Hosea 9:7 Meaning
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.
Context Explained
5What will ye do in the solemn day, and in the day of the feast of the LORD?
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.
Key Themes
Related Cross References
Luke 19:44
Jesus wept over Jerusalem, indicating a similar judgment as described in Hosea.
Ezekiel 33:33
Ezekiel also speaks of the people's response to prophetic warnings.
Matthew 23:37
Jesus laments over Jerusalem, reflecting the themes of rejection found in Hosea.
Source: Hosea 9:7