Hosea 4:9 “And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them f…”

Hosea 4:9

And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.

Geneva Bible 1599

And there shalbe like people, like Priest: for I wil visite their wayes vpon them, and reward them their deedes.

Darby Translation

And it shall be as the people so the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them, and recompense to them their doings;

Young's Literal Translation

And it hath been, like people, like priest, And I have charged on it its ways, And its habitual doings I return to it.

Bible in Basic English

And the priest will be like the people; I will give them punishment for their evil ways, and the reward of their acts.

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Cross references

“like people”

Jeremiah 5:31 Isaiah 24:2 Matthew 15:14 Isaiah 9:14–16 Jeremiah 8:10–12 Ezekiel 22:26–31

Jeremiah 5:31 · BSB

The prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule by their own authority. My people love it so, but what will you do in the end?

Isaiah 24:2 · BSB

people and priest alike, servant and master, maid and mistress, buyer and seller, lender and borrower, creditor and debtor.

Matthew 15:14 · BSB

Disregard them! They are blind guides. If a blind man leads a blind man, both will fall into a pit.”

Isaiah 9:14–16 · BSB

So the LORD will cut off Israel’s head and tail, both palm branch and reed in a single day.

Jeremiah 8:10–12 · BSB

Therefore 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.

Ezekiel 22:26–31 · BSB

Her 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…

“punish”

Hosea 1:4

Hosea 1:4 · BSB

Then 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.

“reward them”

Proverbs 5:22 Isaiah 3:10 Zechariah 1:6 Psalm 109:17 Psalm 109:18

Proverbs 5:22 · BSB

The iniquities of a wicked man entrap him; the cords of his sin entangle him.

Isaiah 3:10 · BSB

Tell the righteous it will be well with them, for they will enjoy the fruit of their labor.

Zechariah 1:6 · BSB

But 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…

Psalm 109:17 · BSB

The cursing that he loved, may it fall on him; the blessing in which he refused to delight, may it be far from him.

Psalm 109:18 · BSB

The cursing that he wore like a coat, may it soak into his body like water, and into his bones like oil.

Also

Hosea 8:13 Hosea 9:9

Hosea 8:13 · BSB

Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.

Hosea 9:9 · BSB

They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; He will remember their guilt; He will punish their sins.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

8They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.

10They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves

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