[a]They eat up the sins of my people, and lift up their minds in their iniquity.

And there shall be like people like [b]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 [c]commit adultery, and shall not increase, because they have left off to take heed to the Lord.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 4:8 To wit, the Priests seek to eat the people’s offerings, and flatter them in their sins.
  2. Hosea 4:9 Signifying, that as they have sinned together, so shall they be punished together.
  3. 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.

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