Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
visitation—vengeance: punishment (Isaiah 10:3).
Israel shall know it—to her cost experimentally (Isaiah 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 (Lamentations 2:14; Ezekiel 13:3; Micah 3:11; Zephaniah 3:4).
for the multitude of thine iniquity, etc.—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.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Hosea 9:7:
Job 21:19
Isaiah 9:9
Isaiah 10:3
Hosea 9:8
Micah 2:11
2 Peter 1:21
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