Turn and live

Hosea 13

• Though God had been gracious, yet Ephraim sinned more and more (v 2) in their idolatrous ways.
• God announces His intent to punish them; but He also agrees to lift them from this spiritual death (v 14).
• Sadly, no repentance and no deliverance is forthcoming.

Hosea 14

• Seeing the severe judgment to come, the prophet appeals to his people (v 1-3)
• God will receive the repentant nation (v 4-7)
• The wise will forsake their idols; the obstinate will perish (v 8-9)

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More wrong in Israel

Hosea 11

• 1-4 Israel rejected God’s love
• 5-7 God will judge the land
• 8-11 God will be merciful
• 12 Though Israel has gone away from God; Judah has walked with God

Hosea 12

• 1-2 Israel has sinned; and so has Judah
• 3-6 Ancestor Jacob walked with God. Both Israel and Judah should follow his example
• 7-14 Instead, both North and South have forsaken God

Meditation Points:

“called my son out of Egypt” (Hosea 11:1). Remember what happened after the wise men visited the Christ child in Matthew 2.

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What else is wrong in Israel?

Hosea 9

• 1-3 Like the heathen, they rejoice in prosperity without regard to God’s provision. For this they shall find famine and captivity.
• 4-5 In a foreign land they will have no means of worshiping God
• 6-9 In captivity they shall smart under the eye of God and at the hand of man
• 10-16 And God will not intervene to deliver them

Hosea 10

• 1-11 In prosperity Israel has turned to other gods; God will not overlook their sin
• 12-15 The prophet cries, “Repent or perish.”

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What’s wrong in Israel?

Hosea 7

• 1-2 They sin without consideration that God knows what they are doing
• 3 Government does nothing to stop their sinful behavior
• 4 adultery
• 5 drunkenness
• 6-7 They are hot to do evil
• 8 They have become like the heathen
• 9 They don’t even know their own condition
• 10-11 They have sought help among the heathen
• 12-14 ingratitude
• 15 rebellion against God

Hosea 8

• 1-2 They claim to know God; but He doesn’t recognize them
• 3 They have rejected what is good
• 4 They make decisions without consulting God
• 5-6 idolatry
• 7-10 They have gone to their neighbors for help, and not to God
• 11-13 They have devised their own form of worship
• 14 They have forgotten God

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