When someone takes advantage of a very sincere heart he/she will say: "Let's return to our Master! He has hurt us (because of our behavior), but He will be sure to heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bandage our wounds, won't he?"
"In two or maybe three days He will revive (our power) us, and we will be able to live in His presence.
Let us try to know our Master better. For He will come to us as surely as the day dawns, as surely as the spring rains fall upon the earth."
But the Master says, "My dear ones, what am I going to do with you? Your Love for me disappears as quickly as morning mist; it is like dew, that vanishes early in the day."
"For that reason I have sent my messengers with My Message of Judgment and Destruction. What I want from you is plain and clear. I want your Constant Love, not your superficial sacrifices. I would rather have My People Know Me than have them bringing offerings to Me." Hosea 6
God says to the people of Judah, "And for you people of Judah, I have set a time to punish you for what you are doing. Whenever I want to heal my People Israel and make them prosperous again, all I can see is their Wickedness and the Evil they do." Hosea 6,7.
"The People of Israel is like a half-baked loaf of bread. They rely on the nations around them and do not realize that this reliance on foreigners has robbed them of their strength. Their days are numbered, but they don't even know it. Their arrogance cries out against them."
"They are doomed! They have left Me and rebelled against me. They will be destroyed. I wanted to save them, but their worship of Me was false. They have not prayed to Me sincerely, but instead they throw themselves down and wail as the heathen do. When they pray for grain and wine, they gash themselves like pagans. What rebels they are! Even though I was The One who brought them up and made them strong, they plotted against Me. They keep on turning away from Me to a god that is powerless. They are as unreliable as a crooked bow. Hosea 7.
"Sound the alarm! Enemies are swooping down on My Land like eagles! My People have broken The Covenant I made with them and have rebelled against My Teaching. Even though they call me their God and claim that they are My People and that they Know Me, they have rejected what is good."
"My People chose kings, but they did it on their own. They appointed leaders, but without my approval. They took their value in silver and gold and made idols -for their own destruction. I hate the gold Bull worshipped by the People of the City of Samaria. I am furious with them. An israelite craftsman made the idol, and it is not a god at all! The gold Bull will be smashed to pieces!"
"Stubborn as wild donkeys, the People of Israel go their own way. But now I am going to gather them together and punish them."
"The more altars the People of Israel build for removing sin, the more places they have for sinning! They have built palaces, but they have forgotten their Own Maker. Hosea 8
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