They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. They eat up the sin of my people - חטאת chattath, the sin-offering, though it be offered contrary to the law; for their hearts are set on iniquity, they wish to do whatever is contrary to God.
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Hosea 4:8
8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they setd their heart on their iniquity.