Read Hosea 9
Background: Using his wayward wife as an illustration, Hosea has been confronting Israel as being unfaithful to her God: breaking His commandments, worshipping false gods, living immorally while pretending to be religious. Now it's all going to stop. With a series of descriptive illustrations, he says it is "game over" - the wine vats and store of grain will be empty, the House of the Lord will be closed, their women will be barren and any children they do have will die by one means or another. They will be taken from the land, which would not be able to support them anyway. During this time prophets will be pulling their hair out, wondering why no one will listen to their warnings.
Key verses: 16 Ephraim is stricken;
their root is dried up;
they shall bear no fruit.
Even though they give birth,
I will put their beloved children to death.
17 My God will reject them
because they have not listened to him;
they shall be wanderers among the nations.
their root is dried up;
they shall bear no fruit.
Even though they give birth,
I will put their beloved children to death.
17 My God will reject them
because they have not listened to him;
they shall be wanderers among the nations.
Thoughts: This last verse is the final insult and disgrace: they will be rejected and homeless. Because of their continual rejection of God as her husband, they will never find the place of true peace and security.
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