“My people are being destroyed because they don’t know me. Since you priests refuse to know me, I refuse to recognize you as my priests. Since you have forgotten the laws of your God, I will forget to bless your children.”
Key Phrases to Highlight
Key Verse: Hosea 4:6 – “My people are being destroyed because they don’t know me. Since you priests refuse to know me, I refuse to recognize you as my priests. Since you have forgotten the laws of your God, I will forget to bless your children.”
Hosea 4:1 – The Lord has brought charges against you
Hosea 4:6 – My people are being destroyed because they don’t know me.
Hosea 4:17 – Leave Israel alone, because she is married to idolatry.
Notes to Write in the Margin
Hosea 4:1 – God’s Covenant Lawsuit
Hosea 4:6 – SPIRITUAL IGNORANCE: It’s not a lack of information, but a willful rejection of a personal relationship with God.
Hosea 4:4-11 – Corruption of priests
Hosea 4:17 – Turning Point: God decides to let the people suffer the consequences of their idolatry.
Cross Reference
Hosea 4:6 (knowing God) – See John 17:3 – “And this is the way to have eternal life—to know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ, the one you sent to earth.”
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