Verse 9
Hosea 4:9
Young's Literal Translation
9
And it hath been, like people, like priest, And I have charged on it its ways, And its habitual doings I return to it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/הָיָ֥ה כָ/עָ֖ם כַּ/כֹּהֵ֑ן וּ/פָקַדְתִּ֤י עָלָי/ו֙ דְּרָכָ֔י/ו וּ/מַעֲלָלָ֖י/ו אָשִׁ֥יב לֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And it shall be, as the people, so the priest; and I will visit upon them their ways, and their deeds I will repay to them.
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