God in Hosea

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1. 1:1

   This is the word of the LORD that came to Hosea son of Beeri in the days of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz, and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and of Jeroboam son of Jehoash, king of Israel.

2. 1:2

   When the LORD first spoke through Hosea, He told him, “Go, take a prostitute as your wife and have children of adultery, because this land is flagrantly prostituting itself by departing from the LORD.”

3. 1:4

   Then the LORD said to Hosea, “Name him Jezreel, for soon I will bring the bloodshed of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and I will put an end to the kingdom of Israel.

4. 1:6

   Gomer again conceived and gave birth to a daughter, and the LORD said to Hosea, “Name her Lo-ruhamah, for I will no longer have compassion on the house of Israel, that I should ever forgive them.

5. 1:7

   Yet I will have compassion on the house of Judah, and I will save them—not by bow or sword or war, not by horses and cavalry, but by the LORD their God.”

6. 1:9

   And the LORD said, “Name him Lo-ammi, for you are not My people, and I am not your God.

7. 1:10

   Yet the number of the Israelites will be like the sand of the sea, which cannot be measured or counted. And it will happen that in the very place where it was said to them, ‘You are not My people,’ they will be called ‘sons of the living God.’

8. 2:13

   I will punish her for the days of the Baals when she burned incense to them, when she adorned herself with rings and jewelry, and went after her lovers. But Me she forgot,” declares the LORD.

9. 2:16

   In that day,” declares the LORD, “you will call Me ‘my Husband,’ and no longer call Me ‘my Master.’

10. 2:20

    And I will betroth you in faithfulness, and you will know the LORD.”

11. 2:21

    “On that day I will respond—” declares the LORD—“I will respond to the heavens, and they will respond to the earth.

12. 2:23

    And I will sow her as My own in the land, and I will have compassion on ‘No Compassion.’ I will say to those called ‘Not My People,’ ‘You are My people,’ and they will say, ‘You are my God.’”

13. 3:1

    Then the LORD said to me, “Go show love to your wife again, though she is loved by another and is an adulteress. Love her as the LORD loves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love to offer raisin cakes to idols.”

14. 3:5

    Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.

15. 4:1

    Hear the word of the LORD, O children of Israel, for the LORD has a case against the people of the land: “There is no truth, no loving devotion, and no knowledge of God in the land!

16. 4:6

    My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as My priests. Since you have forgotten the law of your God, I will also forget your children.

17. 4:10

    They will eat but not be satisfied; they will be promiscuous but not multiply. For they have abandoned the LORD to give themselves

18. 4:12

    My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God.

19. 4:15

    Though you prostitute yourself, O Israel, may Judah avoid such guilt! Do not journey to Gilgal, do not go up to Beth-aven, and do not swear on oath, ‘As surely as the LORD lives!’

20. 4:16

    For Israel is as obstinate as a stubborn heifer. Can the LORD now shepherd them like lambs in an open meadow?

21. 5:4

    Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.

22. 5:6

    They go with their flocks and herds to seek the LORD, but they do not find Him; He has withdrawn Himself from them.

23. 5:7

    They have been unfaithful to the LORD; for they have borne illegitimate children. Now the New Moon will devour them along with their land.

24. 6:1

    Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.

25. 6:3

    So let us know—let us press on to know the LORD. As surely as the sun rises, He will appear; He will come to us like the rain, like the spring showers that water the earth.

26. 6:6

    For I desire mercy, not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God rather than burnt offerings.

27. 7:10

    Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.

28. 8:1

    Put the ram’s horn to your lips! An eagle looms over the house of the LORD, because the people have transgressed My covenant and rebelled against My law.

29. 8:2

    Israel cries out to Me, “O our God, we know You!”

30. 8:6

    For this thing is from Israel—a craftsman made it, and it is not God. It will be broken to pieces, that calf of Samaria.

31. 8:13

    Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.

32. 9:1

    Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor.

33. 9:3

    They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.

34. 9:4

    They will not pour out wine offerings to the LORD, and their sacrifices will not please Him, but will be to them like the bread of mourners; all who eat will be defiled. For their bread will be for themselves; it will not enter the house of the LORD.

35. 9:5

    What will you do on the appointed day, on the day of the LORD’s feast?

36. 9:8

    The prophet is Ephraim’s watchman, along with my God, yet the snare of the fowler lies on all his paths. Hostility is in the house of his God!

37. 9:14

    Give them, O LORD—what will You give? Give them wombs that miscarry and breasts that dry up!

38. 9:17

    My God will reject them because they have not obeyed Him; and they shall be wanderers among the nations.

39. 10:3

    Surely now they will say, “We have no king, for we do not revere the LORD. What can a king do for us?”

40. 10:12

    Sow for yourselves righteousness and reap the fruit of loving devotion; break up your unplowed ground. For it is time to seek the LORD until He comes and sends righteousness upon you like rain.

41. 11:9

    I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not man—the Holy One among you—and I will not come in wrath.

42. 11:10

    They will walk after the LORD; He will roar like a lion. When He roars, His children will come trembling from the west.

43. 11:11

    They will come trembling like birds from Egypt and like doves from the land of Assyria. Then I will settle them in their homes, declares the LORD.

44. 11:12

    Ephraim surrounds Me with lies, the house of Israel with deceit; but Judah still walks with God and is faithful to the Holy One.

45. 12:2

    The LORD has a charge to bring against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.

46. 12:3

    In the womb he grasped his brother’s heel, and in his vigor he wrestled with God.

47. 12:5

    the LORD God of Hosts, the LORD is His name of renown.

48. 12:6

    But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.

49. 12:9

    But I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt. I will again make you dwell in tents, as in the days of the appointed feast.

50. 12:13

    But by a prophet the LORD brought Israel out of Egypt, and by a prophet he was preserved.

51. 12:14

    Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.

52. 13:4

    Yet I am the LORD your God ever since the land of Egypt; you know no God but Me, for there is no Savior besides Me.

53. 13:15

    Although he flourishes among his brothers, an east wind will come—a wind from the LORD rising up from the desert. His fountain will fail, and his spring will run dry. The wind will plunder his treasury of every precious article.

54. 13:16

    Samaria will bear her guilt because she has rebelled against her God. They will fall by the sword; their little ones will be dashed to pieces, and their pregnant women ripped open.

55. 14:1

    Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.

56. 14:2

    Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.

57. 14:9

    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 righteous walk in them but the rebellious stumble in them.