Hos 4:4-8 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Hos 4:4-5: 4:4-5 When we are accused of a crime, our human inclination is to blame someone else, but God makes it clear that the blame for Israel’s apostasy lay with her religious leaders, priests , and false prophets . • God’s judgment on the priests and prophets was that they would stumble and fall (the same word in Hebrew), both professionally and personally.

‏ Hosea 4:4-8

Summary for Hos 4:4-5: 4:4-5 ^a When we are accused of a crime, our human inclination is to blame someone else, but God makes it clear that the blame for Israel’s apostasy lay with her religious leaders, priests, and false prophets.

• God’s judgment on the priests and prophets was that they would stumble and fall (the same word in Hebrew), both professionally and personally.
4:6 ^b Because the priests refused to know the Lord, neither did the people know their God. As a result, the people were being destroyed.

• A primary function of the priests of Israel was to know, practice, and teach the laws of ... God. Ironically, these guardians of the law had forgotten it.