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Thursday, September 15, 2022

Book of Hosea Chapter 4 Vs. 8

 The Lord Accuses Israel


They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. Hos. 4:8


They eat up... They are the problem; that is, the priesthood. They have not helped the people face their sin and deal with it. Rather, they have gloried and taken pleasure in the sin of the people.


the sin of... Sin Hebrew: chatta’ah, translated "sin offering" 116 times. The sin offering of My people. Such was supposed to be a burnt offering, but the people ate the sin offerings instead (Lev. 6:26, 6:30).


they set their... There was an offering for sin. Perhaps, this is speaking of the evil priest being pleased with their sin.

He would receive more offerings to eat, instead of correcting their iniquity.



In their greed the priests fed on the sins of the people by encouraging them to multiply the hypocritical sacrifices which the Lord hated (cf. Hos. 6:6; 8:11-13). The priests’ underlying motive in doing this was greed, since they received portions of the offerings which were presented (cf. Lev. 7:7-10, 7:28-34; Num. 18:8-19; Deut. 18:1-5).

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