Hosea 4:9
And, just as it is with the people, so will it be with the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them, and I will repay them for their intentions.
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In The King James Version
In Context
8They will devour the sins of my people, and they will lift up their souls towards their iniquity.
Cross References
Proverbs 11:31If the just are repaid upon the earth, how much more the impious and the sinner!
Isaiah 9:14And so, the Lord will disperse, away from Israel, the head and the tail, he who bows down and he who refrains, in one day.
Jeremiah 5:31The prophets have prophesied lies, and the priests have applauded with their hands, and my people have loved these things. So then, what shall be done at the very end?”
Jeremiah 23:11“For both the prophet and the priest have become polluted, and I have found their wickedness within my own house, says the Lord.
Ezekiel 44:10And as for the Levites, they have withdrawn far away from me, in the errors of the sons of Israel, and they have gone astray from me after their idols, and they have borne their iniquity.
Matthew Henry on Hosea 4:7-12
Grounds of God's Controversy with Israel; The Sins of the Priests and People. ( b. c. 758.) 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. 7 As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame. 8 They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity. 9 And there shall… Read the whole commentary →