Hosea 4:9

4:9 I will deal with the people and priests together: ¹ 

I will punish them both for their ways,

and I will repay them for their deeds.

Hosea 8:9

The Willful Donkey and the Wanton Harlot

8:9 They have gone up to Assyria,

like a wild donkey that wanders off.

Ephraim has hired prostitutes as lovers. ² 

[4:9]  ¹ tn Heb “And it shall be, like people, like priest” (so ASV); NAB “The priests shall fare no better than the people.”

[8:9]  ² tn Or “has hired herself out to lovers”; cf. NIV “has sold herself to lovers.”