Hosea 9:7-8
New King James Version
7 The (A)days of punishment have come;
The days of recompense have come.
Israel knows!
The prophet is a (B)fool,
(C)The spiritual man is insane,
Because of the greatness of your iniquity and great enmity.
8 The (D)watchman of Ephraim is with my God;
But the prophet is a [a]fowler’s snare in all his ways—
Enmity in the house of his God.
Footnotes
- Hosea 9:8 One who catches birds in a trap or snare
Zephaniah 3:4
New King James Version
4 Her (A)prophets are insolent, treacherous people;
Her priests have [a]polluted the sanctuary,
They have done (B)violence to the law.
Footnotes
- Zephaniah 3:4 Or profaned
Malachi 2:7-8
New King James Version
7 “For(A) the lips of a priest should keep knowledge,
And people should seek the law from his mouth;
(B)For he is the messenger of the Lord of hosts.
8 But you have departed from the way;
You (C)have caused many to stumble at the law.
(D)You have corrupted the covenant of Levi,”
Says the Lord of hosts.
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