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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.

They have deeply corrupted themselves, as in the days of Gibeah. Therefore He will remember their iniquity; He will visit their sins.

10 “I found Israel like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the first ripe of the fig tree at her first season. But they went to Baalpeor, and separated themselves unto that shame, and their abominations were according as they loved.

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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.

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Footnotes

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