12 “Therefore their way will be like (A)slippery paths to them,
They will be driven away into the (B)gloom and fall down in it;
For I will bring (C)disaster upon them,
The year of their punishment,” declares the Lord.

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12 “Therefore their path will become slippery;(A)
    they will be banished to darkness
    and there they will fall.
I will bring disaster on them
    in the year they are punished,(B)
declares the Lord.

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The days of (A)punishment have come,
The days of (B)retribution have come;
[a]Let Israel know this!
The prophet is a (C)fool,
The [b]inspired person is (D)insane,
Because of the grossness of your (E)wrongdoing,
And because your [c]hostility is so great.

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Footnotes

  1. Hosea 9:7 Or Israel will know this
  2. Hosea 9:7 Lit man of the spirit
  3. Hosea 9:7 Or persecution

The days of punishment(A) are coming,
    the days of reckoning(B) are at hand.
    Let Israel know this.
Because your sins(C) are so many
    and your hostility so great,
the prophet is considered a fool,(D)
    the inspired person a maniac.(E)

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The best of them is like a (A)thorn bush,
The most upright like a (B)thorn hedge.
The day [a]when you post your watchmen,
Your (C)punishment is coming.
Then their (D)confusion will occur.

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 7:4 Lit of your

The best of them is like a brier,(A)
    the most upright worse than a thorn(B) hedge.
The day God visits you has come,
    the day your watchmen sound the alarm.
    Now is the time of your confusion.(C)

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