Hosea 4:9

And the priest shall be as the people: and I will avenge on them their ways, and I will recompense to them their counsels.

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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 will devour the sins of my people, and will set their hearts on their iniquities.

10And they shall eat, and shall not be satisfied: they have gone a-whoring, and shall by no means prosper: because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.

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Cross References

Proverbs 11:31If the righteous scarcely be saved, 1 Where shall the ungodly and the sinner appear?

Isaiah 9:14the old man, and them that respect persons, this is the head; and the prophet teaching unlawful things, he is the tail.

Jeremiah 5:31the prophets utter unrighteous prophecies, and the priests have clapped their hands: and my people has loved to have it thus: and what will ye do for the future?

Jeremiah 23:11For priest and prophet are defiled; and I have seen their iniquities in my house.

Ezekiel 44:10But as for the Levites who departed far from me when Israel went astray from me after their imaginations, they shall even 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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