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Hosea 9:7–8

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7The days of punishmentu are coming,

the days of reckoningv are at hand.

Let Israel know this.

Because your sinsw are so many

and your hostility so great,

the prophet is considered a fool,x

the inspired person a maniac.y

8The prophet, along with my God,

is the watchman over Ephraim,a

yet snaresz await him on all his paths,

and hostility in the house of his God.a

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Footnotes

  1. aOr The prophet is the watchman over Ephraim, / the people of my God

Cross references

  1. uIsa 34:8; Jer 10:15; Mic 7:4; Lk 21:22
  2. vSee Job 31:14
  3. wJer 16:18
  4. xSee 1 Sa 10:11; Isa 44:25; See La 2:14; Eze 14:9–10
  5. ySee Jer 29:26; Hos 14:1
  6. zSee Hos 5:1
  7. aSee Eze 22:26

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

The days of punishment have come;

the days of recompense have come;

Israel shall know it.

The prophet is a fool;

the man of the spirit is mad,

because of your great iniquity

and great hatred.

The prophet is the watchman of Ephraim with my God;

yet a fowler’s snare is on all his ways,

and hatred in the house of his God.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

The days of punishment have come;

the days of retribution have come.

Let Israel recognize it!

The prophet is a fool,

and the inspired man is insane,

because of the magnitude

of your iniquity and hostility.

Ephraim’s watchman is with my God.

Yet the prophet encounters a bird trap

on all his pathways.

Hostility is in the house of his God!

NLTNew Living Translation

The time of Israel’s punishment has come;

the day of payment is here.

Soon Israel will know this all too well.

Because of your great sin and hostility,

you say, “The prophets are crazy

and the inspired men are fools!”

The prophet is a watchman over Israel for my God,

yet traps are laid for him wherever he goes.

He faces hostility even in the house of God.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

The days of punishment have come;

the days of retribution have come;

Israel knows!

The prophet is a fool,

the man of the spirit is acting like a madman.

Because of the greatness of your sin,

your hostility is great.

The prophet keeps watch over Ephraim for my God;

the snare of a fowler is on all his ways,

and hostility in the house of his God.

KJV 1900King James Version

The days of visitation are come,

The days of recompence are come;

Israel shall know it:

The prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad,

For the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.

The watchman of Ephraim was with my God:

But the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways,

And hatred in the house of his God.