Hosea 4:4-6

New International Reader's Version

⁴ “But you priests should not blame the people.
    You should not find fault with one another.
After all, your people
    could also bring charges against you.
⁵ You trip and fall day and night.
    And the prophets fall down along with you.
So I will destroy your nation.
    She is the one who gave birth to you.
⁶ My people are destroyed
    because they do not know me.

“You priests have refused to obey me.
    So I will refuse to accept you as my priests.
You have not paid any attention to my law.
    So I will not let your children be my priests.