Monthly Archives: August 2017
evil on display
devotional post # 2125 Hosea 9:13-15 Hos 9:13 Ephraim, as I remember seeing him, was like a young palm transplanted in a meadow; but Ephraim now has to lead his children out to slaughter. Hos 9:14 Give them, O LORD– … Continue reading
sour grapes
devotional post # 2124 Hosea 9:9-12 Hos 9:9 They have deeply corrupted themselves like in the days of Gibeah: he will remember their violation; he will punish their mistakes. Hos 9:10 Like grapes in the wilderness, that is how I … Continue reading
turning against the divine
devotional post # 2123 Hosea 9:5-8 Hos 9:5 What will you do on the day of the appointed meeting, and on the day of the feast of Yahveh? Hos 9:6 Because notice, they are trying to escape destruction; but Egypt … Continue reading
church is canceled
devotional post # 2122 Hosea 9:1-4 Hos 9:1 Do not plan to celebrate, O Israel! Do not keep rejoicing like the other people; because you have cheated, betraying your God. You have loved a prostitute’s pay on all threshing floors. … Continue reading
sin, sacrifice, repeat
devotional post # 2121 Hosea 8:11-14 Hos 8:11 Since Ephraim has made more altars because of sinning, they have become to him altars to promote sinning. Hos 8:12 If I had written my law for him ten thousand times, they … Continue reading
the cheap stuff
devotional post # 2120 Hosea 8:8-10 Hos 8:8 Israel is consumed; already they are distributed among the nations like cheap pottery that noone wants. Hos 8:9 Because they have gone up to Assyria, a wild donkey going off on its … Continue reading
best effort
devotional post # 2119 Hosea 8:5-7 Hos 8:5 I have rejected your calf, Samaria. My anger has been kindled against them. How long will they be stay unclean? Hos 8:6 Because it is from Israel; a blacksmith made it; it … Continue reading
self-deception, self destruction
devotional post # 2118 Hosea 8:1-4 Hos 8:1 Put the shofar to your palate! Something like a buzzard flies over the house of Yahveh, because they have passed over my covenant and rebelled against my law. Hos 8:2 To me … Continue reading
wrong turn
devotional post # 2117 Hosea 7:14-16 Hos 7:14 They do not cry out to me from the heart, but they wail upon their couches; for grain and wine they make themselves foreigners; they rebel against me. Hos 7:15 Although I … Continue reading
united we fall
devotional post # 2116 Hosea 7:11-13 Hos 7:11 Ephraim has become like a dove, naive and without sense, calling to Egypt, going to Assyria. Hos 7:12 While they are going, I will spread over them my net; I will bring … Continue reading
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