Hosea 4:9

Thus it comes to be, like people, like priest: I will visit upon each punishment for their ways, and their deeds I will repay them.

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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 offerings of my people, so they hunger after their guilt.

10They will eat and not be satisfied, they will sleep around but stay childless, because they have abandoned the Lord to give themselves to

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Cross References

Psalms 109:17“May the curses he loved light upon him, may the blessings he loathed be afar.

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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