Add parallel Print Page Options

The prophet is God’s watchman
    to warn Israel of danger.
But everywhere he goes you set traps for him.
    You treat him as an enemy in God’s own land.
The men of Israel have become as sinful
    as the men of Gibeah[a] were.
The Lord will remember the evil things they have done.
    He will punish them for their sins.

10 “When I found Israel,
    it was like finding grapes in the desert.
Your ancestors were like
    finding the first figs on the tree.
But when they came to Baal Peor,
    they began worshiping an idol.
    They became as disgusting as the thing they worshiped.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. 9:9 Gibeah The sins of the men of Gibeah caused a civil war. See Judges 19–21.

The prophet, along with my God,
    is the watchman over Ephraim,[a]
yet snares(A) await him on all his paths,
    and hostility in the house of his God.(B)
They have sunk deep into corruption,(C)
    as in the days of Gibeah.(D)
God will remember(E) their wickedness
    and punish them for their sins.(F)

10 “When I found Israel,
    it was like finding grapes in the desert;
when I saw your ancestors,
    it was like seeing the early fruit(G) on the fig(H) tree.
But when they came to Baal Peor,(I)
    they consecrated themselves to that shameful idol(J)
    and became as vile as the thing they loved.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Hosea 9:8 Or The prophet is the watchman over Ephraim, / the people of my God