Hosea 9:7

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.

The days of visitation are come - "visitation," vengeance: punishment ().

Israel shall know it - to her cost, experimentally ().

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 is mad - the man pretending to inspiration (; ; ; ).

Mad - literally, 'maddened' [mª`ushag], 'distracted through distress.'

For the multitude of thine iniquity ... - "for," i:e., on account of. Connect these words with "the days of visitation, etc., are come," "the prophet, etc., is mad," being parenthetical.

The great hatred - or, 'the great provocation' (Henderson); or, (thy) 'great apostasy' (Maurer). The English version means Israel's "hatred" of God's prophets and the law.