Hosea 9:7

“The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come, etc.] In which the Lord would punish the people of Israel for their sins, and reward them in a righteous manner, according as their evil works deserved; which time, being fixed and appointed by him, are called “days”; and these, because near at hand, are said to be “come”; and this is repeated for the certainty of it: Israel shall know [it]; by sad experience, that these days are come; and shall acknowledge the truth of the divine predictions, and the righteousness of God in his judgments. Schultensf171, from the use of the phrase in the Arabic language, interprets it of Israel’s suffering punishment; with which agrees the…”

“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 (Lam 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.”

“The days of visitation are come - The false prophets had continually hood-winked the people, promising them that those days would never come. “They had put far away the evil day” Amos 6:3. Now it was not at hand only. In God’s purpose, those “days” were “come,” irresistible, inevitable, inextricable; days in which God would visit, what in His long-suffering, He seemed to overlook, and would “recompense each according to his works.” Israel shall know it - Israel would not know by believing it; now it should “know,” by feeling it. The prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad - The true prophet gives to the false the title which they claimed for themselves, “the prophet” and “the man of the…”

“The prophet - The false prophet. The spiritual man - That pretends to be full of the spirit of prophecy. For thine iniquity - God began his punishments in giving them over to believe their false prophets. The great hatred - Which God had against your sins. Hosea 9:8”

“9:7 Apostate Israelites refused to believe God’s words of judgment as delivered by the prophets and mockingly cried that the prophets were crazy.”

“days of visitation: Isa 10:3; Jer 10:15, Jer 11:23, Jer 46:21; Eze 7:2-7, Eze 12:22-28; Amo 8:2; Mic 7:4; Zep 1:14-18; Luk 21:22; Rev 16:19 Israel: Isa 26:11; Eze 25:17, Eze 38:23 the prophet: Hos 9:8; Jer 6:14, Jer 8:11, Jer 23:16, Jer 23:17; Lam 2:14; Eze 13:3, Eze 13:10; Mic 2:11; Zep 3:4; Zac 11:15-17 spiritual man: Heb. man of the spirit mad: Kg2 9:11; Jer 29:26; Mar 3:21; Act 26:24, Act 26:25; Co2 5:13 the multitude: Eze 14:9, Eze 14:10; Th2 2:10-12 Hosea 9:8”

“"The days of visitation are come, the days of retribution are come; Israel will learn: a fool the prophet, a madman the man of spirit, for the greatness of thy guilt, and the great enmity. Hos 9:8. A spy is Ephraim with my God: the prophet a snare of the bird-catcher in all his ways, enmity in the house of his God. Hos 9:9. They have acted most corruptly, as in the days of Gibeah: He remembers their iniquity, visits their sins." The perfects in Hos 9:7 are prophetic. The time of visitation and retribution is approaching. Then will Israel learn that its prophets, who only predicted prosperity and good ( Eze 13:10), were infatuated fools. אויל וגו introduces, without kı̄, what Israel will…”