Hosea 5:9Amplified Bible - Classic EditionEphraim shall become a desolation in the day of rebuke and punishment. Among the tribes of Israel I declare what shall surely be. See the chapter |
The days of visitation and punishment have come; the days of recompense have come; Israel shall know it. The prophet is [considered] a crazed fool and the man who is inspired is [treated as if] mad or a fanatic, because of the abundance of your iniquity and because the enmity, hostility, and persecution are great. [Luke 21:22.]