Hosea 4:9
Therefore shall the same befall both people and priest: and I will punish every one of them for his ways, and recompense every one for his doings.
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Psalms 109:17As he loved cursing, so let it come over him: and as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
Proverbs 11:31Behold, the righteous is recompensed on the earth: how much more the wicked and the sinner.
Isaiah 9:14(9:13) And the Lord cutteth off from Israel head and tail, palm-branch and rush, on one day.
Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests bear rule by their means; and my people love to have it so; but what will ye do in the end thereof?
Jeremiah 23:11For both prophet and priest are hypocrites: yea, in my own house have I found their wickedness, saith the Lord.
Ezekiel 44:10But as respecteth the Levites that were gone away far from me, when Israel went astray, who went astray away from me, after their idols, they shall surely 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 →