Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for instruction shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us bring charges against him, and let us not heed any of his words.”
Hosea 4:4 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Yet let no one contend, and let none accuse, for with you is my contention, O priest. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Yet let no man strive, nor reprove another: for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove [another–do not waste your time in mutual recriminations], for with you is My contention, O priest. American Standard Version (1901) Yet let no man strive, neither let any man reprove; for thy people are as they that strive with the priest. Common English Bible Yet let no one protest, and let no one complain. Listen, priest, I am angry with your people. Catholic Public Domain Version So, truly, let each and every one not judge, and let no man be accused, for your people are just like those who speak against the priesthood. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But yet let not any man judge: and let not a man be rebuked: for thy people are as they that contradict the priest. |
Then they said, “Come, let us make plots against Jeremiah, for instruction shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, let us bring charges against him, and let us not heed any of his words.”
and I will make your tongue cling to the roof of your mouth so that you shall be speechless and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house.
They hate the one who reproves in the gate, and they abhor the one who speaks the truth.
Therefore the prudent will keep silent in such a time, for it is an evil time.
And if a relative, one who burns it, takes up the body to bring it out of the house and says to someone in the innermost parts of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” the answer will come, “No.” Then the relative shall say, “Hush! We must not mention the name of the Lord.”
As for anyone who presumes to disobey the priest appointed to minister there to the Lord your God or the judge, that person shall die. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.