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4 Yet let no one contend, and let none accuse, for with you is my contention, O priest.
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“But let no one bring a charge, let no one accuse another, for your people are like those who bring charges against a priest.
5 You shall stumble by day; the prophet also shall stumble with you by night, and I will destroy your mother.
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You stumble day and night, and the prophets stumble with you. So I will destroy your mother—
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children.
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my people are destroyed from lack of knowledge. “Because you have rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests; because you have ignored the law of your God, I also will ignore your children.
7 The more they increased, the more they sinned against me; they changed their glory into shame.
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The more priests there were, the more they sinned against me; they exchanged their glorious God for something disgraceful.
8 They feed on the sin of my people; they are greedy for their iniquity.
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They feed on the sins of my people and relish their wickedness.
9 And it shall be like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways, and repay them for their deeds.
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And it will be: Like people, like priests. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
10 They shall eat, but not be satisfied; they shall play the whore, but not multiply; because they have forsaken the Lord to devote themselves to
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“They will eat but not have enough; they will engage in prostitution but not flourish, because they have deserted the LORD to give themselves
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