Hosea 4:4

New English Translation

Do not let anyone accuse or contend against anyone else: for my case is against you priests!

Cross References

Jeremiah 18:18

Then some people said, “Come on! Let us consider how to deal with Jeremiah! There will still be priests to instruct us, wise men to give us advice, and prophets to declare God’s word. Come on! Let’s bring charges against him and get rid of him! Then we will not need to pay attention to anything he says.”

Ezekiel 3:26

I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be silent and unable to reprove them, for they are a rebellious house.

Hosea 4:17

Ephraim has attached himself to idols; Do not go near him!

Amos 5:10

The Israelites hate anyone who arbitrates at the city gate; they despise anyone who speaks honestly.

Amos 5:13

For this reason whoever is smart keeps quiet in such a time, for it is an evil time.

Amos 6:10

When their close relatives, the ones who will burn the corpses, pick up their bodies to remove the bones from the house, they will say to anyone who is in the inner rooms of the house, “Is anyone else with you?” He will respond, “Be quiet! Don’t invoke the Lord’s name!”

Deuteronomy 17:12

The person who pays no attention to the priest currently serving the Lord your God there, or to the verdict – that person must die, so that you may purge evil from Israel.