Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
lack of knowledge—"of God" (Hosea 4:1), that is, lack of piety. Their ignorance was wilful, as the epithet, "My people," implies; they ought to have known, having the opportunity, as the people of God.
thou—O priest, so-called. Not regularly constituted, but still bearing the name, while confounding the worship of Jehovah and of the calves in Beth-el (I Kings 12:29, I Kings 12:31).
I will . . . forget thy children—Not only those who then were alive should be deprived of the priesthood, but their children who, in the ordinary course would have succeeded them, should be set aside.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hosea 4:6:
Proverbs 10:21
Isaiah 5:13
Isaiah 27:11
Jeremiah 10:14
Jeremiah 23:39
Hosea 4:7
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