Raining Righteousness, Not Rocks

Hosea 10:7 Samaria's king shall perish like a twig on the face of the waters.

8 The high places of Aven, the sin of Israel, shall be destroyed.
Thorn and thistle shall grow up on their altars, 
and they shall say to the mountains, “Cover us,” 

and to the hills, “Fall on us.”

As the judgment on Israel came closer, the descriptions of what was going on and would happen became more and more clear.  Kings came and went more quickly, with shorter and weaker reigns.  As the enemy took over city after city, people had nowhere to go.  Life was becoming so unbearable the people would have no more will to live.  Many will recognize these closing words as being quoted by Jesus to the women who accompanied him on the journey to the cross.  The judgment on sin is unbearable. He took it for us. As close as it was, Hosea still cried out to the people with a call that still rings out today:

12 Sow for yourselves righteousness; reap steadfast love;

    break up your fallow ground,

for it is the time to seek the Lord,

    that he may come and rain righteousness upon you.