Hos 9:7 | JFB | STEP | 7. visitation —vengeance: punishment ( ). Israel shall know it —to her cost experimentally ( ). the prophet is a fool —The false prophet who foretold prosperity to the nation shall be convicted of folly by the event. the spiritual man —the man pretending to inspiration ( ). for the multitude of thine iniquity, &c.—Connect these words with, "the days of visitation . . . are come"; "the prophet . . . is mad," being parenthetical. the great hatred —or, "the great provocation" [HENDERSON ]; or, "(thy) great apostasy" [MAURER ]. English Version means Israel's " hatred " of God's prophets and the law.

Hosea 9:7

7. visitation—vengeance: punishment (Isa 10:3).

Israel shall know it—to her cost experimentally (Isa 9:9).

the prophet is a fool—The false prophet who foretold prosperity to the nation shall be convicted of folly by the event.

the spiritual man—the man pretending to inspiration (La 2:14; Eze 13:3; Mic 3:11; Zep 3:4).

for the multitude of thine iniquity, &c.—Connect these words with, "the days of visitation . . . are come"; "the prophet . . . is mad," being parenthetical.

the great hatred—or, "the great provocation" [HENDERSON]; or, "(thy) great apostasy" [MAURER]. English Version means Israel's "hatred" of God's prophets and the law.