Hosea 4:8

In 11 translations

BSB

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

KJV

They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.set…: Heb. lift up their soul to

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

The sin of My people they eat, || And to their iniquity lift up their soul.

YLT

The sin of My people they do eat, And unto their iniquity lift up their soul.

DBY

They eat the sin of my people, and their soul longeth for their iniquity.

DRC

They shall eat the sins of my people, and shall lift up their souls to their iniquity.

GNV

They eate vp the sinnes of my people, and lift vp their mindes in their iniquitie.

JPS

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

LXXE

They will devour the sins of my people, and will set their hearts on their iniquities.

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Original-language editions

WLC

חַטַּ֥את עַמִּ֖י יֹאכֵ֑לוּ וְאֶל־עֲוֺנָ֖ם יִשְׂא֥וּ נַפְשֽׁוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Ἁμαρτίας λαοῦ μου φάγονται· καὶ ἐν ταῖς ἀδικίαις αὐτῶν λήψονται τὰς ψυχὰς αὐτῶν.

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• Micah 3:11Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
• Isaiah 56:11Like ravenous dogs, they are never satisfied. They are shepherds with no discernment; they all turn to their own way, each one seeking his own gain:
• Titus 1:11who must be silenced. For the sake of dishonorable gain, they undermine entire households and teach things they should not.
• Leviticus 6:26The priest who offers it shall eat it; it must be eaten in a holy place, in the courtyard of the Tent of Meeting.
• 1 Samuel 2:29Why then do you kick at My sacrifice and offering that I have prescribed for My dwelling place? You have honored your sons more than Me by fattening yourselves with the best of all the offerings of My people Israel.’
• Psalms 24:4He who has clean hands and a pure heart, who does not lift up his soul to an idol or swear deceitfully.
• Malachi 1:10“Oh, that one of you would shut the temple doors, so that you would no longer kindle useless fires on My altar! I take no pleasure in you,” says the LORD of Hosts, “and I will accept no offering from your hands.
• Romans 16:18For such people are not serving our Lord Christ, but their own appetites. By smooth talk and flattery they deceive the hearts of the naive.
• Leviticus 7:6–7Every male among the priests may eat of it. It must be eaten in a holy place; it is most holy. The guilt offering is like the sin offering; the same law applies to both. It belongs to the priest who makes atonement…
• Ezekiel 14:7For when any Israelite or any foreigner dwelling in Israel separates himself from Me, sets up idols in his heart, and puts a wicked stumbling block before his face, and then comes to the prophet to inquire of Me, I the…
• Ezekiel 14:3“Son of man, these men have set up idols in their hearts and put wicked stumbling blocks before their faces. Should I consult with them in any way?
• Psalms 25:1To You, O LORD, I lift up my soul;
• 2 Peter 2:3In their greed, these false teachers will exploit you with deceptive words. The longstanding verdict against them remains in force, and their destruction does not sleep.

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