Hosea 9:7

Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

The days of punishment have come; the days of recompense have arrived—let Israel know it! The prophet is called foolish, the inspired man is viewed as insane, because of the magnitude of your sin and great hostility.

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Other Translations

  • King James Version 1769 (Standard 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.

  • KJV1611 – Modern English

    The days of visitation have come, the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it; the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of your iniquity and the great hatred.

  • King James Version 1611 (Original)

    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.

  • American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

    The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.

  • King James Version with Strong's Numbers

    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.

  • Coverdale Bible (1535)

    Be ye sure (O Israel) the tyme of visitacion is come, the dayes of recompencinge are at honde. As for the prophet, ye holde him for a foole: and him that is rich in the sprete, for a mad man: so greate is youre wickednes and malice.

  • Geneva Bible (1560)

    The daies of visitation are come: the daies of recompence are come: Israel shall knowe it: the Prophet is a foole: the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquitie: therefore the hatred is great.

  • Bishops' Bible (1568)

    The dayes of visitation are come, the dayes of recompence are come: and then shall Israel knowe that they were deceaued by a foolishe, mad, & franticke prophete: for the multitude of thine iniquitie God shall multiplie enemies agaynst thee.

  • Authorized King James Version (1611)

    ¶ 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.

  • Webster's Bible (1833)

    The days of visitation have come. The days of reckoning have come. Israel will consider the prophet to be a fool, And the man who is inspired to be insane, Because of the abundance of your sins, And because your hostility is great.

  • Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

    Come in have the days of inspection, Come in have the days of recompence, Israel doth know! a fool `is' the prophet, Mad `is' the man of the Spirit, Because of the abundance of thine iniquity, And great `is' the hatred.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.

  • American Standard Version (1901)

    The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the man that hath the spirit is mad, for the abundance of thine iniquity, and because the enmity is great.

  • Bible in Basic English (1941)

    The days of punishment, the days of reward are come; Israel will be put to shame; the prophet is foolish, the man who has the spirit is off his head, because of your great sin.

  • World English Bible (2000)

    The days of visitation have come. The days of reckoning have come. Israel will consider the prophet to be a fool, and the man who is inspired to be insane, because of the abundance of your sins, and because your hostility is great.

  • NET Bible® (New English Translation)

    The time of judgment is about to arrive! The time of retribution is imminent! Israel will be humbled! Israel Rejects Hosea’s Prophetic Exhortations The prophet is considered a fool– the inspired man is viewed as a madman– because of the multitude of your sins and your intense animosity.

Referenced Verses

  • Mic 7:4 : 4 The best of them is like a brier; the most upright is sharper than a thorn hedge. The day your watchmen foretold has come, the day of your visitation. Now confusion is upon them.
  • Ezek 13:3 : 3 This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!
  • Isa 10:3 : 3 What will you do on the day of punishment, when devastation comes from afar? To whom will you flee for help, and where will you leave your wealth?
  • Jer 10:15 : 15 They are worthless, a work of mockery; at the time of their punishment, they will perish.
  • Lam 2:14 : 14 The visions of your prophets were false and empty; they did not expose your iniquity to restore your fortunes. Instead, they saw false and misleading oracles for you.
  • Ezek 14:9-9 : 9 And if the prophet is deceived into giving a message, it is I, the LORD, who have deceived that prophet. I will stretch out my hand against him and destroy him from among my people Israel. 10 They will bear their guilt. The punishment of the inquirer will be the same as that of the prophet.
  • Jer 29:26 : 26 The LORD has appointed you priest instead of Jehoiada the priest, to be in charge of the house of the LORD for every madman who acts as a prophet, and you should put such a person in the stocks and neck-irons.
  • Ezek 13:10 : 10 Because they have misled my people by saying, ‘Peace,’ when there is no peace, and because when a flimsy wall is built, they plaster it over with whitewash,
  • 2 Kgs 9:11 : 11 When Jehu went out to the servants of his master, they asked, 'Is everything alright? Why did this madman come to you?' He replied, 'You know the sort of man and his babble.'
  • Luke 21:22 : 22 For these are days of vengeance, so that all that is written may be fulfilled.
  • Acts 26:24-25 : 24 While Paul was making his defense, Festus said loudly, 'You are out of your mind, Paul! Your great learning is driving you insane.' 25 Paul replied, 'I am not insane, most excellent Festus. What I am saying is true and reasonable.'
  • 2 Cor 5:13 : 13 If we are out of our mind, as some say, it is for God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you.
  • 2 Thess 2:10-12 : 10 and with every kind of deceit targeting those who are perishing, because they refused to love the truth and so be saved. 11 For this reason, God sends them a powerful delusion, so that they will believe the lie, 12 in order that all who did not believe the truth but delighted in wickedness might be judged.
  • Rev 16:19 : 19 The great city was split into three parts, and the cities of the nations collapsed. Babylon the Great was remembered before God, and He gave her the cup filled with the wine of the fury of His wrath.
  • Zeph 1:14-18 : 14 The great day of the Lord is near, near and rapidly approaching. The sound of the day of the Lord is bitter; there, even the mighty warrior cries out. 15 That day is a day of wrath, a day of distress and anguish, a day of devastation and desolation, a day of darkness and gloom, a day of clouds and thick darkness. 16 It is a day of trumpet blast and battle cry against the fortified cities and against the high towers. 17 I will bring distress on mankind, and they will walk like the blind because they have sinned against the Lord. Their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung. 18 Neither their silver nor their gold will be able to rescue them on the day of the Lord's wrath. The whole earth will be consumed by the fire of His jealousy, for He will bring a sudden and complete destruction on all the inhabitants of the earth.
  • Zeph 3:4 : 4 Her prophets are reckless, treacherous men; her priests have profaned the sanctuary and have done violence to the law.
  • Zech 11:15-17 : 15 The LORD said to me, 'Take again the equipment of a foolish shepherd. 16 For behold, I am raising up a shepherd in the land who will not care for those being destroyed, seek the young, heal the injured, or feed the healthy, but will eat the meat of the fat sheep and tear off their hooves.' 17 Woe to the worthless shepherd who abandons the flock! May the sword strike his arm and his right eye. May his arm wither completely, and his right eye become totally blind.
  • Mark 3:21 : 21 When His family heard about this, they went out to take charge of Him, saying, "He is out of His mind."
  • Jer 46:21 : 21 Even her mercenaries in her midst are like fattened calves; they too will turn and flee together. They cannot stand, for the day of their calamity has come upon them, the time of their punishment.
  • Ezek 7:2-7 : 2 And you, son of man, this is what the Sovereign LORD says to the land of Israel: 'The end is here! The end has come upon the four corners of the land.' 3 'Now the end is upon you, and I will unleash my anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and bring upon you all your detestable practices.' 4 'I will not look on you with pity or spare you. I will repay you for your conduct and your detestable practices among you. Then you will know that I am the LORD.' 5 This is what the Sovereign LORD says: Disaster! An unheard-of disaster is coming. 6 The end has come! The end has come; it has awakened against you. Look! It is here. 7 Doom has come upon you, you who live in the land. The time has come; the day is near. There is panic instead of joy on the mountains.
  • Ezek 12:22-28 : 22 Son of man, what is this proverb you have in the land of Israel: 'The days grow long, and every vision fails'? 23 Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: I will put an end to this proverb, and it will not be quoted in Israel anymore.’ But say to them, ‘The days are near when all visions will be fulfilled.’ 24 For there will no longer be any false visions or flattering divinations within the house of Israel. 25 For I am the LORD. I will speak, and whatever word I speak will come to pass. It will no longer be delayed, for in your days, O rebellious house, I will say the word and fulfill it, declares the Lord GOD. 26 The word of the LORD came to me, saying: 27 Son of man, the house of Israel is saying, ‘The vision he sees is for many days from now; he prophesies about times far off.’ 28 Therefore say to them, ‘This is what the Lord GOD says: None of My words will be delayed any longer, but whatever I speak will be fulfilled, declares the Lord GOD.’
  • Ezek 25:17 : 17 I will carry out great acts of vengeance on them and punish them with furious rebukes. Then they will know that I am the LORD, when I take vengeance on them.
  • Ezek 38:23 : 23 Thus I will show my greatness and my holiness, and I will make myself known in the sight of many nations. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
  • Hos 9:8 : 8 The watchman of Ephraim is with my God, yet the prophet is ensnared on all his paths, and hostility is in the house of his God.
  • Amos 8:2 : 2 And He said, 'What do you see, Amos?' And I said, 'A basket of summer fruit.' Then the Lord said to me, 'The end has come upon My people Israel; I will no longer overlook their sins.'
  • Mic 2:11 : 11 If someone full of wind and deceit lies and says, 'I will preach to you about wine and strong drink,' that would be just the preacher for this people!
  • Jer 11:23 : 23 There will be no remnant left of them, for I am bringing disaster upon the men of Anathoth in the year of their punishment.
  • Jer 16:18 : 18 I will first repay them double for their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the lifeless forms of their vile images and have filled My inheritance with their abominations.
  • Jer 23:16-17 : 16 This is what the LORD of Hosts says: Do not listen to the words of the prophets who prophesy to you. They are filling you with false hopes. They speak visions from their own minds, not from the mouth of the LORD. 17 They keep saying to those who despise the LORD, ‘The LORD says you will have peace.’ And to everyone who walks in the stubbornness of his heart they say, ‘No harm will come to you.’
  • Isa 26:11 : 11 LORD, Your hand is lifted high, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be ashamed; the fire reserved for Your enemies will consume them.
  • Isa 34:8 : 8 For it is the day of the Lord's vengeance, the year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
  • Isa 44:25 : 25 I frustrate the signs of false prophets and make fools of diviners; I turn wise men backward and make their knowledge foolish.
  • Jer 6:14 : 14 They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious, saying, 'Peace, peace,' when there is no peace.
  • Jer 8:11 : 11 They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace.

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    8The watchman of Ephraim is with my God, yet the prophet is ensnared on all his paths, and hostility is in the house of his God.

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    3This is what the Lord GOD says: Woe to the foolish prophets who follow their own spirit and have seen nothing!

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    7Doom has come upon you, you who live in the land. The time has come; the day is near. There is panic instead of joy on the mountains.

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    25Mark out a road for the sword to come against Rabbah of the Ammonites and against Judah, into fortified Jerusalem.

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    9On that day, declares the LORD, the heart of the king and the officials will fail; the priests will be horrified, and the prophets will be astonished.

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  • Amos 3:14
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    14For on the day I punish Israel for their transgressions, I will also punish the altars of Bethel, and the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground.

  • Hos 5:2
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    2Rebels have gone deep into slaughter, but I am disciplining them all.

  • Zeph 1:17
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    17I will bring distress on mankind, and they will walk like the blind because they have sinned against the Lord. Their blood will be poured out like dust, and their flesh like dung.

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  • Jer 2:26
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  • Ezek 21:29
    68%

    29Therefore this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you have brought your guilt to remembrance by exposing your transgressions for all to see—your sins revealed in all your actions—because you have been brought to mind, you will be captured.

  • Isa 10:3
    68%

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  • Isa 9:17
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