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Hosea 9:8 KJV
Hosea · chapter 9 · verse 8
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.Hosea 9:8 · King James Version
Hosea 9:8 in context
6For, lo, they are gone because of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up, Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant places for their silver, nettles shall possess them: thorns shall be in their tabernacles.
7The 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.
8The 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.
9They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah: therefore he will remember their iniquity, he will visit their sins.
10I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the firstripe in the fig tree at her first time: but they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame; and their abominations were according as they loved.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- watchmantsâphâhproperly, to lean forwardH6822 →
- EphraimʼEphrayimEphrajim, a son of JosephH669 →
- prophetnâbîyʼa prophet or inspired manH5030 →
- fowleryâqôwshproperly, entanglingH3352 →
- hatredmasṭêmâhenmityH4895 →
- snarepacha sheetH6341 →
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For their further awakening, it is here threatened, I. That the destruction spoken of shall come speedily. They shall have no reason to hope for a long reprieve, for the judgment slumbers not; it is at the door (Hos 9:7): The days of visitation have come, and there shall be no more delay;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 7-10