Book of Hosea chapter 4 Vs. 9

 The Lord Accuses Israel

And there shall be, like people, like priest: and I will punish them for their ways, and reward them their doings. Hos. 4:9

like people, like... The priest of God is corrupted and made like the sinning people, not vice versa.

and I will... God punishes the priests, the same as He does the people when they sin. He also blesses the priests, as the people when they keep His commandments.

Because the priests were no different from the other people, they also would experience the effects of the covenant curses. Rightly enough, the prophet remonstrates with the priests. They were drunken and sensual; they rejected the knowledge and rule of God; they promoted outward ritual in order to fatten on the offerings of the people; and as it was with them, so it became with the deluded worshipers.

What a solemn lesson is contained in the proverb which originated in this passage, Like people, like priest! It is not what we teach, but what we are, that really affects men. The colorless rays of the sun, lying outside the prismatic band of color, give health.

Because the priests were no different from the other people, they also would experience the effects of the covenant curses.