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  1. When Uzziah\u2014Hezekiah reigned, the Lord came to Hosea in Israel. Hosea is to take the harlot Gomer for a wife as the land has committed whoredom. He has a son Jezreel (where I will break Israel\u2019s bow), a daughter Loruhamah (no mercy on Israel) and a son Loami (not my people). #Ho1<\/li>
  2. The Lord tells Hosea a love poem of Israel as an adulterous woman chasing lovers. She is returned to her ways by confinement without food. After punishment, I will allure her. She will call me My husband<\/em>, not my Lord<\/em>. I will betroth you in love. You will say, You are my God<\/em>. #Ho2<\/li>
  3. The Lord tells Hosea to love an adulteress, who is purchased for 15 pieces of silver and a core of barley. She is to wait and not play the harlot. So also for the return of the children of Israel who worship other gods and love raisin cakes. #Ho3<\/li>
  4. The land is filled with iniquity. You burn incense in high places under oak & terebinth. Your daughters are whores & your sons sacrifice with harlots. Because you rejected knowledge, I also reject you as my priests. Israel is a backsliding heifer; Judah, go not to Gilgal. #Ho4<\/li>
  5. Israel, a spirit of prostitution is in your heart. Even Ephraim stumbles in sin, pursuing idols. Very well, I will be the moth of Ephraim, the canker of the house of Judah. I will be a lion to Ephraim & tear him to pieces & go my way until they seek me in their misery. #Ho5<\/li>
  6. Let us return to the Lord\u2014after 2 days he will revive us; on the 3rd day raise us up. We shall live in his sight. He shall come to us as rain. The goodness of Ephraim and Judah goes away like the dew. I desire mercy, not sacrifice, knowledge of God more than burnt offerings. #Ho6<\/li>
  7. Ephraim is a cake unturned, a dove calling this time to Egypt, now to Assyria. They are all adulterers with hearts like ovens that burn hot in the morning. Strangers have taken his strength & left him gray-haired. I will chastise them until they cry unto me with their heart. #Ho7<\/li>
  8. The calf of Samaria shall be broken to pieces. They have sown the wind & shall reap the whirlwind. Ephraim made altars to sin & for sinning. Israel forgot his Maker & built palaces; Judah has fortified his cities. But I will send a fire on the cities to devour the palaces. #Ho8<\/li>
  9. Do not rejoice, Israel, or make wine offerings. The days of visitation and recompense are come. The watchman of Ephraim was with my God. Even if they rear children, I will bereave them of every one, that there not be a man left. Corrupt as in Gibeah; wicked as in Gilgal. #Ho9<\/li>
  10. Israel is an empty vine, their heart divided. Samaria fears the calves of Bethaven. The high places shall be destroyed. O Israel, you sinned from the days of Gibeah; Ephraim is a heifer to ride, Judah is one to plow. You have plowed wickedness, reaped iniquity & eaten lies. #Ho10<\/li>
  11. When Israel was a child, I loved him & called him out of Egypt. But they sacrificed to Baal & burned incense. I drew them with bands of love, but they are bent to backsliding. I shall not destroy Ephraim. They shall tremble as a bird from Egypt or a dove out of Assyria. #Ho11<\/li>
  12. Ephraim feeds on wind & follows the east wind. Turn to God: he is a merchant; the balances of deceit are in his hand. Is there iniquity in Gilead? Do they sacrifice bulls in Gilgal? Ephraim provoked Israel to anger. The Lord will repay his contempt. #Ho12<\/li>
  13. When Ephraim spoke, people trembled. But he worshipped Baal & kissed calf-idols. They offered human sacrifice. Therefore they shall be as the early morning dew. O death, I will be your plague & destruction. Samaria will become desolate because she has rebelled against God. #Ho13<\/li>
  14. O Israel, return to the Lord. Take away our sins & receive us graciously. We render the fruit of our lips. Be the dew unto Israel. Your branches shall spread, & those who nest under it will revive & grow in the scent of a cedar of Lebanon. Walk in the way of the Lord. #Ho14<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    When Uzziah\u2014Hezekiah reigned, the Lord came to Hosea in Israel. Hosea is to take the harlot Gomer for a wife as the land has committed whoredom. He has a son Jezreel (where I will break Israel\u2019s bow), a daughter Loruhamah (no mercy on Israel) and a son Loami (not my people). #Ho1 The Lord tells […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":1024,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2798","page","type-page","status-publish","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2798","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2798"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2798\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2799,"href":"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2798\/revisions\/2799"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1024"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.charlesdermer.com\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2798"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}