Hosea 4:9

It will be like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will repay them for their deeds.

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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, and set their heart on their iniquity.

10They will eat, and not have enough. They will play the prostitute, and will not increase; because they have abandoned listening to the LORD.

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Cross References

Psalms 109:17Yes, he loved cursing, and it came to him. He didn’t delight in blessing, and it was far from him.

Proverbs 11:31Behold, the righteous shall be repaid on the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!

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

Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority; and my people love to have it so. What will you do in the end of it?

Jeremiah 23:11for both prophet and priest are profane. Yes, in my house I have found their wickedness,” says the LORD.

Ezekiel 44:10“‘“But the Levites who went far from me when Israel went astray, who went astray from me after their idols, they will 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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