Hosea
by Ken Cayce
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Hosea Explained
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Book of Hosea Explained
Hosea's prophecy gave Israel a tangible example of its spiritual idolatry,
yet portrayed God's love for Israel in spite of her spiritual infidelity.
It constituted a national call to repentance.
Title:
The title is derived from the main character and author of the book. The
meaning of his name, "salvation," is the same as that of Joshua (compare
Num. 13:8, 16), and Jesus (Matt. 1:21). Hosea is the first of the 12 Minor
Prophets. "Minor" refers to the brevity of the prophecies as compared to
the length of the works of Isaiah, Jeremiah and Ezekiel.
Author - Date:
This prophecy provides the sole source of information concerning the
author, "Hosea the son of Beeri" (1:1). Nothing is known of Beeri,
"Expounder," although a different man by the same name is mentioned (in
Genesis 26:34). In the course of the prophecy he was commanded to marry
Gomer who bore two sons and a daughter (1:3b-11). Many believe her lover
sired one or more children. Throughout the prophecy the prophet's personal
history was made to be symbolic of the relationship between the Lord and
Israel. Because of the tragic details of his personal life, Hosea has been
known as the broken hearted prophet. His sorrow provides a good
illustration of the broken hearted Lord in His relationship with sinful
mankind.
Hosea was probably a native of the northern kingdom of Israel, since he
shows familiarity with the history, circumstances and topography of the
north (4:15; 5:1, 13; 6:8-9; 10:5, 12:11-12; 14:6). This would make him and
Jonah the only writing prophets from the northern kingdom. Although he
addressed both Israel (the northern kingdom), and Judah (the southern
kingdom), he identified the king of Israel as "our king" (7:5).
Hosea had a lengthy period of ministry, prophesying (ca. 755-710 B.C.),
during the reigns of Uzziah (790-739 B.C.), Jotham (750-731 B.C.); Ahaz
(735-715 B.C.), and Hezekiah (715-686 B.C.), in Judah, and Jeroboam II
(793-753 B.C.), in Israel (1:1). His long career spanned the last 6 kings
of Israel from Zechariah (753-752 B.C.) to Hoshea (732-722 B.C.). The
overthrow of Zechariah (the last of the dynasty of Jehu in 752 B.C.), is
depicted as yet future (1:4). Thus, he followed Amos' preaching in the
north, and was a contemporary of Isaiah and Micah as well, both of whom
prophesied in Judah. (2 Kings Chapters 14-20 and 2 Chronicles Chapters
26-32), record the historical period of Hosea's ministry.
Historical Setting:
The prophecy is characterized by intense emotion as the prophet's personal
tragedy (Chapters 1-3), is transferred and applied to the nation (Chapters
4-14).
Hosea was to the northern kingdom what Jeremiah was to the southern
kingdom, a weeping prophet. Hosea looked forward to the Assyrian captivity
of the northern kingdom, just as Jeremiah looked forward to the Babylonian
captivity of the southern kingdom. Hosea's prophecy is closely related to
that of Amos. Amos was very severe in his prophecy and his ministry was
somewhat like a James or John the Baptist of the Old Testament. Both Amos
and Hosea prophesied to the northern kingdom, although Amos was a native of
the southern kingdom and Hosea of the northern kingdom. Hosea was the
younger contemporary of Amos, and because their ministries overlap, there
is much similarity in the sins they condemn. In Amos, the prophetic
discourses are very pronounced, while in Hosea, because of the intense
personal involvement of the prophet, they are not very distinctly defined
from one another, a fact that makes the book difficult to outline.
Hosea dates his prophecy" 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" (1:1). Hosea's ministry extended from about (770 to 725 B.C.).
Thus, his active ministry ceased a few years before Assyria carried the
northern kingdom into captivity (in 722 B.C.). Hosea was a citizen of the
northern kingdom and his personal experience was designed by God to be an
example to his nation.
Circumstances were not much better in the southern kingdom. Usurping the
priestly function, Uzziah had been struck with leprosy (2 Chron. 26:16-21);
Jotham condoned idolatrous practices, opening the way for Ahaz to encourage
Baal worship (2 Chron. 27:1 - 28:4). Hezekiah's revival served only to slow
Judah's acceleration toward a fate similar to that of her northern sister.
Weak kings on both sides of the border repeatedly sought out alliances with
their heathen neighbors (7:11; compare 2 Kings 15:19; 16:7), rather than
seeking the Lord's help.
Background - Setting:
Hosea began his ministry to Israel (also called Ephraim, after its largest
tribe), during the final days of Jeroboam II. Under whose guidance Israel
was enjoying both political peace and material prosperity as well as moral
corruption and spiritual bankruptcy. Upon Jeroboam II's death (753 B.C.)
however, anarchy prevailed and Israel declined rapidly. Until her overthrow
by Assyria 30 years later, four of Israel's six kings were assassinated by
their successors. Prophesying during the days surrounding the fall of
Samaria, Hosea focuses on Israel's moral waywardness (compare the book of
Amos), and her breach of the covenantal relationship with the Lord,
announcing that judgment was imminent.
Historical - Theological Settings:
The theme of Hosea is God's loyal love for His covenant people, Israel, in
spite of their idolatry. Thus, Hosea has been called John (the apostle of
love) of the Old Testament. The Lord's true love from His people is
unending and will tolerate no rival. Hosea's message contains much
condemnation, both national and individual, but at the same time, he
poignantly portrays the love of God toward His people with passionate
emotion. Hosea was instructed by God to marry a certain woman and
experience with her a domestic life which was a dramatization of the sin
and unfaithfulness of Israel. The marital life of Hosea and his wife,
Gomer, provide the rich metaphor which clarifies the themes of the book;
sin, judgment and forgiving love.
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Hosea 1
Hosea Chapter 1
Hosea 1:1 "The word of the LORD that came
unto 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."
Hosea 1:2 "The beginning of the word of the
LORD by Hosea. And the LORD said to Hosea,
Go, take unto thee a wife of whoredoms and
children of whoredoms: for the land hath
committed great whoredom, [departing] from
the LORD."
Hosea 1:3 "So he went and took Gomer the
daughter of Diblaim; which conceived, and
bare him a son."
Hosea 1:4 "And the LORD said unto him, Call
his name Jezreel; for yet a little [while],
and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon
the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease
the kingdom of the house of Israel."
Hosea 1:5 "And it shall come to pass at
that day, that I will break the bow of
Israel in the valley of Jezreel."
Hosea 1:6″And she conceived again, and bare
a daughter. And [God] said unto him, Call
her name Lo-ruhamah: for I will no more
have mercy upon the house of Israel; but I
will utterly take them away."
Hosea 1:7 "But I will have mercy upon the
house of Judah, and will save them by the
LORD their God, and will not save them by
bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by
horses, nor by horsemen."
Hosea 1:8″Now when she had weaned
Lo-ruhamah, she conceived, and bare a son."
Hosea 1:9 "Then said [God], Call his name
Lo-ammi: for ye [are] not my people, and I
will not be your [God]."
Hosea 1:10 "Yet the number of the children
of Israel shall be as the sand of the sea,
which cannot be measured nor numbered; and
it shall come to pass, [that] in the place
where it was said unto them, Ye [are] not
my people, [there] it shall be said unto
them, [Ye are] the sons of the living God."
Hosea 1:11 "Then shall the children of
Judah and the children of Israel be
gathered together, and appoint themselves
one head, and they shall come up out of the
land: for great [shall be] the day of
Jezreel."
Hosea 2
Hosea Chapter 2
Hosea 2:1 "Say ye unto your brethren, Ammi;
and to your sisters, Ruhamah."
Hosea 2:2 "Plead with your mother, plead:
for she [is] not my wife, neither [am] I
her husband: let her therefore put away her
whoredoms out of her sight, and her
adulteries from between her breasts;"
Hosea 2:3 "Lest I strip her naked, and set
her as in the day that she was born, and
make her as a wilderness, and set her like
a dry land, and slay her with thirst."
Hosea 2:4 "And I will not have mercy upon
her children; for they [be] the children of
whoredoms."
Hosea 2:5 "For their mother hath played the
harlot: she that conceived them hath done
shamefully: for she said, I will go after
my lovers, that give [me] my bread and my
water, my wool and my flax, mine oil and my
drink."
Hosea 2:6 "Therefore, behold, I will hedge
up thy way with thorns, and make a wall,
that she shall not find her paths."
Hosea 2:7 "And she shall follow after her
lovers, but she shall not overtake them;
and she shall seek them, but shall not find
[them]: then shall she say, I will go and
return to my first husband; for then [was
it] better with me than now."
Hosea 2:8 "For she did not know that I gave
her corn, and wine, and oil, and multiplied
her silver and gold, [which] they prepared
for Baal."
Hosea 2:9 "Therefore will I return, and
take away my corn in the time thereof, and
my wine in the season thereof, and will
recover my wool and my flax [given] to
cover her nakedness."
Hosea 2:10 "And now will I discover her
lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and
none shall deliver her out of mine hand."
Hosea 2:11 "I will also cause all her mirth
to cease, her feast days, her new moons,
and her sabbaths, and all her solemn
feasts."
Hosea 2:12 "And I will destroy her vines
and her fig trees, whereof she hath said,
These [are] my rewards that my lovers have
given me: and I will make them a forest,
and the beasts of the field shall eat
them."
Hosea 2:13 "And I will visit upon her the
days of Baalim, wherein she burned incense
to them, and she decked herself with her
earrings and her jewels, and she went after
her lovers, and forgat me, saith the LORD."
Hosea 2:14 "Therefore, behold, I will
allure her, and bring her into the
wilderness, and speak comfortably unto
her."
Hosea 2:15 "And I will give her her
vineyards from thence, and the valley of
Achor for a door of hope: and she shall
sing there, as in the days of her youth,
and as in the day when she came up out of
the land of Egypt."
Hosea 2:16 "And it shall be at that day,
saith the LORD, [that] thou shalt call me
Ishi; and shalt call me no more Baali."
Hosea 2:17 "For I will take away the names
of Baalim out of her mouth, and they shall
no more be remembered by their name."
Hosea 2:18 "And in that day will I make a
covenant for them with the beasts of the
field, and with the fowls of heaven, and
[with] the creeping things of the ground:
and I will break the bow and the sword and
the battle out of the earth, and will make
them to lie down safely."
Hosea 2:19 "And I will betroth thee unto me
for ever; yea, I will betroth thee unto me
in righteousness, and in judgment, and in
lovingkindness, and in mercies."
Hosea 2:20 "I will even betroth thee unto
me in faithfulness: and thou shalt know the
LORD."
Hosea 2:21 "And it shall come to pass in
that day, I will hear, saith the LORD, I
will hear the heavens, and they shall hear
the earth;"
Hosea 2:22 "And the earth shall hear the
corn, and the wine, and the oil; and they
shall hear Jezreel."
Hosea 2:23 "And I will sow her unto me in
the earth; and I will have mercy upon her
that had not obtained mercy; and I will say
to [them which were] not my people, Thou
[art] my people; and they shall say, [Thou
art] my God."
Hosea 3
Hosea Chapter 3
Hosea 3:1 "Then said the LORD unto me, Go
yet, love a woman beloved of [her] friend,
yet an adulteress, according to the love of
the LORD toward the children of Israel, who
look to other gods, and love flagons of
wine."
Hosea 3:2 "So I bought her to me for
fifteen [pieces] of silver, and [for] a
homer of barley, and a half homer of
barley:"
Hosea 3:3 And I said unto her, Thou shalt
abide for me many days; thou shalt not play
the harlot, and thou shalt not be for
[another] man: so [will] I also [be] for
thee.
Hosea 3:4 "For the children of Israel shall
abide many days without a king, and without
a prince, and without a sacrifice, and
without an image, and without an ephod, and
[without] teraphim:"
Hosea 3:5 "Afterward shall the children of
Israel return, and seek the LORD their God,
and David their king; and shall fear the
LORD and his goodness in the latter days."
Hosea 4
Hosea Chapter 4
Hosea 4:1 "Hear the word of the LORD, ye
children of Israel: for the LORD hath a
controversy with the inhabitants of the
land, because [there is] no truth, nor
mercy, nor knowledge of God in the land."
Hosea 4:2 "By swearing, and lying, and
killing, and stealing, and committing
adultery, they break out, and blood
toucheth blood."
Hosea 4:3 "Therefore shall the land mourn,
and every one that dwelleth therein shall
languish, with the beasts of the field, and
with the fowls of heaven; yea, the fishes
of the sea also shall be taken away."
Hosea 4:4 "Yet let no man strive, nor
reprove another: for thy people [are] as
they that strive with the priest."
Hosea 4:5 "Therefore shalt thou fall in the
day, and the prophet also shall fall with
thee in the night, and I will destroy thy
mother."
Hosea 4:6″My people are destroyed for lack
of knowledge: because thou hast rejected
knowledge, I will also reject thee, that
thou shalt be no priest to me: seeing thou
hast forgotten the law of thy God, I will
also forget thy children."
Hosea 4:7 "As they were increased, so they
sinned against me: [therefore] will I
change their glory into shame."
Hosea 4:8 "They eat up the sin of my
people, and they set their heart on their
iniquity."
Hosea 4:9 "And there shall be, like people,
like priest: and I will punish them for
their ways, and reward them their doings."
Hosea 4:10 "For they shall eat, and not
have enough: they shall commit whoredom,
and shall not increase: because they have
left off to take heed to the LORD."
Hosea 4:11 "Whoredom and wine and new wine
take away the heart."
Hosea 4:12″My people ask counsel at their
stocks, and their staff declareth unto
them: for the spirit of whoredoms hath
caused [them] to err, and they have gone a
whoring from under their God."
Hosea 4:13 "They sacrifice upon the tops of
the mountains, and burn incense upon the
hills, under oaks and poplars and elms,
because the shadow thereof [is] good:
therefore your daughters shall commit
whoredom, and your spouses shall commit
adultery."
Hosea 4:14 "I will not punish your
daughters when they commit whoredom, nor
your spouses when they commit adultery: for
themselves are separated with whores, and
they sacrifice with harlots: therefore the
people [that] doth not understand shall
fall."
Hosea 4:15″Though thou, Israel, play the
harlot, [yet] let not Judah offend; and
come not ye unto Gilgal, neither go ye up
to Beth-aven, nor swear, The LORD liveth."
Hosea 4:16 "For Israel slideth back as a
backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed
them as a lamb in a large place."
Hosea 4:17 "Ephraim [is] joined to idols:
let him alone."
Hosea 4:18 "Their drink is sour: they have
committed whoredom continually: her rulers
[with] shame do love, Give ye."
Hosea 4:19 "The wind hath bound her up in
her wings, and they shall be ashamed
because of their sacrifices."
Hosea 5
Hosea Chapter 5
Hosea 5:1 "Hear ye this, O priests; and
hearken, ye house of Israel; and give ye
ear, O house of the king; for judgment [is]
toward you, because ye have been a snare on
Mizpah, and a net spread upon Tabor."
Hosea 5:2 "And the revolters are profound
to make slaughter, though I [have been] a
rebuker of them all."
Hosea 5:3 "I know Ephraim, and Israel is
not hid from me: for now, O Ephraim, thou
committest whoredom, [and] Israel is
defiled."
Hosea 5:4 "They will not frame their doings
to turn unto their God: for the spirit of
whoredoms [is] in the midst of them, and
they have not known the LORD."
Hosea 5:5 "And the pride of Israel doth
testify to his face: therefore shall Israel
and Ephraim fall in their iniquity; Judah
also shall fall with them."
Hosea 5:6 "They shall go with their flocks
and with their herds to seek the LORD; but
they shall not find [him]; he hath
withdrawn himself from them."
Hosea 5:7 "They have dealt treacherously
against the LORD: for they have begotten
strange children: now shall a month devour
them with their portions."
Hosea 5:8 "Blow ye the cornet in Gibeah,
[and] the trumpet in Ramah: cry aloud [at]
Beth-aven, after thee, O Benjamin."
Hosea 5:9 "Ephraim shall be desolate in the
day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel
have I made known that which shall surely
be."
Hosea 5:10 "The princes of Judah were like
them that remove the bound: [therefore] I
will pour out my wrath upon them like
water."
Hosea 5:11 "Ephraim [is] oppressed [and]
broken in judgment, because he willingly
walked after the commandment."
Hosea 5:12 "Therefore [will] I [be] unto
Ephraim as a moth, and to the house of
Judah as rottenness."
Hosea 5:13 "When Ephraim saw his sickness,
and Judah [saw] his wound, then went
Ephraim to the Assyrian, and sent to king
Jareb: yet could he not heal you, nor cure
you of your wound."
Hosea 5:14 "For I [will be] unto Ephraim as
a lion, and as a young lion to the house of
Judah: I, [even] I, will tear and go away;
I will take away, and none shall rescue
[him]."
Hosea 5:15 "I will go [and] return to my
place, till they acknowledge their offence,
and seek my face: in their affliction they
will seek me early."
Hosea 6
Hosea Chapter 6
Hosea 6:1 "Come, and let us return unto the
LORD: for he hath torn, and he will heal
us; he hath smitten, and he will bind us
up."
Hosea 6:2 "After two days will he revive
us: in the third day he will raise us up,
and we shall live in his sight."
Hosea 6:3 "Then shall we know, [if] we
follow on to know the LORD: his going forth
is prepared as the morning; and he shall
come unto us as the rain, as the latter
[and] former rain unto the earth."
Hosea 6:4″O Ephraim, what shall I do unto
thee? O Judah, what shall I do unto thee?
for your goodness [is] as a morning cloud,
and as the early dew it goeth away."
Hosea 6:5 "Therefore have I hewed [them] by
the prophets; I have slain them by the
words of my mouth: and thy judgments [are
as] the light [that] goeth forth."
Hosea 6:6 "For I desired mercy, and not
sacrifice; and the knowledge of God more
than burnt offerings."
Hosea 6:7 "But they like men have
transgressed the covenant: there have they
dealt treacherously against me."
Hosea 6:8 "Gilead [is] a city of them that
work iniquity, [and is] polluted with
blood."
Hosea 6:9 And as troops of robbers wait for
a man, [so] the company of priests murder
in the way by consent: for they commit
lewdness.
Hosea 6:10 "I have seen a horrible thing in
the house of Israel: there [is] the
whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled."
Hosea 6:11 "Also, O Judah, he hath set a
harvest for thee, when I returned the
captivity of my people."
Hosea 7
Hosea Chapter 7
Hosea 7:1 "When I would have healed Israel,
then the iniquity of Ephraim was
discovered, and the wickedness of Samaria:
for they commit falsehood; and the thief
cometh in, [and] the troop of robbers
spoileth without."
Hosea 7:2 "And they consider not in their
hearts [that] I remember all their
wickedness: now their own doings have beset
them about; they are before my face."
Hosea 7:3 "They make the king glad with
their wickedness, and the princes with
their lies."
Hosea 7:4 "They [are] all adulterers, as an
oven heated by the baker, [who] ceaseth
from raising after he hath kneaded the
dough, until it be leavened."
Hosea 7:5 "In the day of our king the
princes have made [him] sick with bottles
of wine; he stretched out his hand with
scorners."
Hosea 7:6 "For they have made ready their
heart like an oven, whiles they lie in
wait: their baker sleepeth all the night;
in the morning it burneth as a flaming
fire."
Hosea 7:7 "They are all hot as an oven, and
have devoured their judges; all their kings
are fallen: [there is] none among them that
calleth unto me."
Hosea 7:8 "Ephraim, he hath mixed himself
among the people; Ephraim is a cake not
turned."
Hosea 7:9 "Strangers have devoured his
strength, and he knoweth [it] not: yea,
gray hairs are here and there upon him, yet
he knoweth not."
Hosea 7:10 "And the pride of Israel
testifieth to his face: and they do not
return to the LORD their God, nor seek him
for all this."
Hosea 7:11 "Ephraim also is like a silly
dove without heart: they call to Egypt,
they go to Assyria."
Hosea 7:12 "When they shall go, I will
spread my net upon them; I will bring them
down as the fowls of the heaven; I will
chastise them, as their congregation hath
heard."
Hosea 7:13 "Woe unto them! for they have
fled from me: destruction unto them!
because they have transgressed against me:
though I have redeemed them, yet they have
spoken lies against me."
Hosea 7:14 "And they have not cried unto me
with their heart, when they howled upon
their beds: they assemble themselves for
corn and wine, [and] they rebel against
me."
Hosea 7:15 "Though I have bound [and]
strengthened their arms, yet do they
imagine mischief against me."
Hosea 7:16 "They return, [but] not to the
most High: they are like a deceitful bow:
their princes shall fall by the sword for
the rage of their tongue: this [shall be]
their derision in the land of Egypt."
Hosea 8
Hosea Chapter 8
Hosea 8:1 "[Set] the trumpet to thy mouth.
[He shall come] as an eagle against the
house of the LORD, because they have
transgressed my covenant, and trespassed
against my law."
Hosea 8:2 "Israel shall cry unto me, My
God, we know thee."
Hosea 8:3 "Israel hath cast off [the thing
that is] good: the enemy shall pursue him."
Hosea 8:4 "They have set up kings, but not
by me: they have made princes, and I knew
[it] not: of their silver and their gold
have they made them idols, that they may be
cut off."
Hosea 8:5 "Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast
[thee] off; mine anger is kindled against
them: how long [will it be] ere they attain
to innocency?"
Hosea 8:6 "For from Israel [was] it also:
the workman made it; therefore it [is] not
God: but the calf of Samaria shall be
broken in pieces."
Hosea 8:7 "For they have sown the wind, and
they shall reap the whirlwind: it hath no
stalk: the bud shall yield no meal: if so
be it yield, the strangers shall swallow it
up."
Hosea 8:8 "Israel is swallowed up: now
shall they be among the Gentiles as a
vessel wherein [is] no pleasure."
Hosea 8:9 "For they are gone up to Assyria,
a wild ass alone by himself: Ephraim hath
hired lovers."
Hosea 8:10 'Yea, though they have hired
among the nations, now will I gather them,
and they shall sorrow a little for the
burden of the king of princes."
Hosea 8:11 "Because Ephraim hath made many
altars to sin, altars shall be unto him to
sin."
Hosea 8:12 "I have written to him the great
things of my law, [but] they were counted
as a strange thing."
Hosea 8:13 "They sacrifice flesh [for] the
sacrifices of mine offerings, and eat [it;
but] the LORD accepteth them not; now will
he remember their iniquity, and visit their
sins: they shall return to Egypt."
Hosea 8:14 "For Israel hath forgotten his
Maker, and buildeth temples; and Judah hath
multiplied fenced cities: but I will send a
fire upon his cities, and it shall devour
the palaces thereof."
Hosea 9
Hosea Chapter 9
Hosea 9:1 "Rejoice not, O Israel, for joy,
as [other] people: for thou hast gone a
whoring from thy God, thou hast loved a
reward upon every cornfloor."
Hosea 9:2 "The floor and the winepress
shall not feed them, and the new wine shall
fail in her."
Hosea 9:3 "They shall not dwell in the
LORD'S land; but Ephraim shall return to
Egypt, and they shall eat unclean [things]
in Assyria."
Hosea 9:4 "They shall not offer wine
[offerings] to the LORD, neither shall they
be pleasing unto him: their sacrifices
[shall be] unto them as the bread of
mourners; all that eat thereof shall be
polluted: for their bread for their soul
shall not come into the house of the LORD."
Hosea 9:5 "What will ye do in the solemn
day, and in the day of the feast of the
LORD?"
Hosea 9:6 "For, lo, they are gone because
of destruction: Egypt shall gather them up,
Memphis shall bury them: the pleasant
[places] for their silver, nettles shall
possess them: thorns [shall be] in their
tabernacles."
Hosea 9:7 "The days of visitation are come,
the days of recompence are come; Israel
shall know [it]: the prophet [is] a fool,
the spiritual man [is] mad, for the
multitude of thine iniquity, and the great
hatred."
Hosea 9:8 "The watchman of Ephraim [was]
with my God: [but] the prophet [is] a snare
of a fowler in all his ways, [and] hatred
in the house of his God."
Hosea 9:9 "They have deeply corrupted
[themselves], as in the days of Gibeah:
[therefore] he will remember their
iniquity, he will visit their sins."
Hosea 9:10 "I found Israel like grapes in
the wilderness; I saw your fathers as the
firstripe in the fig tree at her first
time: [but] they went to Baal-peor, and
separated themselves unto [that] shame; and
[their] abominations were according as they
loved."
Hosea 9:11 "[As for] Ephraim, their glory
shall fly away like a bird, from the birth,
and from the womb, and from the
conception."
Hosea 9:12 "Though they bring up their
children, yet will I bereave them, [that
there shall] not [be] a man [left]: yea,
woe also to them when I depart from them!"
Hosea 9:13 "Ephraim, as I saw Tyrus, [is]
planted in a pleasant place: but Ephraim
shall bring forth his children to the
murderer."
Hosea 9:14 "Give them, O LORD: what wilt
thou give? give them a miscarrying womb and
dry breasts."
Hosea 9:15 "All their wickedness [is] in
Gilgal: for there I hated them: for the
wickedness of their doings I will drive
them out of mine house, I will love them no
more: all their princes [are] revolters."
Hosea 9:16 "Ephraim is smitten, their root
is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea,
though they bring forth, yet will I slay
[even] the beloved [fruit] of their womb."
Hosea 9:17 "My God will cast them away,
because they did not hearken unto him: and
they shall be wanderers among the nations."
Hosea 10
Hosea Chapter 10
Hosea 10:1 "Israel [is] an empty vine, he
bringeth forth fruit unto himself:
according to the multitude of his fruit he
hath increased the altars; according to the
goodness of his land they have made goodly
images."
Hosea 10:2 "Their heart is divided; now
shall they be found faulty: he shall break
down their altars, he shall spoil their
images."
Hosea 10:3 "For now they shall say, We have
no king, because we feared not the LORD;
what then should a king do to us?"
Hosea 10:4 "They have spoken words,
swearing falsely in making a covenant: thus
judgment springeth up as hemlock in the
furrows of the field."
Hosea 10:5 "The inhabitants of Samaria
shall fear because of the calves of
Beth-aven: for the people thereof shall
mourn over it, and the priests thereof
[that] rejoiced on it, for the glory
thereof, because it is departed from it."
Hosea 10:6 "It shall be also carried unto
Assyria [for] a present to king Jareb:
Ephraim shall receive shame, and Israel
shall be ashamed of his own counsel."
Hosea 10:7 "[As for] Samaria, her king is
cut off as the foam upon the water."
Hosea 10:8 "The high places also of Aven,
the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed: the
thorn and the thistle shall come up on
their altars; and they shall say to the
mountains, Cover us; and to the hills, Fall
on us."
Hosea 10:9 "O Israel, thou hast sinned from
the days of Gibeah: there they stood: the
battle in Gibeah against the children of
iniquity did not overtake them."
Hosea 10:10 "[It is] in my desire that I
should chastise them; and the people shall
be gathered against them, when they shall
bind themselves in their two furrows."
Hosea 10:11 "And Ephraim [is as] a heifer
[that is] taught, [and] loveth to tread out
[the corn]; but I passed over upon her fair
neck: I will make Ephraim to ride; Judah
shall plow, [and] Jacob shall break his
clods."
Hosea 10:12 "Sow to yourselves in
righteousness, reap in mercy; break up your
fallow ground: for [it is] time to seek the
LORD, till he come and rain righteousness
upon you."
Hosea 10:13 "Ye have plowed wickedness, ye
have reaped iniquity; ye have eaten the
fruit of lies: because thou didst trust in
thy way, in the multitude of thy mighty
men."
Hosea 10:14 "Therefore shall a tumult arise
among thy people, and all thy fortresses
shall be spoiled, as Shalman spoiled
Beth-arbel in the day of battle: the mother
was dashed in pieces upon [her] children."
Hosea 10:15 "So shall Beth-el do unto you
because of your great wickedness: in a
morning shall the king of Israel utterly be
cut off."
Hosea 11
Hosea Chapter 11
Hosea 11:1 "When Israel [was] a child, then
I loved him, and called my son out of
Egypt."
Hosea 11:2 "[As] they called them, so they
went from them: they sacrificed unto
Baalim, and burned incense to graven
images."
Hosea 11:3 "I taught Ephraim also to go,
taking them by their arms; but they knew
not that I healed them."
Hosea 11:4 "I drew them with cords of a
man, with bands of love: and I was to them
as they that take off the yoke on their
jaws, and I laid meat unto them."
Hosea 11:5 "He shall not return into the
land of Egypt, but the Assyrian shall be
his king, because they refused to return."
Hosea 11:6 "And the sword shall abide on
his cities, and shall consume his branches,
and devour [them], because of their own
counsels."
Hosea 11:7 "And my people are bent to
backsliding from me: though they called
them to the most High, none at all would
exalt [him]."
Hosea 11:8 "How shall I give thee up,
Ephraim? [how] shall I deliver thee,
Israel? how shall I make thee as Admah?
[how] shall I set thee as Zeboim? mine
heart is turned within me, my repentings
are kindled together."
Hosea 11:9 "I will not execute the
fierceness of mine anger, I will not return
to destroy Ephraim: for I [am] God, and not
man; the Holy One in the midst of thee: and
I will not enter into the city."
Hosea 11:10 "They shall walk after the
LORD: he shall roar like a lion: when he
shall roar, then the children shall tremble
from the west."
Hosea 11:11 "They shall tremble as a bird
out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land
of Assyria: and I will place them in their
houses, saith the LORD."
Hosea 11:12 "Ephraim compasseth me about
with lies, and the house of Israel with
deceit: but Judah yet ruleth with God, and
is faithful with the saints."
Hosea 12
Hosea Chapter 12
Hosea 12:1 "Ephraim feedeth on wind, and
followeth after the east wind: he daily
increaseth lies and desolation; and they do
make a covenant with the Assyrians, and oil
is carried into Egypt."
Hosea 12:2 "The LORD hath also a
controversy with Judah, and will punish
Jacob according to his ways; according to
his doings will he recompense him."
Hosea 12:3 "He took his brother by the heel
in the womb, and by his strength he had
power with God:"
Hosea 12:4 "Yea, he had power over the
angel, and prevailed: he wept, and made
supplication unto him: he found him [in]
Beth-el, and there he spake with us;"
Hosea 12:5 "Even the LORD God of hosts; the
LORD [is] his memorial."
Hosea 12:6 "Therefore turn thou to thy God:
keep mercy and judgment, and wait on thy
God continually."
Hosea 12:7 "[He is] a merchant, the
balances of deceit [are] in his hand: he
loveth to oppress."
Hosea 12:8 "And Ephraim said, Yet I am
become rich, I have found me out substance:
[in] all my labors they shall find none
iniquity in me that [were] sin."
Hosea 12:9 "And I [that am] the LORD thy
God from the land of Egypt will yet make
thee to dwell in tabernacles, as in the
days of the solemn feast."
Hosea 12:10 "I have also spoken by the
prophets, and I have multiplied visions,
and used similitudes, by the ministry of
the prophets."
Hosea 12:11 "[Is there] iniquity [in]
Gilead? surely they are vanity: they
sacrifice bullocks in Gilgal; yea, their
altars [are] as heaps in the furrows of the
fields."
Hosea 12:12 "And Jacob fled into the
country of Syria, and Israel served for a
wife, and for a wife he kept [sheep]."
Hosea 12:13 "And by a prophet the LORD
brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a
prophet was he preserved."
Hosea 12:14 "Ephraim provoked [him] to
anger most bitterly: therefore shall he
leave his blood upon him, and his reproach
shall his Lord return unto him."
Hosea 13
Hosea Chapter 13
Hosea 13:1 "When Ephraim spake trembling,
he exalted himself in Israel; but when he
offended in Baal, he died."
Hosea 13:2 "And now they sin more and more,
and have made them molten images of their
silver, [and] idols according to their own
understanding, all of it the work of the
craftsmen: they say of them, Let the men
that sacrifice kiss the calves."
Hosea 13:3 "Therefore they shall be as the
morning cloud, and as the early dew that
passeth away, as the chaff [that] is driven
with the whirlwind out of the floor, and as
the smoke out of the chimney."
Hosea 13:4 "Yet I [am] the LORD thy God
from the land of Egypt, and thou shalt know
no god but me: for [there is] no savior
beside me."
Hosea 13:5″I did know thee in the
wilderness, in the land of great drought."
Hosea 13:6 "According to their pasture, so
were they filled; they were filled, and
their heart was exalted; therefore have
they forgotten me."
Hosea 13:7 "Therefore I will be unto them
as a lion: as a leopard by the way will I
observe [them]:"
Hosea 13:8 "I will meet them as a bear
[that is] bereaved [of her whelps], and
will rend the caul of their heart, and
there will I devour them like a lion: the
wild beast shall tear them."
Hosea 13:9″O Israel, thou hast destroyed
thyself; but in me [is] thine help."
Hosea 13:10 "I will be thy king: where [is
any other] that may save thee in all thy
cities? and thy judges of whom thou saidst,
Give me a king and princes?"
Hosea 13:11 "I gave thee a king in mine
anger, and took [him] away in my wrath."
Hosea 13:12 "The iniquity of Ephraim [is]
bound up; his sin [is] hid."
Hosea 13:13 "The sorrows of a travailing
woman shall come upon him: he [is] an
unwise son; for he should not stay long in
[the place of] the breaking forth of
children."
Hosea 13:14 "I will ransom them from the
power of the grave; I will redeem them from
death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O
grave, I will be thy destruction:
repentance shall be hid from mine eyes."
Hosea 13:15″Though he be fruitful among
[his] brethren, an east wind shall come,
the wind of the LORD shall come up from the
wilderness, and his spring shall become
dry, and his fountain shall be dried up: he
shall spoil the treasure of all pleasant
vessels."
Hosea 13:16 "Samaria shall become desolate;
for she hath rebelled against her God: they
shall fall by the sword: their infants
shall be dashed in pieces, and their women
with child shall be ripped up."
Hosea 14
Hosea Chapter 14
Hosea 14:1 "O Israel, return unto the LORD
thy God; for thou hast fallen by thine
iniquity."
Hosea 14:2 "Take with you words, and turn
to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all
iniquity, and receive [us] graciously: so
will we render the calves of our lips."
Hosea 14:3 "Asshur shall not save us; we
will not ride upon horses: neither will we
say any more to the work of our hands, [Ye
are] our gods: for in thee the fatherless
findeth mercy."
Hosea 14:4″I will heal their backsliding, I
will love them freely: for mine anger is
turned away from him."
Hosea 14:5 "I will be as the dew unto
Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast
forth his roots as Lebanon."
Hosea 14:6 "His branches shall spread, and
his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and
his smell as Lebanon."
Hosea 14:7 "They that dwell under his
shadow shall return; they shall revive [as]
the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent
thereof [shall be] as the wine of Lebanon."
Hosea 14:8 "Ephraim [shall say], What have
I to do any more with idols? I have heard
[him], and observed him: I [am] like a
green fir tree. From me is thy fruit
found."
Hosea 14:9 "Who [is] wise, and he shall
understand these [things]? prudent, and he
shall know them? for the ways of the LORD
[are] right, and the just shall walk in
them: but the transgressors shall fall
therein."
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