Hosea 4:9 Cross References
Hosea 4:9
9: `Like priests, like people'--since the priests are wicked, the people are wicked, too. So now I will punish both priests and people for all their wicked deeds.
Isaiah 24:2
- Priests and laypeople, servants and masters, maids and mistresses, buyers and sellers, lenders and borrowers, bankers and debtors--none will be spared.
Jeremiah 5:31
- the prophets give false prophecies, and the priests rule with an iron hand. And worse yet, my people like it that way! But what will you do when the end comes?
Psalms 109:17
- He loved to curse others; now you curse him. He never blessed others; now don't you bless him.
- Cursing is as much a part of him as his clothing, or as the water he drinks, or the rich food he eats.
Jeremiah 23:11
- "The priests are like the prophets, all ungodly, wicked men. I have seen their despicable acts right here in my own Temple," says the LORD.
- "Therefore, their paths will be dark and slippery. They will be chased down dark and treacherous trails, where they will fall. For I will bring disaster upon them when their time of punishment comes. I, the LORD, have spoken!
Hosea 9:9
- The things my people do are as depraved as what they did in Gibeah long ago. God will not forget. He will surely punish them for their sins.
Ezekiel 22:26
- Your priests have violated my laws and defiled my holy things. To them there is no difference between what is holy and what is not. And they do not teach my people the difference between what is ceremonially clean and unclean. They disregard my Sabbath days so that my holy name is greatly dishonored among them.
- Your leaders are like wolves, who tear apart their victims. They actually destroy people's lives for profit!
- And your prophets announce false visions and speak false messages. They say, `My message is from the Sovereign LORD,' when the LORD hasn't spoken a single word to them. They repair cracked walls with whitewash!
- Even common people oppress the poor, rob the needy, and deprive foreigners of justice.
- "I looked for someone who might rebuild the wall of righteousness that guards the land. I searched for someone to stand in the gap in the wall so I wouldn't have to destroy the land, but I found no one.
Hosea 8:13
- The people of Israel love their rituals of sacrifice, but to me their sacrifices are all meaningless! I will call my people to account for their sins, and I will punish them. They will go back down to Egypt.
Matthew 15:14
- so ignore them. They are blind guides leading the blind, and if one blind person guides another, they will both fall into a ditch."
Jeremiah 8:10
- I will give their wives and their farms to others. From the least to the greatest, they trick others to get what does not belong to them. Yes, even my prophets and priests are like that.
- They offer superficial treatments for my people's mortal wound. They give assurances of peace when all is war.
- Are they ashamed when they do these disgusting things? No, not at all--they don't even blush! Therefore, they will lie among the slaughtered. They will be humbled when they are punished, says the LORD.
Isaiah 3:10
- But all will be well for those who are godly. Tell them, "You will receive a wonderful reward!"
Isaiah 9:14
- Therefore, in a single day, the LORD will destroy both the head and the tail, the palm branch and the reed.
- The leaders of Israel are the head, and the lying prophets are the tail.
- For the leaders of the people have led them down the path of destruction.
Hosea 1:4
- And the LORD said, "Name the child Jezreel, for I am about to punish King Jehu's dynasty to avenge the murders he committed at Jezreel.
Proverbs 5:22
- An evil man is held captive by his own sins; they are ropes that catch and hold him.
Zechariah 1:6
- But all the things I said through my servants the prophets happened to your ancestors, just as I said they would. As a result, they repented and said, `We have received what we deserved from the LORD Almighty. He has done what he said he would do.'"