1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible

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Hosea 4:8 They shall eat the sins of my people, and shall lift up their souls to their iniquity.

Sins: victims. (Worthington) --- Iniquity; or "they seek for support in their propitiatory offerings," and lull the people asleep in their sins. The priests of the golden calf imitated the sacred rites of Moses. It would have been too difficult to make the people change altogether.