Hosea 4:6 (WEB)
My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you, that you may be no priest to me. Because you have forgotten your God’s law, I will also forget your children.
Fathers and councils · 4
John Cassian
- John Cassian, Conferences XI–XVII XIV.16Conference XIV
“And again: “Because thou hast rejected knowledge, I also will reject thee from acting as My priest.”” — editor's note: Jer. v. 21; Hos. iv. 6.
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John Chrysostom
“And again, “They that go far away from Thee shall perish.” ( Ps. lxxiii. 27 , LXX.) And Hosea saith, “Thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, and I will also forget thee” ( Hos. iv. 6 , LXX.); and He saith Himself also in the Gospels, “How often would I have gathered your children—and ye would not.” ( Luke xiii. 34.)” — the author cites it
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Gregory of Nazianzus
“…at your hands; and, Because ye have rejected me, and not been leaders and rulers of my people, I also will reject you, that I should not be king over you; and, As ye refused to hearken to My voice, and turned a stubborn back, and were disobedient, so shall it be when ye call upon Me, and I will not regard nor…” — editor's note: 1 Sam. xv. 26; cf. Hos. iv. 6.
Read the whole comment“For as ye have devised to reject Me, so will I also reject you, saith the Lord Almighty.” — editor's note: Hos. iv. 6.
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