Hosea's plea to the northern kingdom of Israel. God anger and disgust was demonstrated by him marrying a prostitute, having children with them, disciplining them and disowning them. WOW!
Hosea 1:5 5 And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.” Yet with all that effort, Isreal was taken into captivity by the Assyrians, never to return again. What a sad moment.
Hosea 2:16 16 “And in that day, declares the LORD, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’
This is in essence, the center of the Hosea's prophecy. God showing loyalty and faithfulness to a nation that had become rebellious in every sense of the word.
Hosea 3:1 1 And the LORD said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.”
This is a very hard teaching, even in God's perspective, how much more with ad our spouses!
Hosea 7:2 2 But they do not consider
that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds surround them; they are before my face. God shows that he's deeply concerned about the people's sins and he wants to warn them that it won't go unpunished.
Hosea 9:1 1 Rejoice not, O Israel! Exult not like the peoples; for you have played the whore, forsaking your God. You have loved a prostitute's wages on all threshing floors.
Hosea 11:1 1 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
Hosea 11:9 9 I will not execute my burning anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath.
For God truly wants to love us and not let us go. He wants to be close to us so we can feel his protection and love.
Hosea 14:2 2 Take with you words and return to the LORD; say to him, “Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips.
For God is a compassionate God full of mercy and love and wants a holy nation of his own.
Hosea 14:9 9 Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.
Hosea 1:5 5 And on that day I will break the bow of Israel in the Valley of Jezreel.” Yet with all that effort, Isreal was taken into captivity by the Assyrians, never to return again. What a sad moment.
Hosea 2:16 16 “And in that day, declares the LORD, you will call me ‘My Husband,’ and no longer will you call me ‘My Baal.’
This is in essence, the center of the Hosea's prophecy. God showing loyalty and faithfulness to a nation that had become rebellious in every sense of the word.
Hosea 3:1 1 And the LORD said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by another man and is an adulteress, even as the LORD loves the children of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love cakes of raisins.”
This is a very hard teaching, even in God's perspective, how much more with ad our spouses!
Hosea 7:2 2 But they do not consider
that I remember all their evil. Now their deeds surround them; they are before my face. God shows that he's deeply concerned about the people's sins and he wants to warn them that it won't go unpunished.
Hosea 9:1 1 Rejoice not, O Israel! Exult not like the peoples; for you have played the whore, forsaking your God. You have loved a prostitute's wages on all threshing floors.
Hosea 11:1 1 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son.
Hosea 11:9 9 I will not execute my burning anger; I will not again destroy Ephraim; for I am God and not a man, the Holy One in your midst, and I will not come in wrath.
For God truly wants to love us and not let us go. He wants to be close to us so we can feel his protection and love.
Hosea 14:2 2 Take with you words and return to the LORD; say to him, “Take away all iniquity; accept what is good, and we will pay with bulls the vows of our lips.
For God is a compassionate God full of mercy and love and wants a holy nation of his own.
Hosea 14:9 9 Whoever is wise, let him understand these things; whoever is discerning, let him know them; for the ways of the LORD are right, and the upright walk in them, but transgressors stumble in them.
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