Hosea 9:7-9

Contemporary English Version

^7 (A) Israel, the time has come.
You will get what you deserve,
    and you will know it.
“Prophets are fools,” you say.
“And God's messengers
    are crazy.”
Your terrible guilt
    has filled you with hatred.

⁸ Israel, the Lord sent me
    to look after you.^[a]
But you trap his prophets
and flood his temple
    with your hatred.
^9 (B) You are brutal and corrupt,
    as were the men of Gibeah.^[b]
But God remembers your sin,
    and you will be punished.