Some thoughts on Scripture

Hosea 11:1--"When Israel was a child, I loved him, And out of Egypt I called My son." The above verse is a prophecy pertaining to Jesus. Just as Israel came out of Egypt, Jesus would come out of Egypt as well. That prophecy was fulfilled when Joseph, Mary, and the baby Jesus returned to Israel from... Sign in to see full entry.

Hosea 10:12-13--"Sow for yourselves righteousness; Reap in mercy; Break up your fallow groun d, For it is time to seek the L ORD, Till He comes and rains righteousness on you. You have plowed wickedness; You have reaped iniquity. You have eaten the fruit of lies, Because you trusted in your own way,... Sign in to see full entry.

Hosea 9:1-2--"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. The threshing floor and winepress Shall not feed them. And the new wine whall fail in her." Ancient Hebrew metaphor can carry... Sign in to see full entry.

Hosea 8:7a--"They sow the wind, And reap the whirlwind." The gist of this ancient idiom is that if you set out to cause trouble, you will reap more on back of you than you can handle. Sign in to see full entry.

Hosea 7:2--"They do not consider in their hearts That I remember all their wickedness; Now their own deeds have surrounded them; They are before My face." When humankind stumbled upon sin, the options for dealing with it came to either confessing to God and repenting; or shutting out the shame and... Sign in to see full entry.

Hosea 6:4--"O Ephraim, what shall I do to you? O Judah, what shall I do to you? For your faithfulness is like a morning cloud, And like the early dew it goes away." In the immediate verses prior to this one, Ephraim (the Northern Kingdom) and Judah (the Southern Kingdom) put on airs of being... Sign in to see full entry.

Hosea 5:11--"Ephraim is oppressed and broken in judgment, Because he willingly walked by human precept." Ephraim, i.e. the Northern Kingdom, erred by walking in his own strength, that is on the human level. On the human level, we cannot overcome on account of the curse of sin that is upon us.... Sign in to see full entry.

Hosea 4:6--"My people are destroyed for lack of knowledge. Because you have rejected knowledge, I also will reject you from being priest for Me; Because you have forgotten the law of your God, I also will forget your children." The children of Israel were not disciplined in reading God's law and... Sign in to see full entry.

Hosea 3:1-2--"Then the L ORD said to me, 'Go again, love a woman who is loved by a lover and is committing adultery, just like the love of the L ORD for the children of Israel, who look to other gods and love the raisin cakes of the pagans.' So I bourght her for myself for fifteen shekels of silver,... Sign in to see full entry.

Hosea 2:23--"Then I will sow her for Myself in the earth, And I will have mercy on her who had not obtained mercy. Then I will say to those who were not My people, 'You are My people!' And they shall say, 'You are my God!' " By its definition, mercy is receiving what one does not deserve, or, more... Sign in to see full entry.