Hosea 4:4

New Living Translation

“Don’t point your finger at someone else and try to pass the blame! My complaint, you priests, is with you.

Cross References

Jeremiah 18:18

Then the people said, “Come on, let’s plot a way to stop Jeremiah. We have plenty of priests and wise men and prophets. We don’t need him to teach the word and give us advice and prophecies. Let’s spread rumors about him and ignore what he says.”

Ezekiel 3:26

And I will make your tongue stick to the roof of your mouth so that you will be speechless and unable to rebuke them, for they are rebels.

Hosea 4:17

Leave Israel alone, because she is married to idolatry.

Amos 5:10

How you hate honest judges! How you despise people who tell the truth!

Amos 5:13

So those who are smart keep their mouths shut, for it is an evil time.

Amos 6:10

And when a relative who is responsible to dispose of the dead goes into the house to carry out the bodies, he will ask the last survivor, “Is anyone else with you?” When the person begins to swear, “No, by . . . ,” he will interrupt and say, “Stop! Don’t even mention the name of the Lord.”)

Deuteronomy 17:12

Anyone arrogant enough to reject the verdict of the judge or of the priest who represents the Lord your God must die. In this way you will purge the evil from Israel.