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; I will change their glory into shame. 8They feed on the sin of My people, And long for their wrongdoing. And it will be, like people, like priest; So I will punish them for their ways And repay them for their deeds. 10They will eat, but not have enough; They will play the prostitute, but not increase, Because they gave up devoting themselves to the Lord. 11Infidelity, wine, and new wine take away the understanding.

Hosea 4:9 word by word

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

• And it will be, like peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971
• like priestכֹּהֵןkôhên · priestH3548
• punishפָּקַדpâqad · to reckon: punishH6485
• them for their waysדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• And repayשׁוּבshûb · to return: payH7725
• them for their deedsמַעֲלָלma‛ălâl · deedH4611

Cross-references for Hosea 4:9

• Isaiah 9:14So the Lord cuts off head and tail from Israel, Both palm branch and bulrush in a single day.
• Isaiah 24:2And the people will be like the priest, the servant like his master, the female servant like her mistress, the buyer like the seller, the lender like the borrower, the creditor like the debtor.
• Jeremiah 5:31The prophets prophesy falsely, And the priests rule on their own authority; And My people love it this way! But what will you do when the end comes?
• Jeremiah 8:10Therefore I will give their wives to others, Their fields to new owners; Because from the least even to the greatest Everyone is greedy for gain; From the prophet even to the priest, Everyone practices deceit.
• Jeremiah 23:11“For both prophet and priest are defiled; Even in My house I have found their wickedness,” 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, and they have not taught the difference between the unclean and the clean; and they have closed their eyes from My Sabbaths, and I am defiled among them.
• Matthew 15:14Leave them alone; they are blind guides of blind people. And if a person who is blind guides another who is blind, both will fall into a pit.”
• Hosea 1:4And the Lord said to him, “Name him Jezreel; for in just a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the bloodshed of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
• Psalms 109:17He also loved cursing, so it came to him; And he did not delight in blessing, so it was far from him.
• Proverbs 5:22His own wrongdoings will trap the wicked, And he will be held by the ropes of his sin.
• Isaiah 3:10Say to the righteous that it will go well for them, For they will eat the fruit of their actions.
• Zechariah 1:6But did My words and My statutes, which I commanded My servants the prophets, not overtake your fathers? Then they repented and said, ‘Just as the Lord of armies planned to do to us in accordance with our ways and our deeds, so He has 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

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