Hosea 4:7-9

The Voice

⁷     The more powerful the priests grew, the more they sinned against Me.
        So I’ll turn their honor^[a] into shame.
⁸     Because these priests are allowed to eat the sin offerings,
        they actually want the people to sin so they’ll have more meat to eat!
⁹     And so it’s “like priest, like people”: a low standard for living.
        I’ll punish them for this and repay them for what they’ve done: