Commentary for Hosea 9:8
צֹפֶ֥ה אֶפְרַ֖יִם עִם־אֱלֹהָ֑י נָבִ֞יא פַּ֤ח יָקוֹשׁ֙ עַל־כָּל־דְּרָכָ֔יו מַשְׂטֵמָ֖ה בְּבֵ֥ית אֱלֹהָֽיו׃
Ephraim is a watchman with my God; As for the prophet, a fowler’s snare is in all his ways, And enmity in the house of his God.
Rashi on Hosea
Ephraim is a prophet with my God They set up for themselves their prophets, who attract them toward their idolatry.
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Rashi on Hosea
[for the] prophet [they lay] a fowler’s snare on all his ways And for the true prophet they conceal snares to trap them.
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Rashi on Hosea
[causing] hatred in the house of his God In the Temple they assassinated Zechariah (II Chron. 24:21), and they sought to assassinate Jeremiah, according to the matter that is stated: (Jer. 26: 11) “This man is liable to death etc.”
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