The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:7-9
There is no joy, any more than peace, to the sinner. However men put away from them the evil day, they can neither stave it off altogether nor delay its coming. I. THE CERTAINTY OF THE DIVINE JUDGMENTS OVERTAKING SINNERS . In the previous verse the prophetic past is used, to intimate that, though the event predicted had not yet taken place, yet was it as sure of accomplishment as if it had already occurred. Here the words "are come" are repeated to apprise sinners of its... read more
The Pulpit Commentary - Hosea 9:7-9
These verses describe the season and source of punishment. The days of visitation are come, the days of recompense are come. Commentators have appropriately compared the Vergilian " Venit summa dies, et irreluctabile tempus ," equivalent to" The final day and inevitable hour is come." Israel shall know (it): the prophet is a fool, the spiritual man is mad . Here the prophet and the man of the spirit (margin) are In confirmation of (a) that of Israel against their fellow-men, and... read more