Hosea 9:8

The watchman of Ephraim was with my God, literally, "A seer (or searcher) is Ephraim with my God," beside the true God; that is, instead of relying upon the revelations received by Hosea, the children of Israel were on the lookout for other revelations, from sources more acceptable to them. But the prophet is a snare of a fowler in all his ways, he is surrounded by snares wherever he turns, and hatred in the house of his God, while he is performing the duties of his office.