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Ho 4:9 Strong Concordance And there shall be, like people [05971], like priest [03548]: and I will punish [06485] them for their ways [01870], and reward [07725] them their doings [04611].
  King James And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings.

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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).
 
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31 Therefore shall they eat [0398] of the fruit [06529] of their own way [01870], and be filled [07646] with their own devices [04156].
2 And it shall be, as with the people [05971], so with the priest [03548]; as with the servant [05650], so with his master [0113]; as with the maid [08198], so with her mistress [01404]; as with the buyer [07069], so with the seller [04376]; as with the lender [03867], so with the borrower [03867]; as with the taker of usury [05383], so [0834] with the giver of usury [05378] to him.
14 For I will be unto Ephraim [0669] as a lion [07826], and as a young lion [03715] to the house [01004] of Judah [03063]: I, even I, will tear [02963] and go away [03212]; I will take away [05375], and none shall rescue [05337] him.
13 When Ephraim [0669] saw [07200] his sickness [02483], and Judah [03063] saw his wound [04205], then went [03212] Ephraim [0669] to the Assyrian [0804], and sent [07971] to king [04428] Jareb [03377] [07378]: yet could [03201] he not heal [07495] you, nor cure [01455] you of your wound [04205].
12 Therefore will I be unto Ephraim [0669] as a moth [06211], and to the house [01004] of Judah [03063] as rottenness [07538].
11 Ephraim [0669] is oppressed [06231] and broken [07533] in judgment [04941], because he willingly [02974] walked [01980] after [0310] the commandment [06673].
10 The princes [08269] of Judah [03063] were like them that remove [05253] the bound [01366]: therefore I will pour out [08210] my wrath [05678] upon them like water [04325].
9 Ephraim [0669] shall be desolate [08047] in the day [03117] of rebuke [08433]: among the tribes [07626] of Israel [03478] have I made known [03045] that which shall surely be [0539].
8 Blow [08628] ye the cornet [07782] in Gibeah [01390], and the trumpet [02689] in Ramah [07414]: cry aloud [07321] at Bethaven [01007], after [0310] thee, O Benjamin [01144].
7 They have dealt treacherously [0898] against the LORD [03068]: for they have begotten [03205] strange [02114] children [01121]: now shall a month [02320] devour [0398] them with their portions [02506].
6 They shall go [03212] with their flocks [06629] and with their herds [01241] to seek [01245] the LORD [03068]; but they shall not find [04672] him; he hath withdrawn [02502] himself from them.
5 And the pride [01347] of Israel [03478] doth testify [06030] to his face [06440]: therefore shall Israel [03478] and Ephraim [0669] fall [03782] in their iniquity [05771]; Judah [03063] also shall fall [03782] with them.
4 They will not frame [05414] their doings [04611] to turn [07725] unto their God [0430]: for the spirit [07307] of whoredoms [02183] is in the midst [07130] of them, and they have not known [03045] the LORD [03068].
3 I know [03045] Ephraim [0669], and Israel [03478] is not hid [03582] from me: for now, O Ephraim [0669], thou committest whoredom [02181], and Israel [03478] is defiled [02930].
2 And the revolters [07846] are profound [06009] to make slaughter [07819], though I have been a rebuker [04148] of them all.
1 Hear [08085] ye this, O priests [03548]; and hearken [07181], ye house [01004] of Israel [03478]; and give ye ear [0238], O house [01004] of the king [04428]; for judgment [04941] is toward you, because ye have been a snare [06341] on Mizpah [04709], and a net [07568] spread [06566] upon Tabor [08396].
19 The wind [07307] hath bound her up [06887] in her wings [03671], and they shall be ashamed [0954] because of their sacrifices [02077].
18 Their drink [05435] is sour [05493]: they have committed whoredom [02181] continually [02181]: her rulers [04043] with shame [07036] do love [0157], Give [03051] ye.
17 Ephraim [0669] is joined [02266] to idols [06091]: let him alone [03240].
16 For Israel [03478] slideth back [05637] as a backsliding [05637] heifer [06510]: now the LORD [03068] will feed [07462] them as a lamb [03532] in a large place [04800].
15 Though thou, Israel [03478], play the harlot [02181], yet let not Judah [03063] offend [0816]; and come [0935] not ye unto Gilgal [01537], neither go ye up [05927] to Bethaven [01007], nor swear [07650], The LORD [03068] liveth [02416].
14 I will not punish [06485] your daughters [01323] when they commit whoredom [02181], nor your spouses [03618] when they commit adultery [05003]: for themselves are separated [06504] with whores [02181], and they sacrifice [02076] with harlots [06948]: therefore the people [05971] that doth not understand [0995] shall fall [03832].
13 They sacrifice [02076] upon the tops [07218] of the mountains [02022], and burn incense [06999] upon the hills [01389], under oaks [0437] and poplars [03839] and elms [0424], because the shadow [06738] thereof is good [02896]: therefore your daughters [01323] shall commit whoredom [02181], and your spouses [03618] shall commit adultery [05003].
12 My people [05971] ask [07592] counsel at their stocks [06086], and their staff [04731] declareth [05046] unto them: for the spirit [07307] of whoredoms [02183] hath caused them to err [08582], and they have gone a whoring [02181] from under their God [0430].
11 Whoredom [02184] and wine [03196] and new wine [08492] take away [03947] the heart [03820].
10 For they shall eat [0398], and not have enough [07646]: they shall commit whoredom [02181], and shall not increase [06555]: because they have left off [05800] to take heed [08104] to the LORD [03068].
10 For they shall eat [0398], and not have enough [07646]: they shall commit whoredom [02181], and shall not increase [06555]: because they have left off [05800] to take heed [08104] to the LORD [03068].