For Israel has forgotten his Maker and built palaces;
And Judah has multiplied fortified cities,
But I will send a fire on its cities that it may consume its palatial dwellings, (8:14). Continue reading →

“And they do not consider in their hearts
That I remember all their wickedness.
Now their deeds are all around them;
They are before My face,” (7:2). Continue reading →

“For I desire loyalty rather than sacrifice,
And the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings,” (6:6). Continue reading →

“The revolters have gone deep in depravity,
But I will chastise all of them,” (5:2). Continue reading →

“My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge.
Because you have rejected knowledge…” (4:6). Continue reading →

Then the Lord said to me, “Go again, love a woman who is loved by her husband, yet an adulteress, even as the Lord loves the sons of Israel, though they turn to other gods and love raisin cakes.” ² So I bought her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver and a homer and a half of barley, (3:1-2). Continue reading →

“I will betroth you to Me forever;
Yes, I will betroth you to Me in righteousness and in justice,
In lovingkindness and in compassion,
²⁰ And I will betroth you to Me in faithfulness.
Then you will know the Lord,” (2:19-20). Continue reading →

When the Lord first spoke through Hosea, the Lord said to Hosea, “Go, take to yourself a wife of harlotry and have children of harlotry; for the land commits flagrant harlotry, forsaking the Lord,” (1:2). Continue reading →

so that being justified by His grace we would be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life, (3:7). Continue reading →

For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation to all men, ¹² instructing us to deny ungodliness and worldly desires and to live sensibly, righteously and godly in the present age, (2:11-12). Continue reading →