If the righteous are repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
Hosea 4:9 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 And it shall be like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their deeds. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And it shall be: Like people, like priest; I will punish them for their ways and repay them for their doings. American Standard Version (1901) And it shall be, like people, like priest; and I will punish them for their ways, and will requite them their doings. Common English Bible The priest will be just like the people; I will punish them for their ways, and judge them for their deeds. Catholic Public Domain Version And, just as it is with the people, so will it be with the priest; and I will visit their ways upon them, and I will repay them for their intentions. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And there shall be like people like priest: and I will visit their ways upon them, and I will repay them their devices. |
If the righteous are repaid on earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner!
From the fruit of the mouth one is filled with good things, and manual labor has its reward.
The iniquities of the wicked ensnare them, and they are caught in the coils of their sin.
And it shall be, as with the people, so with the priest; as with the male slave, so with his master; as with the female slave, so with her mistress; as with the buyer, so with the seller; as with the lender, so with the borrower; as with the creditor, so with the debtor.
Tell the innocent how fortunate they are, for they shall eat the fruit of their labors.
the prophets prophesy falsely, and the priests rule as the prophets direct; my people love to have it so, but what will you do when the end comes?
But the Levites who went far from me, going astray from me after their idols when Israel went astray, shall bear their punishment.
Because they ministered to them before their idols and made the house of Israel stumble into iniquity, therefore I have sworn concerning them, says the Lord God, that they shall bear their punishment.
And the Lord said to him, “Name him Jezreel, for in a little while I will punish the house of Jehu for the blood of Jezreel, and I will put an end to the kingdom of the house of Israel.
I will come against the wayward people to punish them, and nations shall be gathered against them when they are punished for their double iniquity.
The Lord has an indictment against Judah and will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
In the womb he tried to supplant his brother, and in his manhood he strove with God.
But they do not consider that I remember all their wickedness. Now their deeds surround them; they are before my face.
Though they offer choice sacrifices, though they eat flesh, the Lord does not accept them. Now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins; they shall return to Egypt.
Every evil of theirs began at Gilgal; there I came to hate them. Because of the wickedness of their deeds I will drive them out of my house. I will love them no more; all their officials are rebels.
They have deeply corrupted themselves as in the days of Gibeah; he will remember their iniquity; he will punish their sins.
But my words and my statutes, which I commanded my servants the prophets, did they not overtake your ancestors? So they repented and said, ‘The Lord of hosts has dealt with us according to our ways and deeds, just as he planned to do.’ ”
Let them alone; they are blind guides of the blind. And if one blind person guides another, both will fall into a pit.”