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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Gill's Exposition
And there shall be, like people, like priest,.... No difference between them in their festivals, the one being as greedy of committing intemperance and uncleanness as the other, and in their common…
Barnes' Notes
And there shall be like people, like priest - Priest and people were alike in sin. Yea they are wont, if bad, to foment each other’s sin. The bad priest copies the sins which he should reprove, and…
Adam Clarke
Like people, like priest -
"The priest a wanderer from the narrow way; The silly sheep, no wonder that they stray."
I will punish them - Both priest and people; both equally bad.
God is here proceeding in his controversy both with the priests and with the people. The people were as those that strove with the priests (Hos 4:4) when they had priests that did their duty; but the…
Cambridge Bible
like people, like priest i.e. the priest shall fare no better than the people. His official -nearness" to Jehovah shall be no safeguard to him.
I will punish them Rather, punish him, viz. the priest…
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