New International Version (NIV)
7The days of punishment are coming,
the days of reckoning are at hand.
Let Israel know this.
Because your sins are so many
and your hostility so great,
the prophet is considered a fool,
the inspired person a maniac.
Hosea 9:7
Hosea 9:7 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.
New American Standard Bible - NASB (NASB2020)
7¶The days of punishment have come,
The days of retribution have come;
9:7 Or Israel will know thisLet Israel know this!
The prophet is a fool,
The 9:7 Lit man of the spiritinspired person is insane,
Because of the grossness of your wrongdoing,
And because your 9:7 Or persecutionhostility is so great.
New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
7The days of punishment have come,
The days of retribution have come;
Let Israel know this!
The prophet is a fool,
The inspired man is demented,
Because of the grossness of your iniquity,
And because your hostility is so great.
Amplified Bible (AMP)
7¶The days of punishment have come;
The days of retribution are at hand;
Let Israel know this!
The prophet is [considered] a fool;
The man [of God] who is inspired is [treated as if] demented,
Because of the abundance of your wickedness and guilt,
And because your deep antagonism [toward God and the prophets] is so great. [Luke 21:22]
Berean Standard Bible (BSB)
7The days of punishment have come;
the days of retribution have arrived —
let Israel know it.
The prophet is called a fool,
and the inspired man insane,
because of the greatness
of your iniquity and hostility.
New International Reader’s Version (NIrV)
7The time when God will punish you is coming.
The day when he will judge you is near.
I want Israel to know this.
You have committed many sins.
And you hate me very much.
That’s why you think the prophet is foolish.
You think the person the Lord speaks through is crazy.