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¶ My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will also forget thy children.

My people {H5971} are destroyed {H1820} for lack of knowledge {H1847}: because thou hast rejected {H3988} knowledge {H1847}, I will also reject {H3988} thee, that thou shalt be no priest {H3547} to me: seeing thou hast forgotten {H7911} the law {H8451} of thy God {H430}, I will also forget {H7911} thy children {H1121}.

My people are destroyed for want of knowledge. Because you rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as cohen for me. Because you forgot the Torah of your God, I will also forget your children.

My 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.

My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge: because thou hast rejected knowledge, I will also reject thee, that thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou hast forgotten the law of thy God, I also will forget thy children.

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Cross-References

  • Isaiah 5:13 (72 votes)

    Therefore my people are gone into captivity, because [they have] no knowledge: and their honourable men [are] famished, and their multitude dried up with thirst.

  • Proverbs 19:2 (48 votes)

    ¶ Also, [that] the soul [be] without knowledge, [it is] not good; and he that hasteth with [his] feet sinneth.

  • Hosea 6:6 (40 votes)

    For I desired mercy, and not sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more than burnt offerings.

  • 2 Corinthians 4:3 (34 votes)

    But if our gospel be hid, it is hid to them that are lost:

  • 2 Corinthians 4:6 (34 votes)

    For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to [give] the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.

  • Hosea 4:1 (28 votes)

    ¶ Hear the word of the LORD, ye children of Israel: for the LORD hath a controversy with the inhabitants of the land, because [there is] no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land.

  • Matthew 15:8 (26 votes)

    This people draweth nigh unto me with their mouth, and honoureth me with [their] lips; but their heart is far from me.