Hosea 4:7 “The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchan…”

Hosea 4:7

The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.

World English Bible

As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me. I will change their glory into shame.

American Standard Version

As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.

Geneva Bible 1599

As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I chaunge their glorie into shame.

Darby Translation

As they were multiplied, so they sinned against me: I will change their glory into shame.

Young's Literal Translation

According to their abundance so they sinned against Me, Their honour into shame I change.

Bible in Basic English

Even while they were increasing in number they were sinning against me; I will let their glory be changed into shame.

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Cross references

“they were”

Hosea 13:6 Hosea 4:10 Hosea 5:1 Hosea 6:9 Ezra 9:7 Hosea 13:14

Hosea 13:6 · BSB

When they had pasture, they became satisfied; when they were satisfied, their hearts became proud, and as a result they forgot Me.

Hosea 4:10 · BSB

They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves

Hosea 5:1 · BSB

“Hear this, O priests! Take heed, O house of Israel! Give ear, O royal house! For this judgment is against you because you have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor.

Hosea 6:9 · BSB

Like raiders who lie in ambush, so does a band of priests; they murder on the way to Shechem; surely they have committed atrocities.

Ezra 9:7 · BSB

From the days of our fathers to this day, our guilt has been great. Because of our iniquities, we and our kings and priests have been delivered into the hands of the kings of the earth and subjected to the sword and to c…

Hosea 13:14 · BSB

I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.

“therefore”

Philippians 3:19 1 Samuel 2:30 Malachi 2:9 Jeremiah 2:26 Jeremiah 2:27

Philippians 3:19 · BSB

Their end is destruction, their god is their belly, and their glory is in their shame. Their minds are set on earthly things.

1 Samuel 2:30 · BSB

Therefore, the LORD, the God of Israel, declares: ‘I did indeed say that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever. But now the LORD declares: Far be it from Me! For I will honor those who hono…

Malachi 2:9 · BSB

“So I in turn have made you despised and humiliated before all the people, because you have not kept My ways, but have shown partiality in matters of the law.”

Jeremiah 2:26 · BSB

As the thief is ashamed when he is caught, so the house of Israel is disgraced. They, their kings, their officials, their priests, and their prophets

Jeremiah 2:27 · BSB

say to a tree, ‘You are my father,’ and to a stone, ‘You gave me birth.’ They have turned their backs to Me and not their faces. Yet in the time of trouble, they say, ‘Rise up and save us!’

Also

Hosea 10:1 Habakkuk 2:16

Hosea 10:1 · BSB

Israel was a luxuriant vine, yielding fruit for himself. The more his fruit increased, the more he increased the altars. The better his land produced, the better he made the sacred pillars.

Habakkuk 2:16 · BSB

You will be filled with shame instead of glory. You too must drink and expose your uncircumcision! The cup in the LORD’s right hand will come around to you, and utter disgrace will cover your glory.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

8They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.

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