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Hosea 14: ‘What have I to do anymore with idols?’
“O Israel, return to the Lord your God, For you have stumbled because of your iniquity; “Ephraim shall say, ‘What have I to do anymore with idols?’ I have heard and observed him. I am like a green cypress tree; Your fruit is found in Me.”” Hosea 14:1, 8 NKJV https://bible.com/bible/114/hos.14.1.NKJV https://bible.com/bible/1588/hos.14.1-2.AMP Breaking Up with…
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Hosea 13: Delay Detachment Desolation Death
“When Ephraim spoke, trembling, He exalted himself in Israel; But when he offended through Baal worship, he died. “Yet I am the Lord your God Ever since the land of Egypt, And you shall know no God but Me; For there is no savior besides Me. “The iniquity of Ephraim is bound up; His sin…
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Hosea 12: Knowing THE HELP
“Ephrayim is feeding on wind, and pursuing an east wind. All the day he increases falsehood and ruin. And they make a covenant with Ashshur, and oil is sent to Mitsrayim.” Hoshĕa (Hosea) 12:1 TS2009 https://bible.com/bible/316/hos.12.1.TS2009 https://bible.com/bible/1588/hos.12.1.AMP Spiritual War Fact: The marriage and family metaphors in The Holy Scriptures are primarily so we can Relate…
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Hosea 11: Tethered To LOVE
““When Israel was a child, I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son. My people are bent on backsliding from Me. Though they call to the Most High, None at all exalt Him. “How can I give you up, Ephraim? How can I hand you over, Israel? How can I make you…
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Hosea 9: If YAH Should Seal Up Your Womb
“Do not rejoice, O Israel, with joy like other peoples, For you have played the harlot against your God. You have made love for hire on every threshing floor. “I found Israel Like grapes in the wilderness; I saw your fathers As the firstfruits on the fig tree in its first season. But they went…
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Hosea 8: Idolatry (Making) Altars For Sinning
““Set the trumpet to your mouth! He shall come like an eagle against the house of the Lord, Because they have transgressed My covenant And rebelled against My law. “They set up kings, but not by Me; They made princes, but I did not acknowledge them. From their silver and gold They made idols for…
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Hosea 7: “YOU ARE יהוה THE ĚL WHO SEES”
““When I would have healed Israel, Then the iniquity of Ephraim was uncovered, And the wickedness of Samaria. For they have committed fraud; A thief comes in; A band of robbers takes spoil outside. They do not consider in their hearts That I remember all their wickedness; Now their own deeds have surrounded them; They…
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Hosea 6: They Like Adam Have Transgressed THE COVENANT
“But they, like Adam, have transgressed the covenant; There they have dealt treacherously against Me. I have seen a horrible thing [sins of every kind] in the house of Israel! Ephraim’s prostitution (idolatry) is there; Israel has defiled itself. Also, O Judah, there is a harvest [of divine judgment] appointed for you, When I restore…
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Hosea 5: When “The Head” Is Sick: Compromised
“The revolters are deeply involved in slaughter, Though I rebuke them all. I know Ephraim, And Israel is not hidden from Me; For now, O Ephraim, you commit harlotry; Israel is defiled. “They do not direct their deeds Toward turning to their God, For the spirit of harlotry is in their midst, And they do…