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.
(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.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 9:8 One who catches birds in a trap or snare
  2. Hosea 9:10 Or dedicated

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