Hosea 4:9

And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.

ASV Byzantine Text

In The King James Version

And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

In Context

8They feed on the sin of my people, and set their heart on their iniquity.

10And they shall eat, and not have enough; they shall play the harlot, and shall not increase; because they have left off taking heed to Jehovah.

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Cross References

Psalms 109:17Yea, he loved cursing, and it came unto him; And he delighted not in blessing, and it was far from him.

Proverbs 11:31Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth; How much more the wicked and the sinner!

Isaiah 9:14Therefore Jehovah will cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and rush, in one day.

Jeremiah 5:31the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so: and what will ye do in the end thereof?

Jeremiah 23:11for both prophet and priest are profane; yea, in my house have I found their wickedness, saith Jehovah.

Ezekiel 44:10But the Levites that went far from me, when Israel went astray, that went astray from me after their idols, they shall bear 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 →

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