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Hosea 4:6

Western Saints

Jerome

"At night, I made your mother be silent, my people have become silent, because they have no knowledge: for you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you, and you will not serve as a priest to me; and you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your sons." LXX: "I have compared thy mother to the night, and my people to have no knowledge. Since thou hast refused knowledge, I will also refuse thee, that thou shalt not be a priest to me. …

Commentary on Hosea 4:6 ↗

Bonaventure

Because the ecclesiastical hierarchy is founded upon Scripture, which is compared to the water of the sea, therefore sentence has been passed against those who do not possess this knowledge. In Hosea: "Because you have rejected knowledge, I will reject you, that you shall not minister to me as priest." He who knows nothing of governance is driven from the helm of the ship and from the rule of the city. …

Collationes de Septem Donis, Collation 4 ↗