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Hosea 4:9 KJV
Hosea · chapter 4 · verse 9
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.Hosea 4:9 · King James Version
Hosea 4:9 in context
7As they were increased, so they sinned against me: therefore will I change their glory into shame.
8They eat up the sin of my people, and they set their heart on their iniquity.
9And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
10For they shall eat, and not have enough: they shall commit whoredom, and shall not increase: because they have left off to take heed to the LORD.
11Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- peopleʻama peopleH5971 →
- priestkôhênliterally one officiating, a priestH3548 →
- punishpâqadto visitH6485 →
- rewardshûwbto turn back transitively or intransitively, literally or figurativelyH7725 →
- waysdereka roadH1870 →
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God is here proceeding in his controversy both with the priests and with the people. The people were as those that strove with the priests (Hos 4:4) when they had priests that did their duty;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 6-11