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Hosea 9 — The Days of Visitation Are Come
Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy, as other people: for thou hast gone a whoring from thy God. They shall not dwell in the Lord's land; but Ephraim shall return to Egypt. The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad. I have seen Ephraim as Tyrus, planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim shall bring forth his children to the murderer. My God will cast them away, because they did not hearken unto him.
“The days of visitation are come, the days of recompence are come; Israel shall know it: the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad, for the multitude of thine iniquity, and the great hatred.”
— Hosea 9:7
- v.1-9 The days of visitation
- v.10-17 Ephraim cast away
Verse 7 warns the comfortable. The day of visitation comes regardless of the schedule the comfortable would prefer. Live ready.
The day of His visitation came in Christ (Luke 1:68) and will come again at His return. The chapter's sober note is met by the same Lord at the door of the church.
The days of visitation are come. The reckoning has arrived. What seemed delayed has caught up.
The prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad. The rejection of true prophecy. Faithful preachers were dismissed as crazy in the rebellious culture.