Hosea 4:9

Hosea 4:9 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
• New International Version (NIV)And it will be: Like people, like priests. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And it shall be like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And it shall be: like people, like priest. So I will punish them for their ways, And reward them for their deeds.

Context of Hosea 4:9

7The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace. 8They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity. And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds. 10They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves 11to promiscuity, wine, and new wine, which take away understanding.

Hosea 4:9 word by word

וְהָיָ֥ה כָעָ֖ם כַּכֹּהֵ֑ן וּפָקַדְתִּ֤י עָלָיו֙ דְּרָכָ֔יו וּמַעֲלָלָ֖יו אָשִׁ֥יב לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• And it shall beהָיָהhâyâh · to beH1961
• like peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• like priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• I will punishפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485
• both of themעַל‛al · uponH5921
• for their waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• and repayשׁוּבshûb · to return: payH7725
• for their deedsמַעֲלָלma‛ălâl · deedH4611

Cross-references for Hosea 4:9

• Isaiah 9:14So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.
• Isaiah 24:2people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.
• Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?
• Jeremiah 8:10Therefore I will give their wives to other men and their fields to new owners. For from the least of them to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; from prophet to priest, all practice deceit.
• Jeremiah 23:11“For both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in My house I have found their wickedness,” declares the LORD.
• Ezekiel 22:26Her priests do violence to My law and profane My holy things. They make no distinction between the holy and the common, and they fail to distinguish between the clean and the unclean. They disregard My Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
• Matthew 15:14Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”
• Hosea 1:4Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.
• Psalms 109:17The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.
• Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.
• Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.
• Zechariah 1:6But did not My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, overtake your fathers? They repented and said, ‘Just as the LORD of Hosts purposed to do to us according to our ways and deeds, so He has done to us.’”

Commentaries on Hosea 4:9

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 9Like people, like priest - "The priest a wanderer from the narrow way; The silly sheep, no wonder that they stray." I will punish them - Both priest and people; both equally bad.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 9And there shall be like people, like priest - Priest and people were alike in sin. Yea they are wont, if bad, to foment each other‘s sin. The bad priest copies the sins which he should reprove, and excuses himself by the frailty of our common nature. The people, acutely enough, detect the worldliness or self-indulgence of the priest, and shelter themselves under his example. Their defense stands good before people; but what before God? Alike in sin…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 6-11Verses 6-11 Both priests and people rejected knowledge; God will justly reject them. They forgot the law of God, neither desired nor endeavoured to retain it in mind, and to transmit the remembrance to their posterity; therefore God will justly forget them and their children. If we dishonour God with that which is our honour, it will, sooner or later, be turned into shame to us. Instead of warning the people against sin, from the consideration of the…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 9The people copied the bad behavior of their religious leaders. As a result, God would punish both the priests and the people for their wrong actions.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 99. like people, like priest--They are one in guilt; therefore they shall be one in punishment (Is 24:2). reward them their doings--in homely phrase, "pay them back in their own coin" (Pr 1:31).Read the comment

Topics related to Hosea 4:9

• Church
• Example
• Influence
• Judgment
• Minister, Christian
• Proverbs
• Sin

In the dictionaries

• Languish
• Reject
• Hosea
• Zechariah, Book of

Commentaries on Hosea 4

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings