Hos 7:9 | JFB | STEP | 9. Strangers-- foreigners: the Syrians and Assyrians ( ; , ; ). gray hairs-- that is, symptoms of approaching national dissolution. are here and there upon-- literally, "are sprinkled on" him. yet he knoweth not-- Though old age ought to bring with it wisdom, he neither knows of his senile decay, nor has the true knowledge which leads to reformation.

‏ Hosea 7:9

9. Strangers--foreigners: the Syrians and Assyrians (2Ki 13:7; 15:19, 20; 17:3-6).

gray hairs--that is, symptoms of approaching national dissolution.

are here and there upon--literally, "are sprinkled on" him.

yet he knoweth not--Though old age ought to bring with it wisdom, he neither knows of his senile decay, nor has the true knowledge which leads to reformation.