Monthly Archives: August 2017
denying the mirror image
devotional post # 2115 Hosea 7:8-10 Hos 7:8 Ephraim mixes himself with the peoples; Ephraim is a half-baked cake. Hos 7:9 Foreigners devour his strength, and he does not get it; gray hairs are sprouting on him, and he does … Continue reading
hot hearts
devotional post # 2114 Hosea 7:4-11 Hos 7:4 They are all cheaters; they are like a heated oven whose baker can stop stirring the fire, from the kneading of the dough until it is leavened. Hos 7:5 On the day … Continue reading
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today’s entertainment
devotional post # 2113 Hosea 7:1-3 Hos 7:1 I just start to heal Israel, and the crookedness of Ephraim is revealed, and the crimes of Samaria; because they deal falsely; the thief breaks in indoors, and the bandits raid outdoors. … Continue reading
bloody path
devotional post # 2112 Hosea 6:8-11 Hos 6:8 Gilead is a city of criminals, marked out with blood. Hos 6:9 As raiding bands lie in wait for a man, so the priests band together; they murder on the way to … Continue reading
disappearing dew
devotional post # 2111 Hosea 6:4-7 Hos 6:4 What am I going to do with you, Ephraim? What am I going to do with you, Judah? Your covenant loyalty is like a morning cloud, like the dew that disappears early. … Continue reading
coming back together
devotional post # 2110 Hosea 6:1-3 Hos 6:1 “Come, let us come back to Yahveh; because he has torn us, so that he can heal us; he has struck us down, and he will bind us up. Hos 6:2 After … Continue reading
the moth lion
devotional post # 2109 Hosea 5:11-15 Hos 5:11 Ephraim is oppressed, broken as a judgment, because he was keen to walk after garbage. Hos 5:12 But I am like a moth to Ephraim, and like rottenness to the house of … Continue reading
the power of overflow
devotional post # 2108 Hosea 5:8-10 Hos 5:8 Blow the shofar in Gibeah, the trumpet in Ramah. Sound the alarm at Beth-aven; we are following you, Benjamin! Hos 5:9 Ephraim will become a desolation in the day of punishment; among … Continue reading
withdrawn from them
devotional post # 2107 Hosea 5:5-7 Hos 5:5 The presumption of Israel testifies to his face; Israel and Ephraim will trip over his guilt; Judah also will trip with them. Hos 5:6 With their flocks and herds they will go … Continue reading
not hidden from him
devotional post # 2106 Hosea 5:1-4 Hos 5:1 Hear this, O priests! Listen attentively, house of Israel! Use your ears, house of the king! Because the judgment is directed at you; because you have been a trapping net at Mizpah … Continue reading
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