Hosea 9:8-10
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8 The prophet stands watch over Ephraim along with God,[a]
but birds’ traps are set all along his paths;
Even in the temple of his God they show their hostility.
9 They’ve become deeply depraved, as in the days of Gibeah.
God won’t overlook their wickedness; He’ll punish them for their sins.
10 Eternal One: When I discovered Israel, he was a rare find,
like grapes in the wilderness, like early figs on a young fig tree.
I met your ancestors;
when they came to Baal-peor,
They dedicated themselves through their worship to an object of shame,
and they became as detestable as the thing they loved.
Footnotes
- 9:8 Meaning of the Hebrew is uncertain.
Hosea 9:8-10
King James Version
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.
9 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 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.
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Hosea 9:8-10
New King James Version
8 The (A)watchman of Ephraim is with my God;
But the prophet is a [a]fowler’s snare in all his ways—
Enmity in the house of his God.
9 (B)They are deeply corrupted,
As in the days of (C)Gibeah.
He will remember their iniquity;
He will punish their sins.
10 “I found Israel
Like grapes in the (D)wilderness;
I saw your fathers
As the (E)firstfruits on the fig tree in its first season.
But they went to (F)Baal Peor,
And [b]separated themselves to that shame;
(G)They became an abomination like the thing they loved.
Footnotes
- Hosea 9:8 One who catches birds in a trap or snare
- Hosea 9:10 Or dedicated
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