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Selected Verse: Hosea 4:9 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ho 4:9 |
King James |
And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
like people, like priest--They are one in guilt; therefore they shall be one in punishment (Isa 24:2).
reward them their doings--in homely phrase, "pay them back in their own coin" (Pro 1:31). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
And 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, priest and people should be alike in punishment. "Neither secular greatness should exempt the laity, nor the dignity of his order, the priest." Both shall be swept away in one common heap, in one disgrace, into one damnation. "They shall bind them in bundles to burn them."
And I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings - Literally, "I will visit upon him his ways, and his doings I will make to return to him." People and priests are spoken of as one man. None should escape. The judgment comes down "upon" them, overwhelming them. Man's deeds are called his "ways," because the soul holds on the tenor of its life along them, and those ways lead him on to his last end, heaven or hell. The word rendered "doings " signifies "great doings," when used of God; "bold doings," on the part of man. Those bold presumptuous doings against the law and will of God, God will bring back to the sinner's bosom. |
| The Scofield Bible Commentary, by Cyrus Ingerson Scofield, [1917] |
INDEX to the Introduction, Analyses, Notes (Annotations), Definitions, Summaries and Subject Chain References in the SCOFIELD REFERENCE BIBLE (1917)
Fully capitalized entries indicate Subject References
INDEX subjects beginning with "A"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 4:10).
INDEX subjects beginning with "B"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 4:11).
INDEX subjects beginning with "C"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 4:12).
INDEX subjects beginning with "D"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 4:13).
INDEX subjects beginning with "E"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 4:14).
INDEX subjects beginning with "F"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 4:15).
INDEX subjects beginning with "G"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 4:16).
INDEX subjects beginning with "H"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 4:17).
INDEX subjects beginning with "I"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 4:18).
INDEX subjects beginning with "J"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 4:19).
INDEX subjects beginning with "K"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 5:1).
INDEX subjects beginning with "L"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 5:2).
INDEX subjects beginning with "M"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 5:3).
INDEX subjects beginning with "N"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 5:4).
INDEX subjects beginning with "O"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 5:5).
INDEX subjects beginning with "P"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 5:6).
INDEX subjects beginning with "Q"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 5:7).
INDEX subjects beginning with "R"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 5:8).
INDEX subjects beginning with "S"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 5:9).
INDEX subjects beginning with "T"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 5:10).
INDEX subjects beginning with "U"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 5:11).
INDEX subjects beginning with "V"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 5:12).
INDEX subjects beginning with "W"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 5:13).
INDEX subjects beginning with "Z"
(See Scofield) on (Hos 5:14). |
| Commentary on the Old Testament, by Carl Friedrich Keil and Franz Delitzsch [1857-78] |
| "Therefore it will happen as to the people so to the priest; and I will visit his ways upon him, and I repay to him his doing." Since the priests had abused their office for the purpose of filling their own bellies, they would perish along with the nation. The suffixes in the last clauses refer to the priest, although the retribution threatened would fall upon the people also, since it would happen to the priest as to the people. This explains the fact that in Hos 4:10 the first clause still applies to the priest; whereas in the second clause the prophecy once more embraces the entire nation. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Like 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. |
31 Therefore shall they eat of the fruit of their own way, and be filled with their own devices.
2 And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the servant, 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 taker of usury, so with the giver of usury to him.
14 For I will be unto Ephraim as a lion, and as a young lion to the house of Judah: I, even I, will tear and go away; I will take away, and none shall rescue him.
13 When Ephraim saw his sickness, and Judah saw his wound, then went Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure you of your wound.
12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of Judah as rottenness.
11 Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, because he willingly walked after the commandment.
10 The princes of Judah were like them that remove the bound: therefore I will pour out my wrath upon them like water.
9 Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.
8 Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah, and the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud at Bethaven, after thee, O Benjamin.
7 They have dealt treacherously against the LORD: for they have begotten strange children: now shall a month devour them with their portions.
6 They shall go with their flocks and with their herds to seek the LORD; but they shall not find him; he hath withdrawn himself from them.
5 And the pride of Israel doth testify to his face: therefore shall Israel and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah also shall fall with them.
4 They will not frame their doings to turn unto their God: for the spirit of whoredoms is in the midst of them, and they have not known the LORD.
3 I know Ephraim, and Israel is not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou committest whoredom, and Israel is defiled.
2 And the revolters are profound to make slaughter, though I have been a rebuker of them all.
1 Hear ye this, O priests; and hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye ear, O house of the king; for judgment is toward you, because ye have been a snare on Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor.
19 The wind hath bound her up in her wings, and they shall be ashamed because of their sacrifices.
18 Their drink is sour: they have committed whoredom continually: her rulers with shame do love, Give ye.
17 Ephraim is joined to idols: let him alone.
16 For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.
15 Though thou, Israel, play the harlot, yet let not Judah offend; and come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up to Bethaven, nor swear, The LORD liveth.
14 I will not punish your daughters when they commit whoredom, nor your spouses when they commit adultery: for themselves are separated with whores, and they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the people that doth not understand shall fall.
13 They sacrifice upon the tops of the mountains, and burn incense upon the hills, under oaks and poplars and elms, because the shadow thereof is good: therefore your daughters shall commit whoredom, and your spouses shall commit adultery.
12 My people ask counsel at their stocks, and their staff declareth unto them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath caused them to err, and they have gone a whoring from under their God.
11 Whoredom and wine and new wine take away the heart.
10 For 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.
10 For 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.