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Hosea 4:9

Hosea 4:9

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Canne, Browne, Blayney, Scott, and others · Public Domain

like people: Isaiah 9:14-16, Isaiah 24:2; Jeremiah 5:31, Jeremiah 8:10-12, Jeremiah 23:11-12; Ezekiel 22:26-31; Matthew 15:14

punish: Heb. visit upon, Hosea 1:4 *marg.

reward them: Heb. cause to return, Psalms 109:17-18; Proverbs 5:22; Isaiah 3:10; Zechariah 1:6

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