Hosea 4:9

So it will be for the people like the priests: I will punish them for what they have done, repaying them for their actions.

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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, greedy for their iniquity.

10They will eat, but they will not be satisfied; they will engage in prostitution, but they will not prosper because they have given up on the Lord to go and prostitute themselves to other gods.

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Cross References

Psalms 109:17He loved to put a curse on others—let it come back on him. He had no time for blessings—so may he never receive any.

Proverbs 11:31If the good are repaid here on earth, how much more will the wicked who sin be repaid!

Isaiah 9:14So in just a single day the Lord will chop off Israel's head and tail, palm branch and reed.

Jeremiah 5:31The prophets give false prophecies; the priests rule as they please. My people love it like this, but what will you do when it all falls apart?

Jeremiah 23:11Both prophets and priests show no respect for me. I see wickedness even in my Temple, declares the Lord.

Ezekiel 44:10The Levites who abandoned me when Israel turned from worshiping me and went off to follow their idols will experience the consequences of their sins.

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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