According to their abundance so they sinned against Me, Their honour into shame I change.
DBY
As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.
DRC
According to the multitude of them so have they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.
GNV
As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I chaunge their glorie into shame.
JPS
The more they were increased, the more they sinned against Me; I will change their glory into shame.
LXXE
According to their multitude, so they sinned against me: I will turn their glory into shame.

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Original-language editions

WLC
כְּרֻבָּ֖ם כֵּ֣ן חָֽטְאוּ־לִ֑י כְּבוֹדָ֖ם בְּקָל֥וֹן אָמִֽיר׃
LXX-Br
Κατὰ τὸ πλῆθος αὐτῶν, οὕτως ἥμαρτόν μοι· τὴν δόξαν αὐτῶν εἰς ἀτιμίαν θήσομαι.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Hosea 13:6When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.
  • Philippians 3:19Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.
  • 1 Samuel 2:30Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who…
  • Hosea 4:10They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have stopped obeying the LORD.
  • Hosea 10:1Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.
  • Malachi 2:9“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”
  • Jeremiah 2:26–27As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me…
  • Hosea 6:9Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.
  • Hosea 5:1“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.
  • Ezra 9:7From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and put to the sword and…
  • Habakkuk 2:16You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.
  • Hosea 13:14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.

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