Category Archives: Hosea

God’s Love for Israel 1 “When Israel was a child, I loved him, and out of Egypt I called my son. 2 But the more they were called, # the more they went away from me. They sacrificed to the Baals and they burned incense to images. 3 It was I who taught Ephraim to […]

1 The word of theLordthat came to Hosea son of Beeri during the reigns of Uzziah, Jotham, Ahaz and Hezekiah, kings of Judah, and during the reign of Jeroboam son of Jehoashking of Israel: Hosea’s Wife and Children 2 When theLordbegan to speak through Hosea, theLordsaid to him, “Go, marry a promiscuous woman and have […]

# 1 “Say of your brothers, ‘My people,’ and of your sisters, ‘My loved one.’ Israel Punished and Restored 2 “Rebuke your mother, rebuke her, for she is not my wife, and I am not her husband. Let her remove the adulterous look from her face and the unfaithfulness from between her breasts. 3 Otherwise […]

Hosea’s Reconciliation With His Wife 1 TheLordsaid to me, “Go, show your love to your wife again, though she is loved by another man and is an adulteress. Love her as theLordloves the Israelites, though they turn to other gods and love the sacred raisin cakes.” 2 So I bought her for fifteen shekelsof silver […]

The Charge Against Israel 1 Hear the word of theLord, you Israelites, because theLordhas a charge to bring against you who live in the land: “There is no faithfulness, no love, no acknowledgment of God in the land. 2 There is only cursing,lying and murder, stealing and adultery; they break all bounds, and bloodshed follows […]

Judgment Against Israel 1 “Hear this, you priests! Pay attention, you Israelites! Listen, royal house! This judgment is against you: You have been a snare at Mizpah, a net spread out on Tabor. 2 The rebels are knee-deep in slaughter. I will discipline all of them. 3 I know all about Ephraim; Israel is not […]

Israel Unrepentant 1 “Come, let us return to theLord. He has torn us to pieces but he will heal us; he has injured us but he will bind up our wounds. 2 After two days he will revive us; on the third day he will restore us, that we may live in his presence. 3 […]

1 whenever I would heal Israel, the sins of Ephraim are exposed and the crimes of Samaria revealed. They practice deceit, thieves break into houses, bandits rob in the streets; 2 but they do not realize that I remember all their evil deeds. Their sins engulf them; they are always before me. 3 “They delight […]

Israel to Reap the Whirlwind 1 “Put the trumpet to your lips! An eagle is over the house of theLord because the people have broken my covenant and rebelled against my law. 2 Israel cries out to me, ‘Our God, we acknowledge you!’ 3 But Israel has rejected what is good; an enemy will pursue […]

Punishment for Israel 1 Do not rejoice, Israel; do not be jubilant like the other nations. For you have been unfaithful to your God; you love the wages of a prostitute at every threshing floor. 2 Threshing floors and winepresses will not feed the people; the new wine will fail them. 3 They will not […]