Bible verse
And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
Hosea 4:9 · BSB
The verses around it, from Hosea 4.
5 You will stumble by day, and the prophet will stumble with you by night; so I will destroy your mother—
6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.
7 The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.
8 They feed on the sins of My people and set their hearts on iniquity.
9 And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
10 They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have stopped obeying the LORD.
11 Promiscuity, wine, and new wine take away understanding.
12 My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.
13 They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery.
KJV
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.
ASV
And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings.
ERV
And it shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and will reward them their doings.
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