8They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.


In Context

5 You will stumble in the day, and the prophet will also stumble with you in the night; and I will destroy your mother.

6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God's law, I will also forget your children.

7 As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.

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

9 It will be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.

10 They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned giving to Yahweh.

Hosea 4:8 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

4:8They feed on the sins of my people and relish their wickedness.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

4:8They shall eat the sins of my people, and shall lift up their souls to their iniquity.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

4:8They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8They eat the sin of my people, and their soul longeth for their iniquity.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

4:8They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

4:8The sin of My people they do eat, And unto their iniquity lift up their soul.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

4:8They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.