Hosea 4:6
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.
注釈
Study Note
The divine lament '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' makes knowledge of God (da'at Elohim) not merely a religious virtue but the condition of national survival — its absence is lethal. The knowledge in view is covenantal-relational ('as there is no truth, nor mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land,' 4:1) rather than merely propositional, encompassing fidelity and compassion as expressions of knowing God. The priests are specifically indicted (vv. 6-9) because they are the designated custodians of Torah-teaching (Malachi 2:7: 'the priest's lips should keep knowledge') who have abdicated their educational vocation. The verse shaped Protestant educational theology: ignorance of Scripture is not a neutral condition but a species of spiritual destruction, giving catechesis and preaching their life-and-death urgency.
他の翻訳
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.
Cut off have been My people for lack of knowledge, Because thou knowledge hast rejected, I reject thee from being priest to Me, And thou forgettest the law of thy God, I forget thy sons, I also!
Destruction has overtaken my people because they have no knowledge; because you have given up knowledge, I will give you up, so that you will be no priest to me, because you have not kept in mind the law of your God, I will not keep your children in my memory.
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