Category: Hosea

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6 My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge; because you have rejected knowledge, I reject you from being a priest to me. And since you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children. Setting the Scene for Hosea 4:6 In Hosea chapter 4, the prophet Hosea is addressing the…

1 The word of the Lord that came to Hosea, the son of Beeri, in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and in the days of Jeroboam the son of Joash, king of Israel. 2 When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “Go, take to…

12 Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love; break up your fallow ground, for it is the time to seek the Lord, that he may come and rain righteousness upon you. Setting the Scene for Hosea 10:12 In Hosea chapter 10, the prophet Hosea addresses the people of Israel, urging them to sow righteousness and…

1 “Come, let us return to the Lord; for he has torn us, that he may heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up.” 2 After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will raise us up, that we may live before him. 3 Let us…

1 When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. 2 The more they were called, the more they went away; they kept sacrificing to the Baals and burning offerings to idols. 3 Yet it was I who taught Ephraim to walk; I took them up by their…

1 Say to your brothers, “You are my people,” and to your sisters, “You have received mercy.” 2 “Plead with your mother, plead— for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband— that she put away her whoring from her face, and her adultery from between her breasts; 3 Lest I strip…

1 Hear the word of the Lord, O children of Israel, for the Lord has a controversy with the inhabitants of the land. There is no faithfulness or steadfast love, and no knowledge of God in the land; 2 There is swearing, lying, murder, stealing, and committing adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows…

6 For I desire steadfast love and not sacrifice, the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings. Setting the Scene for Hosea 6:6 In Hosea chapter 6, we find ourselves in the ancient kingdom of Israel, a time of great turmoil and spiritual decay. The scene opens with the prophet Hosea standing in the bustling…