Hosea 4:9 And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. No greater calamity can come upon a people, because — 1. Such priests cannot exert the influence which they should exert. They should be men of God, supremely loyal to God, and witnessing for the supreme claim of spiritual and eternal things. 2. Their example is positively mischievous. Men need no aid from their leaders in living selfish, self-indulgent, covetous lives. 3. Time-serving utterly ruins personal character. Nobility, heroism, devotion can only be nourished by living outside ourselves, for God and our fellows. Time-servers are self-servers. (Robert Tuck, B. A.) Parallel Verses KJV: And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. |
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