And there shall be like people like [a]priest: for I will visit their ways upon them, and reward them their deeds.

10 For they shall eat, and not have enough, they shall [b]commit adultery, and shall not increase, because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.

11 [c]Whoredom, and wine, and new wine take away their heart.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:9 Signifying, that as they have sinned together, so shall they be punished together.
  2. Hosea 4:10 Showing that their wickedness shall be punished on all sorts: for though they think by the multitude of wives to have many children, yet they shall be deceived of their hope.
  3. Hosea 4:11 In giving themselves to pleasures, they become like brute beasts.

And it will be: Like people, like priests.(A)
    I will punish both of them for their ways
    and repay them for their deeds.(B)

10 “They will eat but not have enough;(C)
    they will engage in prostitution(D) but not flourish,
because they have deserted(E) the Lord
    to give themselves 11 to prostitution;(F)
old wine(G) and new wine
    take away their understanding.(H)

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