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Israel, the Lord sent me
    to look after you.[a]
But you trap his prophets
and flood his temple
    with your hatred.
(A) You are brutal and corrupt,
    as were the men of Gibeah.[b]
But God remembers your sin,
    and you will be punished.

Sin's Terrible Results

10 (B) Israel, when I, the Lord,
    found you long ago
it was like finding
grapes in a barren desert
    or tender young figs.
Then you worshiped Baal Peor,
    that disgusting idol,
and you became as disgusting
    as the idol you loved.

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Footnotes

  1. 9.8 Israel … you: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
  2. 9.9 the men of Gibeah: They raped and murdered a woman (see Judges 19).

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