English Standard Version
Hosea 4:9
9And it shall be like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)‘And what the priests do, the people also do.’ So now I will punish both priests and people for their wicked deeds.
Context of Hosea 4:9
7The more they increased, the more they sinned against me; I will change their glory into shame. 8They feed on the sin of my people; they are greedy for their iniquity. And it shall be like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their deeds. 10They shall eat, but not be satisfied; they shall play the whore, but not multiply, because they have forsaken the Lord to cherish 11whoredom, wine, and new wine, which take away the understanding.
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וְהָיָ֥ה כָעָ֖ם כַּכֹּהֵ֑ן וּפָקַדְתִּ֤י עָלָיו֙ דְּרָכָ֔יו וּמַעֲלָלָ֖יו אָשִׁ֥יב לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Hosea 4:9
- Isaiah 9:14So the Lord cut off from Israel head and tail, palm branch and reed in one day—
- Isaiah 24:2And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the slave, so with his master; as with the maid, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
- Jeremiah 5:31the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule at their direction; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?
- Jeremiah 8:10Therefore I will give their wives to others and their fields to conquerors, because from the least to the greatest everyone is greedy for unjust gain; from prophet to priest, everyone deals falsely.
- Jeremiah 23:11"Both prophet and priest are ungodly; even in my house I have found their evil, declares the Lord.
- Ezekiel 22:26Her priests have done violence to my law and have profaned my holy things. They have made no distinction between the holy and the common, neither have they taught the difference between the unclean and the clean, and they have disregarded my Sabbaths, so that I am profaned among them.
- Matthew 15:14Let them alone; they are blind guides. And if the blind lead the blind, both will fall into a pit."
- Hosea 1:4And the Lord said to him, "Call his name Jezreel, for in just a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
- Psalms 109:17He loved to curse; let curses come upon him! He did not delight in blessing; may it be far from him!
- Proverbs 5:22The iniquities of the wicked ensnare him, and he is held fast in the cords of his sin.
- Isaiah 3:10Tell the righteous that it shall be well with them, for they shall eat the fruit of their deeds.
- Zechariah 1:6But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your fathers? So they repented and said, 'As the Lord of hosts purposed to deal with us for our ways and deeds, so has he dealt with 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
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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
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